English Dub Review: Reborn as a Vending Machine, I Now Wander the Dungeon “A Less-than-Ideal Hero”

Overview

Director Bear commissions Boxxo, Lammis, Hulemy, and the Band of Gluttons to survey the exterior of the labyrinth. Joining them is a powerful hunter who has more going on than meets the eye…


Our Take

The group stops at the maze stratum’s Hunter’s Association headquarters. While the Menagerie of Fools returns to Clearflow Lake village, Director Bear asks Lammis and Hulemy to begin mapping the maze. Mishuel, a young handsome hunter, begins working in the maze as well. However, once alone, Boxxo witnesses Mishuel’s real personality where he is nervous and lacks confidence. Mishuel joins their group, even though it means working together for three weeks with his crippling social anxiety and terrible communication skills. Lammis becomes unwell from getting her period, so Boxxo dispenses menstrual pads and transforms into a clothes washing machine to clean her clothes which shows the extent of his machine-shifting skills.

The experience brings Mishuel out of his shell. After another week, they encounter assassins sent to kill Mishuel for a mysterious reason linked to his past. With Boxxo’s help, they are easily defeated. Mishuel decides to leave, but Lammis suggests he join the Menagerie of Fools since they will not care about his past and will welcome his strength in battle. The group finally returns home and finds in Boxxo’s absence, the “Chains restaurant” has been using a hilariously awful tactic to sell their food…

Overall, another fine episode. As a character, Mishuel is an incredibly strong and handsome swordsman but heavily flawed which is very human which continues with the recurring theme of shows having flawed badasses. In a standard isekai, this guy would probably be the main character. And thanks to both Lammis and Hulemy we may be seeing Mishuel as part of the Menagerie of Fools in the future, I hope so because he was a fun character. And the post-credits scene was pretty damn funny. Hopefully, we can see more of this later on.