English Dub Review: Reborn as a Vending Machine, I Now Wander the Dungeon “The Dead’s Lament Stratum”

Overview

Captain Kerioyl wants a group to explore the Dead’s Lament stratum and eventually defeat its stratum lord, but there’s a big problem. Lammis can’t cope with the scary monsters inhabiting the place!


Our Take

The Menagerie of Fools ask Boxxo to accompany them to Dead’s Lament, a stratum of undead which scares Lammis. When the dead wander about overnight, the creepy guild secretary explains they envy the living and often peer in windows as though trying to enter, but are harmless as long as the living stay indoors at night. To get over her fear, Hulemy tells Lammis to go shopping alone but she clings to Boxxo terrified. Kerioyl plans to hunt the stratum lord, the King of Souls. As night arrives again, Boxxo encounters an undead child seemingly asking for a drink.

Curious by the sign of potential intelligence, Boxxo dispenses a bottle and is amazed when the boy attempts to drink it, and the same thing happens several nights in a row. One night, the Menagerie of Fools camp outside the village and the same boy follows them to see Boxxo, who fails to save him. Boxxo realizes the boy had been carrying a copper coin in an attempt to buy something, and is deeply saddened. Kerioyl reveals the King of Souls is a magic user, so their plan to defeat it will rely heavily on Boxxo’s impenetrable barrier.

Overall this episode kinda felt like filler. Scared Lammis was cute, I don’t blame her because that dungeon was really creepy. If you think about it, scared Lammis is actually kinda dangerous given that she has super strength and you’d think nothing else would phase her. That zombie kid was strange, it shows that not all the monsters are bad and they can think for themselves. This zombie child tried to pay for his own drink with a coin because he saw other people doing just that. With next week being the Season Finale, I’m curious how it’ll all end…