Overview (Spoilers Below):
After waking up to a tantalizing smell, Marcille receives a lecture from Senshi on a balanced diet. The crew helps an adventurer poisoned by a basilisk.
Our Take:
The rescue mission to save Falin and slay the Red Dragon has begun for Laios and his crew, or in this case, the epic quest for monstrous deliciousness. I know it sounds corny, but how else am I supposed to describe this series? So far, I’ve been impressed with this unique dungeon-crawling concept, especially with the recently popular meme involving Marcille, who is voiced by Emily Rudd from the live-action One Piece series on Netflix. So now we see if this running gag could carry the show’s two-cour narrative.
This week’s episode has the crew learning to provide balanced nutrition when Marcille craves regular food. You know, the ones that wouldn’t make her go insane. The balanced nutrition comes from another batch of monster-sized food, including the roast basilisk, a creature with the head of a chicken and a snake’s tail. The other is an omelet made out of the basilisk and the mandrakes. I’m pretty sure by now you’ll know what a mandrake is. If not, watch Harry Potter. Finally, while exploring a booby-trapped area, the crew created a Tempura using similar ingredients from the basilisk and mandrakes.
Like the previous episode, these mini-arcs have a variety of deliciousness packed with a surprising amount of nutritional education, mainly from Senshi. However, they also kept them from growing stale by exploring the characters more via their personalities, relationships, and specialties. One example is Marcille, who feels under-appreciated by her companions and strives to prove to them her worth. Of course, her plan to do so went awry, resulting in her falling victim to the mandrake’s scream. Another example is the relationship between Chilchuck and Senshi, who learn to appreciate each of their strengths, with Chilchuck having a knack for disabling traps.
The second episode offers what I expected regarding its narrative. However, it didn’t lose sight of providing some character moments amid its effective comedy and monster food. It further expands on the crew’s specialties that make them useful, including Marcille and Chilchuck, and emphasizes that everyone is important due to their strengths. Laios’s only strength so far is obsessing over monster meals, although that could be useful for him to defeat similar creatures faster. That alone is enough to provide some enjoyment in its nutritional quest.