# Delicious in Dungeon

Delicious in Dungeon (Japanese: ダンジョン飯, Hepburn: Danjon Meshi, lit. "Dungeon Meal") is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Ryoko Kui. It was serialized in Enterbrain's seinen manga magazine Harta from February 2014 to September 2023, with its chapters collected in 14 tankōbon volumes. The story follows a group of adventurers in a fantasy world who, after failing to defeat a dragon that consumed one of their own, embark on a journey through a dungeon to revive her, surviving by cooking and eating the monsters they encounter along the way.
Yen Press has licensed the series in North America. An anime television series adaptation produced by Trigger aired from January to June 2024. A second season has been announced.

## Plot

In a fantasy world of dungeon exploration, adventuring parties set out on expeditions to raid dungeons, with many hoping to find the mysterious Golden Kingdom, which is said to be the treasure of an island dungeon. The story begins as a group of adventurers unsuccessfully attempt to slay a red dragon and are forced to escape as it consumes the leader's sister, Falin Touden, a "tallman" (human) spellcaster. Wanting to rescue Falin, who used magic to teleport them to safety, the remaining members of the party—Laios Touden, a tallman swordsman; Chilchuck Tims, a halfling locksmith; and Marcille Donato, an elven spellcaster—brainstorm how to get back to the dungeon level with the dragon in time to save Falin from digestion. With most of their supplies left behind in the dungeon, their mission seems impossible until Laios, who secretly wants to eat dungeon monsters, suggests they sustain themselves by finding food inside, to which Chilchuck and Marcille reluctantly agree. Inside, they encounter Senshi, a dwarf with many years of experience surviving in the dungeon by cooking monsters and harvesting food.
The story details their travels through the dungeon, the environments, traps, and monsters they encounter, and the meals they create.

## Media
### Manga

Written and illustrated by Ryoko Kui, Delicious in Dungeon was serialized in Enterbrain's Harta magazine from February 15, 2014, to September 15, 2023. Enterbrain collected its chapters in 14 tankōbon volumes, released from January 15, 2014, to December 15, 2023.
In October 2016, North American publisher Yen Press announced it had licensed the series. The 14 volumes were released from May 23, 2017, to July 23, 2024.

### Anime

The series received an anime television adaptation produced by Trigger. It is directed by Yoshihiro Miyajima, with scripts written by Kimiko Ueno, character designs by Naoki Takeda, and music composed by Yasunori Mitsuda and Shunsuke Tsuchiya. The first opening theme song is "Sleep Walking Orchestra [ja]", performed by Bump of Chicken, while the first ending theme song is "Party!! [ja]", performed by Ryokuoushoku Shakai. The second opening theme song is "Unmei [ja]" (運命, "Destiny"), performed by Sumika, while the second ending theme song is "Kirakira no Hai" (キラキラの灰, "Twinkling Ash"), performed by Regal Lily [ja]. The series aired its first season in two consecutive cours from January 4 to June 13, 2024, on Tokyo MX and other networks, with Netflix licensing it for streaming and simuldubbing worldwide weekly.
After the final episode of the first season, a second season was announced.

### Other media

In 2017, a stop motion animation, subtitled Senshi's Easy Cooking! (センシのかんたんクッキング！, Senshi no Kantan Kukkingu!), was released on YouTube to commemorate the release of the manga's fifth volume. In 2019, an animated commercial produced by Trigger was released to promote the manga's eighth volume.
Delicious in Dungeon World Guide: The Adventurer's Bible (ダンジョン飯 ワールドガイド 冒険者バイブル, Danjon Meshi Wārudogaido Bōken-sha Baiburu) art and reference book was released in Japan on February 13, 2021. It was licensed by Yen Press and released in English on August 23, 2022. An updated and expanded version, Delicious in Dungeon World Guide: The Adventurer's Bible, Complete Edition (ダンジョン飯 ワールドガイド 冒険者バイブル 完全版, Danjon Meshi Wārudogaido Bōken-sha Baiburu Kanzenban), was released in Japan on February 15, 2024. Yen Press has licensed the later edition as well and is set to be released in July 2025.
An exhibition event showcasing replicas of the food from the series was held at Shibuya N-space from January 18–21, 2024.

## Reception
### Manga

Volume 1 reached the 11th place on the weekly Oricon manga charts and it was the 87th best-selling manga volume in Japan from November 17, 2014, to May 17, 2015, with 315,298 copies sold. By August 2015, it had sold 381,614 copies. Volume 2 reached the third place on the charts, and by September 2015, it had sold 362,906 copies. By August 2017, the first four volumes had over 2 million copies in print. By October 2023, the manga had over 10 million copies in circulation; after its anime adaptation premiere, the number of copies in circulation increased in half a year to 14 million by March 2024 (including digital copies).
The manga was chosen as the 13th best manga of 2015 in the Book of the Year manga ranking of Da Vinci magazine. The 2016 edition of the Kono Manga ga Sugoi! guidebook ranked the series at number one on its list of top 20 manga for male readers. The manga was nominated for the 9th to 12th Manga Taishō Award from 2016 to 2019. A panel at San Diego Comic-Con 2018 highlighted it as one of the "Best Continuing Series for Kids/Teens". It was also ranked second on Amazon Japan's Best-Selling Kindle Book Rankings for 2018. In 2024, the manga won the 55th Seiun Award's Best Comic award. It also won the Japan Society and Anime NYC's first American Manga Awards in the Best Continuing Manga Series category in 2024. It won the Harvey Awards in the Best Manga category in the same year.

### Anime

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 100% of six critics' reviews are positive. In the Anime Corner awards of Winter 2024, it won Best Adventure and Best Comedy, based on 62,120 votes.