AAAAAAAAAAAAA. This manga isn't your typical manga about venturing into dungeons. To begin, the world that is built around this manga is quite something; it is self-sufficient and not dull per se. Another thing is the monsters! The monsters I see from other manhwas and mangas are repetitive, lackluster, and inadequate in terms of variety: Dungeon Meshi has many different monsters and races that seethe into that fantasy genre. The main characters' personalities aren't dull and they have the depth, or rather, drive that most characters of a manga are missing. Their desire is clearly understood why they're adventuring be it of their own accord or compelled due to their circumstances. Each character has their own quirks and don't get me started on their design because the different anatomy of the different races are illustrated without bias nor need to cater to perfection or fanservice. Each of them has its strengths and limitations but they gladly help each other out sometimes inadvertently because of their natural identity of just being themselves.
This eccentric manga lured me into reading it with its cute elements and simplistic ideas at the beginning with the placard of "Cutesy Manga that gives unusual recipes for dishes made from monsters in a dungeon," but no. This manga goes deeper beyond that consensus. Revealing the origins of the dungeon: how it came to be, why monsters keep on appearing out of nowhere, what mysterious beings reside on the deepest floors of the dungeon, and whether or not it has a creator. It probed the characters' deepest darkest desires, what they had truly wanted, what had kept them going deeper and deeper within the dungeon, and most importantly how they challenged their beliefs and learned how to accept and change them. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Dungeon Meshi