Well dangit, I'm a fool. The image I used to show Marcille taking her hair down is actually an incredible fanart by xuroky, which is basically a recreation of the panel in a higher resolution with some added detail. (In my haste, I didn't realize because it looks so much like the original!) Here's a link to the original post, which I'll also put in the description: xuroky.tumblr.com/post/656613889507753984/casually-performing-necromancy-to-resurrect-gf And thanks to everyone who pointed it out!
It kind of felt glossed over, it's clear it has a lot of significance and the manga treats it like that but on the anime it's just half a minute and then everyone's happy
lol I just imagined the old witch lady from rapunzal singing "marcile, let down your haaaaiiiirrr" immedietely followed by a dark tone shift and a reanimated corpse being created out of nothing
I love the detail when Falin is newly resurrected she closes her left eye and holds her throat because those actions where performed by the dragon. Since the meat used to resurrected Falin was the dragons the dragon lives on in Falin and since the dragons last movements were being stabbed in the eye and throat the dragon is in shock (I hope that makes sense)
4:53 It says, “These parts aren’t the same as indicated in the art direction, but I want it to be like this please. Thank you.” The note insinuates that this building’s (and probably others’) architectural details were indicated in the art direction guideline for continuity.
@@swampjawn Sure! I’m new in the animation field (I didn’t learn animation in school) and I’m learning a lot from your breakdowns. Thank YOU for all your very helpful and entertaining videos!
@@swampjawn to piggyback a little here basically the buildings are off model, aka the roof shouldn’t look like that, there shouldn’t be the raised spire like bits and it should all be more symmetrical, so the artist is pointing out essentially that they know they’re going off model but they prefer the visual vibe of it this way (the jagged spires giving it a spooky foreboding vibe).
I was worried about whether or not trigger was going to fanservice up the bathhouse scene and while there are some slight alterations from the manga that definitely make it a teeny bit more fanservice-y it's very funny to me that they then followed up with the most intense anime-original senshi pantyshot yet. Honestly props to Trigger for deciding that if he's the fanservice vehicle of the series then they're damn well going to commit to that fanservice.
Honestly? I respect it. Most anime have the fanservice characters be female, that It's actually pretty refreshing having the main fanservice character be male.
Just a teeny bit? They went into overdrive with that bath scene. Honestly I think they went too overboard with it but I imagine Kui is fine with it so that's that I guess.
10:14 Falin has been able to see ghosts since childhood, in the anime there was that flashback when Liaos & Falin went to that cemetery and Falin could tell that the ghost wanted his ring or smth back
A nice touch I loved with the resurrection scene was the slightly yonic design to the dragon corpse, to highlight Falin's 'rebirth' and underline the uncomfortable feeling (since most people get weirded out by birthing imagery).
Oh thank god I'm not the only one being weird... Yes I thought it looked like that too, which is kinda crazy how well it fits the situation. Falin isn't just resurrected like most people - she basicly gets reborn. And despite the dragon having killed her, she is litereally reborn 'flesh from his flesh'.
Yes, it's really obvious. Maybe the video creator doesn't mention it to avoid demonetization or something but he could hardly have missed it. It's also clearly hinted that Falin inherited some power from the dragon with her magic being far stronger. Literally making this more of a rebirth than a revival.
i'm no big-time anime director or anything but it seems to me that the imagery of marcille running her bloodsoaked fingers through her hair, a critical aspect of her magic power, right before she cast a foul, unholy spell was an important detail and they probably shouldn't have cut it
still a little bit upset about that one. The adaptation is great, but sometimes the cutting of certain little details feels like it really misses important points being made by the mangas visual metaphor storytelling.
I will say I don't think Falin's ghost seeing has anything to do with her resurrection, I've always interpreted it more that having a special connection to the dead is like, her thing. The cemetary backstory moment, the conversation about her being an extremely skilled excorsist who can effortlessly put the dead to rest in a peaceful way, etc. EDIT: The above was in reference to something in the video that was snipped out, I swear I'm not crazy, you can find other comments referencing this. GG you dastardly armadillo, the perfect counter to having a flaw in your video pointed out is to simply make your critics look insane (for clarity this is a joke, I don't actually care that much, it's just very funny) Anyways MILT (Man I love Thistle) MOMENT
I liked Thistle already just from the tiny glimpse in the OP, got super intrigued when he appeared in the paintings, and now I'm reading the manga and it's the Thistle Power Hour and I love this little fella.
Incredible amounts of birth imagery in this episode, even Falin being swaddled at the end covered in blood. She's becoming something new. Noticing that your editing is getting crisper, great stuff.
Falin's bounciness is such good character animation. You get such a good immediate feel for who she is from that. And I adored the scene where Laios scolded Falin, then embraced her. You could feel how intensely he cares for her, and how seriously he takes his responsibility to protect her as her big brother.
The text during 4:48 basically means “This part does not follow the art direction, but I want to do it like this. Thanks for the help in advance.” Disclaimer : this is only based on my limited Japanese knowledge and translation tools, please correct me if I’m wrong!!
That shot of Falin's face reforming around her skull is honestly some of the absolute best animation I think I've ever seen. I had to watch that part over and over because I was so mesmerized by it. It's one of the highlights of the episode for me. Absolutely incredible work by Trigger
The removal of the panel where Marcille takes down her hair is almost MORE disappointing because of the new huge focus on her hair animation in the ritual itself. Feels like a real missed opportunity to show her delicately taking it down to remind the audience to pay attention to it in that moment, and remember the importance of hair for magic in the world, before having these scenes. The animation speaks for itself quality wise but having that Little Extra build up to it would have been even better… Also it’s just a bizarrely prominent panel to take out, it’s so iconic. Loving the anime adaption, but that panel removal, and the cutting of Namari explaining resurrection limitations to the twins are the only things that have stood out to me so far as questionable decisions. 🧐
I love the symbolism of marcille and falin taking a bath, cleaning the blood off their hands after such a messed up resurrection. The fact that marcille wants to gloss over it shows that she may wash her hands of it physically, but it still sticks with her
I really like the dragon and skeleton frames too, because it presented in a way that makes it look like the dragon birthed Falin. Also, fun fact, but I’m pretty sure the illustration you used of Marcille undoing her hair is actually fanart! (Even if there is a hair undoing panel in the manga). And yeah, like someone else mentioned, I don’t think Falin seeing ghosts is linked to her resurrection, as we know from their backstory that she has a predisposition to the occult! Amazing breakdown as always ✨ thank you for the hard work!
i really appreciate your animation breakdowns; it helps me engage with the media more. i cant tell if you were joking about falin seeing ghosts "now". Her being able to see ghosts was the first bit of magic she could do. Its an innate talent she has. Even when Laios starts using magic, he can see spirits no one else can.
I feel so vindicated that I'm not the only one disappointed that they didn't include Marcille letting down her hair Especially after reading all of the manga you start to pay more attention to the significance of her hair, it's SUCH a good moment
I was really disappointed they cut that iconic panel of Marcille taking her hair down because I was looking forward to it so much…but the rest of the resurrection scene really was jaw dropping so I can’t be too upset. An element which can’t really come across with the same gravity in the manga is just how blood soaked Falin is. You really can’t tell she’s alive until she opens her eyes because the red, naked body doesn’t look like anything that SHOULD be alive! Gave me the good shivers
The shot of her chanting is panning left causing the effect of marcille to travel left to right across the screen. At the same time the echo effect with the left channel being first, and the right channel being second, becomes confused. The way the shot starts your brain picks up marcille chanting from the left, she is on the left, and the right is echoing. Then once she is past the halfway point on the screen it does domething wierd where you place the voice on the right into her, causing the left channel to be an echo of her voice before she has said the words. I had to rewarch the scene a couple times as i wasnt paying attention fully to the audio the first time and i thought that this effect was acheived with the audio. After i watched it a few times i realised it was a visual effect that muddles the way you interpret the audio causing a cool effect. The team that animated this is fucking incredible
04:50 to those who didn’t worked in an animation industry that castle is made by Layout department artist for perspective BG that animators will follow and clean up artist to correct it’s shapes for the final cut checked by directors. Bg rough sketch doesn’t always represent the final image it’s meant as the reference on the actual Instance Model from the model sheets clients and producers provide so Clean up artist won’t go off model.
Also, as some other people have said, Falin always had a sensibility to ghosts and spirits, ever since she was a child (I think that's even more clear considering Laios doesn't freak out, it's a thing only his sister can do and she has done it before, just another day for him) It's why she tries/is able to resolve battles with them in a more peaceful way, hell, even at that moment, another cleric might've still detected the ghost of the child but would try to exorcise them instead of just asking to stay I think she understands that the ghosts don't want to haunt people, they just want to rest
Thank you for your weekly Dungeon Meshi videos! You're the first youtuber analyzing anime frame by frame that I've seen, and I can't help but appreciate your work. Keep up the good work!!!
Was expecting a typical memey anituber review of this episode, but you really surprised me with all your detailed technical observations and meticulous editing explaining the manga parallels, animation and even sound! Amazing work.
4:38 Another thing i noticed, but I couldn't stop thinking how the whole scene is framed in a way that almost reminds me of a pregnant woman diving birth. Idk if its intentional but is GENIOUS
Its like everyone is dancing around the issue of "What could the next few episode POSSIBLY be about other then them merry making their way back home?!" Lol
1:57 HEY THAT’S ME!!! :D I honestly thought they would leave this season right when Falin gets taken and separated from the group and all fall into a hole. But I guess they either don’t have the green light for a next season yet or it was to give the viewer a moment to collect themselves before jumping in the next big problem. And it’s sad they cut those bits of world building, those are some of the best parts of this manga!
I’ve known about dungeon meshi for a bit before the show was announced but never had a chance to read it. But with the show , the interment being what it is , and this series I feel the need to track down the manga volumes and own them personally and not just read them online. Good job and I can’t wait for more
@@LoveHammerMan I mean, who doesn't? I bet they also have piles of erotic letters they write to each other complimenting their various parts. I send that to all my best bros as a way to boost their confidence.
I’ve said this everywhere but I really felt like that they significantly reduced how blood soaked and uncharacteristically unhygienic marcille appeared to be in the the resurrection scene, especially with the very important shot cut and the blood rendering being toned down. just in general i didn’t super love how blood is rendered here, the 10% red overlay felt pretty odd comparing to a solid red cross hatch render they did for laios sometimes. however it’s still such a good episode!! loved that now anime onlys can understand how insane marcille is now. ^_^ what good friends!
i love the way you pick out different animator's styles and it's really making me appreciate seeing the moments in the anime where everybody looks a little different as being connected with someone specific being at the helm and it's their vision of the story. thanks for sharing these insights that make the act of consuming this delicious meal all the tastier and more nutritious
The moment I saw the resurrection scene I immediately think "I bet Swamp Jawn has a lot to say about this on Monday." and I was right! Your breakdowns are great as always.
Man i love Falin and Marcille, theyre such Close Friends™! It echoes such a casual closeness between these two Gal Pals™ that theyre so comfortable with each other to even bathe together! One might even say that theyd be great Roommates™!
thank you for these videos!!! i recently finished reading the manga and i enjoy seeing the differences between it and the anime, it feeds my brainrot over this series lol
4:17 the effects department didn't give this keyframe justice, just like how How to Train your Dragon animator seemed to be in a big petty relationship with CG
I just think it's too bad they kinda "beautified" Marcille during the leadup to the resurrection and bath scene. In the manga her eye bags and exhaustion are obvious, the mental toll the events have taken reflected in her face, but in the anime she doesn't have that same worn-out look to her.
A bit of a nitpick, but the frame of Marcille letting down her hair isn't an actual panel. It's a redraw by some artist on twitter. I dont remember their name, sadly
Great video! One thing though, the image you’re bringing up at 2:40 (and earlier in the intro) is not the actual manga panel. That is a fanmade redraw of the panel that has been commonly confused for the real thing. If you compare Marcille’s face in the panel in the video to the actual manga’s panel, you will see the difference. I don’t think using the redraw detracts from the point you were making, but I felt compelled to let you know.
I am so utterly baffled at the fact that this channel is roughly a year and a half old when this editing is PHENOMENAL. ON TOP OF THE BREAKDOWNS. You good sir, have another subscriber :}
Something that i liked about the resurrection scene is that the hole they dug into the dragon looks kind of vaginal. To me it really drives home the aspect of rebirth thats happening, making it look both more and less natural
Absolutely love this channel I haven’t found someone who breaks down animation frame by frame and it’s incredibly fascinating thank you I hope you continue to make videos :3
The animation team was amazing, they created so many beautiful scenes with just a few panels. Can’t wait to see how the winged lion is animated and the finale.
5:38 I also really like how marcille's face shape echoing the shape of her face during the undine fight in ep 8 shows her under extreme strain in both scenarios, with that perhaps incidental consistency we have the impression that's Just How She Looks while giving immense effort under immense pressure. it's neat!
Removal of the taking hair down shot is honestly the worst adaptation decision in the show so far. The resurrection itself was super good! But spending a fews seconds on a shot of bedraggled Marcille with bloody hands letting down her hair would have made the thing sing a little more.
I'm gonna be honest..... I used to read the manga when it was available on those scanlation sites. This was one of the last chapters I was able to read before they took the site down. But man.... when the hair comes down... ya'll know she means business.
Yuri Zelink... That's what Marlin is, Beat for Beat Zelda Geting link to try Frog? Marcelle geting falin to eat Dragon. Their Conversation about Sheika Stones? The Conversation Mipha? Shuro. Demon King? Mad Mage. Malice Cocoon Rescue? Dragon Guts. Purah's Love of Tech? Laios's Hunger Draconification? Chimera. Tears? Blood.
Someone pointed out to me about the cut shot of Marcille letting her hair down that she's also putting blood from her hands into her hair. Most of her magic requires her hair to be lean and tidy, because the people who wrote the magic were clean and tidy, writing for clean and tidy people. This magic was written by people coated in blood, so it's only right that Marcille coats her hair in that same blood as she's working the ancient magic. Also: The braided updo reminds me a lot of her mother's hair. And given that Marcille has taken to wearing a choker like her mother in adulthood, it wouldn't surprise me if she put it up like that in part as a kind of... idk. Emotional support hairstyle? Maturity boost? And her letting her hair down is stepping away from how her mother looks, and more into how she herself is, and then a step beyond. (Marcille's hair is always worn long but it's never been _loose_ before.) Finally: The unplacable dread is the feeling of "They did the thing they set out to do. In episode 12. Of this 24 episode season. How. How is this going to go horribly wrong. What are they going to do with the other _half_ of the season???"
Another detail that deserves mentioning is the extreme close-up of Falin biting into dragon meat like a beast, and how it contrasts to everyone's memory of her being a sweet, angelic, girly-girl.
I like how they enjoy the moment with Falin right after that, tossing away the fact that they had just revived her with bones and other things coming from dungeon creatures. Absolutely relateable UvU And funny, too 😆
I also agree it's such a shame they left out the scene of Marcille letting her hair down. It also seemed like an important detail, because earlier on, it was such a big deal that Senshi clean his beard in order for the water walking spell to take properly, and yet here Marcille is, running gore-soaked hands through her own hair. She dirties her own hair as she prepares to cast a dirty spell, a stain that may not wash out.
THEY WERE ROOMMATES. Who sleep in the same bed, take baths together, wrestle naked, and write erotic poetry to one another. You know. Like Roommates do.
It was the scene where Marcille was doing the ritual when I realized that hair does play an important part in magic in this universe. I know they said it, but it truly showed me why.
Ngl, this might be me overanalyzing but in the sub, Farlyn said she doesn't remember what she did so that might be how she doesn't remember the time she died. She has a large amount of mana, tries to give some to Marcille and did that spell and she probably wouldn't have that mana if she had been just reborn/revived, the sword reacted to her and her left eye when she woke up being the same eye that was damaged from the dragon. The way Marcille and Liaos ignore the mana thing, sword reacting to her and how she straight up says she don't remember makes me think how they kinda just tired from their long journey trying to get here, enough to make mistakes like this that seem small but kinda make sense when they are connected to the dragon.
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Well dangit, I'm a fool.
The image I used to show Marcille taking her hair down is actually an incredible fanart by xuroky, which is basically a recreation of the panel in a higher resolution with some added detail. (In my haste, I didn't realize because it looks so much like the original!)
Here's a link to the original post, which I'll also put in the description: xuroky.tumblr.com/post/656613889507753984/casually-performing-necromancy-to-resurrect-gf
And thanks to everyone who pointed it out!
i'm gonna be so honest....i thought that was intentional...i thought you were being funny by using it because it's such a good redraw....
@@alaytheaherr😆
LMAOOOOOOOOOOOO this is literally the fourth time i've seen people mistaking it for the original artwork. show just how incredible it is
"You're so cringe!"
-Chilchuck Tims
@@NakuruKouChannel I've become part of a statistic -_-
not including the shot of marcille letting down her hair is a crime
It kind of felt glossed over, it's clear it has a lot of significance and the manga treats it like that but on the anime it's just half a minute and then everyone's happy
lol I just imagined the old witch lady from rapunzal singing "marcile, let down your haaaaiiiirrr" immedietely followed by a dark tone shift and a reanimated corpse being created out of nothing
its nto a manga panel
IN STARS AND TIME PROFILE SPOTTED
love that the anime team added another dwarfsticles shot
It was lovely. Now I understand the appeal.
Dwarf balls are an absolute delight 🧐🍷
Studio Trigger knows their fanbase well
They know what we are
🤤 I love it too 🥰
I love DinD and I know that studio trigger is the most obvious perpetrator, but one more senshi pantyshot and I’m gonna blow my brains out
I love the detail when Falin is newly resurrected she closes her left eye and holds her throat because those actions where performed by the dragon. Since the meat used to resurrected Falin was the dragons the dragon lives on in Falin and since the dragons last movements were being stabbed in the eye and throat the dragon is in shock (I hope that makes sense)
Yeah, it's like transplanting phantom pain across bodies
@@Mauricio0973 venom snake?
Holyshit!!! I have finished manga 3 times already yet i have never catch that, the author sure is deep
Well, yeah, the dragon definitely was in her, the fact that Thistle could command her like she still was a dragon proves that.
4:53 It says, “These parts aren’t the same as indicated in the art direction, but I want it to be like this please. Thank you.”
The note insinuates that this building’s (and probably others’) architectural details were indicated in the art direction guideline for continuity.
Aha! Thanks for the translation!
@@swampjawn Sure! I’m new in the animation field (I didn’t learn animation in school) and I’m learning a lot from your breakdowns. Thank YOU for all your very helpful and entertaining videos!
@@swampjawn to piggyback a little here basically the buildings are off model, aka the roof shouldn’t look like that, there shouldn’t be the raised spire like bits and it should all be more symmetrical, so the artist is pointing out essentially that they know they’re going off model but they prefer the visual vibe of it this way (the jagged spires giving it a spooky foreboding vibe).
And the transcription that I'm mostly sure of:
このヘン美説ではこうではないですがこうしたいです。何卒よろしくおねがいします
so sweet and polite in order to ensure compliance 😅
I was worried about whether or not trigger was going to fanservice up the bathhouse scene and while there are some slight alterations from the manga that definitely make it a teeny bit more fanservice-y it's very funny to me that they then followed up with the most intense anime-original senshi pantyshot yet. Honestly props to Trigger for deciding that if he's the fanservice vehicle of the series then they're damn well going to commit to that fanservice.
Honestly? I respect it. Most anime have the fanservice characters be female, that It's actually pretty refreshing having the main fanservice character be male.
Frankly, for a Trigger anime there's been a surprising lack of fan-service type scenes.
Just a teeny bit? They went into overdrive with that bath scene. Honestly I think they went too overboard with it but I imagine Kui is fine with it so that's that I guess.
@@twistedmyth5860you'd love Golden Kamuy. 0% big boob half naked anime waifus, 100% big buff half naked soldier dudes
@@kawaiisenpai1710well it was pretty spicy in the manga too lol I had to stop reading in public because I got scared where this was going
10:14 Falin has been able to see ghosts since childhood, in the anime there was that flashback when Liaos & Falin went to that cemetery and Falin could tell that the ghost wanted his ring or smth back
It was animated as well, even
In their world necromancy and dark magic is highly forbidden. Otherwise Falin's Ghost Whisperer talent could make her a great Necromancer.
It's a small detail but I really like that Marcille’s feet are covered in blood. Also, Kensuke said, "Put up yo dukes!"
A nice touch I loved with the resurrection scene was the slightly yonic design to the dragon corpse, to highlight Falin's 'rebirth' and underline the uncomfortable feeling (since most people get weirded out by birthing imagery).
I'm glad I'm not the only one who felt like the fistula looked a bit suggestive... though my thought was of a different orifice 😅
Oh thank god I'm not the only one being weird... Yes I thought it looked like that too, which is kinda crazy how well it fits the situation. Falin isn't just resurrected like most people - she basicly gets reborn. And despite the dragon having killed her, she is litereally reborn 'flesh from his flesh'.
Yes ! Noticed that as well ! I'm surprised not more people are mentioning it, the yonic imagery/symbolis there is soooo cool
"Yonic design" got to remember to use that phrase
Yes, it's really obvious. Maybe the video creator doesn't mention it to avoid demonetization or something but he could hardly have missed it.
It's also clearly hinted that Falin inherited some power from the dragon with her magic being far stronger. Literally making this more of a rebirth than a revival.
I'm so glad to get context on Chilchuck's outburst about wastefulness. It drove me crazy thinking I had missed something.
yeah it was a super weird decision. they could’ve just cut that too
@@javlatua100%! Or just added/rephrased it as “Do you know how much money that’s worth?!” Wouldn’t have taken up for than a few seconds.
@@katiebirdie7868 Might be a cultural/language barrier on that one. It's context may be obvious to japanese people.
Honestly I thought he was talking about the Mithril knife and how using it on the dragons tail might damage the blade
i'm no big-time anime director or anything but it seems to me that the imagery of marcille running her bloodsoaked fingers through her hair, a critical aspect of her magic power, right before she cast a foul, unholy spell was an important detail and they probably shouldn't have cut it
still a little bit upset about that one. The adaptation is great, but sometimes the cutting of certain little details feels like it really misses important points being made by the mangas visual metaphor storytelling.
Dragussy?
i love the fact that marcile is super disappointed that falin is just as weird about monsters as her brother is.
I thought she already knew and was anticipating it in cringe
I will say I don't think Falin's ghost seeing has anything to do with her resurrection, I've always interpreted it more that having a special connection to the dead is like, her thing. The cemetary backstory moment, the conversation about her being an extremely skilled excorsist who can effortlessly put the dead to rest in a peaceful way, etc.
EDIT: The above was in reference to something in the video that was snipped out, I swear I'm not crazy, you can find other comments referencing this. GG you dastardly armadillo, the perfect counter to having a flaw in your video pointed out is to simply make your critics look insane (for clarity this is a joke, I don't actually care that much, it's just very funny)
Anyways MILT (Man I love Thistle) MOMENT
Thistle will be my fav just behind the leading men...
@@themelancholyofgay3543 everyone will love the pathetic sopping failwizard, and If they refuse, I will make them.
@@themelancholyofgay3543ayo no manga spoilers
Especially considering that Laois reacts to her talking to the ghost like it’s completely normal! think this has happened many times before
I liked Thistle already just from the tiny glimpse in the OP, got super intrigued when he appeared in the paintings, and now I'm reading the manga and it's the Thistle Power Hour and I love this little fella.
Incredible amounts of birth imagery in this episode, even Falin being swaddled at the end covered in blood. She's becoming something new. Noticing that your editing is getting crisper, great stuff.
I was thinking the same. Even the hole they cut from the dragon resembles the opening of a birth canal
Falin's bounciness is such good character animation. You get such a good immediate feel for who she is from that.
And I adored the scene where Laios scolded Falin, then embraced her. You could feel how intensely he cares for her, and how seriously he takes his responsibility to protect her as her big brother.
The text during 4:48 basically means “This part does not follow the art direction, but I want to do it like this. Thanks for the help in advance.”
Disclaimer : this is only based on my limited Japanese knowledge and translation tools, please correct me if I’m wrong!!
Based on my even more limited Japanese knowledge, I think you're correct 😅
Based on my limited "English" knowledge (I'm Japanese), I think you're correct.
@@ssmm8404 why is english in quotes
That shot of Falin's face reforming around her skull is honestly some of the absolute best animation I think I've ever seen. I had to watch that part over and over because I was so mesmerized by it. It's one of the highlights of the episode for me. Absolutely incredible work by Trigger
The removal of the panel where Marcille takes down her hair is almost MORE disappointing because of the new huge focus on her hair animation in the ritual itself. Feels like a real missed opportunity to show her delicately taking it down to remind the audience to pay attention to it in that moment, and remember the importance of hair for magic in the world, before having these scenes. The animation speaks for itself quality wise but having that Little Extra build up to it would have been even better…
Also it’s just a bizarrely prominent panel to take out, it’s so iconic.
Loving the anime adaption, but that panel removal, and the cutting of Namari explaining resurrection limitations to the twins are the only things that have stood out to me so far as questionable decisions. 🧐
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@@thaihungphan7255 👁_👁
That’s fanart
@@averagesouthparkfan8669 The image used in the video is fanart yes, of an existing panel in the manga. Which is what I’m on about 😅
I love the symbolism of marcille and falin taking a bath, cleaning the blood off their hands after such a messed up resurrection. The fact that marcille wants to gloss over it shows that she may wash her hands of it physically, but it still sticks with her
I really like the dragon and skeleton frames too, because it presented in a way that makes it look like the dragon birthed Falin.
Also, fun fact, but I’m pretty sure the illustration you used of Marcille undoing her hair is actually fanart! (Even if there is a hair undoing panel in the manga).
And yeah, like someone else mentioned, I don’t think Falin seeing ghosts is linked to her resurrection, as we know from their backstory that she has a predisposition to the occult!
Amazing breakdown as always ✨ thank you for the hard work!
i really appreciate your animation breakdowns; it helps me engage with the media more.
i cant tell if you were joking about falin seeing ghosts "now". Her being able to see ghosts was the first bit of magic she could do. Its an innate talent she has. Even when Laios starts using magic, he can see spirits no one else can.
I feel so vindicated that I'm not the only one disappointed that they didn't include Marcille letting down her hair
Especially after reading all of the manga you start to pay more attention to the significance of her hair, it's SUCH a good moment
That look in Marcille's face as laid down staring at Falin was pure love. It's absolutely heartwarming to see them reunited
I was really disappointed they cut that iconic panel of Marcille taking her hair down because I was looking forward to it so much…but the rest of the resurrection scene really was jaw dropping so I can’t be too upset.
An element which can’t really come across with the same gravity in the manga is just how blood soaked Falin is. You really can’t tell she’s alive until she opens her eyes because the red, naked body doesn’t look like anything that SHOULD be alive! Gave me the good shivers
They didn't spend as much time on the resurrection scene as they should've
i love how the hole in the body of the dragon resembles a womb that has birthed falin and will now rebirth the newly resurrected falin
the "they're such good friends" felt heavily ironic and sarcastic we all know why
There really are "good friends"
The shot of her chanting is panning left causing the effect of marcille to travel left to right across the screen. At the same time the echo effect with the left channel being first, and the right channel being second, becomes confused. The way the shot starts your brain picks up marcille chanting from the left, she is on the left, and the right is echoing. Then once she is past the halfway point on the screen it does domething wierd where you place the voice on the right into her, causing the left channel to be an echo of her voice before she has said the words.
I had to rewarch the scene a couple times as i wasnt paying attention fully to the audio the first time and i thought that this effect was acheived with the audio. After i watched it a few times i realised it was a visual effect that muddles the way you interpret the audio causing a cool effect.
The team that animated this is fucking incredible
I'm sure performing dark magic and the fact that Falin now can cast magic on instict and seems to have more mana than before are all good things.
04:50 to those who didn’t worked in an animation industry that castle is made by Layout department artist for perspective BG that animators will follow and clean up artist to correct it’s shapes for the final cut checked by directors. Bg rough sketch doesn’t always represent the final image it’s meant as the reference on the actual Instance Model from the model sheets clients and producers provide so Clean up artist won’t go off model.
Also, as some other people have said, Falin always had a sensibility to ghosts and spirits, ever since she was a child (I think that's even more clear considering Laios doesn't freak out, it's a thing only his sister can do and she has done it before, just another day for him)
It's why she tries/is able to resolve battles with them in a more peaceful way, hell, even at that moment, another cleric might've still detected the ghost of the child but would try to exorcise them instead of just asking to stay
I think she understands that the ghosts don't want to haunt people, they just want to rest
2:46 is actually a panel redrawn by a fanartist. you can see their signature next to marcilles legs :)
My bad! Added a pinned comment to clarify.
Thank you for your weekly Dungeon Meshi videos! You're the first youtuber analyzing anime frame by frame that I've seen, and I can't help but appreciate your work. Keep up the good work!!!
Was expecting a typical memey anituber review of this episode, but you really surprised me with all your detailed technical observations and meticulous editing explaining the manga parallels, animation and even sound! Amazing work.
Always looking forward to your analysis videos! This was a great episode
these breakdowns are so fun! i love the comparisons to the manga!!
Swamp Jawn most based youtuber of all time
4:38
Another thing i noticed, but I couldn't stop thinking how the whole scene is framed in a way that almost reminds me of a pregnant woman diving birth. Idk if its intentional but is GENIOUS
yes very true
I love these videos, I look forward to them every week
Its like everyone is dancing around the issue of "What could the next few episode POSSIBLY be about other then them merry making their way back home?!" Lol
1:57 HEY THAT’S ME!!! :D
I honestly thought they would leave this season right when Falin gets taken and separated from the group and all fall into a hole.
But I guess they either don’t have the green light for a next season yet or it was to give the viewer a moment to collect themselves before jumping in the next big problem.
And it’s sad they cut those bits of world building, those are some of the best parts of this manga!
WAIT FALIN'S GONNA GET SEPERATED AGAIN BRUH T-T ??
I’ve known about dungeon meshi for a bit before the show was announced but never had a chance to read it. But with the show , the interment being what it is , and this series I feel the need to track down the manga volumes and own them personally and not just read them online. Good job and I can’t wait for more
yuri in dungeon
Waiter! Waiter! More yuri please!
dungeon yuri
“YEEEAH!!! WHO DEFEATED THE DUNGEON BOSS!?! I DID!!!”
Nah
Delicious in Yuri
Holy shit their roomates
😂
they're
"They just sleep in the same bed, half naked, and drift off to sleep every night while gazing into each others eyes and blushing...
Like bros!😤"
"Oh my God they were roomates"
@@LoveHammerMan I mean, who doesn't? I bet they also have piles of erotic letters they write to each other complimenting their various parts. I send that to all my best bros as a way to boost their confidence.
I’ve said this everywhere but I really felt like that they significantly reduced how blood soaked and uncharacteristically unhygienic marcille appeared to be in the the resurrection scene, especially with the very important shot cut and the blood rendering being toned down. just in general i didn’t super love how blood is rendered here, the 10% red overlay felt pretty odd comparing to a solid red cross hatch render they did for laios sometimes. however it’s still such a good episode!! loved that now anime onlys can understand how insane marcille is now. ^_^ what good friends!
0:10 Fan service
Oh boy! I can't wait until they get out of the dungeon in the next episode!
The dragon tail part makes sense even with with no context.
Its a dragon, clad in armores scales, ofc it'd sell well.
ah!! im so happy you’re getting the recognition you deserve! i love all your breakdowns :)
This is the most straight friendship in anime, I’ll never understand. There has been 0 romantic inclinations between these two…
I love your breakdowns!
i love the way you pick out different animator's styles and it's really making me appreciate seeing the moments in the anime where everybody looks a little different as being connected with someone specific being at the helm and it's their vision of the story. thanks for sharing these insights that make the act of consuming this delicious meal all the tastier and more nutritious
The moment I saw the resurrection scene I immediately think "I bet Swamp Jawn has a lot to say about this on Monday." and I was right! Your breakdowns are great as always.
Man i love Falin and Marcille, theyre such Close Friends™! It echoes such a casual closeness between these two Gal Pals™ that theyre so comfortable with each other to even bathe together! One might even say that theyd be great Roommates™!
thank you for these videos!!! i recently finished reading the manga and i enjoy seeing the differences between it and the anime, it feeds my brainrot over this series lol
4:17 the effects department didn't give this keyframe justice, just like how How to Train your Dragon animator seemed to be in a big petty relationship with CG
I just think it's too bad they kinda "beautified" Marcille during the leadup to the resurrection and bath scene. In the manga her eye bags and exhaustion are obvious, the mental toll the events have taken reflected in her face, but in the anime she doesn't have that same worn-out look to her.
A bit of a nitpick, but the frame of Marcille letting down her hair isn't an actual panel. It's a redraw by some artist on twitter. I dont remember their name, sadly
I actually think that is very relevant and not so much of a nitpick...
My bad, I didn't realize in my haste to finish editing! Added a pinned comment to clarify. Thanks to you and everyone who pointed this out.
Your backing music choices are incredible.
Great video! One thing though, the image you’re bringing up at 2:40 (and earlier in the intro) is not the actual manga panel. That is a fanmade redraw of the panel that has been commonly confused for the real thing. If you compare Marcille’s face in the panel in the video to the actual manga’s panel, you will see the difference. I don’t think using the redraw detracts from the point you were making, but I felt compelled to let you know.
ah thank you, i felt like i was going crazy!! i knew something didn't look right about that one!
I am so utterly baffled at the fact that this channel is roughly a year and a half old when this editing is PHENOMENAL. ON TOP OF THE BREAKDOWNS. You good sir, have another subscriber :}
Something that i liked about the resurrection scene is that the hole they dug into the dragon looks kind of vaginal. To me it really drives home the aspect of rebirth thats happening, making it look both more and less natural
Absolutely love this channel I haven’t found someone who breaks down animation frame by frame and it’s incredibly fascinating thank you I hope you continue to make videos :3
Whenever Chilchuk speaks in the English dub, my brain says "get in the robot, Shinji"
And they were roommates…
Just discovered this series. Could have sworn it felt like a series with at least 20k views
The animation team was amazing, they created so many beautiful scenes with just a few panels. Can’t wait to see how the winged lion is animated and the finale.
Ho-oly this breakdown went viral haha
Thanks for the breakdowns, I hope to finish them tomorrow ^^
the fact that you can break down the animators from their style is nuts. fascinating video
Lmao I enjoyed the video, especially your voice and the armadillo. Subbed
5:38 I also really like how marcille's face shape echoing the shape of her face during the undine fight in ep 8 shows her under extreme strain in both scenarios, with that perhaps incidental consistency we have the impression that's Just How She Looks while giving immense effort under immense pressure. it's neat!
Removal of the taking hair down shot is honestly the worst adaptation decision in the show so far. The resurrection itself was super good! But spending a fews seconds on a shot of bedraggled Marcille with bloody hands letting down her hair would have made the thing sing a little more.
I'm gonna be honest..... I used to read the manga when it was available on those scanlation sites. This was one of the last chapters I was able to read before they took the site down.
But man.... when the hair comes down... ya'll know she means business.
Yuri Zelink...
That's what Marlin is, Beat for Beat
Zelda Geting link to try Frog? Marcelle geting falin to eat Dragon.
Their Conversation about Sheika Stones? The Conversation
Mipha? Shuro.
Demon King? Mad Mage.
Malice Cocoon Rescue? Dragon Guts.
Purah's Love of Tech? Laios's Hunger
Draconification? Chimera.
Tears? Blood.
The lil fisticuffs made me think kensuke has cute pet plot armor and would stick around
the best part of the week ❤️
I really like this story of frieren and his party before they defeat the demon king and before the beyond journeys end
Wow what great "friends" real "gal pals" maybe even "roommates"
Oh my god! They were in an adventuring party together!
Are they lesbian?????
@@sopiestbanana2181 yes
@@sopiestbanana2181
Probably not.
@@jasonfurumetarualkemisto5917 ryoko kui drew herself kissing a girl and calls videogame women her wives, so probably yes 👍
I love dungeon meshi so much I'm really excited of what's to come
I love your videos so much!
2:25 changing your hairstyle. Every episode is a nice touch.
"keep your feet and hands in the video at all times"
*My adhd ass* "I wont, but not from whatever you are implying"
Someone pointed out to me about the cut shot of Marcille letting her hair down that she's also putting blood from her hands into her hair. Most of her magic requires her hair to be lean and tidy, because the people who wrote the magic were clean and tidy, writing for clean and tidy people. This magic was written by people coated in blood, so it's only right that Marcille coats her hair in that same blood as she's working the ancient magic.
Also: The braided updo reminds me a lot of her mother's hair. And given that Marcille has taken to wearing a choker like her mother in adulthood, it wouldn't surprise me if she put it up like that in part as a kind of... idk. Emotional support hairstyle? Maturity boost? And her letting her hair down is stepping away from how her mother looks, and more into how she herself is, and then a step beyond. (Marcille's hair is always worn long but it's never been _loose_ before.)
Finally: The unplacable dread is the feeling of "They did the thing they set out to do. In episode 12. Of this 24 episode season. How. How is this going to go horribly wrong. What are they going to do with the other _half_ of the season???"
Finally! The dwarf section in R34 is growing and reaching THE FUCKIN KNIFE-EARS!
Soon it will surpass them!
Elf in black 🖤
Oh man, just you wait for the last few episodes of s2
@@zanthe_ I know 🐰🐰☠️
banger as always
Another detail that deserves mentioning is the extreme close-up of Falin biting into dragon meat like a beast, and how it contrasts to everyone's memory of her being a sweet, angelic, girly-girl.
I like how they enjoy the moment with Falin right after that, tossing away the fact that they had just revived her with bones and other things coming from dungeon creatures. Absolutely relateable UvU
And funny, too 😆
I also agree it's such a shame they left out the scene of Marcille letting her hair down. It also seemed like an important detail, because earlier on, it was such a big deal that Senshi clean his beard in order for the water walking spell to take properly, and yet here Marcille is, running gore-soaked hands through her own hair. She dirties her own hair as she prepares to cast a dirty spell, a stain that may not wash out.
Marcille hair has it own power!
They don’t need an ingredient list bc we’ve all seen FMAB
9:47 I love Kensuke so much. My boi was READY to throw hands!
D w a r f T a i n t
It bothers me how nothing was talked about when it came to laios hugging falin like that shit struck me hard
THEY WERE ROOMMATES. Who sleep in the same bed, take baths together, wrestle naked, and write erotic poetry to one another. You know. Like Roommates do.
Nobody's gonna mention the massive foreshadowing that is Kensuke running away from Falin?
😉
How long until we get Senshi trying to explain the birds and the bees to Chillchuck
Spoiler alert!
chilchuck is married and has kids
@@caocaoholdingaplushie6022
Spoiler alert
3 fully grown daughters and angst
It was the scene where Marcille was doing the ritual when I realized that hair does play an important part in magic in this universe. I know they said it, but it truly showed me why.
I’m a little disappointed that we didn’t see any dragon meat move towards the skeleton and liquify before joining with the body.
Ngl, this might be me overanalyzing but in the sub, Farlyn said she doesn't remember what she did so that might be how she doesn't remember the time she died. She has a large amount of mana, tries to give some to Marcille and did that spell and she probably wouldn't have that mana if she had been just reborn/revived, the sword reacted to her and her left eye when she woke up being the same eye that was damaged from the dragon. The way Marcille and Liaos ignore the mana thing, sword reacting to her and how she straight up says she don't remember makes me think how they kinda just tired from their long journey trying to get here, enough to make mistakes like this that seem small but kinda make sense when they are connected to the dragon.
I was _losing my mind_ at *IT'S READY!!!* 1:45 Goddamn this show took a turn.