Tentacles With Vinegar Leftovers

 Welcome back, Dungeon Meshi Maniacs!  Were you happy with your fried plantains...I mean..tentacles from last week?  Why am I even asking?  Of course you were!  Fried plantains are one of the best foods our reality has to offer.  Speaking of the best we have to offer, I do owe you an apology, DMMs.  Because I skipped over two chapters I did jump past one of the best scenes in all of Dungeon Meshi.  The time Marcille wanted to take a shower but didn't want to in front of the guys.  So she briefly thought of using magic to get around it.

Orc Marcille.  Yummy!  *sigh* Too bad she didn't actually know illusion magic.  But that may have made the manga too distracting and derail the entire story.  Buff Marcille isn't the only thing we skipped over with these chapters.  We learned a little bit more about how one of the more taboo magicks work in the dungeon.  Resurrection.

 I'm with Senshi here.  I never liked dealing with resurrection magic in tabletop role playing games.  Their very existence seems like it would break the world. Take the oldest of old school games, Dungeons & Dragons.  Got a dead person?  You just need a diamond worth at least 500 gold coins and a Cleric around 9th level.  As long as 10 days haven't gone by then BOOM, one non-zombie based resurrection!  Why does this bother me so much?  Think about it. Why would a wealth person ever die?  Diamonds of around 500 gold coins would be in every rich person's collection.  Maybe four or five!  And there's always a greedy Cleric out there willing to take money for shuffling you back onto this mortal coil.  So you'll get essentially immortal oligarchs!  Thankfully Dungeon Meshi doesn't have that problem.  Why?

*I will warn you that some graphic images will be coming up so if that bothers you then feel free to bail now, DMM.  There is no dishonor.*

 You can only be resurrected if you die in the dungeon.  Need an example?  Look at what happens to Laios' former dwarven companion in this chapter.

Direct shot straight to the brain meat and we have a die! Namari is this dwarf's name but that's not important anymore because she is all corpsed up.  Fear not because the old gnome using her as a shield knows what to do.

One resurrection spell later and she is back on her feet and full of beans!

All better!  But why isn't this old man making a killing just raising the dead of all that can afford it?  As mentioned above, this only works in the dungeon.  We'll get to the exact hows and whys later but the main scientific reason is that soul can't leave.

Spooky!  While in the dungeon the soul is chained to the body. Pretty easy to shove a soul back in when it's just floating there.  Still, this makes me uneasy.  In old stories dying and coming back leave you less.  Take the famous Stephen King novel, "The Dead Cat Who Was Buried But Came Back a Zombie Cat and Scared That Guy."  Sometimes it's best for the dead to stay dead.  But I guess it's better than coming back as a spooky ghosty.  As mentioned earlier, don't ask too many questions at this point on how things work, DMMs.  The answers are far down the line.  For now just know that necromancy is okay in this world for some reason.  Oh, there is "dark magic" but somehow cramming souls back into someone doesn't fall under that heading.

So that's it for this weeTHE PLANTAIN!  I'm glad I remembered, DMMS.  Last week I left one plantain to the side to let it brown up?  Long story short, that did the trick.

These fried up like a dream, DMMS. So much sweeter and creamier than last week.  Unfortunately, I failed to take a photo of the ripe plantain.  Just wait for your plantain to look like an overripe banana and you're golden.  These make a great snack or side dish.  Try some with rice!  As far as I know the dead cannot eat in the dungeon so maybe it's okay to bring them back?  Otherwise they'll miss out on great dishes!  Come back next week when we try something with a lot more meat to it!