Dungeon Meshi

When a red dragon defeats Laios Touden’s party deep inside a vast dungeon and devours his sister Falin, the survivors are sent back to the entrance with almost no money or supplies. There is no time to rebuild properly: if they want to rescue Falin before the dragon digests her, they must descend again immediately.

Laios proposes a solution that horrifies the mage Marcille; rather than buy food, they will eat the monsters they defeat along the way. The dwarf Senshi, an expert in dungeon cuisine, joins them and turns slimes, mandrakes, basilisks, and stranger creatures into meals. Recipe by recipe, the party learns that understanding the dungeon’s ecosystem can matter as much as sword or magic, and that reaching Falin may require a very adventurous appetite.