Watch out Kabru. This man may not be able to outsmart anyone, but he has yet to meet anyone who can outdumb him.

I want to talk about the retainers a bit, and tell you about them in more detail than what gets revealed during the course of the story. I like all of them, and one in particular, whom we’ll get to spend a lot of the series with.

Shuro is from a different continent and culture, and a member of a powerful family. “Retainers”, are slaves. They are beggars or purchased children that show some kind of promise, brought into the family and provided for, in exchange they are groomed for a life of servitude.

Maizuru in particular is clearly very fond of Shuro, and though she is a bit older than him, she was his tutor for all things scholarly as he grew up, during which they formed a bond. Shuro used to like her back.

What I’ll write next is never stated outright in the main plot, but must be discovered by reading bonus chapters and charachter sheets.

Shuro can no longer look at Maizuru straight, because he found out his father was screwing her. This is even more fucked up because Maizuru became a retainer of the family as a child. She is also vehemently hated by Shuros biological mother because of this. But when it comes to things that members of the clan want from their retainers, the word “no” does not exist.

I’m fairly neutral on Shuro. He does not take learning how Falin was revived well, but likely only because if put in the same position, he would have made the very same call. Not that his party would’ve had the option of saving her at all. While he’d like to do the obvious and bring Laios before the law. He can’t.

Still. Falin could do better. Not in terms of position, but while Shuro is a fairly decent person, he is sheltered and terminally upper-class. I’m not sure he’s wised up to the fact that having “retainers” is pretty un-cool.

I get the feeling that Chilchuck would be pretty good at those old school rpg games that had puzzles which were almost indecipherable. He managed to somehow extract patterns out of the chaos that the dungeon creator has introduced. Truly the type of player that would have a set of hand-drawn maps and diagrams at his side while trying to figure something out.

After the gang manages to go up a level, we finally reunite with my favorite character so far, dripping with true protagonist potential. He is surrounded by people that seem to worship him and is traveling with another party now. Initially, there is some hesitation towards Laios, but the reunion that was fated could not be stopped and he is invited to a small group discussion to get caught up on Laios’s journey to this point. It was a bit of a shame that he was asked to leave so that Shuro and Laios could talk by themselves, but he got the info in the end. Oh, did you think I was talking about Shuro? Nah, I only have eyes for Kabru. /s

Seems like Senshi has found a woman after his own heart in Maizuru. It’s almost a shame she is so devoted to Shuro as I thought that her and Senshi actually had some good chemistry together and they obviously share a passion for food. Don’t worry Senshi, there is still the one out there for you, sorry that Anne the Kelpie didn’t work out. Keep at it buddy!

In all seriousness, I am not really sure what Kabru’s plan is here. Was this really just meant to be a fact finding mission? Is he going to make a move against Laios and co.? Might Kabru make a move against Marcy specifically because she knows dark magic? He is the wildcard in this joint party that might really shake things up. Laios’s and Shuro’s parties seem mostly cordial with each other and the rest of Kabru’s party will just follow his lead. So, it’s up to him to do something unless some outside force comes across the group…

Oh, look, Falin is back!

Wish i had a staircase like this

Dungeon Meshi - episode 16

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