What’s Next for Delicious in Dungeon?
Netflix’s 24-episode first season of the Delicious in Dungeon anime adaptation took the world by storm last year with its mastery of blending two unlikely genres. Combining fantasy and cooking with a dash of fictional biology lessons, as well as localization consisting of an all-star voice cast and a charismatic writing team, the show was quick to catch on with even viewers who didn’t usually indulge in either genre—myself included. No matter how integral each episode is to the core plot of saving Laios’ sister Falin, they all serve as important steps to understanding each of the main protagonists’ nuances and differences from each other, as well as growing attached to them. With the show airing its season finale this past Thursday, it ends off on a bit of a cliffhanger as the party decides to lay out a plan for their next steps rather than definitively wrapping up any loose ends or key plotpoints. It’s a bit of an unclear ending to the season that leaves a lot to the imagination, which is a blessing and a curse as it leaves more questions than answers in a way. What is the party’s main goal going forward after the ending?
Delicious in Dungeon Season 2 is Confirmed
With the series’ incredible success on the streaming platform, it didn’t come as a surprise that a second season would come eventually. In fact, light press confirmation of the second season’s greenlight has been floating around for a while. It was confirmed on the series’ official Twitter account yesterday with the release of the season finale, however, that not only has the second season been greenlit, it has begun production. The release date of the second season and its episode count are currently up in the air, but what’s important is that it’s not a matter of if, but when Delicious in Dungeon will return, hopefully with a conclusion to the Falin storyline.
Will the next season have 24 episodes like the first did? Many anime series at the moment tend to cap their seasons off at 12-13 episodes each. The first season of Delicious in Dungeon could technically be categorized as this, as starting with episode 13 it technically became a second season (complete with a new opening and another 12 episodes following the first 12) or a second part to season one. Another currently running anime, Urusei Yatsura, has 23 episodes total in both its first and second season orders, though these are also split up as evident by their changed openings. It’s entirely possible the second season of Delicious in Dungeon could cut the episode count in half for the sake of time, though with the weekly release strategy having worked to the series’ benefit, it’s plausible for the count to stay at 24. Again, it’s all speculation at the moment, but Trigger still does have a fair amount of the original manga left to adapt, so there’s no need for fans to worry about counting what time they have left with Laios, Marcille, Chilchuck and Senshi (and Izutsumi, if you’re that far in).
The entire first season of Delicious in Dungeon is now streaming on Netflix,