Delicious in Dungeon manga creator known for immaculate D&D vibes says she's actually never played D&D but loves RPGs like Baldur's Gate 3

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The manga-turned-Netflix anime Delicious in Dungeon is beloved for ༒many reasons, na🥀mely the immaculate vibes of a rag-tag party bonding over succulent-looking meals while adventuring through a perilous, D&D-style world. Don't let that fool you into assuming that manga creator Ryoko Kui cares that much for D&D or cooking, though.

Speaking to , Kui politely reveals she has "never played Dungeons and Dragons" after being asked about her favorite player characters. "Even the word 'TTRPG' I hadn't learned until I became an adult," she says. "But I've seen a l𒁏ot about Dungeons and Dragons, so I bought the Players' Guide and some oꦅf the related novels. So I have the knowledge to some extent, but I've never really played a TTRPG myself."

If you really want an answer, though, she has played Baldur's Gate 3 and did so as a human rogue. In fact, as we previously reported, Kui digs Baldur's Gate so much she even lovingl꧙y recreated the game's characters in her own sty✱le.

As for the cooking element of Delicious in Dungeon, if yo♛u're wondering whether the manga reflects her own fondness for it, well, Senshi she is not. When asked to share a meal or recipe that's important to her, she couldn't come up with "anything special" despite giving it some thought.

"But one thing is my mother use﷽d to say, like when we make okonomiyaki, she advised me to use grated yam instead of water," she adds. "So since then, I always use yam instead of water. But honestly, I've never compared the two recipes, so I really don't know the difference, but thatﷺ's what I do."

Asked in a follow-up what meals fro🍨m Delicious in Dungeon appeal most and why, the answer is simply none. "Honestly, I'm a picky eater myself, so I don't think I want to eat any of them," she says with a laugh. "But while I'm drawing the manga, I'm thinking about how fun it woul𓆏d be to eat it if I could."

Elsewhere, Kui ha꧋s some all-timer responses to other popular fan reactions and interpretations of her work. Namely, she didn't really write Laios to be autistic, and drawing Senshi in his underwear is more about his carefree nature rather than sex appeal, but it's cool if you're into it.

We are truly blessed that Delicious in Dungeon is re𓆏turning for ⭕a second season on Netflix.

She may not like cooking or D&D, but Delicious in Dungeon is still one of the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:best manga you can read right now.

Iain Harris
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I joined GamesRadar+ in May 2022 following stints at PCGamesN and PocketGamer.Biz, with some freelance for Kotaku UK, RockPaperShotgun, and VG24/7 thrown in for good measure. When I'm not running the news team on the games side🍌, you'll find me putting News Editor duties to one side to play the hottest JRPG of 20 years ago or pillaging the depths of Final Fantasy 14 for a swanky new cloak – the more colourful, the better.