It's a fantasy manga about a brother attempting to save his sister from the clutches of a dangerous dungeon. Pretty typical set up, but most of the series is focused around eating and trying not to starve to death.
So the series opens on the main party losing a battle with the Red Dragon deep in the dungeon because they ran out of provisions and were wearily hunger. The main character Laius is about to get eaten, but his sister pushes him out of the way and performs a spell to get everyone else back to surface before she gets eaten. Laius immediately wants to go back in to rescue his sister, and because of his suicidal determination to do so, two of his companions leave the party. Left with only two other companions (Chilchack the Halfling and Marcille the Elf) and no supplies he goes back in to slay the Red Dragon before his sister gets digested.
And his plan on how to not starve? Eat the monsters within the dungeon, much to the chagrin of the other two, especially Marcille (she's great cause she's just so done with everything and eats so begrudgingly). Early on in this endeavor they meet a dwarf, Senshi, who has been living in the dungeon for a while and he joins them as a very crucial cook and source of knowledge.
This dude's pretty sick. And he actually turns into such a bro, which with where I am currently in the story I'm not entirely sure why? Maybe he just has a strong sense of duty, but he's become a more loyal ally to Laius than Chilchack, who had been in his party for waaaay longer than Senshi.
Most things being told through the perspective of food (and really wacky food, like slimes, mimics, krakens, mandrakes, vegetables farmed off the backs of golems, etc) makes it have a really interesting spin. It gives the monsters a lot of personality and detail, and I just think it's a refreshing take on the typical Tolkien fantasy setting.
Also, the plot isn't all just going to find the Red Dragon, they actually defeat it around chapter 25 (it's currently 63 chapters long, updating monthly). I'm only a little past this point, but it developing beyond the original concept has been great so far. It's gotten more characters and more world building and it's gotten a lot darker and everything feels graver and more pressing.
Also here's an animated commercial that got made for one of the book releases. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aUBQZc9h1w
I look forward to getting back to it once school allows me to be a person again.
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