"Once upon a time, there was a wonderful gourmet anime."
"It had a vast and magnificent worldview, with the entire story steeped in intense fantasy elements."
"The story took place within a giant ancient ruin. This ancient relic was called the Labyrinth, sleeping deep beneath the earth."
"The core members of the team were extremely gluttonous and wanted to taste anything they came across. They also had a chef who was much shorter than the others. One of the core members' direct relatives was female and possessed the attribute of a 'dragon,' while the team had also mastered an evil, forbidden resurrection spell."
"That's right, this was Dungeon Meshi!"
By the campfire, Fang Mo held a hard shell and rambled to himself, "...The Great Gourmet's fermented tofu. The Gourmet Hulu Island arc is now being serialized to rave reviews!"
"Why is he going crazy again...?"
Toriko was likewise hugging a lump of meat and wolfing it down. But upon hearing Fang Mo's eldritch muttering, he first swallowed what was in his mouth, then smacked his lips twice as if sensing something before finally looking at Fang Mo and complaining, "There's no poison in this either. How did eating it give you hallucinations?"
"As expected of Komatsu. You made the gourmet food I wanted so easily."
Fang Mo ignored Toriko. Somehow, he had produced a small knife and dug out a huge lump of meat from the hard shell in his hand, stuffing it straight into his mouth.
The fresh, tender meat was coated in steaming golden minced garlic. The instant it entered his mouth, Fang Mo blissfully narrowed his eyes. It had a uniquely savory flavor. Rather than resembling a land beast, it was more like some mollusk that lived in water.
If he had to compare it to something,