The dungeon is swarming with monsters. That means it has an ecosystem. Where there are carnivores, there are herbivores for them to eat! There are plants that herbivorous monsters eat and water, light, and dirt to nourish those plants! In other words: Humans can sustain themselves in the dungeon, too!

I continue to be in the mood for comic/manga-shaped stories that resemble D&D games, and it made me recall this series that has been on my TBR forever. I was a bit worried it would be kind of gross with all the monster cooking, but with very few exceptions, it's not. It's actually really fun and entertaining.

I did find that it read more like a LitRPG than a fantasy adventure, even though it's technically not one. But there was just so much focus on the mechanical side of things: the levels of the dungeon, the casual resurrections, the monster-fighting strategies and monster "stats." Between all that and the elaborate step-by-step recipes, I'd even say it felt like reading a fictionalized setting book. Especially since the characters were rather one-dimensional for the most part. It took over half of the book for them, starting with Marcille, to begin displaying more than a single trait/skill per character. 

Still, in spite of the above, reading this manga was a rather enjoyable experience, due to all the monster mythology and all the action scenes. I'm likely to continue the series the next time I'm in the mood for something like this.