Stop-motion of Senshi's hands preparing a walking mushroom reads like someone finally animated the bit that made manga readers laugh out loud. The short cuts straight to what Dungeon Meshi does best: taking the absurd seriously, treating monster meat with the precision of a real cooking show. Five minutes of pure craftsmanship applied to something ridiculous. This is the show's real heart distilled into its smallest possible form.

Senshi's hands take center stage in this single-episode stop-motion short as he sets about preparing a walking mushroom. The creature is the same one that appeared in the Monster Tidbits bonus chapter of the manga's first volume. The fantasy adventure short was made to celebrate the release of the manga's fifth collected volume.