You’re thrown into Danmachi as a level 1 adventurer at the start of the series

You’re thrown into Danmachi as a level 1 adventurer at the start of the series.

What is your first move? What familia do you join?

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I cry and kill myself because this is a death sentence since I cannot survive without my crap store bought foods

Deadass why would anyone want to be an adventurer?
There are loads of better sources of income in the same city no less. In fact, the dungeon is just some tower with a claustrophobic air

I'd rather explore the actual world, thank you

loki's familia because i think tall skinny girls are sexy

I go directly to the amazons and train hard enough to protect Ishtar from Freja

Nah, nothing wrong with picking girls in a dungeon

I'd rather explore the actual world, thank you

And get killed by murder hobos because you didn’t decide to get a godly patron?

is it wrong to pick up girls in a dungeon

doesnt pick up girls in dungeons

What godly patron?
All they do is ensure that you level up. They don't even lead shit.
There's no real benefit in having a god and it one can argue that it is safer outside of the dungeon by the fact that Bell came from outside the city, and he had no problems surviving as a child

I am so fat and ugly I would just die. Is there a wukong familia? Maybe he would have mercy

Demeter so I can spend my days doing whatever work she needs and my nights resting my head on her tits.

Without a divine patron you are a weak ass bitch. At best you find a greater spirit who lends itself to you, which is sort of like the equivalent of a level 6/7 giving you their abilities.

Call it weak ass if you wish, it is safer outside by the fact that the gods are waging war on each other routinely

You saw personally how Ishtar Familia was wiped just because Freya was pissed
Not to mention that they make their entire economy run on fighting monsters everyday. Monsters that can, and regularly kill even their best people

I'd rather work in a farm than that warzone, fuck you

You saw personally how Ishtar Familia was wiped just because Freya was pissed

They literally tried to rape Bell. What did you fucking expect.

Is it possible to have sex with a goddess?

A legal proceeding where only the ones who participated would be punished
Not a full all-out war that ruined both lives and livelihoods of people who are not even aware of the reason for the fight

That place is a warzone. I don't care about muh levels. I want my meal to not fight back and I want my business to not explode

Listen, if you want to stay safe, you should at least join one of the agricultural familias. No violence, but you do get one level.

If they are outside the city, I'll join. Otherwise, I'd rather be on my own

A lot of familias exist outside of Orario. There’s even one that’s just for fishing.

I mean. Yes. You just can’t conceive.

there's a school romcom familia

How hard is it to even level up in this? I’m seeing literal teenagers that are level 5+

So how hard is levelling up really? Does experience really matter?

Most familia aren’t for combat purposes or fighting monsters, I don’t think. They’re meant to resonate with the god’s goals or ideals. The god of farming isn’t going to be fighting many monsters unless they’re trying to steal their produce or something.

it is safer outside by the fact that the gods are waging war on each other routinely

You know there are gods outside as well, right? They also wage literal war against each other, as some lead nation-level Familias and have actual armies and so on. The outside is also quite shit in general at the moment when the story takes place, mostly because of monster attacks and apparently nobody can quite deal with it.

I become a fucktoy-cuckbooy of Freya near instantly. If not, slow life for eternity.

You do realize that she doesn’t have sex with her members right? It wouldn’t be very fair. It’s one of her big rules.

mommy

This. Orario is objectively safer than any other part of the planet. All the strongest people are there. It has the most booming of economies. The entire game of the gods is focused there, for Christ’s sake. It’s like an eternal Olympics.

As others have said, yes, but you can't conceive. Also, it would be hard to bed the more virgin goddesses because they would see right through your motives and turn you down.

Like 90% of all adventurers end up quitting or dying before hitting level 2. That, and magic bullshit allows people to age slower or some crap like that the more levels they obtain.

Yeah but their actual ages are literal teen years. There’s also an eight hundred year old mage that’s only level 4… How the hell do you stay the same level for eight hundred years? How the hell does a literal sixteen year old get to level five?

leave Orario

build golf courses around the countryside

the goddess of golf follows

she communicates by swearing in scottish

fastest leveling from 1 to 2 takes a whole year

is not adopted by Zeus so likely I will have trash skills and die like a retard

adventuring becomes wageslaving as I hunt goblins and kobolds every day to make ends meet while hoping that some stronger guys wouldn't kill me because they're in a bad mood that day

This would be awesome. They should do it. Think of the money.

Some people get high levels super young because they're in familias that can basically farm experience for them, reaching a higher level faster than normies who have to do things the hard way. As for the mage, he's quite literally dead. As in, he's a skeleton. He doesn't have skin which he needs to have the familia mark on his back He found immortality via the Philosopher Stone/

Quite hard. Most adventurers don't even make it to lvl 2 IIRC and hitting lvl 3 is considered exceptional already. The higher the level the harder it is to level up further as well, partly because they can't just grind out levels, they need to perform some sort of heroic deed (like fighting some very tough monster) worthy of the level. It gets harder and harder as well as more dangerous, plus the opportunities for a lvl 5, 6 or 7 adventurer to even encounter something strong enough to unlock a level up are few and far between. The characters in the story that are lvl 4+ are basically the very best, cream of the crop.

This is literally a child’s cartoon. Don’t try justifying it.

As for the mage, he's quite literally dead. As in, he's a skeleton. He doesn't have skin which he needs to have the familia mark on his back

Is this implied or said anywhere? Because it’s a very good explanation.

Stay independent and be the head of an own familia in Danmachi

They explain it in the light novel, forget what volume

And yet you have fifteen year olds who are level five.

How many? Like <10 or something like that in the entire world, as far as we know.

What? Most of the main cast are teens to early-mid twenties. You have cringe emo edgelord catboys and dogboy level 5/6s.

join loki familia

die within a year because their lower levels have no plot armor and die frequently like fodder

join freyja familia

can't because she personally recruits certain people and the requirements are really specific

join hestia familia

feasible since all of its members have plot armor but I have to deal with the fact that it's mostly a 'all for one' type of deal and can't hit on any of the girls because Hestia would kick me immediately

could analyze the rest but I think the best option is to join Loki, level to 2 as soon as possible then leave to join Hestia (can't be joining as level 1 otherwise that screams 'hestia familia first fatality for shock value'.)

either that or join Heph and be a chill smith

So you're moving the goalposts from 15 to 25 years old?

Whichever takes me.

Yes, since they’re effectively the same, underdeveloped brain. It’s unbelievable that so many exceptional young people are around. You just have to assume all the elders and veterans died during the old faction war and fighting the OEBD. There’s way too many young people that are just “so awesome”. Even the gods are a bunch of children.

Granted this setting is inherently childish and coomer oriented to begin with and cannot be taken seriously.

so many

Let's do this again. How many? A few dozen in the entire world, out of a population in the millions at the very least? That's what you're pissing yourself over?

This is all anime/manga ever. Japan is obsessed with youth. Whimsy. Yeah it’s charming but it can also be a bit grating.

All the best worth hearing or talking about. How’s that? They’re all cringe kiddos.

THIS IS A CHILDREN’S CARTOON

That's just wrong, though. Riveria is like 100, Hedin is in his 70s, Finn in his 40s, Gareth like 50-60, Ottar like 30-40 IIRC, none of the strongest are kids.

kenshi.fandom.com/wiki/Strength
kenshi.fandom.com/wiki/Toughness
kenshi.fandom.com/wiki/Dexterity
kenshi.fandom.com/wiki/Dodge
kenshi.fandom.com/wiki/Athletics
kenshi.fandom.com/wiki/Martial_Arts
kenshi.fandom.com/wiki/Stealth
kenshi.fandom.com/wiki/Assassination
kenshi.fandom.com/wiki/Heavy_Weapons
kenshi.fandom.com/wiki/Melee_Attack
kenshi.fandom.com/wiki/Melee_Defense
kenshi.fandom.com/wiki/Field_Medic
I will scrounge, beg for coins, commit to blue-collar jobs, and invest in a backpack (to fill with extremely heavy metals/materials to train my strength) and start hauling ass around the city 24/7 while picking fights with drunks, lowlifes, thieves, and petty criminals/adventurers to train my martial arts and dodge. I will also train stealth, assassination, and athletics to ensure that I can survive battles that I can't win. Field Medic will ensure my survival in the event of a life-threatening wound, and aiding in finding warrior groups which need an onsite medic/surgeon. With heavy weapons, I will be able to properly fight innadungeon which will offer me a stable source of fighting experience and financial stability. On top of all this, I will search for a widely populated familia with at least a dozen members to keep afloat.

I WILL KENSHIMAXX!

You’re cherry picking. You’re ignoring fags like Bete and Ryu and Allen and Lefiya and Tione and Tiona and Ais and Annakitty and etc.

Good lord just go through the familias on the wiki; they’re all cringe kiddos.

Hedin is in his 70s

And yet he and Hogni both act like high schoolers.

IT
IS
A
KIDS
CARTOOOOOON

You said the best, none of those are the best. You're the one who said it, not me you fucking dumbass.

This setting relies on plot armor and plot relevance to get anywhere and it sucks.

Joins Astrea familia and teach everyone about my seigi (性義)

Strive for immortality and become a hobo neet

none of those are the best

They’re frequently called “the best” at what they do, within their niche, just like the ones you named.

Alfia would rape Ottar btw. But she has an actual excuse for being unreasonably powerful, like Ais.

I embrace mercantilism and stay under the radar as a humble shopkeep while slowly and secretly accumulating massive wealth.

I don't get what this series is about other than coomer shit

It’s about a little boy who gets sexually harassed by literally everyone, including gods.

It sounds like you understand it just fine.

So?