

Due to lack of land, there is no agriculture in Orth. This means that the
town's food can only come from two places:

**Imports/Trade**

If Orth was trading relics for food, we would be seeing a constant line of
ships coming and going. There would also be infrastructure in place to
transport goods up and down the outside of the volcano.

**Hunting/Foraging in the Abyss**

In Episode 5, Riko mentions that any meat they had at the orphanage came from
here, so this is the likely option. There are thousands (possibly tens of
thousands) of people living on the surface. Shouldn't there be hundreds of
people in the first layer every day hunting animals, catching fish and
gathering fruit? How come we never see anyone other than the odd cave raider?

As much as food plays a role with our main characters, we curiously never see
anyone eating on the surface. I doubt that the need to eat is tied to the
Curse of the Abyss.

In a story so world-building focused, I find this to be a strange oversight
(though not one that draws from my enjoyment of the show).


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Where do the people of Orth get their food from?