So I Got Into Dungeon Meshi And I’ve Been Telling Everyone Who I Talk To. I Love Everything About The

I want to make a compilation of Chilchuck making ‘paint me like one of your French girls’-esque poses throughout the manga cuz he seems to do it a lot

If anyone has any they could share I’ll be grateful but otherwise I’ll probably get round to doing it myself when I get the time

Truly what was Thistle's crime but loving too much- oh he went too far, he killed the main party- so did rabbits with knives for feet, okay. he was the equivalent of a teenage boy who watched his father get brutally murdered and then became burdened with the weight of his nephew's life. He was the only elf in a nation of humans. His younger brother became his older brother in what must have felt like a blink. Delgal begged him to save everyone's lives so he did. And despite all his work, despite doing what he was asked to do, Delgal still chose to die.

How could you ask him to give that up? Have you never loved to destruction? Sunk your nails into the present out of fear for the future? Have you never loved so intensely that anything but total reciprocation felt like a betrayal? He gave everything for his nation and they resented him, how could he forgive that? He lasted 1000 years as a dungeon lord and all he wanted was to protect his people in the only way he knew how.

a mermaid duet, featuring our shining stars laios and thistle

the scans are a little weird bc a friend(who read the raws) said that thistle talks posh but starts talking like a little brat when he’s excited. the fan translation made him posh all the way, so the eng reader crowd was robbed of thistle gap moe (translation in alt text)

THEY COULD NEVER EVER MAKE ME HATE YOU THISTLE!!!

Thistle is a beautifully made character and I wish people realized that more. His entire life he was molded into whatever the kingdom/Delgal needed. He was a jester than a insanely talented mage. His mind was addled with love and the need to keep Delgal safe and in that he crept into madness. Everything he did was for Delgal.

He was a reasonably stable dungeon lord up until we see Laois and his party dealing with the recent events. He knew the winged lion was not what he seemed and trapped him. He kept the Golden Country safe in his depraved mind, even if their lives were forever stuck in an endless forever.

Put more respect on my mans name. He is written in a complicated yet understandable manner. I LOVE THISTLE‼️‼️

Hello!

Would you have a collection of the instances where they talk about Mithrun’s noodle shop?

As far as I know it is mentioned only twice, once when they're trying to cheer him up so he has a new dream and once when Cithis asks "weren't you gonna open a noodle shop" in the second life extra

Actually now that you mention the "shop" part wasn't said out loud, I guess it came from the visual in Laios' imagination? Lemme know if I forgot any!

I'm loving Dungeon Meshi's mix of quasi-probable speculative magical biology and "It's magic fuck you."

Red dragons swallow their prey whole and use the undigestible remains as fuel for their fire breath, which is lit by creating a spark with their tongue. Living armors are colonies of mollusks who expand and contract to mimic muscle movement. Actually "man-eating" plants is a misnomer, they catch small animals with a filament that retracts when touched and they use their decomposing prey as compost.

These mushrooms can turn you into a gnome. It's magic fuck you.

Today’s Thistle is: Stanced™️

Every time I revisit chapter 86 and the events right after the group talks Marcille down, I'm always struck by this bit here:

In particular, how similar it is to this:

The Winged Lion ate the same desire in both of them, more or less (I'm sure there are some nuances in both flavor and intent, but they are clearly similar things here). The Lion basically used this technique to kill Thistle, and for Marcille it was... not insignificant, but something she and her friends overcame without even fully realizing it was an obstacle.

I feel like this is another small piece of the story that shows how important support and love are - in navigating mental illness, in dealing with abuse or addiction, or in working through any other similar struggle that can be read into the Lion and his eating of desires.

It almost feels like Marcille was able to borrow the desires of her friends. She loves them and she trusts them, so even when she didn't have a desire to free herself from the Lion, the care they had for her well being still mattered to her.

It's the same thing later, with her hair.

She isn't able to notice the way her messy hair is making things harder, let alone do anything about it. But when Chilchuck points it out and then braids it back for her...

It's better. She likes it, things are easier now. Even though it isn't a desire she can feel for herself, it's not something that doesn't effect her. And because her friends care - because they know her well enough to notice the difference - she is given the chance to have a preference and to ask for their help.

We can obviously see some parallel ideas here with Mithrun and Kabru as well, but I'd also like to point out that Thistle gets this grace, too. Thistle, who had no one to help him up once he lost his will to resist, or to encourage him to find new desires once the Lion ate them all.

Thistle says he doesn't need anything, anymore...

But he is given an apology anyways.

It is not a kindness he desires. It is not a kindness he is able to ask for.

But it is a kindness that helps. It is a kindness that matters.