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Dungeon Meshi - Kabru's Messy room

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(sketch) blood in the water

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Sorry but Kabru is so fascinating to me as a character, in a pure mechanical sense, because of what Ryoko Kui does with him. Everything about him is a red herring. He's deliberately introduced as some kind of rival for Laios, a party leader who is hopeless against monsters but absolutely brilliant with people both in and out of combat, and who has good reason to oppose him.

By the end of chapter 31, you might even think Kabru's going to end up as some sort of anti-villain, an antagonist with the best of intentions who nevertheless tries to foil our hero's plans. He wants to defeat the Mad Mage himself, he suspects Laios of being too irresponsible to be trusted with control of the dungeon, and his crew even thinks that Laios's party stole from them (and they're kind of right!). All signs point towards an inevitable showdown.

And then ... none of that happens.

Confrontation over the stolen treasure? Kabru is literally too smart to fall for the classic miscommunication trope and correctly decides it's not worth making a big deal of.

Kabru's deadly PVP skills? Aside from trying to take down Falin, he never fights another human again.

Wanting to be the one who defeats the dungeon? Turns out he was only doing that because he didn't think any other adventurer would have people's best interests at heart, and he's more than willing to play a support role in the whole affair.

Thinking Laios is up to no good? He really did just want to get to know the guy more. He has his misgivings, but ultimately ends up trusting Laios with his life.

Is Kabru going to get some sort of comeuppance for hating monsters and not appreciating their ecosystem? Well no, he has good reasons for hating monsters. He ends up wanting to learn about them through Laios's eyes, but he's never forced into any "Wow, guess I was wrong about them!" revelation.

Hell, even his implied ladykiller ways, which might lead you to think he'll end up being the stock "chivalrous lech" type of character, don't really manifest. He has a lot of opportunities to act flirtatiously around women, but doesn't. He's just a guy whose natural charisma makes him into human catnip.

And that's all hysterical to me, to pull it off. It's a fascinating way to tell a story. To introduce a character explicitly as a rival, potentially even a villain, and instead make them a deuteragonist. It's like a magician making a coin disappear, then slowing down their trick to show you the misdirection. "Did you see what I did there?" they ask with a wink. "The coin was in my other hand the entire time."

#yes all of this #esp the part abt seeing sizeable amount of his interiority #and it's funny that his character is largely flattened as Eyes and creepers just cause his internal thoughts were shown often #like no guys he won't kill laios lol he's just panicking #also none of that interior leaked out he's still perfectly calm and confident on the outside #barring the confession scene with laios haha

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It's maddening seeing people dismissing shuro's feelings for falin as a man loving a manic pixie dream girl imagery in his head but like sure the bug thing was what made him fall for her but idk man I think it wasn't all that like they spent three years adventuring together, you know, I'm pretty sure there were other moments or something. AND ALSO he didn't really 'force' his feelings on her lol. People really equate the marriage proposal as him intentionally imposing his feelings, like shuro is actually fine when falin rejected him and look! they're still friends! I think it's important to separate falin's troubled feelings regarding the proposal and her general inability at rejecting people from the marriage proposal itself. It doesn't take away her struggle as a women living in a world that made her feel like she had to accept a man's advances. Like I can't believe this needs to be spelled out, I didn't even shipped them but I keep seeing shuro hate for stupid reasons and it peeved me lol. And don't get me started on the people hating him for laios like when will fandom stop putting a white (fictional) man's feelings above all else. Please look at That scene with some critical thinking and nuances I'm begging you.

#for the record I LOVE laios and falin #shuro isn't even my blorbo bro but I'll defend him with my life #dungeon meshi

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Dungeon Meshi - Kahka Brud and The Island

Kahka Brud - Town adventurer's go through to arrive at The Island, where the dungeon was discovered.

The Island - Island situated off the coast of Kahka Brud, The Dungeon was discovered conected to the village's graveyard.

Merini (Or Melini) - The Village where the Adventurer's stay and make preparations before adventuring in The Dungeon.

Image Texts under the cut

First Image Showing Kahka Brud

Laios pointing up: Our hometown is farther north across the sea. It's a boring place with nothing but mountains and snow.

Marcille pointing to Kahka Brud: Everyone comes to the island through this neighboring town. It's the biggest one in the area. The Magic School Falin and I went to is there too.

Cythis pointing west talking about the canaries: We came from a city on the continent that lies northwest of here. Of the human races there 80% are elves. 20% are "other."

Kabru pointing east (tiny Kuro with Mickbell on his shoulders besides him): Utaya is… was far to the east of here. Humans and Demihumans are still fighting over the territory. Kuro came from that area as well.

Shuro point downwards east: The Eastern Islands are scattered to the southeast of here. There aren't many longlived races, and there's constant internal strife and wars between islands.

Tiny Izutsumi and Rin: We all have roots on different islands.

Dungeons:

Budou Pit

Dwarf-Style Dungeon

Collapsed

Brud Dungeon Cluster

Dwarf-Style Dungeons

Captured

Currently part of the town, and only traces remain

Tower of Night Cries

Gnome-Style Dungeon

Captured and being sealed

Currently administered by the Gnomes

The Island

Compound-type Dungeon

Discovered in 507

Second Image showing details of The Island

"The Island"

Over the years, it's been given many different names by it's various owners: Dwarfs, Elves, and tall-men. By now, most of these have faded away and it's just called "The Island."

Merini Village

Once a small fishing village, the discovery of The Dungeon has brought about drastic changes

[On the north-most part of the village]

Island Lord's Mansion

[Middle of the village, near the shore]

High Street

All the necessary tools and food can be bought here.

[Deeper to the southeast of The Island]

Dungeon Entrance

Connects to the Village graveyard, which is no longer used for burials.

[End of Descriptions]

Here's the world map in case you want to check it along with the descriptions from the characters, I'll make a dedicated post for it later on.

#dungeon meshi #ref #gosh I wish I see this before writing fics

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They’re so silly <3

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don't be afraid to pursue your love interest, like my buddy kabru got his man thru sheer effort

#labru #dungeon meshi

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my translation of that laios & kabru comic from the new adventurer’s bible (sorry for the awkward localization i‘ve only done this once before)

#dungeon meshi #I love them so much help!!

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The thing I like about Kabru is that he has Main Character Energy leaking from every pore. He was born with unusual eyes. He's the last survivor of a village destroyed by an out-of-control dungeon. He was taught to be an extremely effective manslayer by his hot adoptive elf mom. He can read people like a book. He picks up women effortlessly.

But in the dungeon he's completely out of his depth and all his Sherlock abilities are completely useless against Laios, the Most Autistic Man Alive and the real main character.

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This is the spiciest thing I'll post on this account but. Laios dog behaviors lmao

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would the kiss still work if it's not from a prince?

#labru #dungeon meshi #dungeon meshi spoilers

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this is them, to me,

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what's going thru his head, probably.

#dungeon meshi #kabru #laios touden #lairu

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what's on your arm, boss?

#metal gear solid #mgs #big boss #been thinking abt bb wearing kaz's scarf lol #if they weren't divorced kaz would be so happy to see it #he'd be like wow it just like el che 🥰 #bbkaz

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The metal gear parasite is taking over my brain.

#mgs

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You should never forget literally the best line in all of video games

#mgs #heritage post