Dungeon Meshi is a manga about food and friendship.
This does not mean it is a cute slice of life. It treats both these things as sometimes bloody to acquire, difficult to do properly, and absolutely vital to survival.
Tabletop RPGs should have more tutorial scenarios where you get to learn the game mechanics in a low-risk environment so that while you're actually learning the game mechanics your character is not at the risk of immediate death (unless lethality is very much a part of the game, in which case go for it)
Being a young adult is so strange. You enter a coffee shop. The 20 year old girl waiting behind you cried all night because she just came to a new city for university and she feels so alone. That 27 year old guy over there works a job he is overqualified for, he lives with his parents and wants to move out but doesn't know what to do about it. That one 24 year old dude already has a car, a house, and a job waiting for him once he graduates thanks to his dad's connections. The 26 year old barista couldn't complete his higher education because he has to work and take care of his family. The 28 year old girl sitting next to you has no friends to go out with so she is texting her mother. That couple (both 25 years old) are married and the girl is pregnant. The 29 year old writing something on her laptop has realized that she chose the wrong major so she is trying to start all over. We are not alone in this, but we are actually so alone. Do you feel me
Marielda Burns. An illustration made for Friends at the Table, it was released as part of their Spring 2024 merch collection as both a shirt and poster.
Have you ever just done a mindmelt with your superiors and your grandma and your friend's kinda dad#1 to evenly distribute the cost of piloting a patchwork of living trees?