#i wanna make a post about izutsumi laios moments too they’re so funny

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Chilchuck Tims has 4 daughters

Izutsumi’s relationship with the whole party is very fun and heartwarming, and her relationship with each party member has something unique and special, but besides Senshi being the mama hen I really love how Chilchuck looks after Izutsumi in a father-ish way. He’s the only one in the party that sees her like an actual human girl lol. He treats her with respect while not letting himself be walked over, and I think there’s something to be said about it, esp since Chilchuck knows how it’s like to be infantilized and pet like a cute thing much like our favorite catgirl. He does handle her like a guy who has 3 adult daughters, parenting instincts kicking in

Listen I knooow the party is breaking up with the end approaching but I’ve been thinking a lot about if Izutsumi decided to stick with anyone and I think it’d be really nice if she stayed with Chilchuck. I love Chilchuck’s store so much, I have so many headcanons and fic plans involving it, but listen.  I feel like Chilchuck would be a good person to look after her, she’s still a teen and shown not to be mature enough to know what to do with herself and feed herself right yet, she could become Chilchuck’s store mascot like a cat that’s always lounging inside hehe.  He gains another sort-of-daughter and she keeps her favorite pillow, a loss-loss deal on his end but Chilchuck is too responsible to not take her in if needed mwahahaha Izutsumi would have no remorse, he’s ready to suffer for her comfort

Ok girl we get it he’s your dad

#dungeon meshi #chilchuck tims #izutsumi #brotp #i’ve had this post in my drafts for months whatever I’ll come back if I find more moments #i wanna make a post about izutsumi laios moments too they’re so funny #laios is inutade except cat lover you can’t change my mind #this is a non-laios post ik but aorry my laios stan is coming out in the tags #i love how even the sleeping habits are so fleshed out #marcille is kinda like a surrogate mother to her now that i think of it parallels and whatnot omfg #i must stay cool and collected and not let my MarChil show #chil speaks to izutsumi with respect and no condescension and he understands her and ughhh i love them #I NEED THIS. I NEED MORE THEM. #not me looking up to Chilchuck like a father figure comforting to me too no hush #I keep editing in more panels I find help #Compilation #inexhaustive. Like there is so much of chil fathering izu out there

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OK! i finished reading dungeon meshi. many a thought i have.

long post, thoughts under cut, as spoiler free as possible

tl;dr: i really really enjoyed it. i absolutely recommend it. though because im mean old guy telling you to get off my lawn, i have some issues with some of the writing choices

ill start with good stuff

i wanna reiterate that i enjoyed it a lot!! it was super duper fun read. it took a minute for it to catch me but i decided to keep reading and it was worth it.

the character design is what initially drew me to reading it in the first place, and i was not disappointed. this story is full of fun and cool designs, interesting powers, and simultaneously interesting and comedic worldbuilding.

it takes a bit to really get going IMO but it quickly becomes a fun to read story and gives you a lot to think about in the current moment and, even as the story goes on, lots to think back on and asks you to recall certain moments. a story that asks for your full attention is one that i can definitely enjoy. (will revisit this topic in the “things i didnt like as much” section, though.)

i think the theming of food and meals and the way it manages to stay the be all, end all of the entire story all the way until the very end was extremely satisfying. it manages to make the story not too heavy, since it works as light relief from the heavier parts of the story. and, In My Onion, it never manages to derail the story. like. ever. at all. not really any parts of the story was i ever thinking like “are they seriously talking about FOOD right now?” its very very well established as the core part of the story, even when something absurd but food-centered came up, it was just like maybe comedic? but mostly like “ah ok that makes sense.” it very much gives you room to feel normal about the core themes of the story. and i think that alone makes it a very well written story.

if you’re looking for something fun, action-y, fantasy, silly, and sometimes a little serious, with great characters and design to read, its totally worth it.

(also, without plot spoilers, i gotta say i LOVED the Demon. thats all im saying. im obsessed. perfect. amazing. no notes.)

…..and now here’s the mean part

this goes from mild annoyances to “i almost stopped reading” so lets go

ill start with my smaller issue.

the secondary (i guess that’s what you’d call them?) characters. the canaries and former group members and all them. (izutsumi not included, as she becomes main cast) …ill say that i do like these guys…generally….eventually

when all the secondary characters get introduced and start getting more and more screen(page?) time, its hard to connect with them at first. and “at first” is … a long time. its possible this is less of a writing thing, and more of a me thing? but to me i genuinely couldnt care about these characters when they started showing up more. it took me a LONG time to connect with them. there wasn’t anything immediately compelling that makes you care about them other than “you need to know what they’re up to for the general plot”.

the story took a bit to grab me, had me for a while, introduced a bunch of guys and gave them a bunch of screentime, and it was a slow read for me after that, before they were doing anything that i found interesting. again, possibly just me and my cocomelon baby attention span.

…ok now the part that i have a hard time believing is just a “me thing” , something that had me so frustrated the entire story that i almost stopped reading. …

LAIOS.

LET. me explain.

its not his overall character, or how hes written in a general sense. overall hes an enjoyable main character, hes funny and i definitely had a good time reading most of his parts. I CANNOT MAKE IT ANYMORE CLEAR THAT I ENJOY HIM. I LIKE HIM. DO NOT MISINTERPRET THIS, HE JUST HAS ONE SINGULAR THING WRITTEN ABOUT HIM THAT I ABSOLUTELY CANNOT ENJOY.

he has ONE little quirk that KINDA MOSTLY makes sense with his general personality, and is the most frustrating thing ever….

he straight up forgets to tell the entire crew things.

like IMPORTANT, PLOT RELEVANT THINGS.

and the way its SUPPOSED to be read is “haha wow hes such an airhead he forgot to tell them (Thing that laios and the audience know but the rest of the characters dont)” and im sure plenty of people read it that way, but to me it was straight up confusing and felt like he was deliberately hiding information, which didn’t feel true to his character at all. only to find out he genuinely did forget and it dragged on the plot for a while.

its possible this forgetfulness is *used* to drag the plot on for a little longer, and to me its not at all satisfying. it feels like its less characterization and more plot device.

i happen to enjoy in stories when the audience knows something the characters don’t, but using that storytelling device in this specific way wasn’t at all fun to read, just insanely frustrating.

i was willing to let it go the first time, but this happens MULTIPLE times in the story. and its played off just like “ph i forgot! this happened!” “WHAT WHY DID YOU TELL US?!”. after the whateverth time it happened i genuinely almost stopped reading, but luckily the overall plot was encapsulating enough to have me like this:

… so those are most of my thoughts on it. anything else i didnt add was probably positive! it probably just wasnt included cuz i forgot, or it was spoilers.

do i think the story is super absolutely worth reading? yes definitely

do i think it has some writing issues that are either just boring or absolutely annoying? yeaaahhhh

im just kinda mean old cranky Jeeby. make ur own opinions. go read it. or font. its fun. thats all.

#trying SO hard not to be misinterpreted here #I LIKE THIS STORY!!! READ IT!!! AHHHH (BANGS MY HEAD IN A WALL) #long post