#THIS MANGA CONSUMES ME!!

[jadequarze]

Jade, Jade I have a favour to ask: can you info dump about Dungeon Meshi? Work is going tits up and I was hoping for something to look forward to after my shift is over. Pretty pls?

Let me try because it's so hard not to spoil TOO much.

Dungeon Meshi is a manga about a group of adventurers who had a big fall when they were up against a red dragon and one of theirs (Falin) is killed/eaten. Once they manage to escape, the brother (Laios) wants to go back and save his sister. However, some of the members left because it's not worth the risk. Unfortunately, they don't have the golds to but supplies that then leads to the MC suggesting they should kill monsters to cook them. Who actually genuinely wants to eat monsters. He manage to convince them. Then, they meet with Senshi, who knows how to cook monsters and despite the other members reservation, enjoys the food Senshi cooked. This is a very brief summary but yeah. The running theme is going to be this, food.

The whole manga revolves around food. It starts with food and ends with food. Ryoko Kui is on point when it comes to the themes she made in the manga and it doesn't taper off. The manga have a lot of fun bits in and there are times where it's serious for character development. Like, it's a nice balance of fun and serious if that makes sense. It's not too overwhelming with information and you can see how it progresses and not feel like it gives you whiplash. It tends to end the day when the group stops to eat and gives them a chance to talk/ contemplate on what had happened hence, character growth. Eating together is the main core of the manga. Moreover, to me especially, Ryoko Kui doesn't focus too much on any romantic subplots. There are a few tease for Falin/Marcille, but other than that, it's not her main focus. You can ship them but don't expect too much of it and honestly, I don't mind at all. I didn't read this manga for romantic subplots, I just love the world building and the individual characters themself. Despite being really horny, like legit horny, it's not in a sexual way kind of horny. It's more to horny of eating or being eaten. This post is better at explaining it than I could.

Characters summary:

You have an autistic MC, Laios, who is really fixated on monsters. He has a sister, Falin, who died saving the group from the red dragon. They both live a really hard life as Falin is the only one who is magically-inclined leading to their parents keeping her under a tight leash. The way they treated Laios, especially his dad, is bad because he's not like other 'normal' children.

A cringe fail half elf girl, Marcille, who has nightmares of people leaving her due to her long life expectancy.

A divorced short dad, Chilchuck, who gets treated as a kid because he's short and looks young (especially in early chapters but eventually tapers out as they grow together). He's a half-foot (a halfling in dnd terms).

You have Senshi the dwarf (the one who has the fanservice, you'll know why soon enough). He's the cook of the group.

Finally, honestly my favorite character, you have a cat girl, Izutsumi. She appears later in the manga though. She's not the typical overly cute cat girl you usually see in medias nowadays. She's the legit cat girl, as in she acts as a cat. Moreover, as the manga progresses you can see Chilchuck taking her under his wing and basically becomes her adopted dad (which is really cute).

Again, this is really a really brief summary of the characters. There's more depth to them but I'm not saying too much. Avoiding spoilers as best as I can. The ending, THE ENDING IS SO ON POINT AND ACTUALLY FEELS FULL!!!1 The main plot has ended but that doesn't mean it ends fully because it's been mentioned that Ryoko Kui will be writing/drawing epligoues for the characters after the main plot. Which is awesome.

Here's a couple post that I think can articulate better on why I fucking love this manga:

[viktorpartner]

Haven't been able to think about anything other than the victorian/edwardian/WW1 twink and his 80's punk almost-boyfriend for a week, send help

[prezs]

hi im thoroughly obsessed w the little manga adaptation for au beast and belle from disney mirrorverse

[tsub1t]

suddenly got fixated on a loud banana looking head ass. I haven't watched a single episode of bnha. I'm going insane

my first drawing of mic is him doing the hand thing™ for some reason

[nightmarerose1]

💥🧡BAKUTOKO CRUMBS Pt 2🖤🐦‍⬛

💥[Part 1,Part 3,]🐦‍⬛

[crunchkind]

Iruma and Balam

[nexischillin]

I will never forgive the person who pointed out to me that Geto always chose Gojo. Even when he walked away, he was still choosing Gojo

Geto wanted to make a world of jujutsu sorcerers where the weak ruled the strong. A place where he and Gojo could live happily without the burden of protecting the weak.

A place where they would have all the time in the world. They were at the right time wrong place, so Geto wanted to make that place.

[realrosielol]

Can we talk about how this show draws eyes for a second

LIKE HOW

[aru-art]

wouldn't you like a taste of the power?

[akeedia]

sukuna & the act of consuming

Caroline Bynum, Holy Feast and Holy Fast / Erica Jong, Where It Begins / Mary Oliver, Hunter’s Moon—Eating the Bear / Kimberly McCraw, Why Cannibalism? / Bangambiki Habyarimana, Pearls Of Eternity

[beartitled]

Just a small update bc been posting less frequently

This year’s Halloween doesn’t feel spooky enough, so I’ve been doodling some silly stuff 🎃

And also I’ve been drawing comics dedicated to this flüffy guy 🐝

I will most likely gonna have hiatus of sorts? Dunno how things will go

I’ve been trying to take things slow and not rush myself for the sake of my mental health

Not that something is wrong necessarily, just trying to regain my passion for art (god that sounds concerning no matter how I word it 😭)

Basically my fanart speedruns kinda caught on to me and I’m having a tad bit of art block 💥

Sometimes you just want to create things for yourself and simply enjoy the journey if it makes sense 🎨🐻‍❄️

[todayisafridaynight]

'tumblr if you snipe the quality of another post of mine im going to break into your cellar and ruin all of your wine' translation: click for better quality

80's version

[bridge-demon]

because like……. it’s hard man idk

[xkzy8]

I made! kuro servant dangle charms!!

stock is low for now, but each sale helps me make more! (and if your fav isn't here yet, consider buying one anyway to help fund more character batches 👀 I'll probably do a poll soon to decide the next group, so keep an eye out for that!)

get them here, and see what else is in my shop here 💞

[ravenpureforever]

So guess who finally watched JJK

[happypanda101]

Apologies for yet another Naruto rant, I’ve just been overthinking about things lately lol.

The fact that people continue to argue that Sasusaku got no development at all or came out of nowhere honestly boggles my mind? Granted, I know a lot of people watched the anime rather than read the manga. But looking at the manga, it’s made more obvious that Sasuke had a crush or at least had soft spot for Sakura in part 1. Things get more complicated in shippuden, but they are also able to have their moments too.

Now, am I saying it’s the best developed ship ever? Heck no. I, like a lot of people in the fandom, wish they could have gotten more development. Also maybe an explanation as to why they had feelings for each other. A lot of people like to say that Sakura’s love was shallow becasue she only liked him because of his looks, but when you actually look over everything, looks are never mentioned by Sakura at all. She’s either worried about her own or commenting on Sasuke’s skills.

Also, despite what some fans like to say, Sasuke never out right rejected Sakura’s feelings. When he knocks her out and plays the “I have no reason to love her or be loved by her” line, he’s talking to Kakashi. Sasuke is a very traumatized character, he’s not going to openly admit he loves someone.

However, what really has to irrates me is when people try to argue that NaruHina got more development, which like? Bro, a whole ass movie had to be made to get them together. And as much as a soft spot I have for the Last, it wasn’t even that good! They had to bring the space aliens in again! I like NaruHina, but it’s obvious that the simps over at SP had a role to play in why the ship actually became canon.

Anyway, you don’t have to like the pairing. I know I don’t like a few ships that ended up becoming canon. However, it would be nice that whenever a Sasusaku fan tries to explain why they ship them an anti doesn’t comment: “lol Sasuke never liked her he hated her she sucks.” The amount of times I’ve seen these fuckers on a good Sasusaku analysis is tiring.

Just leave people alone. The worlds not gonna end over people shipping a ship you don’t like.