#i thought chilchuk was like. a child or something. because i'm so used to anime never having small races that aren't dwarves

[sayaratyriea]

real reason i respect dungeon meshi is that it's the first RPG-esque fantasy anime I've seen that has halflings that aren't loli bait

[seeminglyseph]

as a short person with a childlike appearance I feel Chilchuk to my core sometimes. I know part of it is just like. halfeet don't live as long as other races so they come to maturity faster and look like what other races approximate to be children for most of their lives. But also like. maybe covid isolation has aged me and it's no longer the case and I can now enter the world and suddenly *not* deal with everyone assuming I am a child. But mostly people assume I am *maybe* in my early 20s and treat me significantly different than my peers in ways it is hard to like... actually explain in words because half of it is vibes and disrespect and lack of options and opportunities and shit. and it's hard to like prove an absence of something or people being just slightly condescending or too nice or smiling differently or using a different tone of voice. but people who think you're a child instead of an adult *absolutely* act differently, and it's so hard to explain it to someone who doesn't notice the difference. and chances are if they find out you are an adult it's not that they'll think 'oh I'll adjust my behaviour' they'll think 'ugh, what's wrong with you that I thought you were a child?'

I do still need to read the manga though, this is an anime only opinion as a short grumpy asshole. but I empathize as a short grumpy asshole who has been disrespected multiple times and also had to say "okay show of hands, how many people here are surprised that I'm almost thirty?" once and *many* people raised their hands and it was very embarrassing. I don't want to repeat the experiment now.