#laois dungeon meshi

[purplepenguintime]

Certified dungeon meshi moment

[toaststeallerrrr]

[chuuyastinysock]

Labru vibes

[duckmeat-woohoo]

We're being followed by a mysterious mustachio'd man!

[i-z-u-t-s-u-m-i-daily]

Todays izutsumi: being a little shy

[moonguest]

Huh

[mayihaveanorangejuice-blog]

Laois really said:

"While you studied the blade, I got three square meals a day with balanced nutrients, 8 hours of sleep and time to rest after my injuries, and thats why im gonna KICK YOUR ASS"

[nakakabaliw]

Putting my blorbos in my country so they can enjoy more food...

[yukinnn]

A happy ever after ending we all need.

[sopa0030]

Laois with doggy 🥺

[Source: DayDream Hour]

[aryzou]

A compilation of Laios hugging his family <3

+ a bonus !!

[oldironbellybutton]

The people were not kidding when they said that the dungeon menshi tulpas that make you improve your life existed

[meal-on-wheels]

Just scrutinizing this page, it’s interesting! This is the chapter that reveals Chilchuks reason for being so closed off about his personal life. But this page reveals a lil bit more about him.

The small visual novel formatted moments of Chilchuks POV shows when he’s had to interact with others and the options he could’ve made. He wavered a bit on choosing whether to tell Marcille she looked pretty or if he should laugh at her, I think with this moment he chose to play it safe not wanting it seem like he was flirting with Marcille keeping it professional. Then there’s a little moment with Namari, going out to grab drinks nothing much to read there he seems comfortable with her as a friend.

I also just realized the little hearts are meters of how much love he has for each person! He seems to care a lot for Laios. This is the moment Laios is fighting to save Falin immediately after recovering after she went missing again. He chose to be honest instead of doing nothing? You’d think it’d be him lying to get Laios to the surface but I guess it was more of a decision of whether he’d just let Laios go by himself to save Falin and separating himself from the party choosing himself over the others or being honest that he cares about them.

With Falin, this looks to be when they first started adventuring into the dungeon. They hadn’t really interacted as much, curious why he considered squeezing her palm then. Might just be something he thought in the moment like he coulD, a small impulsive thought.

Then there’s the person who’s hidden behind Leed I think that might be his wife? His heart meter is full, but the hair color isn’t the same.

Edit: It’s

Really curious how he feels about Senshi but it’s covered! And so is Izutsumi’s but he clearly cares for her the lil pointer finger hovering over her kind of indicates that.

[chuuyastinysock]

[feitansballsack]

Haven’t felt the same after finding out Shinji and Chilchuck have the same English VA

[evangelifloss]

Thinking about a certain scene in Dungeon Meshi that completely encapsulates the Autistic experience of making friends as an adult and how hard it is to try and navigate it without ending up getting hurt.

Like IDK about y'all, but this is a common problem ALOT of Autistic Adults face when trying to make friends with other people, because unlike children who aren't good at keeping their opinions to themselves, Adults ARE. In society, we're even encouraged to "keep the peace" "be polite" and etc, which commonly leads to awful scenarios as shown above when Laois finds out his buddy has come to resent who Laois is without actually telling him. All too often the friends that we love to hang out with, people that we're so happy to spend time with, don't feel the same way and in many cases, come to blame us for our social cues or lack thereof.

And when/if we do eventually find out how our friend feels, Dungeon Meshi hits us with another painful panel of how that usually ends up playing out.

It's hard for Adults with Autism to make friends, and even harder to maintain them because alot of the ways Neurotypicals tell other Neurotypicals that they don't like a certain behavior is by quietly disengaging. Whether that involves having one sentence answers, going quiet, or having a certain tone in their voice, all those things signal annoyance or disapproval, but for the Neurodivergents, those subtle cues are completely missed.

And yet when we inevitably discover we DID do something, it is natural to ask "well why didn't you tell me?" because in our minds, it should've been the next step in the equation. However for the Neurotypicals, that's NOT something to bring up. Its important to be SUBTLE about the issue at hand and rely on signals to tell the other person. Blame is placed on us for not noticing the "obvious" signs of disapproval rather than the idea of talking it out as such things are uncomfortable and harder to do. Alot of the time what ends up happening is resentment due to the idea that it was "obvious" and the fact one didn't notice indicates a deliberate ignorance rather than a complete unawareness. It ends up calling into question our quality as a person and our sincerity. We get called "fake" or "malicious" or even "stupid" for failing social cues rather than questioning the decision to be indirect and vague.

For a manga about exploring the dungeon, it seems that the artist would rather explore very real and prevalent dynamics in society with the adventuring premise as a backdrop. I felt VERY seen in these panels, and many others, because it happens so suddenly and dare I say it, plainly. There's no dramatic build-up or spectacle made and in essence, it just Happens.

I think that's what makes the scene hit even harder. It seemingly comes out of nowhere for Laois, like how it always comes out of nowhere for alot of people, and it's never a dramatic twist either. It's always mundane and hurtful. A sudden unforeseen bump in the road that ends up calling into question one's entire friendship with someone and consequent other friendships. It asks "what if other friends feel the same. What if the people that I really like actually hate me and I don't know it?" Or at least that's what I came away with after reading the chapter. I've been where Laois was and the only reason I'm not there now is because I lost the naivete I had and doubt everyone else's sincerity.