#like. its not a 1:1 its more like. a commentary thru a fantasy lens. but definitely one of the themes of dungeon meshi is
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The way some people are really. Saw people talking about how Kiki and Kaka being brown is 'tokenism' months ago still haven't recovered...
Thistle: POC, white family, transracial "adoption" (long-lived child > short-lived family)
Kabru: POC, white family, transracial adoption (short-lived child > long-lived mother)
Kiki and Kaka: POC, white family, transracial adoption (short-lived children > long-lived parents)
Like. Is this too subtle for you still do you need like. A Venn diagram. Which would be a circle
#kui: the transracial adoptions in this world act as something of an allegory to real life transracial adoptions#some people: tokenism. gotcha#like. its not a 1:1 its more like. a commentary thru a fantasy lens. but definitely one of the themes of dungeon meshi is#family of birth vs family of choice#and like. the fact that THOSE SPECIFIC CHARACTERS are brown is supposed to trip you up. its supposed to make you think#meowing to myself
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