#that's half a foot???

[sabertoothwalrus]

itty bitty baby kitty sized

[monstertidbits]

ryoko kui is hands down the queen of character design

[as-i-watch]

Chilchuck you are towering well over 6 feet over the ground Chilchuck pls

[dunmeshistash]

Dungeon Meshi - Half-foots

source 1 | source 2

[spitblaze]

I guess Chilchuck has brought us right back to 'adults who are short are child-coded and if you like them you're a pedophile' discourse huh

[monstyra]

wheres that tumblr post abt adults absolutely doing this on purpose

[braininatankwithalaptop]

I like to imagine Marcille deals with her grief of outliving Falin (her wife) and Laois (her platonic soulmate) by looking for new friends that are just as weird/obsessive as the Touden siblings. Through this process of finding generations of weirdos she starts to notice genetic patterns and similarities to the point that she "discovers" autism. She names it Touden syndrome though.

[vistarya]

May I have this dance, Mrs Tims?

[clowns0up-felix]

middle aged divorced dad and he’s also my girlfriend

[billfrancois]

eepy in dungeon

[sabertoothwalrus]

kui is literally so brilliant at well-thought-out anatomy and character design I could just study it all day

[laddess-865]

I feel like this line of dialogue implies that half foots are prey animals as Chilchuck's anxiety and reactiveness goes away. Most prey animals have some form of anxiety. Along with that, half foots also have heightened senses and seem to be hyperaware (like prey animals) compared to the other human species.

So what exactly made the half foots evolve like prey animals?

[rhinestonesox]

Half-foots are highly discriminated against in the world of dungeon meshi.

They have a difficult time living in places outside of their own territories because places where larger races live aren’t built for their size and crowds can be dangerous.

they’re the least valued race by long lived races because their life spans are the shortest out of all the races. this means that they’re dehumanized and often considered disposable. their superior senses make other races use them as “lures” when hunting succubi/mermaids (usually dying in the process).

They’re often mistaken for/treated like children because of their appearances, and because of this they have a difficult time getting jobs because it’s assumed that they’re immature/can’t handle it.

Because of this, when living outside of Half-foot territories they’re forced to get money by any means necessary (often resorting to crime), so other races stereotype them as “cunning” “greedy” and “manipulative”.

On top of that, members of long lived races who tend to fetishize them.

Even the name “Half-foot” is discriminatory.

Ryoko Kui does a fantastic job at world building.

But even after all of that, im not gonna stop talking about how bad i wanna put Chi Chi in my pocket.

[pien-art]

half-foot marcille most beloved (small italian) + bonus puppy

THEY FREW MY GIRL

[dunmeshistash]

Adventurer's Bible - Half-Foot Extra

[bluehairedspidey]

chilchuck is absolutely the kind of middle aged dad who went his entire life never once even considering that he might not be straight and then one day during a conversation with his daughters says "well obviously you want to marry a dwarven man, all half-foots are attracted to dwarven men its just normal" to which his daughters are like "Um. Father. Is There Something You'd Like To Tell Us."