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bug buddies :]

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Me when aspec and therefore my favorite characters all get aspec’d

Adding to this!

Does this not scream demi

literally think abt demiromantic demisexual Toshiro all the time it just makes so much sense... aspec headcanons win ‼️🥺

Right? right?

Proof:

Knew Falin for 4 years, didn't fall for her until at least 2 or 3 years had passed. The defining moment was when he saw something in her that both defines her as a character in the narrative, and that he just. admires so much. he admires softness and kindness so much wtf.

This comic.

Im aroace and I say so 😤

Unrelated but interesting how the man is 26 years old (getting kinda old to get married within the era DunMesh is set in. In today's Japan they'd already be calling him a 25th of December birthday cake)

I saw someone on twitter say that maybe Toshitsugu wanted his sons to marry who they chosed to marry, since he was married off convenience to Toshiro's & co's mom when he would've chosen Maizuru.

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"Dungeon meshi what-if manga 9: What if Chilchuck was a member of Shuro's party"

from the bluray extras, translated by me

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Dungeon meshi what-if manga: unknown part of "What if Laios and Shuro got along well"

from the bluray extras, translated by me

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sobbing

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i missed his birthdayyyyy is it 13th anywhere in the world anymore??? regardless hbd toshiro 🎉

the flowers look vague but are balloon flowers signifying obedience and asters for patience, and the one dandelion in his hair is for freedom

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I can’t finish art for my life

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Happy pride month to these two specifically I can’t believe that Merthur is real

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i will watch DunMesh some other time

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People keep calling Chilchuck a middled aged man, and I've been like "that's rude, he's only 28"

And then I looked up the life expectancy of halffoots and they usually live to 50!!!! What!!!!

I'm so sorry sir, I hope your mid-life crisis goes well

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what if we saw shapeshifter versions of izutsumi?

Explanations under the cut

#1 is Laios' Izutsumi:

extra detail on her cat parts

more monster-y traits present

outfit mistake

#2 is Marcille's Izutsumi:

influenced by their time in the Golden Country

a little more chill than the others

softer hair

#3 is Senshi's Izutsumi:

details of puffed up fur

this izutsumi is skinnier than the others (ribs showing)

^^ senshi must take care of the child

#4 is Chilchuck's Izutsumi:

rounded ears like marcille's

eyes kinda look like his kids puckpatti and flertom

stanced

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hey does this make sense? am i reaching?

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Arrows

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My unpopular (why) opinion is that Toshiro's and Falin's relationship (platonic obviously) is quite beautiful and if fans weren't so odd about shipping they'd see how very sweet it is that Toshiro started liking Falin when he realised she's an odd but gentle person, when he felt a sense of kinship that he likely never felt before.

From what we see they got along, Falin has a positive opinion of him, on the few instances when we actually see them talk (beyond just memories of them talking but no actual dialogue being shown to us) it's obvious she feels comfortable enough to be completely honest and transparent with him, while still minding his feelings. She likes the guy well enough, she doesn't want to hurt him.

The marriage proposal is actually so interesting... The way they communicate with each other. Falin let's Toshiro down gently, and reveals something so intimate about herself, how she's behaved until now, what she wants to do in the future, that she'd like to visit him again!

And Toshiro is so gentle. He obviously cares about her so much (and water is wet BUT im talking specifically about how it's portrayed in this scene). If what Maizuru says is true, that was the second time he made a "selfish" request ("marry me and come with me") but he simply asks this from her and offers reassurances, "I'll make sure you're comfortable", but he's not you know the Hardass some people pretend he is.

And what I love the most... When she rejects him not only does he accept it gracefully, he's inspired by her declaration that she wants to be more independent. Why did Falin say that? To spare his feelings further? Or because she knew that this realisation, which meant so much to her, would resonate with Toshiro too?

Gonna get personal but. I'm aroace, hello. I've had a few friendships go to shit because someone confessed to me and I rejected them. And exactly one where the person accepted it gracefully and our friendship, after surviving an awkward moment, blossomed.

Like. Relationships CHANGE, and they can develop and deepen and strengthen in many ways, regardless of the dynamic they take on. When aspecs say "friendship can be as important as romance" one of the things we mean is, allow romantic love to go back to platonic love and be stronger regardless OR EVEN because of it.

Like. How beautiful, that these two recognised a bit of themselves in each other, and knew how to approach the other. How beautiful that Ryoko tells us "their friendship survived a rejected proposal, when the commonly used trope would've made their friendship unviable from then on".

How beautiful that narratively Toshiro's sacrifice is never played for laughs or made fun of or devalued because """he didn't get the girl""', but instead the manga says "it didn't pan out but it wasn't a pointless sacrifice because Toshiro genuinely cared for Falin as a person, and always did what he thought was best even when it went against his normal behaviour." How beautiful that Falin wants to meet his friend Toshiro again, that she thinks to tell him "I'm going to start being an active participant in my own life" and Toshiro thinks "I think I need to start doing that too".

How beautifullll that a rejection ended with a promise to meet again, it's so beautiful am I insane? Can someone hear me hello?

The love was there and it mattered, but it's even better. The love shifts and survives because the care is genuine, because when you truly care about a person you'll want them in your life in whatever dynamic suits everyone involved the best. Because love, whether romantic or platonic or a mix of something else entirely, is selfless.

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hang in there Chilchuck

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Manic Marcille

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I scribbled this day of and then decided against posting it so. Well. I guess I’m not visible anymore hdjjdsksk