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i don't really like when people say dungeon meshi is accidentally good autistic representation, because while i understand not wanting to make conclusions without explicit confirmation from the author, there's always the weird assumption that non-western authors somehow don't know about things like neurodivergency/queerness/etc. (on top of the assumptions that east asian authors are somehow more naive or oblivious to "western" social issues).

given that dungeon meshi started being published in 2014, it's not really a "work belonging to its times"—it's as contemporary as any other media we discuss on this site, which means it should be fair to assume it engages with contemporary topics (and at the very least, you shouldn't say that the representation is accidental with so much confidence)

but anyways, the chapter "perfect communication" in ryoko kui's "terrarium in a drawer" is some of the most straightforward autistic representation I've seen, and from now on I'm going to assume that laios's character writing is absolutely intentional in that regard:

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Who would win

- 1 billion lions

- 1 of every pokémon

- okay, listen, there's nuance here (other)

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'you still listen to music from 10 years ago 🤨?' bitch if prehistoric humans had audio recording technology id be sat up here listening to grog and unga bunga's greatest hits don't play with me

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Source: @Aj9Aq on Twitter

http://twitter.com/Aj9Aq/status/1251578127878246400

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420 days. FCG made it 420 real world days before blowing himself up.

We all knew it. I’m surprised he made it over a year really.

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🌷JUST YOU WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE ME BLOOM🌷

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"I'm alive because they made me alive."

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ONCE UPON A TIME APPRECIATION WEEK Day 5 - Favorite Parallel(s) - Regina Mills

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Sometimes Reddit is hilarious:

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Sesbian Lex and Withdrawal Syndrome, thanks Trigger.

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this reply kills me 😭

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C3E91 - 「 Are we kissing (feat. Laudna) 」