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#and the way senshi's early 'it's better to do it yourself' attitude is now echoed in how instantaneous fulfilment of marcilles desires
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Maybe I should've seen it coming with the weight placed on the concept of "desire" but i really wasn't expecting dungeon meshi to turn into a full on buddhist lecture
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#dungeon meshi
#not that I'm complaining! I'm into it
#but yeah the lion's explanation of how desires only lead to momentary and unsustainable happiness..
#marcille being tormented by her desires...
#and the way senshi's early 'it's better to do it yourself' attitude is now echoed in how instantaneous fulfilment of marcilles desires
#brings her no joy
#senshi being the most zen of all the characters
#dunmeshi really said 'the well of your desire is literally infinite and by trying to fill it up you condemn yourself to endless torment'
#and i clapped
#dungeon meshi spoilers
#i guess
#ah!!! and the lion's eyes are a symbol of infinity.... infinite desire...
#i thought it was a keyhole at first haha
#hmm now that i think abt it more. part of the fundamental lore of dunmeshi is 'things that are consumed cease to exist'
#with eating monsters and with eating desires. so a boundary is being drawn between temporarily fulfilling a desire (the desire comes back
#and the cycle continues) and consuming a desire (the desire is gone). the former is more positive
#and plays into the circle of life/finding nirvana in repeatedly fulfilling your desires thing that senshi esp has going on
#the latter is portrayed negatively as it seeks to 'once and for all' fulfill something that is by its nature infinite
#true fulfillment lies in accepting the neverending struggle of temporarily satisfying one's desires... one must imagine sisyphus happy.....
#im literally extrapolating multiple philosophy lectures from this manga i love it
#in that way you could see the lion's struggle (to satisfy an infinite desire (for others' desires)) as worthwhile!
#coming back AGAIN after like ten more pages of the lion's backstory
#all the trouble he caused stemmed in some way from his attempts - actually from his ABILITY - to fulfill every desire presented to him
#the story seems to imply it would've been better if ppl had been allowed to struggle to fulfil their desires instead of having them granted
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