#especially with such a complicated and rich story like dungeon meshi....

[mochapanda]

finished my reread of dungeon meshi. it felt so weird reading all the later chapters collectively and not like. 6 months apart.

#all the transitions were so fuzzy i felt like the story progressed way faster #like it all went by in a blur #i love manga but it really is so fucking disorienting to read one as its coming out #especially with such a complicated and rich story like dungeon meshi.... #i dont even wanna think about witch hat atelier rn i know im gonna have to start that all from the beginning #yall let me know when its over. #i already reread vanitas so at least i can like. block it off like pre anime stuff and post anime stuff #bc i know the anime got super far ahead. even tho im never gonna bother watching it lol #so excited for more dungeon meshi anime tho like so many scenes i was thinking like #DAMN this is gonna look so good in color and motion. #very exciting

[wwwkissu]

Dungeon meshi is so cool and awesome and its themes of consumption, eco systems and interconnection of all living things are told so well. Glad your enjoying it too :D

It’s also an interesting case study on exploring gender and race (&racism) within a fantasy setting done well. and it does a good job acknowledging how complicated those systems of prejudice are and how from each races pov they ‘correct’ for there assumptions and biases

absolutely :,) dungeon meshi is such a wonderful, compelling story that fleshes out its themes to the deepest extant and the effect is breathtaking.. aaa i wonder how kui was able to do that, tell such a rich yet airtight story. i'm speechless and so filled with doting. with gender and race especially, something i liked was how harmful rhetoric was portrayed as capable from good people. it's a flaw in the world, and our heroes are not infallible. people are dismissive of elves, of dwarves and orcs, all sorts of microaggressions, ethnicities in tallman (the eastern archipelago, although i would have loved to explore kabru's home as well), and i'm grateful none of it was brushed to the side. it's a sweeping, all encompassing story that doesn't look away from tropes so mechanized in fantasy settings.. it's complicated, it's systemic, and it requires engagement.

kui's body types and shape language are sweet as well, i can never get enough of her art. wish i could drink it in and learn how to illustrate like her, all at once.. i suppose i'll be content with frequent study :,) god her stuff is so beautiful and her storytelling equally poised, so sweet, so elegant yet humorous, not afraid to laugh. dungeon meshi is a series that takes you by the hand and asks you to come along for a meal. it doesn't try to undermine the audience nor its own themes. the dark edge is purposeful. it's about hunger, desire, and healing, in all parts. it's about love and letting go.

#bart.love #kissu letters #dungeon meshi #thank u so so much for the amazing ask