laios is the guy of all time. sweet, genuine, an enthusiastic nerd. physically strong and nerdy because nice dichotomy idiot show me what lies at the intersection. “we’re getting proper meals so we’re taking this more seriously than you” he really said fuck unhealthy grind culture fuck the idea that not pushing yourself to the point of suffering/exhaustion=not taking things seriously. shuro says “what is your plan!1!” and instead of freezing this man doubles down and says we’re gonna beat the final boss of the entire dungeon actually. you wish you were him
Idk if this is necessarily a hot take about monster hunter rise/sunbreak but I think it was such a missed opportunity to not bring back Yama Tsukami in some form or fashion. I think it could have been a really unique fight especially with wirebugs allowing for additional depth to fighting it.
hoping some day it makes a return to the mainline games alongside some of the other massive elder dragons.