I was already in love with Delicious In Dungeon for the clever world building and well crafted characters but episode 17 brought a true smile to my face for something far more mundane and close to my heart; Shuro completely fumbling how to deal with a neurodivergent person (Laios), and getting slugged for it. Bless this series for shouting out "we are not obligated to engage in your unwritten rules, if you have a problem just fucking say it". Refreshing.
I started to read "How to win friends and influence people" by Dale Carnegie, because I feel like a fucking wild animal that just escaped enclosure when I'm trying to make friends. So I'm reading this book and going "ooh, I'll have try that tactic, never thought of writing down stuff about them so I can suprise them on the next meeting with how much I remember, wonder how far can you push it before it starts being too creepy?" and I realized I'm starting to minmax talking to people like this neurodivergent mf:
There is truthly two wolves inside every neurodivergent person one is Laios Touden and the other is just Kabru.
Getting a bit sick of all the "ooh I'm so glad Laios has a soft body!" "Laios is built like an average guy" style posts. Because he doesn't and isn't.
Laios is built like a fucking professional wrestler. He isn't like, super chiseled or anything but he does not have an "average" body, he his built like someone who does a LOT of physical effort and training.
So I got into dungeon meshi and i’ve been telling everyone who I talk to. I love everything about the world, characters, the art, etc.
BUT
People are not kidding when they say that senshi will manifest in your head to tell you to eat better. Like I have a hard time remembering to eat but my brain would be like “you haven’t eaten in some hours, you need a meal” and I would be like you’re very right internal senshi I’m gonna see what I can make. Then I make food??? Honestly Gods sent senshi for helping so many people eat better