With how blatantly and obviously laios ignored kabru every time he tried to talk to him and how laios never remembered his face or name, I have to wonder why.

I’ve noticed before that he’s not like that with literally anyone else including people who are actively mean to him. The only difference between kabru and any other character would be his skin color.

Laios and falin once mentioned ‘savage mountain people’ near their hometown in a side comic, and I’m wondering if they might’ve had a different skin color or a skin color similar to kabru and that’s why laios ignored him so blatantly because he has a prejudice towards darker skinned people. Traveling around does tend to darken skin because you’re outside more. He only warms up to kabru post canon in another side comic and claims that “they’re f-friends.”

Lots of characters in dunmeshi end up needing to overcome prejudice like senshi, marcille, chilchuck, and kabru here so it wouldn’t be surprising if laios had to as well. Also the microaggressions against toshiro.

I'm kinda tired of dungeon meshi fans blatantly misinterpreting Kabru's goals, motivations, and character so they can ship him with Laios...like obviously it's awesome if you enjoy Laikabu but can you nooot twist Kabru's intentions for involving himself with the guy who constantly triggers his monster trauma and pisses him off so bad he gets brain damage so that he turns into "the guy who wants to suck Laios's dick" as his entire character? I've even seen people cut off Kabru's words to make it seem like he is admiring Laios because it would disrupt that narrative