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tofixtheshadows · 1 month

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I've been thinking a lot lately about how Kabru deprives himself.

Kabru as a character is intertwined with the idea that sometimes we have to sacrifice the needs of the few for the good of the many. He ultimately subverts this first by sabotaging the Canaries and then by letting Laios go, but in practice he's already been living a life of self-sacrifice.

Saving people, and learning the secrets of the dungeons to seal them, are what's important. Not his own comforts. Not his own desires. He forces them down until he doesn't know they're there, until one of them has to come spilling out during the confession in chapter 76.

Specifically, I think it's very significant, in a story about food and all that it entails, that Kabru is rarely shown eating. He's the deuteragonist of Dungeon Meshi, the cooking manga, but while meals are the anchoring points of Laios's journey, given loving focus, for Kabru, they're ... not.

I'm sure he eats during dungeon expeditions, in the routine way that adventurers must when they sit down to camp. But on the surface, you get the idea that Kabru spends most of his time doing his self-assigned dungeon-related tasks: meeting with people, studying them, putting together that evidence board, researching the dungeon, god knows what else. Feeding himself is secondary.

He's introduced during a meal, eating at a restaurant, just to set up the contrast between his party and Laios's. And it's the last normal meal we see him eating until the communal ending feast (if you consider Falin's dragon parts normal).

First, we get this:

Kabru's response here is such a non-answer, it strongly implies to me that he wasn't thinking about it until Rin brought it up. That he might not even be feeling the hunger signals that he logically knew he should.

They sit down to eat, but Kabru is never drawn reaching for food or eating it like the rest of his party. He only drinks.

It's possible this means nothing, that we can just assume he's putting food in his mouth off-panel, but again, this entire manga is about food. Cooking it, eating it, appreciating it, taking pleasure in it, grounding yourself in the necessary routine of it and affirming your right to live by consuming it. It's given such a huge focus.

We don't see him eat again until the harpy egg.

What a significant question for the protagonist to ask his foil in this story about eating! Aren't you hungry? Aren't you, Kabru?

He was revived only minutes ago after a violent encounter. And then he chokes down food that causes him further harm by triggering him, all because he's so determined to stay in Laios's good graces.

In his flashback, we see Milsiril trying to spoon-feed young Kabru cake that we know he doesn't like. He doesn't want to eat: he wants to be training.

Then with Mithrun, we see him eating the least-monstery monster food he can get his hands on, for the sake of survival- walking mushroom, barometz, an egg. The barometz is his first chance to make something like an a real meal, and he actually seems excited about it because he wants to replicate a lamb dish his mother used to make him!

...but he doesn't get to enjoy it like he wanted to.

Then, when all the Canaries are eating field rations ... Kabru still isn't shown eating. He's only shown giving food to Mithrun.

And of course the next time he eats is the bavarois, which for his sake is at least plant based ... but he still has to use a coping mechanism to get through it.

I don't think Kabru does this all on purpose. I think Kui does this all on purpose. Kabru's Post Traumatic Stress Disorder should be understood as informing his character just as much as Laios's autism informs his. It's another way that Kabru and Laios act as foils: where Laios takes pleasure in meals and approaches food with the excitement of discovery, Kabru's experiences with eating are tainted by his trauma. Laios indulges; Kabru denies himself. Laios is shown enjoying food, Kabru is shown struggling with it.

And I can very easily imagine a reason why Kabru might have a subconscious aversion towards eating.

Meals are the privilege of the living.

#Dungeon Meshi #Delicious in Dungeon #Kabru #Kabru of Utaya #Laios Touden #Dungeon Meshi meta #you can have him in the tags too. as a treat.#Dungeon Meshi spoilers #this was directly inspired by livelaughlaios's post about Kabru self harming but I decided it got too long to make it a direct reply #this is a theory I've been working on for weeks because I kept noticing this while skimming for screencaps #I'm hesitant to trigger tag this because of the way certain subcultures on tumblr operate #but if anyone needs me to add a content warning please let me know #also I included image descriptions! I did my best #I think they even help illustrate my points but my god were they sad to write. Kabru is so fucking sad you guys #musings with Dea

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abd-appleboxdog · 4 months

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I love these fools so much. I hope in the end they stay together or keep in touch. I heart them its like the dad who didn’t want a cat but loves the cat

#I love dad chilchuck #I love whenever these two are in frame #they’re always in the background judging and being haters #there’s also a lot of frames with them and marcille together #I love all three #chilchuck and marcille have a cute and interesting friendship #marcille loves izutsumi cause she’s a cat and she cares for her #and izutsumi loves chilchuck cause he’s warm!#I’m kidding I think chilchuck treats her good cause he realizes she’s still a kid and also a cat #straight up father mode brah #misc post #dunmeshi #dungeon meshi #delicious in dungeon #chilchuck #izutsumi #chilchuck tims #dungeon meshi izutsumi

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humbuns · 8 months

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do you guys know i love falin

#dungeon meshi #falin touden #marcille donato #farcille #delicious in dungeon #doodles #sorry i can't draw anything proper but i wanted to draw them cause jelly mention them so this is for us both as a treat #something something about hands and yuriness of it all

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daily-deliciousness · 1 month

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Mixed berry puff pastry tarts

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vinzul · 3 days

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Dungeon Meshi manga spoilers!!

I had this thought a while ago but yesterday's episode made me want to draw it. I love skyfish and I love how easily Marcille gets attached to her cute things!

One of my favorite monsters was the coatl (it's definitely because I'm mexican)! Even if it looked silly in Marcille's style lol

#i thought what if marcille had a pet #snakes are healing and medicinal symbols #she can have a pet that lives as long as she can as a treat #laios wont be able to pet it though #dungeon meshi spoilers #dungeon meshi manga spoilers #comic #farcille #dunmeshi #dungeon meshi #delicious in dungeon #dunmeshi spoilers #falin touden #marcille donato #chimera falin #marcille dunmeshi #falin x marcille #falin dungeon meshi

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scoutingthetrooper · 8 months

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#food #delicious #tasty #morning #breakfast #cinnamon rolls #cinnamon buns #baking #recipe #dessert #treat #snack #icing #cinnamon #1k

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nicandragon · 3 months

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Since ppl liked fem labru. We were talking about how Laios might not want to leave her husband till she realizes that Kabru is someone who, unlike everyone at home, doesn't other nor isolate Laios and her child :>

#not recognizing it till she sees how kabru treats an infant as a whole person....and of course kabru is just like. I want to Study you baby #my art #dungeon meshi #delicious in dungeon #labru #fem labru #genderbend #laios touden #kabru

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cabinette · 4 months

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fat falin deserves the world.

#marcille is going :) ? treat? for me? really?#and i said Yes marcille. just for you and all my tumblr followers.#farcille #falin touden #marcille donato #art cabinet #dungeon meshi #delicious in dungeon #dunmeshi #dungeon meshi spoilers

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anneliis18 · 8 months

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Hermittober day 2 - Time

#the prompt made remember the line 'time is delicious'#why am i incapable of makin lil simple draws and doodles #he can be a lil unhinged as a treat #hermittober #hermittober23 #inthelittlewood #inthelittewood fanart #itlwart #itlw fanart #limited life #limited life fanart

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foldingfittedsheets · 5 months

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In todays tiny moment of joy, I was driving to get a tasty sandwich cause my betrothed bankrolled a treat.

I saw a tiny dog being walked, radiating pride in every minuscule line of its body. The source of its pride and self importance was carrying an empty plastic water bottle like the holy grail.

While I watched it set it down reverently to reposition it’s grip and then regally lifted the treasure back up to continue prancing along.

#ramblies #it was so cute #and now I’ve got a delicious sandwich and a cookie treat

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bublines · 3 months

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butchfemme farcille the world

#giving falin more feathers as a treat #farcille #marcille donato #falin touden #dungeon meshi #delicious in dungeon #id in alt #my art

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endykelopaedia · 1 month

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that laios/shuro (toshiro?) argument means a lot to me because on one hand i have been laios and i have been excited to be around people who just would. not. say. that they didnt like me around until they did it in a way that was incredibly painful and confusing when that could have been easily avoided by a short conversation at the time of offense.

on the other hand i have been shuro experiencing that naive racism from someone who doesn't know much outside his bubble & its really hard to confront directly because its not coming from a bad place necessarily, but it is truly drenched in the racial biases that a culture has baked in. and that can be very exhausting to try and explain to someone after being bombarded by such, especially if they seem completely unaware of it being a problem.

its a situation where both characters are sympathetic to me, at least a little.

#i noticed a lot of people treating shuro like the defacto bad guy of the situation #and i just dont think thats the case #like yes he should have said what he was feeling #but to me its very evident that like with laios picking up on queues thats just not easy for him #not to be shuro defended but i would be pissed off in either of their shoes i think #laios touden #toshiro nakamoto #shuro #dungeon meshi #delicious in dungeon #.txt

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daily-deliciousness · 22 days

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Carmelita cookies

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nychthemeron-rants · 1 month

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I love how much more complexity is added to the way Chilchuck acts when you realize he's a dad.

For example, his fear around being caught up with black magic. He's definitely the most worried out of everyone and it makes sense. Not only is he the most grounded in terms of thinkinh about the consequences of things, but he has the most at risk if they get arrested by elves. They explain that elves can take decades just to interrogate their prisoners. Dude's middle-aged and from the shortest lived race, he doesn't have decades.

But add on the fact that he's a dad. Of course he's the most worried! Not only will his arrest be bad for him, it would be bad for his kids! They'd probably never know what happened to him and would lose a parent at a young age (they're adults, but they're young adults. If Chil is 29, then Patti's only 14).

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blubby-glub · 4 months

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wanted to draw them... in those... (and laios in his glasses lol)

#i dont even post here anymore but ill treat you just this once #dungeon meshi #dunmeshi #delicious in dungeon #laios #laios touden #kabru #kabru dungeon meshi #laios dungeon meshi #anime #anime art #laios x kabru #kabru x laios #labru #kabulai #art

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scoutingthetrooper · 1 year

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blueberry cheesecake stuffed donuts

#food #delicious #tasty #dessert #snack #treat #donuts #doughnuts #baking #recipe #blueberry #cheesecake #pastry #sugar #1k

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