Besties I also don't particularly like Shuro (it's for the Izutsumi thing, not because of the Laios thing that happened this episode!!!) But I also get this thing that I also think Shuro is neurodivergent HOWEVER he comes from a place of privilege because of his family AND from a place where it's drilled into his head that being direct about discomfort is rather rude, it's not so simple as to just go "he HATES autistic people and he deserves to die because he was mean to Laios", Laios although heartbroken that the person he thought was his friend secretly did not like him IS NOT A CHILD, he's a WHITE grown man who (accidentally and without malice) did various microaggressions towards Shuro, and while I think this could have gone a lot smoother if Shuro was more direct or Laios was just a tad bit less socially inept, none of them are children or without fault. Hating Shuro because of this one specific thing is kind of weird (and there's a lot of fandom racism too towards him and Kabru)
The situation that Shuro and Laios find themselves in isn't something as simple as "character A is a poor pure man and character B is mean, evil and an asshole" 😭😭😭😭
Laios Dungeon Meshi is probably a fairly middling adventurer as far as combat prowess and utility go. He manages to survive through sheer force of will and autism.
waited impatiently and finally i can post my chimken falins
my WIFE i love her SO!
btw (since im likely to want to post spoilers eventually BAHAHA) if i post any manga spoilers from this point onward i will be tagging them with "dungeon meshi spoilers" !! please block that tag if you're an anime-only and would like to avoid me spoiling you by accident on how the story goes -- i've read the entire manga so there's a lot i can accidentally spoil 💀
also bonus chimera laios because i CAN and i WANTED TO ! ! ! he'd be happy about it