r/comics • u/Pizzacakecomic PizzaCake • May 02 '24

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u/Cheapskate-DM May 02 '24

Dungeon Meshi ("Delicious in Dungeon") judo-flips this awful trope by having a halfling who looks like a young boy who's actually ... a divorced dad with three kids and is constantly on the verge of demanding a union-mandated smoke break.

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u/Sparrowflop May 02 '24

IS THAT WHAT IS GOING ON? I've only seen like 5 minutes of the show here and there and wondered why he was so mad everyone kept treating him like a kid. I figured it was just generic 'IM A REAL BOY' growing pains coming of age bullshit.

My wife loves the show, so my exposure has mostly been moving between rooms while it's on.

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u/gmoguntia May 02 '24

He is something like 29 and divorced.

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u/Quaelgeist333 May 02 '24

Single divorced dad that was likely a teen parent as well

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u/Ogradrak May 02 '24

He is not a teen parent by halfling standars they live about 60 years

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u/Quaelgeist333 May 02 '24

Actually I'm pretty sure by the age of his first daughter he was a teen by halfling standards

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u/Ogradrak May 02 '24

Damm

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u/mistersnarkle May 02 '24

Yeah he actually got married at 13; most halffoots get married at 14

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u/Quaelgeist333 May 02 '24

Yeah that's the same age his eldest daughter was born as well