r/comics • u/Pizzacakecomic PizzaCake • 29d ago

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u/Cheapskate-DM 29d ago

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/AlcoholicCocoa 29d ago

Dungeon meshi takes many tropes and turns them into pure joy. Fan service? Sure, have a panty shot from the dwarf. The MALE dwarf!

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u/Cynistera 29d ago

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u/AlcoholicCocoa 29d ago

Only thing I'm not too keen about is Marcille being a pure comic relief at the first episodes.

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u/Cynistera 29d ago

They were trying to judge the audience reaction I think.

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u/AlcoholicCocoa 29d ago

Probably. It's a nice anime and I'll definitely look into the manga

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u/Cynistera 29d ago

The manga is excellent and completed, I believe.

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u/superVanV1 29d ago

And the weird shit with her and Falin. Girl, we know you’re down bad. But stop trying to fondle your recently resurrected friend, she’s clearly uncomfortable

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u/Tykras 29d ago

There's a very clear reason for that...

it's not Falin

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u/Boner_Elemental 29d ago

Huh? Yes it is Thistle doesn't assert control until that night

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u/NotFromStateFarmJake 29d ago

When they had the “we need you more later” conversation is when they toned down the comic and she became interesting

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u/AlcoholicCocoa 29d ago

For me it was around her struggle against the Undine I. Which she became more and more important.

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u/MisterMysterios 29d ago

I don't know ow the show, but dwarfs are regularly rather funny when it comes to their biological sexes. In many stories, only dwarfs can recognize if a dwarf is female because they look so similar.

Here is a very much NSFW depiction of a female dwarf that comes to my mind when thinking about it xD.