Izutsumi Is Such A Fun Character Bc She Hates Being A Beastman And Desperately Wants The Curse That Turned

Man, thinking of Izutsumi is making me cry. Like, the succubus chapter and the monsters taking on the form of her mom (that she thinks what her mom looks like but she doesnt remember, she was taken/implied kidnapped when she was very very young).

How at first she was frozen and her small, cracked voice, calling her, "Mom?".

Then, the next without effort kills her 'mom' and the agony that she thinks that she doesnt have a human heart, that she's a heartless monster. Thinking how easy it is to kill her. Until, a big cat monster appears. As the fight stops, she looks at the cat monster and questions why it doesnt affect her. The realization that she does have a human heart, it just beats alongside the monster heart. That she's slowly starts to accept who she is, I mean she still has the desire to go back to being human, but she does start to not hate herself. And the fact that nearly her whole life being carted around, she was never alone. Her monster part protected the little girl, gave her its strength and agility.

I'd like to believe that's where the part where this snip of her thinking of herself, comes to fruition

same energy

Thoughts are a brewin'...

I made a blank Dungeon Meshi character sheet based off of the ones in the Adventurer's Bible if anyone wants to use it

EDIT

Hey! @whatifyandsand found some similar fonts used for the sheet so make sure to thank them!

They've included a psd file with a detailed guide on which fonts to use

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gDhewpREYS5A6nbCKbMBGKU_6HgTb0bz/view?usp=sharing

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Honestly, it's really fun how Dungeon Meshi haa the main party take on a teenage cat girl halfway through the series, except she's covered in fur all over so nothing shows even when she's naked, she's arguably the most skilled combatant in the group, basically everyone treats her like a kid they're taking care of, she acts like a feral cat begrudgingly choosing to adopt a group of humans instead of a needy kitten, she's a picky eater, she's immune to monsters that try to seduce you, and her past as a slave is directly shown to be traumatic and miserable to the point that her former owner literally made her have a magic seal on her neck that would murder her if she managed to escape.

She's basically the antithesis of fanservice catgirls. Every single trait other series use to turn catgirls into sex objects is inverted to make for an entertaining and interesting character.

Juxtaposition

I simultaneously relate and don't relate to Izutsumi so viscerally. She wants to be human so badly in the exact way that I don't. It's the same feeling along an equal and opposite vector and it's incredibly jarring. We both desperately want what the other has and wants to get rid of.

Idk why but these are some my favorite Izutsumi panels

Can't wait to see 'em in animated form today :]

Dungeon Meshi x Warrior Cats

Kibities :3

Trying to convince my dnd friends to watch dungeon meshi...

Chimera Izutsumi 🐈‍⬛