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what if we saw shapeshifter versions of izutsumi?

Explanations under the cut

#1 is Laios' Izutsumi:

extra detail on her cat parts

more monster-y traits present

outfit mistake

#2 is Marcille's Izutsumi:

influenced by their time in the Golden Country

a little more chill than the others

softer hair

#3 is Senshi's Izutsumi:

details of puffed up fur

this izutsumi is skinnier than the others (ribs showing)

^^ senshi must take care of the child

#4 is Chilchuck's Izutsumi:

rounded ears like marcille's

eyes kinda look like his kids puckpatti and flertom

stanced

something i see a lot in the dungeon meshi fandom is attributing izutsumi's personality traits to her being a cat. and while ryoko kui definitely gave her cat-like traits intentionally, she's a talented enough writer to also give her a backstory with reasons for those traits. for example, her tendency to only do and eat what she wants.

izutsumi's character arc revolves around freedom. she grew up caged in a circus. and although she was fed enough to survive, this was only because a living catgirl attracted more customers than a dead one.

[id: first image is izutsumi as a child framed behind bars and standing on all fours, making it clear how skinny she is. a hand in the foreground holds out a bowl of what appears to be kibble. narration says “thrown in a cage and given food every once in a while… is that what you would call ‘being raised’?” in the second image she is now sitting on the floor of her cage and eating a rat. end id]

look how skinny she is! we see her eating what appears to be... kibble? oats? and then a rat that she possibly caught for herself. she had no choice but to eat anything she could.

[id: part of the dungeon meshi manga. a slightly older izutsumi is tied to a post and tade sits next to her to say "we've got a roof over our heads, beds, food, and clothes. they've got everything here. is there someplace nicer than this out there?" izutsumi thnks for a moment and says "i hate that someone's already decided what i'm going to eat tomorrow. my name, the clothes i wear, where i sleep, where i go next... here, all of that's been decided by another person... even though, come tomorrow, i might want to eat something else instead. that's why i'm leaving." at this, tade cries out in shock. end id]

when she's taken into the nakamoto household they begin to treat her much better. she's on about equal footing as tade, who also had a rough living situation before being taken in, and tade loves it there! they get healthy and tasty food and they're not sleeping in cages. but izutsumi still isn't free. she can pass off her chores and vegetables to tade and disobey in any way she can but she can't leave. maizuru even put a collar on her, further dehumanizing and trapping izutsumi.

when izutsumi joins laios's party, she's finally 'free', but it's not the kind of freedom she wants. she has to eat even more food she doesn't want or else she'll starve. but the difference now is that she's can leave at any time, and if she stays, she's treated as an equal. they're not feeding her monsters because they see her as inferior. they're all eating the same food so they can reach their goal(s). and this is part of izutsumi ultimately learning that in order to do what she wants, she has to be willing t do the things she doesn't want to

alright ive resisted for long enough, but its time i finally post on tumblr, ive posted times before but eventually delete it,

what made me cave?

dungeon meshi ofc

this latest episode is just the fucken best one, im gonna gush so hard right now okay

there are like 15 moments that just have have me going XD and i mean CAPITAL ECKSDEE

yea ill be going thru all of them with screenshots

1. oh fuck the elves are really really reaaaallly hot, especially these 3 like aidbwkdnkajiffoqpqoldkwj

2. uh oh here comes meanie

2.5. mean asf! what a way of portraying this too wow

3. “you fucken heard me the whole time?!” (XD)

4. beautiful uwu by izutsumi here, marcille doesnt even know shes in for a whole day of clinging

5. of course the LAOIS IS A FREAK MONSTERLOVER moment, thought he was reaching for a titty grab at first

6. “not tryna hear it” - chillichuck

7. laois like “whats up with your cat” completely oblivious to marcilles beauty, marcilles expecting a compliment like “OH YEA MY CAT YEA!” like yes bish your cat. 7.5. also izutsumi cling 10/10

8. the way izutsumi just withouta fuck drunkenly sits in marcilles lap i love this so much

, also i am guilty of doing this EXACT same thing irl, notice how i say EXACT because when i did this i too had purely aroace intentions (reason #420 izutsumi is my favorite and also me)

9. nya!

9.5. laios is mortified to be denied. cant blame em.

10. ah i can only dream of being the aroace kitty at the end of the bed in a polycule as perfect as this ;-;

, i mean im halfway there ;"3

11. senshi. XD

this is easily the best anime, no contest

what if vampires are like mosquitoes and only the ladies drink blood

so i have made Entirely too many dungeon meshi playlists. please enjoy. they are my children. any discussion you wish to engage in around them will delight me beyond measure.

these were made with the whole manga in mind, so there is a possibility of a vague spoiler from a song choice, ymmv:

laios // falin // marcille // senshi // chilchuck // izutsumi // kabru // mithrun // winged lion // thistle

labru // farcille // touden siblings // laios's party

Dungeon Meshi Settei

schedule for the week

God damn sliver in my foot >:[

Chose going to work on time over getting ot out and now it's got a callous around it and it won't come out

Should've just gone in late I wanna bite someone

the bleh family