Trying To Write A Few Analysis On Dungeon Meshi Except I Never Finish Them Because They All Somehow End

the rage they make me feel... walking mushroom fanclub?? i propose a hate club with our beloved thistle and toshiro as the presidents because why do THEY NOT GET MUCH MERCH WHILE THE MUSHROOM IS IN EVERYTHING

You all have beef with characters in dungeon meshi... meanwhile I have beef with those damn walking mushrooms.

committing yaoi crimes

what if thistle had confronted senshi before the story started?

He doesn’t even gaf 😭😭😭

heyaaa dr meshi!!!

I wonder if u have this picture of these two in a better quality, I'm making a falin wallpaper for my zap zap hehehe

Oiii!

The image is pretty small on the page to be fair :/

I know there's a version without Kabru hair covering Falin's sleeve but I haven't been able to find it. Only in this sparkly gif (Maybe you like it?)

edit: as soon as I posted I remembered where it was, cover of daydream hour 5

Remember that I love you + dungeon meshi

The way Marcille cuts her hair for Senshi, no hesitation, and how her whole motivation is her Big Love for all her friends, makes me realise that is Laios was the one eaten, and Falin went down to rescue him, Marcille absolutely would have gone too

And she also would have used Ancient Magic to resurrect him. They may not have been as close at the beginning of the series as they become, but they are still friends.

And Marcille will do anything to save her friends.

Hi there~

Thistle and Marcille had the exact same desire at their heart. To not be left alone in this world and be doomed to an eternal cycle of watching their loved ones pass before them. The difference lay in the execution.

Thistle, after experiencing the trauma of the king’s death and Delgal’s desperate pleas to save his son’s life, sought to give the people he loved immortality. To him, death itself was the enemy. His desire to erase suffering was so noble, in a way that only a child could feasibly commit to. But it did not make the people of the kingdom happy, for it stripped them of meaning and condemned them to an eternity of sameness. They could not help but grow dissatisfied, having that control of their destiny forcefully stripped from them.

Marcille, though, her approach was different. Instead of wanting to force everyone into eternal life, she merely wanted to give everyone the same lifespan. It’s like Thistle’s desire, but more well thought out. More reasonable towards people’s agency, and preserving the finite nature of the world even the demon found so alluring. After all, she’d had time, and support, and the opportunity to meet people of all kinds and learn from them. It truly would’ve been the most delectable desire the demon had ever eaten, if it had gotten the chance.

But at their core, the shape of their desire was the same. To feel connected and equal to those around them. And thankfully, though it may be difficult to achieve, with the help of others such a dream doesn’t require magic to make a reality.