Bouken ni wa, Buki ga Hitsuyou da! ~Kodawari Rudy no Kajiya-gurashi~ - Ch. 14 - Investigating the Dungeon's Chimeras

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I appreciate how candid those little world building notes are at the chapter's end. 'Maybe this is true. Maybe not. I haven't decided yet. Regardless, not like folks of the ancient world believed all superstitions. They understood what a metaphor is'
Reminds me of a potential explanation on how the ancient greeks perceived their pantheon of gods. Of how when people write of real people having been 'visited by the gods', it was more just metaphor, not that the writer genuinely believed the person they wrote of was literally visited by the gods. Athena was their prime example, that writers and readers of the time would have known, if Athena was being referenced, it did not mean a literal goddess visited a person, but rather, they experienced some keen form of insight that, to an outside observer, was truly remarkable. Or a definitely more clear example, when old map makers put a dragon in the water, it did not mean the map maker believed in dragons. It was just short hand to say to any potential reader, 'hey, water in this part is dangerous, be careful 'round there'.
 
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Artificial monster chimaeras sounds so cool though. I like this new lady. I'm on her side.
 
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"Where'd this monster come from?"
"I made it"
"You made it?"
"Of course not, you fucking idiot"

huh?
 
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"Where'd this monster come from?"
"I made it"
"You made it?"
"Of course not, you fucking idiot"

huh?
It seems that this alchemist lady is taking already dead monsters and combining parts. So it’s more like monster necromancy as opposed to creating monsters out of base mana which seems to be explicitly forbidden. It’s kinda pedantic but it’s establishing terminology and defining some things.
 
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I appreciate how candid those little world building notes are at the chapter's end. 'Maybe this is true. Maybe not. I haven't decided yet. Regardless, not like folks of the ancient world believed all superstitions. They understood what a metaphor is'
Reminds me of a potential explanation on how the ancient greeks perceived their pantheon of gods. Of how when people write of real people having been 'visited by the gods', it was more just metaphor, not that the writer genuinely believed the person they wrote of was literally visited by the gods. Athena was their prime example, that writers and readers of the time would have known, if Athena was being referenced, it did not mean a literal goddess visited a person, but rather, they experienced some keen form of insight that, to an outside observer, was truly remarkable. Or a definitely more clear example, when old map makers put a dragon in the water, it did not mean the map maker believed in dragons. It was just short hand to say to any potential reader, 'hey, water in this part is dangerous, be careful 'round there'.
Yea, but wouldn’t it be funnier to imagine some sailor going, “nuh uh we didn’t hit any rocks, you see there was umm this monster, really huge monster with um with uh with a dog’s head- no, three- no, SIX dog heads, yeah, anyway it was chasing after us and biting the ship and stuff, but we got out alive because we’re awesome sailors!”
 
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The monster design is absolutely stunning, but just drop the tentacles would you?! It's NOT The Call of Cthulhu!

And Rudy joining the 'dark side' is absolutely what the other manga should do. I am looking at you cough Coco cough
 
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love that the adventuring team is going "oh fuck Rudy's on the enemy team now!" as if she's a threat. Oh no she's going to make the chimera's some truly wild weaponry, which will be ready in like a week.
If a seemingly innocent and harmless individual suddenly appears in a dangerous place and reveals herself to be aligned with the enemy, I'd be very worried about said individual being more than what they seem.
 
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If a seemingly innocent and harmless individual suddenly appears in a dangerous place and reveals herself to be aligned with the enemy, I'd be very worried about said individual being more than what they seem.
dont forget rudy is quite the weaponsmith who knows all of their weapons/tactics. She made things for them and showed a remarkable talent at observation and analysis. revealing your enemies tactics, abilities are problematic if you have the ability to take advantage of it and the flesh golems are shown to be more than capable
 
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We’ve been tricked, we’ve been backstabbed and we’ve been quite possibly bamboozled!
 

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