I don't think the elf became paranoid at all. A stranger shows up at a baby's birth, then at the same person's coronation, AND HE HASN'T AGED A DAY - you're not gonna get suspicious?
A tall-man no less! It'd be understandable if Laios was an elf. That elf most likely saw the growth of the tall-man baby just imagine how suspicious that'd be.
To be fair, he is kinda.. mad. Spoilers; In the manga, it was stated that he kinda went crazy and learned and fixated on black magic (which was recommended by delgal which he regretted) after the former king's death for Thistle doesn't want anything like this happening to Delgal. He was paranoid for another Assassination to his best friend, and current King, Delgal.
@@UFOinDisguise ........................ He learned magic in order to save Delgal's son from an illness, who encouraged him to continue learning for the good of the kingdom as he wanted his "brother" to be a respected Court Mage and just not thought of as some curiosity/jester. And when the Elves decided to wipe out the Golden Country to get access to the ruins underneath it, he freaked out in desperation and sunk the country to protect it, and believes everyone entering it is Elven spies or thieves. And his insanity isn't even entirely his fault, as by the time he realized what was happening and stopped the source of the degradation, he'd already been too damaged to be properly reason with.
Incase you're curious here's the average lifespan for each race: Tallman/Humans: 60 years Half-foot/Halfling: 50 years Elves: 400 years Dwarves: 200 years Gnomes: 240 years Orcs: 55 years
I always like Dungeon Meshi in-depth discussions, the world is so deep, so many plot threads stemming from one scene and all of it can be answered one way or another in the future, nothing left behind. So good.
Love how many details you guys are catching, your discussions are so much fun... Dungeon Meshi is doing a lot of lore dropping and world building but it's easy to miss because the main characters are so oblivious to it.
4:12 Actually, according to the mangaka, people who are sucked into the painting will eventually die of starvation. Just like Laios, no matter how much they eat, they never actually consume anything.
@GGABueno spoilers for out of manga material. . . . The only races that can have fertile children with tall men are onii, other tall men, and half foots. That means the half foot x tall men ships have extra ammunition, I guess.
