Thistle takes things very literally. It isn't just the food being tasty, but being different. Not to mention the satisfaction in the act of raising and preparing it yourself (or with family, friends, etc.). Laius still would have been stuck in the dungeon even if he'd explained that, but instead...
Sweet Jesus, I came into this manga expecting exactly this kind of thing, but it still hurts when it happens. This is hard to continue, but I'm already fully invested.
@Heimdal
It's just to add tension/stakes. We all know how this ends. Someone slips up, she wastes all of them. With friends, I guess. I do feel the frustration though; I prefer watching her annihilate a whole room full of assailants at high speed.
Inb4 Laius f¥cks some sanity into Thistle. Or, more likely, inadvertently causes Thistle to fall in love with him after cooking a decent meal, which Laius will inevitably be oblivious to, as he is with all contenders.
Awwh, cute. I really do wonder if and how the story will shape up in the grand scheme of things, but I don't expect much more than nonvariant eternal slice of life.
Just waiting for him to go even more Minecraft and use corroding dirt to develop some kind of skeleton spawner that auto-kills them on a timer to slowly fuel his shrine with equipment when he's not around.
I have a strong feeling it won't go down this way, but imagine Leslie goes up there to move the Elpeltis, only for her shadows to keep a very subtle buffer between her hands and the box such that it never transfers the disease to her.
@Edixo You're not wrong, but you're not entirely right either. Japan is very sexually reserved, so you're expected not to be overt about your preferences outside of private spaces, regardless of your sexuality. Being gay is a lot more common there now than you'd think, and while it still carries...