#mdzsq

Hear me out: it cleaves to a particular emotional tone (lighthearted), uses simple and bold designs, and all its conflict arcs are short and resolve us back to a baseline equilibrium. It's a nibble of favorite characters doing stuff that might gently tug a heartstring or stab with a tiny knife, but overall it's not meant to be challenging. It's meant to slot into a gap, to reference canon but not necessarily engage.

This thought is brought to you by MDZSQ and the similarities in emotional tone vs other adaptations as I watch chibi versions of my favorite say-yes-to-torture-and-war-crimes necromancer flirt with his bf while trying to keep his pseudo-kid from fully comprehending the horror of the surrounding ongoing genocide.

You know. The fluffy stuff. :)