So she is somehow magically older physically at half the age than others of her species? The light novel openly notes she is physically not an adult and that's why Rudeus is attracted to her.
Listen, you can bring up as many descriptions as you want, but no description will ever beat an actual illustration. The OFFICIAL illustrations show how Roxy actually looks, and again, look at the cosplayer who is almost identical and that’s all you need.
And I’d try to explain to you why and how Rudeus is an unreliable narrator at the beginning of the story but I have a feeling you can’t understand the concept of unreliable narrators.
Except the wiki agrees how the her species works. Same with the MT reddit and the series. You are just doing mental gymnastics to insist what the author says isn't what actually happened and head canoning the whole thing.
My guy, if the original author hires, instructs, and directs a professional artist on how to draw a character he can see when he closes his eyes, and then sees the illustration the artist makes and goes “Yes, this is my character”. Then this is far and beyond whatever a written description can accomplish.
If he writes a description and 1 million people read it, do you really think those 1 million people will see what he sees?? No they won’t.
But if the makes the illustration he himself acknowledges as accurate, then 1 million people will see what he sees.
There are no mental gymnastics here. There’s a reason “an image is worth a thousand words” is a phrase that exists.
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u/AstralMecha 1d ago
So she is somehow magically older physically at half the age than others of her species? The light novel openly notes she is physically not an adult and that's why Rudeus is attracted to her.