User blog comment:BannedLagiacrus/Monster Appreciation Week: Paolumu/@comment-7584137-20180407174151

Paolumu was a pleasant surprise for me! When I first saw it, I instantly assumed it would be one of the game´s punching bags, but it isn´t. Oh, it isn´t a hard monster by any means, but I was still surprised to see it actually causing a decent ammount of damage on my Hunter. But, of course, it overall still gets the short hand of the stick. Not to the extent of Great Jagras but still a fair bit.

NPCs? They all refuse to take it seriously (although, yeah, taking a balloon bat seriously can be difficult). Legiana? Beats it easily. Odogaron? Views it as nothing more than a literal chew toy. It´s a nefarious abuse, let me tell you.

In terms of design, I like it. Despite being UNBEARABLY ADORABLE, bats are (sadly) often portrayed as nasty and crazed creatures. A bat monster could have went down that path, but nope. Instead, we got one floofy boi. Even though Paolumu can still make some... "unfriendly" facial expressions, it´s overall a cute creature, and I´m happy to see that it isn´t one of those typical vicious bats you see so often in movies and games.

Despite not being a major threat, and being easily one of the most disrespected monsters in the game, I like Paolumu. It´s a precious little thing, and it deserves better than the treatment it´s given. It, much like Kulu-Ya-Ku, is in my list of MHW monsters I wouldn´t mind having as a pet.