The following content contains spoilers from Season 1, episode 4 of KonoSuba: An Explosion on This Wonderful World! currently streaming on Crunchyroll. While all the KonoSuba girls are arguably quite food-motivated, Megumin's obsession with eating as much as Crimson Demon-ly possible (and for free whenever she can) has to do with the harsh poverty endured during childhood. Megumin and her family are undoubtedly not the only ones suffering as the Crimson Demon Villiage has a surplus of NEETs, whose only worthwhile contribution to society is the occasional monster slaying (not exactly a gold mine).