writers having to make people taste gross as an excuse to have kirby spit them out at the end of a story is a surprising disconnect that really just screams how different a comic and a game are narratively, wherein the game kirby just inhales them and theyre gone forever
this is also why the possession thing is so fascinating to me. ingame its just what kirby does. inhale and get an ability. in a comic its probably best if some of the characters kirby inhales (kawasaki, chilly, burning leo, etc.) are brought back because theyre no longer regular enemies who will respawn (if you go offscreen and onscreen on where they used to be) or reappear in future stages, theyre recurring characters now.