Welcome to Japan, Ms. Elf! - Ch. 62 - It's Japan's Summer, Elf-San! - Part 2

[pgerryan]

Just get married already reeeeeeeeeeeeee

 

[Tatsuya-Kai]

Honestly, that feels extreme. I never thought about it at the time back when I read LotR, but man, that feels wrong.

After all, humans have been dealing with this for as long as they've existed - whether outliving your parents (expected), outliving your spouse and friends (always possible), outliving your children (tragic), or even at the lowest end of that scale, outliving your pets (expected and tragic), outliving your loved ones is just something that will happen.

Tolkien deciding the elf side of a couple always dies of heartbreak because he dislikes the notion of the elf moving on and remarrying that much is kind of rubbish of Tolkien.

If parting is inevitable, then you want the other side to be happy that they were with you for as long as that was possible, and to keep being happy after you're gone.

Well first off, "moving on" when you've been together long enough becomes very difficult even for humans, for a being that's literally immortal the idea is probably excruciating, there have been many cases in history of this very thing happening with humans, much less in fantasy epics.

Also remember that the elves are already growing tired of their immortality, hence why they want to sail out of middle earth for the land of the gods, this is effectively death without the whole death part anyway (since it's heavily implied that this is where the souls of the dead go), because the elves have already seen their kind die in wars and felt loss, realizing that eternity is a VERY long time.

I should point out my grandfather very nearly went through this and only lived long enough to ensure that my cousin (which was in his care) grew up to the point he no longer needed him anymore, he even warned my father a few weeks beforehand that he should come visit him as "time was almost up".

My great grandfather's dog, which lived 33 years, died 3 days after my great grandfather died as well, simply put, not everyone can survive the loss of the one they consider their true companion.

My great-great grandmother lost the will to live when my great-great grandfather died and didn't live much longer either, i guess it's a somewhat common occurrence in my family.

 

[PolyChrome]

From what I understand, time in the dream world either stops or passes more slowly when the guy is in Japan, which is why he looks much younger in the other world.

My guess is that when the day comes for Japan's "Kazuhiro" to die of old age, they will return to the dream world and live there permanently, so the main character can continue living as "Kazuhiho" and thus extend his time with the elf girl.

(Or maybe they'll have the dragon lady extend his lifespan with some divine magic or something, since she liked Japan and probably wouldn't want the only bridge to the other world to disappear)

 

[Quarterdane]

It reeked of sweat and all kinds of gross smells and noinoi.

...What's a "noinoi" (I'm making the assumption it's not referring to a named noibat you can receive via trade in Pokémon Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon)? And yet again I get so stuck on an unexpected/unknown word that I can't just wait patiently to see if it gets explained ON THE NEXT PAGE...

 

[PolyChrome]

...What's a "noinoi" (I'm making the assumption it's not referring to a named noibat you can receive via trade in Pokémon Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon)?

Huh, that's explained literally in the next panel

 

[Quarterdane]

Huh, that's explained literally in the next panel

Yeah, noticed this right after posting the question (the post has now been edited to reflect how dumb I felt, since I couldn't find a way to outright delete it).

 

[AnotherDuck]

"Big TVs really are something to admire."

Eh, not really. Unless you specifically refer to the engineering that goes into them, it's just materialism.

At least she realised it was her own fault.

Trapped into having to buy one. But she's not holding the wallet. Great expressions being denied and saying goodbye.

"A cooker that can make friend eggs and toast at the same time...!"

Those have been made in cast iron for as long as cast iron cookware have existed.

Onions are not necessary. World would be better without them.

Casually mentioning the childhood friends part and the lucky pervert meeting. And casually killing him.

No, he's not an alien. She is.

 

[LordLexx]

Kitase Kazuhiro is his full name.

I saw you edited this comment, but Kitase is his family name, not his given name. His given name is Kazuhiro which is why it has such an effect with Marie saying it and using it when she finds out she's been saying it wrong. The only Dream world person that uses his family name is Wridra. And that changes later, she calls him by his given name at first.

Marie consistently calls him by his given name throughout the series. I came to the comments to point this out, but it seems others were ahead of me.

 

[Shinigamisama]

Lol these two felt like a married couple picking up appliances for their new house.

 

[WANgue]

date at electronic appliances store is such a married couple things to do,
not that I'd know

Oh yeah, the store that they were in (Yodobashi Multimedia Kinshicho in eastern Tokyo) is actually a ton of fun to visit with the significant other, although the best one is still their megacomplex in Akihabara. 9 stories with a leather goods store, ABC mart (shoes and sportswear), Tokyu Loft, Hands, Uniqlo, JINS (glasses) and a dedicated food court with 16 eateries. You can literally spend an entire day in there from the opening chime to the Auld Lang Syne.

The Termina mall has things that you might want to steer clear lest it gives the SO ideas…like the Akachan Honpo Arcakit store (basically their version of Babies R-Us)…

 

[freakofnature]

In the raws, she calls him 一廣, Kazuhiro. I have no idea why they are using Kitase in the TL, but it's wrong.

 

[BookQueen]

She killed a child????

 

[BobBob]

Frieren gets eaten by mimics and Marie gets eaten by massage chairs. I wonder what eats other elves.

 

[draxdeveloper]

Ok, what if he somehow raises his lifespan?

 

[zerio]

Kitase Kazuhiro is his full name.

In the raws, she calls him 一廣, Kazuhiro. I have no idea why they are using Kitase in the TL, but it's wrong.

There were the same mistakes in ch 61 too.

Marie calling him Kitase is the most unromantic thing ever. She would probably only call him that if they were to divorce.
So, I hope this can be fixed @KittyBlue9

 

[LordHylia89]

Its funny how confident Kazuhiro is that his lifespan couldn't be extended... As didn't we just get shown a couple of chapters back that lifespans could get altered thanks to ms. Dark elf and the prince? ...I think Kazuhiro might be getting a surprise sometime in the future.

 

[zerio]

ohhhh. was so used to everyone calling him kazuhiro it caught me off guard. was wondering who tf this kitase guy was for a minute lol

Kitase is his family name, and his coworker used that in Chapter 1
It's not something Marie would use because it sounds distant. As someone else said, it's a mistake.

 

[Grye]

She killed his ass lol

 

[anonymousthief]

Um... If Kazuhiro's worried about aging he can just get one of those lifespan-increasing rings the dark elf used on her asshole boyfriend in the previous arc.

I guess he doesn't know about it, but it'd be a waste if the author doesn't use the plot device he's introduced to give his main couple a happy ending.

 

[anonymousthief]

So they cut out that part here

Yeah, the novel had an entire arc about how they met. Hope we get to see that someday.