Tensei Shite High Elf ni Narimashitaga, Slow Life wa 120-nen de Akimashita - Highelf with a Long Life - Ch. 43

[diidlydoo]

What are you talking about? Usagi Drop did have a manga, and it's here on Mangadex, just type the name in search.

Or is there a missing /s at the end of your sentence?

what are you talking about that is nothing but fanfiction again usagi drop is a anime only there is no manga

 

[cb39]

Oh please, not another moron... Did you too drop out of school before they could explain in small words, that no vaccine, no medicine or anything in this world really, works in absolutes and yes, you can still get sick if unlucky? This is something they teach you in primary school, how the fuck can you still be breathing if even that's beyond you?

What is it with you chuds and messenger RNA anyway? I already know you guys have no clue what a vaccine is by definition (and refuse to learn, of course), but this is just bizzare. This "experimental treatment" is something your body uses constantly. You'd know this if you had some basic education. No, it's not some mysterious codename from the Illuminati, it's a mechanism for transcribing genetic information that happens constantly in the body. The new vaccines just make use of that to deliver the intended effect, just like traditional ones use the body's bloodflow. Oh, who am I kidding... you didn't get any of that, did you?

You don't have the right to endanger others, especially for idiotic reasons like those. Honestly, I didn't want to believe this before the pandemic, but after having seen what harm chuds like you wreak, it's clear the cynics were right - some simply can not have civil rights, they just use them to the detriment of others and are even proud of it, evidently. I deeply wish the West had handled you guys just like most of Africa (you know, the places your chudrade cited for the right response, without having a clue of course). The authorities are also to blame, but it was still your choice to indulge your inner Dunning-Kruger and harm people. You have blood on your hands, just like the previous one and you must pay for this. Losing someone dear is the least you deserve, it's just simple FAFO, as you've already helped deliver the same fate to someone else.

A vaccine is explicitly a weakened or dead virus introduced into your system to allow your body to encounter it in a low risk scenario and form antibodies. You can get sick from a traditional vaccine if your immune system is weak - because a vaccine is literally making you slightly sick on purpose to let your body form antibodies. Not gene therapy, which is what playing with MRNA actually is - not a vaccine. MRNA therapies have been tested before, usually to horrible effect, and are nowhere near safe. "your body has it so it can't possibly be harmful" is genuinely a zero knowledge take. You don't have a clue what you're talking about.

Your impotent homicidal rage is insane, wishing death and imprisonment on people for not immediately accepting experimental injections from the same corporations that have had many generations of lawsuits against them for causing harm, and under a government that has a WELL DOCUMENTED HISTORY of experimenting on people and getting away with it. Look up Tuskegee.

Ignorant and deranged people like you actively discredit the things you argue for.

 

[finalm]

A vaccine is explicitly a weakened or dead virus introduced into your system to allow your body to encounter it in a low risk scenario and form antibodies. You can get sick from a traditional vaccine if your immune system is weak - because a vaccine is literally making you slightly sick on purpose to let your body form antibodies. Not gene therapy, which is what playing with MRNA actually is - not a vaccine. MRNA therapies have been tested before, usually to horrible effect, and are nowhere near safe. "your body has it so it can't possibly be harmful" is genuinely a zero knowledge take. You don't have a clue what you're talking about.

Sorry, but your "zero knowledge" is inaccurate at best and total quack at times (specifically about mRNA). Pharmacy isn't my field, but I know enough that being called out by you is like being looked down at by someone with Down syndrome... A "traditional" vaccine sometimes was made out of the microbes that caused the illness (though that method is pretty much phased out), but it was not capable of actually infecting you, ever. You might run a small fever as your immune system is stimulated, but this is not getting sick, so it has none of the possible complications of actually catching the infection.

A vaccine is what whe call anything that is intended to have this effect, regardless of the delivery mechanism, so yeah the ones that work through messenger RNA are vaccines as well, as per definiton. It's not "gene therapy", look up the term before posting nonsense. It's a mechanism of transcription, it has absolutely no ability to alter the genome. Your body constantly creates substances that allow it to function through this mechanism, based on the information in your genes. The vaccine is an additional set of instructions inserted there, making the body produce a protein that mimics those used by the virus. It's that protein that stimulates your immune system, like the microbe itself would.

Your impotent homicidal rage is insane, wishing death and imprisonment on people for not immediately accepting experimental injections from the same corporations that have had many generations of lawsuits against them for causing harm, and under a government that has a WELL DOCUMENTED HISTORY of experimenting on people and getting away with it. Look up Tuskegee.

Ignorant and deranged people like you actively discredit the things you argue for.

Let's be honest here, it's not like an antivaxxer like you would ever be convinced, even if the Almighty himself were to come down to tell you you're a dumbass. You'll always hide behind conspiracy theories and cite supposed dangers, even though every medical professional on the planet will tell you that by pure math, you're far better off just taking those rather than any other course of action (that's before even considering the consequences to other people). It's a fucking cult, plain and simple, so I don't care in the slightest about any grievance you have with that - after all, you're twisted enough not to care about your kind actually killing vulnerable people, yet balk about someone simply wishing the same on their families, it's very telling what kind of "morality" you actually represent by that. So yeah, here's to karmic justice on all of you. Who knows, maybe even some occasions to help it out a tiny bit.

 

[nielspeterdejong]

A vaccine is explicitly a weakened or dead virus introduced into your system to allow your body to encounter it in a low risk scenario and form antibodies. You can get sick from a traditional vaccine if your immune system is weak - because a vaccine is literally making you slightly sick on purpose to let your body form antibodies. Not gene therapy, which is what playing with MRNA actually is - not a vaccine. MRNA therapies have been tested before, usually to horrible effect, and are nowhere near safe. "your body has it so it can't possibly be harmful" is genuinely a zero knowledge take. You don't have a clue what you're talking about.

Your impotent homicidal rage is insane, wishing death and imprisonment on people for not immediately accepting experimental injections from the same corporations that have had many generations of lawsuits against them for causing harm, and under a government that has a WELL DOCUMENTED HISTORY of experimenting on people and getting away with it. Look up Tuskegee.

Ignorant and deranged people like you actively discredit the things you argue for.

Don't bother with these two, they have zero self reflection. In times of war, they would have been the ones to put boots into people's necks just because an authority figure told them to do so. Or better said, they would have fallen for any form of propaganda that allowed them to feel superior to others while simultaneously taking their rights away.

That is, in essense, what happend to both these "pro science" folk. Someone at the top used their vast amounts of wealth to buy out media outlets and politicians, and brainwashed these two into believing something to such an extend that they keep defending it despite the evidence before their very eyes, just because their ego's and worldview are at stake. Which, I guess, makes sense; who would want to give up a worldview where you can feel like a "righteous person" while simultaneously feeling good at mistreating and looking down on others? It makes them feel too special and unique to give up being a bully like that, as they likely have no actual power in their own lives, so being able to talk down on others and project their own flaws onto others must be quite pleasant for them. Therefor it is much easier for them to keep blindly following the same believes they have followed before, as any form of self reflection would be too uncomfortable for them.

Funny thing, is that this was actually described to a T by Aesir in the light novel, when he comes across a nation of elves, which will likely also be mentioned in the manga in the future. I won't spoil too much, but essentially Aesir creates a "body of water" for the elves, that allows them to defend better against invading human armies, as they can now more easily ask the water spirits for help, and prevent the humans from crossing over. Thanks to this, they are able to repel any and all human attacks, but despite all of that the human nations kept attacking and attacking, despite their own problems with monsters and shrinking resources, not to mention the heavy casualties they kept building up. The reason for this is because those human nations followed a religion that stated that humans were superior to elves, so the very idea of humans getting defeated and bested by elves was an affront to them. Therefor, instead of accepting their losses and trying different things, they kept attacking and attacking, hoping that their "human superiority" would win out in the end, and they would be able to get their hands on elf slaves to sell, in order to save their dying economies.

Aesir, however, makes a point into stating that this did not just apply to religion, but that it applies to any idea that can sway people. Stating that ideologies are a very powerful tool for humanity, as it allows them to move forward very effectively. However, he also states that simultaneously it makes them blind to other options and ideas, so it is a double edged sword. This is why I brought up the covid lockdowns, because once you get an idea into people's head (religion, atheism, marxism, progressivism etc.) it is very hard to get them to change course or even adjust the course slightly, as their very identity is now tied to that ideology.

 

[nielspeterdejong]

We know because we are the readers who watched it all happen. They don't know any of this aside from rumors and myths. And as we all know, unless a human is personally affected by it then it might as well not exist.

And you severely underestimate how stupid humans can be.

True, humans can be easily swayed by ideas that make them feel superior (like the religion of the west, or just any similar idea in general), and become blind to the truth before their very eyes, making it hard for them to adjust course. Individually, the human can be very intelligent, but in a mob their intelligence is overall the same as its most stupid member.

The high elves will easily be able to defeat them, unless they have some form of powerful technology and they get caught off guard. The high elves are also surrounded by massive monsters, so the humans will likely not be willing to get to them any time soon.

The normal elves on the other hand are a different matter. They live isolated lives inside their forests, keeping their own numbers down because they don't want to overburden the forest, while also taking a very long time for their children to mature and have children of their own. Because of these two factors, their numbers are not as high as those of humans however, and there is less pressure on them to innovate new technology to make their lives easier as they can just ask the spirits for help. This honestly makes a lot more sense to me than the old "elves are not as fertile as humans" trope, as they are almost one with nature, so it would make sense that they'd be relatively fertile and verile. Even if the elves have fewer kids than humans in the same time period (say, by the time a human pair had 6 kids, an elven pair would have had 4 kids) their children are still far more powerful individually and live very long lives. This is like comparing mice with elephants, and claiming that mice mothers are more fertile for creating large amounts of simple and short lived offsprings, as opposed to an elephant mother who births an offspring that takes longer to grow but lives much longer and is smarter and more powerful. It is even mentioned later on in the light novel that if the elves focussed their attention on farming and providing more food to sustain a larger elven population (which they excel at thanks to their universal spirit communion) they could easily grow large enough as a people to fight and win against the weaker and less intelligent humans, wiping them out for good. The only reason the elves were able to be prosecuted was because they isolated themselves, and didn't immediately come to each other's defense due to said isolation. However (spoiler) because of the elven caravan, interactions between individual elven settlements and humans increases, and although the elves remain segregated into their forests for the most part, they become far more involved in the world, and are able to influence the economies and even politics of surrounding human nations, becoming very very powerful.

That is why I love the author's world building, he takes in such small yet very practical and potential world altering things into account.

 

[S0LUS]

hey guys what's goin on in this threa--

 

[nielspeterdejong]

hey guys what's goin on in this threa--

Nothing much. Just us discussing elf things. Oh, and two commentators walked in and provided a real life example of humans being shortsighted and easily blinded when ideologies are involved, as they tie their very identity to said ideology. Regardless whether it is religion, government worship, or "the science"

Also, we talked about Usagi Drop. That was a bit controversial though, I have to admit...

 

[diidlydoo]

Nothing much. Just us discussing elf things. Oh, and two commentators walked in and provided a real life example of humans being shortsighted and easily blinded when ideologies are involved, as they tie their very identity to said ideology. Regardless whether it is religion, government worship, or "the science"

Also, we talked about Usagi Drop. That was a bit controversial though, I have to admit...

What is controversal about a wholesome original anime like Usagi drop.

 

[Beregorn]

I think she still did, tbh. If she didn't, then she wouldn't phrase it (at least in the TL) like "but if you still love Kaeha, what am I to you?", she'd just ask "what am I to you?".

This is just the kind of manga where characters have the sense that when someone goes "your entire family are like my children" they accept that instead of going "well I'll make you see me as something more!!".

He just told her he made the mistake of loving a human once, and he is still grieving for it 100 years later: props to her for taking the hint...

 

[nielspeterdejong]

He just told her he made the mistake of loving a human once, and he is still grieving for it 100 years later: props to her for taking the hint...

Honestly, that is a very realistic way of dealing with such a situation. On one hand, he loved her and stated that he refused to close him off from other people because of a fear of losing those close to him. On the the other hand he still loves her and sees Aiha and others as his children, plus he is not in the mood for losing another human lover due to their shorter age.

Again, that is what I love about this series. They portrait elves and their interaction with humans so incredibly well!

PS: love your avatar! BG 1 and 2 will always be a classic! I love BG 3, but story wise it doesn't come close to that of BG 1+2.

 

[Valhalla_101]

i feel like if there were people who lived to 200 years old, especially looking that young, it'd feel less weird to date someone significally older than you. tho marriage would probably be vastly different

 

[PrimusNewgate]

I hope he gets to retrieving the flame sword his pupil/teacher mage did from that fuck ass country that really tried to send assassins after him with temu magic items

 

[NZPIEFACE]

Personally i don't think it even needs to be a lover, but i geniuely believe there is need for some sort of "permanent" companion or acquaintance.

guys the permanent companion is the wind spirit that's always around him

 

[BusWindow]

This series always gives me such intense emotions, but that's what makes it great.

Now I wanna reread Frieren.

 

[talisay999]

Yes

 

[LoliNecromancer]

Random sworsdwoman spirit: Dooooo itttttt make little half elf babies with my descendant oooooooooooooohhhh.

Jokes aside i love this series so much

 

[geistchevalier]

New reader to the series that just binge read everything, I like the flow of time in this and the episodic nature of each arc, feels akin to something like mushishi or spice & wolf for a lack of a better word. That high rating is well deserved.

 

[Valome]

It was surprisingly fast to re read this y'know. But man am I glad

 

[Fuhgeddaboudit]

I think a lot of older people would jump at the chance to have their parents with them in their final moments.

Just because someone becomes a parent, grandparent, great-grandparent doesn’t mean they stop being someone else’s child.

Dying is scary and having to be strong so you don’t accidentally traumatize the ones you’re leaving behind makes it worse.

 

[saredesu]

This manga sucks.

Sucks that everyone dies leaving him alone, and he himself aware