Koko wa Ima kara Rinri desu. - Vol. 9 Ch. 46 - Am I Really That Pitiful? Me?

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My parents were never divorced, but I know a lot of people whose parents did, or really should have. From what I've heard from them, it's really complicated. Most of them are overall glad they finally did get divorced, but just cause they feel that doesn't also mean they didn't also wish their parents didn't, or a bit of resentment towards them, or like they could have worked it out, or that they should have done it sooner, or that they felt like their parents were only still together because of them. Emotions and thoughts aren't so cut and dry that people can only have one at a time. You can feel like you don't want to be looked down upon while acknowledging that it is a pitiable situation. And it takes a lot of self-discipline, understanding, and acknowledgement to control what bothers you, no matter how many people say "just don't feel that way then, easy"

Anyway, SENSEI LORE? SENSEI LORE!
 
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Thanks for the tl

thanks for picking up this series. It's actually nice to see divorce from the impact on the kid and not just Tsuji Ryu's situation but also Sensei's when he was a kid. I thought was an interesting but nice lil side by side of their experiences. Looking forward to more
 
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Kinda a interesting chapter, my parents divorced when I was in highschool so this one is perhaps the most relatable for me. I had a similar experience as sensei where the divorce wasn't...messy or anything, I didn't suffer or something. I still love both my parents but I think the most stressful part of the entire thing was my mother being concerned that the divorce was going to effect me mentally.

I recall when I came out as Bisexual, my mothers first response was to ask if I needed therapy, because she thought it was because of the divorce. She thought that my parents falling out of love when I was 16 was going to somehow fundamentally change me, I always thought that was odd. I love both of them, but at the end of the day, relationships sometimes end and I was old enough at that point to not really be bothered by it.

In inverse of that is that when my father DID remarry, I was also old enough that I didn't see her as a step-mom, just "the person my dad is married to." She's...fine, and her family is okay, but being older means that socializing with her and the family is more of a formality in order to be around my dad.

Just felt like sharing since this is the manga for introspection and all, thanks for picking up the story.
 
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I really missed this manga and the way it portrays stories between people. Even if there is criticism to be had in the way some stories are dealt with it's refreshing to just, see them, if that makes sense.

A lot of the archs could be boiled down to "kids being stupid" but in a certain way we never stop being those stupid kids, not until we have a "sensei" to give a new perspective to our problems and this manga captures that really well. It makes studying philosophy and reading complicated books feel worth it lol

Thank you for picking it up, I really appreciate it
 
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Kinda a interesting chapter, my parents divorced when I was in highschool so this one is perhaps the most relatable for me. I had a similar experience as sensei where the divorce wasn't...messy or anything, I didn't suffer or something. I still love both my parents but I think the most stressful part of the entire thing was my mother being concerned that the divorce was going to effect me mentally.

I recall when I came out as Bisexual, my mothers first response was to ask if I needed therapy, because she thought it was because of the divorce. She thought that my parents falling out of love when I was 16 was going to somehow fundamentally change me, I always thought that was odd. I love both of them, but at the end of the day, relationships sometimes end and I was old enough at that point to not really be bothered by it.

In inverse of that is that when my father DID remarry, I was also old enough that I didn't see her as a step-mom, just "the person my dad is married to." She's...fine, and her family is okay, but being older means that socializing with her and the family is more of a formality in order to be around my dad.

Just felt like sharing since this is the manga for introspection and all, thanks for picking up the story.
Thank you for sharing your story and providing insight on how divorce has affected you and those around you.

It’s comments like this that motivate me to translate more of this series so that more people can feel comfortable talking about things that may have an impact on their lives.
 
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I relate to this quite a bit, I grew up with little to no contact with my dad, and that was fine by me. I thought it was perfectly normal for some people to only one parent, until I moved and the new school I went to wanted to put me in counseling because of it. Every day, I would be asked, "any sign from your dad?" and every time I would answer, "no, and I don't care." I can't say I agree with the message of this chapter, because at the end of the day these people are creating nonexisting problems because of what really is their own narrow-mindedness.
 
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I relate to this quite a bit, I grew up with little to no contact with my dad, and that was fine by me. I thought it was perfectly normal for some people to only one parent, until I moved and the new school I went to wanted to put me in counseling because of it. Every day, I would be asked, "any sign from your dad?" and every time I would answer, "no, and I don't care." I can't say I agree with the message of this chapter, because at the end of the day these people are creating nonexisting problems because of what really is their own narrow-mindedness.
Ppl be narrow-minded. It's realistic
 
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I'm glad to see it back.

The thing with everyone around being considerate and saying "I'm sorry" and in the end making athmospere being awkward is always that they don't really know what they're sorry about. They do know that they shouldn't pry and in the end they never ask you about how you feel, what you think, how you hold. And you yourself, if asked you would've thought and talked about it, but seeing them being cluelessly considerate, get annoyed and close up, saying to yourself that nothing is wrong. Ultimately it's the thing that disconnects you from other people, and even from yourself.

I'm glad to see that sensei managed to connect with his student this time. It's that manga, after all.

Last panel hits hard

Thank you for the translation, gentlemen, your work is highly appreciated
 
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I'm glad to see it back.

The thing with everyone around being considerate and saying "I'm sorry" and in the end making athmospere being awkward is always that they don't really know what they're sorry about. They do know that they shouldn't pry and in the end they never ask you about how you feel, what you think, how you hold. And you yourself, if asked you would've thought and talked about it, but seeing them being cluelessly considerate, get annoyed and close up, saying to yourself that nothing is wrong. Ultimately it's the thing that disconnects you from other people, and even from yourself.

I'm glad to see that sensei managed to connect with his student this time. It's that manga, after all.

Last panel hits hard

Thank you for the translation, gentlemen, your work is highly appreciated
I feel like, that polite culture goes too far in this regard. Like, in manga at least it's the friend who pushes past social norms to check in and almost insert themselves. There is sometimes initial backlash or emotional outburst then a come around but cause there is no close friend in this case it falls to the teacher. They even go so far as to juxtapose the teacher's response with the friends response which was interesting cause the friends are on first name basis.

Which, among the same gender may not be that deep, but they cool with each other enough to ask about it and the name change.

Idk, this got rambly cause I am sleepy but you're right about the disconnect and I chalk it up to "proprietary is the way to care" which ends up isolating and doesn't actually care.
 
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thank you for the scanlation!! very high quality, just what this manga deserves. absolutely great job. good luck with the next chapters ❤️👍
 

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