Bouken ni wa, Buki ga Hitsuyou da! ~Kodawari Rudy no Kajiya-gurashi~ - Ch. 21 - Pre-Festival Commission for The Vane Goat

[MangaDex]

 

[nyappi]

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Q: What is "Double-folk"?
A: The term used in Japanese is "Baijin" "倍人" Where 倍 is the kanji literally meaning "double" or "two-fold"
Though it was touched on in "Axe Swinging Elf and Bow Drawing Dwarf," this chapter marks the first use of the term in this series.
It is this world's term for the race of humans, while the term "human" ("Ningen" 人間) is explained to be a catch-all for ALL sentient humanoids.
Why "double"? My guess is humans could be seen as "double" the size of the smaller races, like Dwarves and Half-Fitch.
If you want to know for sure though, you'll have to ask Mado himself.
It will be interesting to see what route the official translation decides to go with.
Many of the original terms and names of characters/Rudy's weapons could be quite different, I think.

 

[Jack1996]

thanks for tl

 

[annoyingreqs]

as always rudy is the best

 

[phil777]

2nd floor huh? You can't fool me, that's the Ancient Forest in Etrian Odyssey 2! The First Stratum!

 

[Sakidornis]

Looks like Tila has officially joined the club.

 

[outinthegardener]

This manga has a way of making me think something tragic is about to happen, then everything turns out wholesome. Maybe I just expect sad backstories because of One Piece.

 

[Nemo2342]

English version? Easiest pre-order I've ever made.

 

[Junpaku]

Oh no, the furries live shorter lives, I'm sad now.

 

[garf02]

the whole Mole vs Weasel thing

OMG who could confuse or argue about th--

Wyvern vs Dragons argument

... I see your point.

 

[Haezer]

Imagine if Rudy inherits her mom talent. Cool weapon + embroidery for aesthetics + enchantment.

One step towards being the legendary blacksmith.

 

[dbgecko]

Why "double"? My guess is humans could be seen as "double" the size of the smaller races, like Dwarves and Half-Fitch.

Makes me wonder if Rudy would be called a single-folk considering how tiny she is.

 

[slirith]

Rudy is one of the guys "Cool Stick I Found"

 

[Junpaku]

That worldbuilding info at the very end is really interesting. Yeah you don't want the animal you're trying to get rid of's natural predator to get driven away instead.
The dragon vs wyvern thing sounds like it has some interesting stories around it too.

It's also really nice how little things like this really breathe life into this world and make it feel really real. Like the common name thing has caused a lot of confusion irl.
I can't think of anything similar to the mole vs stoat thing, at least with english common names. But there's a myth/old wive's tale/urban legend spread around about "daddy longlegs" (Opiliones aka harvestmen) being extremely venomous "but their fangs are too short to bite people" also applied to "daddy longlegs" (Tipuloidea, aka mosquito hawks, crane flies), neither of which having any kind of piercing mouthpart (or stinger as the latter is sometimes given). This comes from there being a spider called "daddy longlegs" (Pholcidae, aka house spider, cellar spider, carpenter spider, vibrating/gyrating spider) from which this myth originates. These spiders do have shorter fangs but can still bite people (as proved on Mythbusters). (Actually another spider that has fangs like this is the Brown Recluse which we all know can definitely bite people.) Pholcidae venom is also not venomous to humans (Adam reported a "mild short-lived burning sensation", which sounds like my experience when I was stung by a sweat bee I accidentally smooshed so that will tell you how non-venomous they are (unless allergic, of course)). It's theorized that people assumed Pholcidae must be extremely venomous because they actively hunt other spiders that are, like black widows and Australian redbacks. In fact, their venom is barely even venomous to insects, as they rely mainly on their webbing letting them trap their prey until it finally dies.

[sorry for the wall of text lol]

 

[PrecureHunter]

what is this "double-folk" Tila thinks of in page 19? just regular humans?

 

[q0099]

Thank you kindly for the chapter!

 

[Celiohogane]

(self-titled) Weaponsmith

What do you mean self-titled, she has recurrent clients!

 

[Kaito57]

WAIT WAIT WAIT !!! WHAT ABOUT THE MOM !?
IS SHE STILL AROUND !? IS SHE DEAD !?
I NEED ANSWERS !!!

EDIT : Yes, she's dead... thanks for confirming it, guys...

 

[dsemp1re]

@Kaito57 Sorry to tell you but she is dead-dead, likely for a curse or disease considering she's always in a chair and she had what seems to be a wheelchair in the flashback.

 

[Ultimatecalibur]

A: The term used in Japanese is "Baijin" "倍人" Where 倍 is the kanji literally meaning "double" or "two-fold"
Though it was touched on in "Axe Swinging Elf and Bow Drawing Dwarf," this chapter marks the first use of the term in this series.
It is this world's term for the race of humans, while the term "human" ("Ningen" 人間) is explained to be a catch-all for ALL sentient humanoids.
Why "double"? My guess is humans could be seen as "double" the size of the smaller races, like Dwarves and Half-Fitch.
If you want to know for sure though, you'll have to ask Mado himself.

It was likely inspired by Dungeon Meshi's use of the term "Tallman" for humans.