Isekai Craft Gurashi: Jiyuu Kimama na Seisan Shoku no Honobono Slow Life - Ch. 40

[Sebbafan]

I hate Alisha's brother.

 

[strangeirdo]

that's the type of art to show before they die

 

[daffy]

damn, I am really impressed by the mangaka's scope of drawing, and their ability to convey their expression while drawing this.

 

[finalm]

NGL, even if she is a bit of a cunt, and could have phrased things better, for some big burly blowhard to assault the person who is representing both Myabi and the Duke is a bit of a stretch. I get that it was to develop her character, and it was a boil that needed lanced, but feels like the author skipped over social norms to progress the scene.

It's more than a stretch, it's an outright abandonment of this series' world building. Even without being anyone's representative, she herself is nobility connected to a ducal house and that guy had to have known it. To assault her is to throw away your life, possibly even your family's and that is what anyone who considers her a stuck up bitch would assume would happen. The other workers should be scrambling to remove themselves from any association with the guy or the incident. Yet here they are, chilling as if it's the 20th century and they;ve just told a middle manager to pound rocks.

 

[timcal2136]

I'm aware she has been interacting with them, my point was more in terms of the pacing of the chapter itself: the confrontation with the crew goes from page 13 to page 16, there's then 4 pages of flashback, the talk with Miyabi and on page 29, the very next day, she gives her apology and then the crew laughs it off like there was never an issue to begin with, claiming the issue wasn't with what she said but how she said it. I still say the crew strongly overreacted and their outburst at her was completely unwarranted, serving only as a way to force the plot point 'see? she's wrong and needs to change'. Frankly I wouldn't have blamed her if she took after a certain captain, planted her legs like tree trunks and said 'no, you move.'

You might be the only person here who thinks Alisha was in the right there lol

 

[Reqqles]

You might be the only person here who thinks Alisha was in the right there lol

Lol I wouldn't go that far exactly, I'm not denying her haughty nature but I do think the characters around her are treating her way too harshly and exaggerating the slights against them. Chiffon effectively abandoned her, the Duke jokes about executing her, her brother tells her to just give up and start having babies, nobody really seems to be even trying to see her side of things. The girl has undeniable flaws but she's obviously floundering after being abandoned by Chiffon and having her entire life's purpose taken away from her. She deserves to be given a little slack, which if nothing else Miyabi seems to offer her, even if she's reluctant to accept it from him.

I just think she deserves a little kindness. Some carrot instead of only getting the stick

 

[Elaborate]

I felt this arc was a bit off, too.

IMO it would be more satisfying if she tried to do the administrative side of the MC's job, but failed utterly because she just wasn't interested in it before and thus doesn't know basic stuff about the project, and because she doesn't trust the crafters to do their job properly.
Them rejecting her roughly contradicted worldbuilding IMO. Better if they just walked off.

Kinda feels like the author himself is sick of her and is treating her unfairly.

 

[untruc]

I know I'm not the type of men that notice accessory and thing
But did she always had a choker ? It really look like it appear out of nowhere to be important

 

[columbidae]

I know I'm not the type of men that notice accessory and thing
But did she always had a choker ? It really look like it appear out of nowhere to be important

first manga reader to have "I only read and don't look at the pictures"-type lack of reading comprehension XD

 

[columbidae]

She got hit by the humble Japanese doormat MC energy. "I can't live like you who has no pride" was a great jab.

Chiffon being a 5head master manipulator is starting to get old. She is also the one who arranged Liz's scholarship so they can isolate Miyabi from her in order to control him better. She is in total control of the crafter prince as well. I don't know if the author is self aware enough about how all these things come across. Who is the real MC anyway? Surely not the one currently being utilized like a multipurpose tool.

I think it's a nice change of pace to have someone with genre-busting abilities not also be an economic/political genius (beyond the "I got tricked once and now I'll never be taken advantage of again!" freebie they usually get). Either that or he knows he's being taken advantage of and has decided being a doormat is fine if it reunites him with girl.

That being said, I honestly don't think Chiffon appreciates the danger a minecraft steve poses to the world.

 

[Kyte]

It's more than a stretch, it's an outright abandonment of this series' world building. Even without being anyone's representative, she herself is nobility connected to a ducal house and that guy had to have known it. To assault her is to throw away your life, possibly even your family's and that is what anyone who considers her a stuck up bitch would assume would happen. The other workers should be scrambling to remove themselves from any association with the guy or the incident. Yet here they are, chilling as if it's the 20th century and they;ve just told a middle manager to pound rocks.

if it were one guy maybe, but she had no power in this situation
what'd alice do, report back that she was disrespected? ok, so someone comes down to investigate. everyone says "nope, nothing happened" and what are they supposed to do, execute the whole workforce? that's a great way to start a revolt.
collective action is and has always been incredibly powerful. that's why the capital class works so hard to promote dissent and disunity among labor.

 

[Aqua_Mizue]

Thanks for the chapter

 

[finalm]

if it were one guy maybe, but she had no power in this situation
what'd alice do, report back that she was disrespected? ok, so someone comes down to investigate. everyone says "nope, nothing happened" and what are they supposed to do, execute the whole workforce? that's a great way to start a revolt.
collective action is and has always been incredibly powerful. that's why the capital class works so hard to promote dissent and disunity among labor.

What? Dude, you think ANYONE would even ask around? Much less, take a bunch of commoners' word over nobility's? All it takes is her pointing the finger.

"Collective action" in feudalism? I'm sorry, I'm not trying to be mean, but you seem to be very confused history-wise. I don't know where to start...

Revolts did happen, but not over a guy or bunch of guys being executed, especially since there's real cause. They also ended badly, since whomever ruled the region was bound to send his troops to put it down the minute he got word. When something like that took place, it was over an issue that would likely cost the peasants their lives anyway, like their liege confiscating food for his army and leaving them to starve (yes, it was in his rights). Here there's no way anyone would stand up for them. The other workers can hope that all the blame lands on the big one and they maybe get a few lashes, since it would be a waste to purge skilled craftsmen, or they can run and become outlaws. That's pretty much it.

 

[GadgetSteelmare]

A few chapters late, but thanks for picking this up! I'm glad someone finally decided to give it some attention again.