Aldo no Isekai Tensei - Vol. 2 Ch. 8 - Condensed Ray

[MangaDex]

 

[Figtree22]

No way this is a ten year old 💀

 

[razorshaleh]

waw, laser from hand

thank you for translation

 

[Phantaminium]

Good thing he got over how risky his carelessness in blasting off a spell was with the help of the other 2, and Mama I guess. It's somewhat hinted that his mentality isn't exactly the same as prior to his reincarnation since he's adapted to the new world.

This makes him being affected by things going forward make more sense, I think more than anything the impact of harm to his immediate circle will be what cements Aldo's resolve. Mama seems to be scheming to make it so, which is good.

I do hope by the time he's 15 or whatever age the adventures proper begin he has a solid foundation. It should be given the work they're doing.

Also also his creativity with magic will likely be broken, just understanding concepts from our world will give his imagination and application of techniques so much further to go. Should be fun depending how in depth the mechanics get.

 

[OWMWO]

So begin the arc of I Applied as a Swordsman, But My Magical Aptitude is 9999.

 

[ShionVaynex]

No way this is a ten year old 💀

meanwhile 18 year olds.

 

[Psychronia]

To be honest, I think I would much rather pair her with El, since they're the same mental age. They're both good kids. I guess this is to be expected though.

I feel like perfecting Condensed Ray is a bit more urgent than combat experience, but I guess it's fine as long as it's banned from use until necessary. I do appreciate how they make everything into a learning experience though.

I guess the problem was that he tried to match the concentrated power of the sun itself with his own mana, which was too much to manage? So the solution is probably to either make the spell actually gather up light from the sun and concentrate it into a laser with refraction, or to simply base the future visualization on the original firing and dialing it down to more of a Dodon Ray situation.

 

[Hicleric]

Dear lord those heads, it's like the artist drew the bodies first and just stapled on the rest later

Given that photons have so very little mass, how many einsteins were thrown out to produce that much recoil?

 

[bakanisan]

P33 last panel, "something might go awry" not "away", I assume?

 

[cryum]

To be honest, I think I would much rather pair her with El, since they're the same mental age. They're both good kids. I guess this is to be expected though.

I feel like perfecting Condensed Ray is a bit more urgent than combat experience, but I guess it's fine as long as it's banned from use until necessary. I do appreciate how they make everything into a learning experience though.

I guess the problem was that he tried to match the concentrated power of the sun itself with his own mana, which was too much to manage? So the solution is probably to either make the spell actually gather up light from the sun and concentrate it into a laser with refraction, or to simply base the future visualization on the original firing and dialing it down to more of a Dodon Ray situation.

Yeah, figure out how to do a laser spell BEFORE you plug it to the nuclear power of a STAR.

In a less kind world, they'd all have a small amount of radiation poisoning already. And UV damage to the eyes.

 

[timcal2136]

To be honest, I think I would much rather pair her with El, since they're the same mental age. They're both good kids. I guess this is to be expected though.

I feel like perfecting Condensed Ray is a bit more urgent than combat experience, but I guess it's fine as long as it's banned from use until necessary. I do appreciate how they make everything into a learning experience though.

I guess the problem was that he tried to match the concentrated power of the sun itself with his own mana, which was too much to manage? So the solution is probably to either make the spell actually gather up light from the sun and concentrate it into a laser with refraction, or to simply base the future visualization on the original firing and dialing it down to more of a Dodon Ray situation.

I get what you mean about pairing Ashella and El, but i think that was never gonna happen after the trafficking incident

 

[Akudia94]

To be honest, I think I would much rather pair her with El, since they're the same mental age. They're both good kids. I guess this is to be expected though.

I feel like perfecting Condensed Ray is a bit more urgent than combat experience, but I guess it's fine as long as it's banned from use until necessary. I do appreciate how they make everything into a learning experience though.

I guess the problem was that he tried to match the concentrated power of the sun itself with his own mana, which was too much to manage? So the solution is probably to either make the spell actually gather up light from the sun and concentrate it into a laser with refraction, or to simply base the future visualization on the original firing and dialing it down to more of a Dodon Ray situation.

mental age argument is irrelevant. mind with adept with body biological response.

what if 16 years old soul get transferred into 40 years old body? should that man date 16 old girl because he is 16 boy inside or he date 40 years old lady because his body is 40?

because of 80 years old man reincarnated into baby, by the time he become adult, he already 98 years old man inside. so he need to date 90 old lady or what? if not it will be predator and too big age gap?

the only truly matter is body age as people see physical, not soul.

yeah, imagine 8 years old girl come to you and wanted to marrying you, the 30 years old man because she is 30 years old lady inside.

surely people don't call you pedo for dating 8 years old girl with 30 years old lady soul right?

 

[damadicius]

Just be happy that the boi did not imagine a star collapsing into a black hole or antimatter

 

[Banana_Splits]

https://imgur.com/a/DOGyZSg

 

[Parnifia]

People already mentioned the proportions, but there's also the issue of Clara's speech. She's under five, right? Doesn't talk like it.

 

[Skullkrusher]

When you try to cast magic, but rediscover the properties of nuclear fusion.

 

[NotSomeone]

The quality of the art really fluctuates in this chapter, makes me wonder if there's some kind of issue with time.

 

[Psychronia]

I get what you mean about pairing Ashella and El, but i think that was never gonna happen after the trafficking incident

Yeah, it was never going to go any other way.

mental age argument is irrelevant. mind with adept with body biological response.

what if 16 years old soul get transferred into 40 years old body? should that man date 16 old girl because he is 16 boy inside or he date 40 years old lady because his body is 40?

because of 80 years old man reincarnated into baby, by the time he become adult, he already 98 years old man inside. so he need to date 90 old lady or what? if not it will be predator and too big age gap?

the only truly matter is body age as people see physical, not soul.

yeah, imagine 8 years old girl come to you and wanted to marrying you, the 30 years old man because she is 30 years old lady inside.

surely people don't call you pedo for dating 8 years old girl with 30 years old lady soul right?

It's an inherently sketchy thing, which is why I would have preferred we sidestepped it. It's an argument that has no official answer because it's not a real thing that happens, but we can at least dig a little deeper than that argument.

Firstly, if mental age is irrelevant, that means any relationship with those childish-acting 900 year old lolis are clear-cut cases of pedophilia. Meanwhile, if a 50 year old man intentionally regresses his own body to 10 years old and romances another 10-year old, that's perfectly acceptable by your argument.
You can make that argument if you want, but I just want to point out that you are indeed making that argument.

Second, there's a difference between an age gap of 20 and 5 years old vs 40 and 25 years old vs 60 and 45 years old. The younger you are, the greater the gap in the ability to make informed consensual relationships, and that difference in dynamics is what makes age gaps problematic instead of just challenging. Someone mentally 90 but physically 30 can date another 30 year old just fine because they're both consenting adults at that point.

The problem arises when someone mentally mature enough to know the difference pursues someone they should know isn't capable of giving informed consent.

In regards to your examples:

1. A younger soul in an older body would be more ethically sound if they date someone their own age, but dating someone their own age is also less sketchy because as far as his partner knows they are simply two informed and consenting adults and he himself is incapable of making the mature judgement. In both cases, it's more sociological and practical issues to consider rather than ethics.
2. If an 8 year old body with an adult soul tried to start a relationship with someone the same mental age as herself the problem is no longer that there's an age gap because she can make the informed decision. The problem is anyone who would be interested in her at that physical age would be a pedophile by definition, even if they knew her true age.

The ideal scenario is really to wait for romantic parties to reach the physical maturing age, ideally before ever meeting or catching feelings early so it won't be at risk of grooming either.

 

[sat129]

Is the main guy stupid? sure seems like it

 

[TehPaws]

Aldo:

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