Moto Tansakusha no Ojii-chan: Mago ni Segamarete Dungeon Haishin o Hajimeta njaga, Nazeka Bazuriotta wai - Vol. 2 Ch. 11

[MangaDex]

 

[AllTheMistakes]

i just finished the previous chapter and there more?
les go

 

[OWMWO]

WE LOVE OLDER WOMEN!!
YAAASSSS!! GRANDMA SLAY!!

 

[brndndss]

grandma did not disappoint when youre as fast as them, strategy seems unnecessary lol just hold blade out, and cut whatever in way as you pass by

 

[Al_Azif]

nothing beats a long sharp stick

 

[NLDutchie]

Damn, Grandma was/is a hottie.

 

[n3na3]

i wonder how gramps would look with a shaved face

 

[Zaronax]

Grandma's having a blast and Grandpa's happy about remembering the awesome memories. I love this manga.

 

[UncleKaos]

Well it is odd he says "they" about his wife.

anyway grandma is totally a badass like her husband. aaww sweet couple.

 

[Hauberk1800]

i just finished the previous chapter and there more?
les go

I know, I refreshed my updates page and was like. Is this what Fridays feel like. This is incredible. Also, LOVE the art on the dungeon, on grandma and all the love pu lt into the halberd. Cannot wait for this Wyvern fight

Thanks for the tl

 

[GipoScribantino]

Still miffed about the terrible grammar. If you're going to use a machine to translate, at least go the extra mile and use another machine to make it readable.

 

[Miserys_End]

Poor translation aside, does it bother anyway else how Oba-san is holding her halberd? It just feels almost sacrilegious for a blade to be so close to the ground. You would also think it'd be rather fatiguing to carry the unsupported weight with the bladed so low...

 

[zeronatsume]

granny is a power gilf

 

[ARoyalidiot]

Grandma is OP as hell

 

[Maguillage]

Poor translation aside, does it bother anyway else how Oba-san is holding her halberd? It just feels almost sacrilegious for a blade to be so close to the ground. You would also think it'd be rather fatiguing to carry the unsupported weight with the bladed so low...

Nah, that's just a common misconception from artistic depictions of polearms mostly being done with people holding them at rest or in march... which happen to be basically the only times someone will carry them vertically with the blade held high.
Whether using the axe blade or the spike opposite to it a halberd is typically swung horizontally rather than vertically, and having the head lowered means it can get more force from the hips.
A halberd might be held in a raised position if dealing with cavalry, but that's mostly just due to the nature of the guy they want to hit being higher up as well, and usually sacrifices the force of a swing for being braced against a charge.

 

[Nemo2342]

Grandma was just as cool as I had hoped!

 

[Miserys_End]

Nah, that's just a common misconception from artistic depictions of polearms mostly being done with people holding them at rest or in march... which happen to be basically the only times someone will carry them vertically with the blade held high.
Whether using the axe blade or the spike opposite to it a halberd is typically swung horizontally rather than vertically, and having the head lowered means it can get more force from the hips.
A halberd might be held in a raised position if dealing with cavalry, but that's mostly just due to the nature of the guy they want to hit being higher up as well, and usually sacrifices the force of a swing for being braced against a charge.

O . o;
In combat most strikes would start about shoulder height and end down around the opposite hip. But honestly what form she uses for combat is mostly irrelevant, because the illustrations I'm talking about are of her walking, traveling at speed, or even just standing around.

When we first see her in combat gear on page 4, the business end of her halberd is nearly touching the ground. Page 16 as they enter the dungeon portal again the axe blade is faces the ground and again on page 17 as they are walking through the first layer.... that is possibly the worst way to carry that weapon because all the weight would be pulling it down. She is either resting the spike or axe blade on the ground, or she is supporting the weapons full weight at an odd angle. I would begrudgingly find it acceptable if she was bracing the shaft in crook of her arm if the bladed end up, but it's not. There is just no logical reason for it to be carried in that manner outside of combat.

 

[R2D2TS]

Thanks for the chapter.

 

[DJKatsu]

O . o;
In combat most strikes would start about shoulder height and end down around the opposite hip. But honestly what form she uses for combat is mostly irrelevant, because the illustrations I'm talking about are of her walking, traveling at speed, or even just standing around.

When we first see her in combat gear on page 4, the business end of her halberd is nearly touching the ground. Page 16 as they enter the dungeon portal again the axe blade is faces the ground and again on page 17 as they are walking through the first layer.... that is possibly the worst way to carry that weapon because all the weight would be pulling it down. She is either resting the spike or axe blade on the ground, or she is supporting the weapons full weight at an odd angle. I would begrudgingly find it acceptable if she was bracing the shaft in crook of her arm if the bladed end up, but it's not. There is just no logical reason for it to be carried in that manner outside of combat.

I don't know the historical context on how halberds are used, but I'd imagine when moving quickly, it's easier and less fatiguing to hold the weapon like she did so that the centre of gravity is lower; holding the heavy axe portion up all the time while running sounds really unstable and tiring.

 

[Maguillage]

Basically, yeah. Holding the halberd in two hands with the head lowered is a combat-ready hustling stance.
It takes more of your attention (not to mention both hands) to carry it that way, but if the thing is weighted properly it's a lot more convenient than trying to transition from a march to a combat stance in a hurry, and the manga is all about diligence and preparedness so it makes sense she'd carry it that way even outside of there being any obvious threats nearby.

The head might go high during individual attacks, like trying to hack or poke at someone's shoulder, but will generally be at around hip-height for the range of motion that position allows.
Not sure how relevant it'll be for this setting in particular, but one of the historical uses for that spike opposite the axe head was making an upward swing toward someone's neck/jaw area, which was typically either a gap in their armour or was only covered by mail.