I enjoy the small tidbit at the end he's helping her pass on/ascend. That small wisp.
Not enough authors add that small hint of closure in their 1-page/2-page oneshots.
Fun fact: if I recall correctly, the kanji for "Gaki (brat)" can be literally interpreted as "(starving) (ghost)".
I wonder if the author was making a pun. I don't know the full etymology; could be famine after the war. :meguuusad:
I think author is trying to draw the line at Humanoid vs Non-Humanoid monsters.
As a mental experiment I replaced "Goblin" with "Wolves". And imagine now this is a puppy.
It changes the dynamic of "monster slaying" a lot when the opponent isn't sapient.
(Also I don't think this manga has...
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Country is literally undergoing complete demographic collapse due to actively harmful social conditions cratering population.
Companies demand people not socialize with the ONLY members of the opposite sex they are exposed to in the interests of company profit as social policy.
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Profit...
Above is a snippet from this/next chapter, the internal monologue of MC from WN.
It's manga-editor induced trope idiocy. The WN actually addressed this somewhat.
Manga doesn't have a way to show internal monologuing.
So what appears to "make sense" in the authors head as words on page -- falls...