Tensei Shite High Elf ni Narimashitaga, Slow Life wa 120-nen de Akimashita - Ch. 40

[DeepSeaDingo]

Please don't include any of that "asexual" nonsense XD

First of all, the Japanese as a people are still somewhat normal (for the most part), so they don't use concepts like "asexual" or other made up nonsense to make themselves feel special.

Second, back in the days before the "sexual revolution", very few people had sex out of wetlock, because it would be stupid to do so. Your family was your insurance, not the government, but before that you first needed to build a stable family. This is why you didn't have women sleeping around all the time like what is happening now, and women instead devoted themselves fully to a reliable partner, usually a childhood friend or the son of a friend of the family. That is why you had far less divorces, because it was intentionally made hard to divorce, so people were stuck together and forced to tolerate each other's shortcomings. Once they did so, they were able to "pair bond" as they say these days, and from there love blossomed.

Aesir not only has less drive to find a partner as an elf (due to their long lives), there is also no porn in that medieval setting, so less oversexualization all the time when compared to our lives. He likely has a healthy drive, he just lives in a less degenerate world setting (for better or worse), and is wise enough not to fool around unless he finds someone with whom he can settle down.

Plus, Aesir is a high elf, so it is much harder for him to conceive children with non-high elves, even with elves. Due to how complex his species is (even when compared to elves). So he is unlikely to even have children with an elven woman. Plus, he doesn't strike me as a Rudeus Greyrat, so he doesn't have the ridiculous sex drive of the Greyrat family XD

Bruh, how did you write so much but answer so little? You went on some sort of red pill rant, posted speculation as fact, and only wrote one good paragraph that was slightly relevant. And that one good paragraph wasn't even related to Ninoren's question.

You don't seem stupid so I was just confused on what the hell happened here.

Also, I posted a reply to Ninoren on page 4, I read on one of your other comments you had some spoilers. So if you've read the novel or something you can fact check me.

 

[nielspeterdejong]

Bruh, how did you write so much but answer so little? You went on some sort of red pill rant, posted speculation as fact, and only wrote one good paragraph that was slightly relevant. And that one good paragraph wasn't even related to Ninoren's question.

You don't seem stupid so I was just confused on what the hell happened here.

Also, I posted a reply to Ninoren on page 4, I read on one of your other comments you had some spoilers. So if you've read the novel or something you can fact check me.

Oh I've read them, so I won't post spoilers, but I think people will really like it

As for the "red pill rant", I'm not sure what to tell you or how you like to call it, but it is the truth nonetheless. Japanese, and people more than 30 years ago, didn't do any of this "identity politics" nonsense. They were normal. I'm just calling it out for what it is.

As for your reply, you are correct that he is attracted to others, and I merely added that the reason some think that he must have gone around boning everyone is because our current society is pretty messed up when it comes to sex and relationships. Right now, many young people don't have sex at all yet have access to porn and overindulge themselves in it. They are oversexualized on one hand, yet don't get any action due to fabricated tensions between the sexes and hook up culture. That's just how it is sadly. So for people who live in these days, not having sex until marriage is normal, and seeing a normal person like Aesir can come over as weird to some.

 

[nielspeterdejong]

I also added some slight spoilers I guess when I mentioned how the elves were not "less fertile" than the humans (at least, not that much), but instead that the humans grow up in 16 years while an elf does that in 50-100 years, plus they have less drive to find partners quickly to the same extend as humans have, and most important of all: They try to live off nature without overburdening it, so their populations can't grow that big due to them relying on the bounty of the forest. However, later on...

Spoiler

There will be an elven nation where a certain elven woman takes up farming, and she has a knack and interest for it, and is able to provide far more food than a human manning the farms could due to her use of the Spirit Arts, which terrifies Aesir as he realizes that if this continues that the elves will have plenty of food to sustain a much larger population. And because the average elf is far more powerful than the average human, this would easily enable them to grow strong enough to wipe out all the humans.

 

[DeepSeaDingo]

I also added some slight spoilers I guess when I mentioned how the elves were not "less fertile" than the humans (at least, not that much), but instead that the humans grow up in 16 years while an elf does that in 50-100 years, plus they have less drive to find partners quickly to the same extend as humans have, and most important of all: They try to live off nature without overburdening it, so their populations can't grow that big due to them relying on the bounty of the forest. However, later on...

Spoiler

There will be an elven nation where a certain elven woman takes up farming, and she has a knack and interest for it, and is able to provide far more food than a human manning the farms could due to her use of the Spirit Arts, which terrifies Aesir as he realizes that if this continues that the elves will have plenty of food to sustain a much larger population. And because the average elf is far more powerful than the average human, this would easily enable them to grow strong enough to wipe out all the humans.

Cool, yeah I just started reading the novel. I think the manga does a better job telling the story, but I'm getting impatient waiting. I think I've reread the manga like 3 or 4 times now over the span of 3 years. It's probably my favorite manga.

 

[mike32]

Thanks for the scanlation! Looking forward to what comes next 😌

 

[diidlydoo]

source on the shape shifter please

they are probably talking about "To Your Eternity"

 

[nielspeterdejong]

Cool, yeah I just started reading the novel. I think the manga does a better job telling the story, but I'm getting impatient waiting. I think I've reread the manga like 3 or 4 times now over the span of 3 years. It's probably my favorite manga.

Yeah same, it is honestly amazing And i love their take on spirits! With how elves are able to bond with them to create effects similar to magic, but much faster and more powerful. Hence why they mention that Magic users can't hold a candle to Spirit users. However, they also mention how magic is able to create more varied effects, even if it's use is limited due to the requirement of mana.

I also couldn't wait for the Manga, so I decided to buy and read all the light novels online via Kobo.

 

[DeepSeaDingo]

Yeah same, it is honestly amazing And i love their take on spirits! With how elves are able to bond with them to create effects similar to magic, but much faster and more powerful. Hence why they mention that Magic users can't hold a candle to Spirit users. However, they also mention how magic is able to create more varied effects, even if it's use is imilted due to the requirement of mana.

I also couldn't wait for the Manga, so I decided to buy and read all the light novels online via Kobo.

It was worth the read. Finished volume 8 a couple days ago.

 

[nielspeterdejong]

It was worth the read. Finished volume 8 a couple days ago.

I finished it a few weeks ago, and honestly, I'm glad I did. I'm not sure what it is, but it fills you with such positive feeling, despite the heavy subjects like outliving your friends and loved ones. It feels, satisfying, you know? And I love their takes on the elves. The elves are more powerful yes, but that only makes sense for elves, and I love their take on why humans tend to dominate more (numbers, more drive, organization etc.) and the reason why there are fewer elves (mostly because they don't want to burden the forests that they live in too much, and because they don't have the same desire to "conquer and control" as humans do due to them not being as inherently weak as the humans are). I also love how once the elves are getting more into the game, that they are thriving very quickly. And it is explained in a sense that makes perfect sense. Overall, a really good read!

 

[DeepSeaDingo]

I finished it a few weeks ago, and honestly, I'm glad I did. I'm not sure what it is, but it fills you with such positive feeling, despite the heavy subjects like outliving your friends and loved ones. It feels, satisfying, you know? And I love their takes on the elves. The elves are more powerful yes, but that only makes sense for elves, and I love their take on why humans tend to dominate more (numbers, more drive, organization etc.) and the reason why there are fewer elves (mostly because they don't want to burden the forests that they live in too much, and because they don't have the same desire to "conquer and control" as humans do due to them not being as inherently weak as the humans are). I also love how once the elves are getting more into the game, that they are thriving very quickly. And it is explained in a sense that makes perfect sense. Overall, a really good read!

Yeah, I really liked how the story handled the different species of the world.

Spoiler: Spoilers

There were a few things I wished happened, but I really did enjoy the story.

1. I was happy Airena and Acer were together, but would have preferred if they actually were romantically involved. I'm a bit of a sucker when it comes to romance though. I know that high elves are not able to produce an offspring with the other races, but them actually being a couple would have made me happy.

2. I really wish Acer would have been there for Win's final moment. I know it would have been sad, but I think I just wanted the closure. I think the manga handled Acer and Win's relationship better then the novel.

3. I wish he had visited Soleil after Airena's death. Maybe spend like 20 years of his last 200 going on an adventure with his daughter. I understood his concerns about remaining outside, but I think from a readers prospective, it would have been nice.

4. The author kinda speed ran the end. Some of the dramatic reunions were just like 2 lines of dialog and an exposition dump of what happened to the region. I'd list them off but I'm sure you know what I'm talking about.

5. If the author wasn't planning on having him romantically involved with Airena. I would have liked for him to have spent the last of his life with Violet or Lilly. I feel like the author introduced both of them as potential ending options, but decided to stick with Acer not placing down roots anywhere. Again though, not really important in the scheme of things, I would have just like to have seen a romance. Especially since the story is more mature and isn't a shonen harem story.

6. The ending with him dying while clutching his sword was just peak though. When you realize that the cover art for volume 8 was that scene. Straight had me tearing up. I'm glad we got a post life spirit mini stroy though. Kinda had me hoping for a spin-off of his sword spirt life.

 

[HailTheHaleHydrator]

Second, back in the days before the "sexual revolution", very few people had sex out of wetlock, because it would be stupid to do so.

Dude out here blustering about family values like he's never heard the term shotgun wedding in his life! That far out dates the sexual revolution you're griping about lol.

 

[nielspeterdejong]

Dude out here blustering about family values like he's never heard the term shotgun wedding in his life! That far out dates the sexual revolution you're griping about lol.

Shotgun weddings were the exception, not the norm. A happy content marriage was the norm back then. Like it or not.

 

[nielspeterdejong]

Yeah, I really liked how the story handled the different species of the world.

Spoiler: Spoilers

There were a few things I wished happened, but I really did enjoy the story.

1. I was happy Airena and Acer were together, but would have preferred if they actually were romantically involved. I'm a bit of a sucker when it comes to romance though. I know that high elves are not able to produce an offspring with the other races, but them actually being a couple would have made me happy.

2. I really wish Acer would have been there for Win's final moment. I know it would have been sad, but I think I just wanted the closure. I think the manga handled Acer and Win's relationship better then the novel.

3. I wish he had visited Soleil after Airena's death. Maybe spend like 20 years of his last 200 going on an adventure with his daughter. I understood his concerns about remaining outside, but I think from a readers prospective, it would have been nice.

4. The author kinda speed ran the end. Some of the dramatic reunions were just like 2 lines of dialog and an exposition dump of what happened to the region. I'd list them off but I'm sure you know what I'm talking about.

5. If the author wasn't planning on having him romantically involved with Airena. I would have liked for him to have spent the last of his life with Violet or Lilly. I feel like the author introduced both of them as potential ending options, but decided to stick with Acer not placing down roots anywhere. Again though, not really important in the scheme of things, I would have just like to have seen a romance. Especially since the story is more mature and isn't a shonen harem story.

6. The ending with him dying while clutching his sword was just peak though. When you realize that the cover art for volume 8 was that scene. Straight had me tearing up. I'm glad we got a post life spirit mini stroy though. Kinda had me hoping for a spin-off of his sword spirt life.

Yeah I agree, but honestly, I feel like most of the things you mentioned happened. I mean, that only makes sense. At first I also wondered why

Spoiler

Wynn didn't visit Soleil, but then it was later stated that he did do that. And I believe that it is highly likely he and Airena did visit Soleil occasionally, though not too often due to the situation with the dragon.

 

[HailTheHaleHydrator]

Shotgun weddings were the exception, not the norm. A happy content marriage was the norm back then. Like it or not.

Trying to change the goal posts? You weren't talking about "happy content marriage" before and I didn't say a shotgun marriage can't lead to a happy marriage either.

You got any numbers to go with it not being the norm or are you just blowing smoke? Not being the norm can still be hundreds of thousands of people when we're talking about millions of births a year. A quick google search got me this article from the 90s that runs counter to what you're saying.

Until the early 1970s, shotgun marriage was the norm in premarital sexual relations.

Since 1969, however, shotgun marriage has gradually disappeared (see table 1). For whites, in particular, the shotgun marriage rate began its decline at almost the same time as the reproductive technology shock. And the disappearance of shotgun marriages has contributed heavily to the rise in the out-of-wedlock birth rate for both white and black women. In fact, about 75 percent of the increase in the white out-of-wedlock first-birth rate, and about 60 percent of the black increase, between 1965 and 1990 is directly attributable to the decline in shotgun marriages.

People wanted to get down just as much back in the day. That indiscretion was simply covered up more back then with shotgun weddings. Whether these historical changes are good has more nuance, but let's not invent some puritanical fantasy about the past.



Anyway... I would like to see Aesir end up with someone. Considering he's visiting the swordswoman's grave and she seemed like a good match aside from the life expectancy issue I don't think he will end up finding anyone better.

 

[glitxxi]

Damn looks like his home got ravaged and that will probably anger him and drive him to the west

 

[Carn109]

Looks like Wynn is in the thick of the PTSD. Taken a lot more lives than the letters entailed it seems
And Hello again Kaeha. Its been a while