Ore ga Isekai no Goshujinsama!? ~Daredemo "Ore no Senzoku Maid" ni Suru Skill wo Te ni Ireta Ken~ - Vol. 1 Ch. 1

[kunyka]

Man, I really feel sorry for the dragon king. Mind-controlled by the demon king then enslaved into an eternity of servitude as a human's maid as "punishment".

So if she died you would be happy?

 

[Saladguy_]

Japan back at it again with the weird manga, at least it's not the worst

 

[dbzclamp]

So if she died you would be happy?

Of course not. Why would I?

 

[kuShiNe]

This is so trashy. I'll see you guys on each chapter discussion

 

[PhycoKrusk]

Considering the sheer dumpfill of manga and stories about how utterly miserable they are, that they wish they'd stop existing on planet Earth? It's very easy to make a lot of assumptions.

Exactly; assumptions. Not even very accurate ones.

Any time it's a salaryman, why are they always miserable? Because they have to work hard? No. It's because they have to work hard for no reward; their manager berates them even when they do everything right and on-time; they get extra work piled onto them for no extra payoff; their colleagues don't respect them; their plans and life get turned over on the whim of some distant boss that you cannot plan ahead for.

Why would someone in those circumstances look at rural peasant life – the idyllic "peaceful life" where what you earn correlates exactly to how much work you put in; where doing things correctly and on-time may not result in commendations, but it doesn't result in reprimands either; where the only one piling extra work onto you is you; where your family, friends, and neighbors respect your hard work; where your plans and life get turned upside down not by the whim of some distant boss, but by bad luck that you can plan ahead for to mitigate – and not think, "Yes, that would be better"?

Why would being a noble – where people can get ahead of you because of who they know in spite of putting in less work; where eating with the wrong utensil will get you mocked and possibly ostracized from social functions; where extra work gets piled on you because it's just expected; where nobody actually respects you; where your plans and life get turned around on the whim or some lord you've never heard of and will never meet – be any better than that? Being a noble sounds a lot like being a salaryman, only with the added risk of assassination.

That is why they would choose to be a peasant over being a noble.

 

[Solipsist]

Exactly; assumptions. Not even very accurate ones.

Any time it's a salaryman, why are they always miserable? Because they have to work hard? No. It's because they have to work hard for no reward; their manager berates them even when they do everything right and on-time; they get extra work piled onto them for no extra payoff; their colleagues don't respect them; their plans and life get turned over on the whim of some distant boss that you cannot plan ahead for.

Why would someone in those circumstances look at rural peasant life – the idyllic "peaceful life" where what you earn correlates exactly to how much work you put in; where doing things correctly and on-time may not result in commendations, but it doesn't result in reprimands either; where the only one piling extra work onto you is you; where your family, friends, and neighbors respect your hard work; where your plans and life get turned upside down not by the whim of some distant boss, but by bad luck that you can plan ahead for to mitigate – and not think, "Yes, that would be better"?

Why would being a noble – where people can get ahead of you because of who they know in spite of putting in less work; where eating with the wrong utensil will get you mocked and possibly ostracized from social functions; where extra work gets piled on you because it's just expected; where nobody actually respects you; where your plans and life get turned around on the whim or some lord you've never heard of and will never meet – be any better than that? Being a noble sounds a lot like being a salaryman, only with the added risk of assassination.

That is why they would choose to be a peasant over being a noble.

I overall agree...However, I think you're still cherry-picking which side is more ideal.
Being a serf has its benefits, I believe historically they have worked less than we do in modern times -- but they are also the property of people above them, and situation-dependent, can also be subjected to extremely harsh taxes, to the point of having to sell-off or banish their children, because they are limited in the mouths they can afford to feed.
Pair that together with no real access to medicine that may be available for nobles -- and you end up with a potentially good, basic life, but with one that can end just by cutting yourself and getting it infected. Or having a too-cold-winter. The list is never ending.
It's an extremely harsh lifestyle.

Being a noble, however, even if you suck --- you can still be "banished to a far away town, and lord over it over there".
I.E: You still get a solid position and the funds to live properly.

My point being -- it's extremely dependent on context, and I agree with you that being a farmer can easily be more preferable than being a noble, probably a prince who has to fight against their siblings in the line-of-succession.
My original comment was made entirely based on how the goddess made her proposition (essentially: "I'll make you a bigshot who has fun all day long with his maids" (i.e: probably an easy life)) --- and how the MC reacted in return (essentially: "I'm used to being a slave, so I'd like to continue being a slave, please.")
That's pretty much it.

I wouldn't say anything, if the MC instead said: "I don't want to be a noble, that strikes too close to home. Give me some powers, and let me live in a simple town somewhere. I'm tired of people dumping their shit on me."

 

[PhycoKrusk]

I overall agree...However, I think you're still cherry-picking which side is more ideal.
Being a serf has its benefits, I believe historically they have worked less than we do in modern times -- but they are also the property of people above them, and situation-dependent, can also be subjected to extremely harsh taxes, to the point of having to sell-off or banish their children, because they are limited in the mouths they can afford to feed.
Pair that together with no real access to medicine that may be available for nobles -- and you end up with a potentially good, basic life, but with one that can end just by cutting yourself and getting it infected. Or having a too-cold-winter. The list is never ending.
It's an extremely harsh lifestyle.

Being a noble, however, even if you suck --- you can still be "banished to a far away town, and lord over it over there".
I.E: You still get a solid position and the funds to live properly.

My point being -- it's extremely dependent on context, and I agree with you that being a farmer can easily be more preferable than being a noble, probably a prince who has to fight against their siblings in the line-of-succession.
My original comment was made entirely based on how the goddess made her proposition (essentially: "I'll make you a bigshot who has fun all day long with his maids" (i.e: probably an easy life)) --- and how the MC reacted in return (essentially: "I'm used to being a slave, so I'd like to continue being a slave, please.")
That's pretty much it.

I wouldn't say anything, if the MC instead said: "I don't want to be a noble, that strikes too close to home. Give me some powers, and let me live in a simple town somewhere. I'm tired of people dumping their shit on me."

You know, I just realized that we're both arguing over something that didn't happen. He never said he wanted to be a peasant, nor did he really say he didn't want to be a noble. All he said was, "Nobles or maids, I don't really have anything to do with stuff like that... I would like you to send me where I can 'live a peaceful life' instead." Heck, prior to that, he remarked that since he worked every day, he knows how hard it is.

Having thought about it, it seems now to me that what he wanted was a quiet life where he didn't have to work like a salaryman every day, but also where somebody else wouldn't have to do the same for him (which is why he wasn't keen on having maids). He didn't even ask for a special power; he just wanted to be some guy. Unfortunately, the goddess is unreasonable, so he didn't get any of the things he asked for.

I'll take the blame for this argument; there's at least one Patreon out there where I am well-known (if not infamous) for starting fights.

 

[Nick113]

Straight man person gets reincarnated by wacko god will honestly not be funny to me