Aldo no Isekai Tensei - Vol. 1 Ch. 5 - The Price for Protecting the People You Care for

[GreeneValley]

I checked and yeah there is the poster, parents mentioning it and some other kid being snatched. My suspension of disbelief is being shot in the alley that kid was kidnapped in then because why in heavens name would anyone let their 7 year old daughter walk home alone when they previously had her with a guard escort.


It's a contrivance, which in doses can be fine. It doesn't ruin the plot outright but it was obviously to bring in how grimdark the setting is which then makes it hurt the overall worldbuilding. I think the bigger problem is the brisk pace the outside world is introduced with. We get presented the not completely safe but not overtly violent setting. Immediately after we get child kidnapping, assaulting and unhinged dismembering of them and a gruesome fight to the death.

At this point if I was an adult and had just saved Aldo, I'd put the cooperative kidnapper to the sword too. In this kind of a world how much does a, "I'll never do it again" mean.

I'll keep reading anyhow.

While the manga adaptation has greatly improved upon the source material IMO, especially with the family tragedy & trauma (both of which are manga-original), the guard escort part might be an oversight from the mangaka during the adaptation. The kidnapping foreshadowings are also manga-original.

In the novel (WN ch.6), Aldo's outing with the girl was cancelled due to a sudden lack of manpower. The manga pushed forward the outing that came much later in the novel.

The fight isn't as violent in the novel too.. IIRC

 

[Arkuses]

A small killing machine that's already suffered PTSD

With a kill count of only 1
He already burnt everything on that surprise attack and couldn't do much else

 

[parkourse]

being forced to cut down damn near a dozen men in cold blood ought to strike the poor lad with some PTSD

 

[Phantaminium]

While the manga adaptation has greatly improved upon the source material IMO, especially with the family tragedy & trauma (both of which are manga-original), the guard escort part might be an oversight from the mangaka during the adaptation. The kidnapping foreshadowings are also manga-original.

In the novel (WN ch.6), Aldo's outing with the girl was cancelled due to a sudden lack of manpower. The manga pushed forward the outing that came much later in the novel.

The fight isn't as violent in the novel too.. IIRC

So it somehow both improved and made worse aspects. Truly an adaptation.

 

[TestAddress]

No worries, that girl will bear it with you.

 

[MARGARETdemond]

To me it's more like accepting that you might have to kill someone to protect yourself or the people around you. I've been in plenty of situations where if I didn't show them I was serious about using the knife in my hand to kill/neutralize them, I would probably be permanently injured or dead. I think I'm lucky in a way, that all I had to do was flip out my pocket knife and stare at them to make them fuck off (also took up Bato's fighting stance when he confronts Kuze lol). There were a couple times though where that almost didn't work because they were too high and I did almost have to kill them (or at least seriously injure them)... well anyway, that's why I always have at least one knife on me. I'm a nervous wreck without one.

You should atleast try a bit of MMA(boxing,wrestling,karate is enough) despite what anime tells you. Judo sucks a bit (still depends on user OR martial artist) and bjj is much better than just judo (watch armchair violence), also don’t believe in the Krav Maga bullshit.I said boxing because it’s good base. You might want kickboxing or muay Thai but tkd itf and American ain’t that good. In grappling, you’d wanna use wrestling as your main choice because it’s so similar to boxings fundamentals and footwork and its much more complex (although bjj is the most complex martial arts because of ecological approach like wrestling, and even judo) Also if your opponent catches you (most fights without a knife and backup people tend to go to the ground), you can blast double them and take side control, THEN you stab them. Assuming it is a 1 v 1.

But in the end, having a weapon is better and much safer with a registered gun or taser.

As a hema enthusiast myself “it would be better to have your flintlock as a secondary than reload your offhand dagger”

 

[legendaryswordsman]

God damn, i'm loving this series

ThIs chapter went pretty hard

 

[legendaryswordsman]

bruh, you're no kid, you're a fucking damn grown ass men that got reincarnated into little brat 😂

Sometimes author forget that and have them act as kids even mentally also as for The killing that's a very Japanese thing to be against even with self-defense

 

[legendaryswordsman]

"you are to refrain from doing anything reckless from now on and reflect on your actions" dude? who left their childern unatended in the first place, without any guards following them? this one is entirely on the dads and the guards

Yes they got kidnapped and no one was there why wasn't the guards reprimanded

 

[legendaryswordsman]

Oh nice. We're actually considering the psychological impact of murder in this one. Well, killing.

I get that dad is worried, but I don't think Aldo did anything wrong here. They shoulda sent guards to escort his daughter home. At most, he should have requested people come with him.

The art of her eyes reminds me of the Appraisal Lord story. I guess she has a special power to memorize anything she sees and heightened observation ability.

It's no bad they had no guards and they are nobles I'd say fire the guards, they are the ones that screwed up

 

[legendaryswordsman]

It wasn't 5 pages, but weren't we told and shown the risk of kidnapping at the end of chapter 2?


IIRC, the kids did have bodyguards when they went out, but weirdly Ashella's dad sent her home by herself afterward. Then Aldo went after her without telling anyone.


💯 It doesn't make any sense at all. You'd think a knight commander of all people would know the dangers.

Very good points it also seems that the guards went punished I would counter what the father said, I wouldn't have to do this if u protected us

 

[legendaryswordsman]

Hey this is good writing, ain't no way you kill someone without having guilt.

I think its bad writing in chapter 2 weeks get the reveal that lots of children are kidnapped, then towards end of ch.3 he lets the girl go home alone with no guards, even though earlier in chapter he assigned them a guard, so silly

 

[Psychronia]

It's no bad they had no guards and they are nobles I'd say fire the guards, they are the ones that screwed up

Problem is that they didn't have guards when there were caught, I think. She was just going home alone and he decided entirely on his own to escort her.

 

[legendaryswordsman]

Problem is that they didn't have guards when there were caught, I think. She was just going home alone and he decided entirely on his own to escort her.

But it's revelation in chapter 2 that Many kids are being abducted, it's silly but manga logic so we gloss over it