Uruwashi Babaa wa Mago ga Hoshii! - Ch. 2 - The Fabulous Grandma Lives with her Grandchild

[MangaDex]

 

[OWMWO]

She's married... NNNOooo...

 

[GreenDude1]

I don't get why Japan acts so crazy towards cockroaches. Just grab something and smash them with it and then use a broom and dust pan to sweep it up and dump it in the trash. Why does Japan always censor the Cockroaches?

 

[Boring-Ash]

The maid is correct. Cleansing fire is the only way to deal with filthy skittering vermin

 

[Ucluk4]

She's married... NNNOooo...

she has kids too, it mentioned in chapter 1

 

[FloorRoof]

Quickly, to the Hagmobile!

 

[Miserys_End]

I don't get why Japan acts so crazy towards cockroaches. Just grab something and smash them with it and then use a broom and dust pan to sweep it up and dump it in the trash. Why does Japan always censor the Cockroaches?

It's a two fold issue from my PoV. Ones that you can find in most cultures the world over.

First is the stigmatized insult of having a bug associated with filth invading your home. True not as harrowing as more manga try to paint it, but this media is nothing if not exaggerating in their portrayal of scenes and events.

The second is the typical reaction to small vermin that skitter or filt about. Especially so if they drop from above or their chaotic flight patterns have them randomly crash land on your face. Again the whole filth association comes into play, but in a more direct "it touched me" sort of way.

It takes a very strong will, or truly desensitized person to ignore the creepy crawlies that invade our personal spaces. Mosquitoes, spiders, roaches, moths, and many others have created a special trauma in the human psyche. Oh sure you act strong and tough now, but the sound of a mosquito buzzing in your ear or a roach skittering accrossed you bare foot is going to send you flailing and stomping about. Might even pull a squee of terror from your throat.

 

[GreenDude1]

It's a two fold issue from my PoV. Ones that you can find in most cultures the world over.

First is the stigmatized insult of having a bug associated with filth invading your home. True not as harrowing as more manga try to paint it, but this media is nothing if not exaggerating in their portrayal of scenes and events.

The second is the typical reaction to small vermin that skitter or filt about. Especially so if they drop from above or their chaotic flight patterns have them randomly crash land on your face. Again the whole filth association comes into play, but in a more direct "it touched me" sort of way.

It takes a very strong will, or truly desensitized person to ignore the creepy crawlies that invade our personal spaces. Mosquitoes, spiders, roaches, moths, and many others have created a special trauma in the human psyche. Oh sure you act strong and tough now, but the sound of a mosquito buzzing in your ear or a roach skittering accrossed you bare foot is going to send you flailing and stomping about. Might even pull a squee of terror from your throat.

I'm not claiming that cockroaches don't freak me out but I'm just saying that for some reason manga has such an overblown reaction to them where they censor them completely which doesn't even make sense.

 

[Miserys_End]

I'm not claiming that cockroaches don't freak me out but I'm just saying that for some reason manga has such an overblown reaction to them where they censor them completely which doesn't even make sense.

Think of it in the same way as spiders and people who suffer from arachnophobia. Many in Japan suffer a similar phobia that it's to the point they don't even print or say the word cockroach. They just refer to it as or with a G.

 

[IceKitty]

for some reason manga has such an overblown reaction to them where they censor them completely which doesn't even make sense.

It's exaggerated for comedic effect. The censorship is also a common joke, in the style of "this is so terribly grotesque we cannot show it"

 

[DirtEater21]

Thank you for the translation

 

[Mandobard]

This is adorable

she has kids too, it mentioned in chapter 1

yup just no grandkids cause her son is a loner

 

[sketches]

That maid screaming loudly while having a stoic face is such a mood.

 

[Kyuketsuki]

Do you make this sign as a bib?

 

[rotationplus]

I don't get why Japan acts so crazy towards cockroaches. Just grab something and smash them with it and then use a broom and dust pan to sweep it up and dump it in the trash. Why does Japan always censor the Cockroaches?

They can FUCKING FLY. Have you ever even encountered these demonic beasts. I know I've only seen them during family visits to Asia, and they are many times worse than the common bugs back home in the US.

Thats the thing. Cockroaches are common in Asian countries. You never see bugs of that size invading your house in NE states. The sheer volume whittles down the general public's capacity to face the demon, so more people who (rightfully) fear it are forced in situations where they must deal with it somehow, enough that it becomes cultural mainstay.

 

[rotationplus]

This is adorable

yup just no grandkids cause her son is a loner

or just isn't hetero

 

[Sinisterdot]

The butler joke with his back caught me off guard, it was funny.