A Silent Country - Oneshot

[Rice_box_3D]

wait...the art is from avogado-san, hmmm....
well, however, its amazing as always!!

 

[Afiaki]

This story is actually quite comfy to read now.

 

[NO-ONE-1]

fuck me that was wholesome thanks

 

[77BLc9JwJGpLVARkamJx]

Good shit.

 

[stressedcoffee]

MY TEARS HHHUHUHHUHUHUHUHUHU

 

[softhaneul]

WHAT SORCERY IS THIS? A HAPPY ENDING?!

This kind of theme is what I want to explore in shounen mangas. Tired of seeing stories with the characters that are deaf and it eventually became somewhat a personality or trait. We need more stories about mangaka who can actually empathize with the minorities and tell stories from their lense of view. If it was stretched out enough, this is a real eye-opener for society. The mcs looks cute together ngl. They suit each other and I wonder how they both met each other, or what's their relationship?

 

[tosterpenatrat0r123453]

this is not about minorities, this is a story about how people Shut doen one's livelyhood over a misconception\


the deaf people here only know how to pick mandrakes, yet people shut down the only thing they know how to do

this can be applied to oil, cars, and others

making and tuneing an gas engine may be something someone is an expert at
but if people shut down the production of these products millions would lose thir current jobs
same here the mobs want to grand stand on the mandrakes without consideration of the people it effects

 

[nueee]

Good

 

[mangaant]

hell yeah !! a good lesson on why it's important to listen to minorities if you aren't a part of that minority.

but also ,, uh,, it's a bit eugenics-y? really, the whole "make your own country" thing is ... questionable to say the least.
the rest is nice, though.

 

[Durantye]

Oof, can't say I'm surprised how many bigots missed the forest for the trees thinking this was an anti-SJW manga rather than an anti-hypocrisy and anti-reactionary manga. Funnily enough the people reacting like that are literally the people being criticized by the manga.

 

[Tenant]

Oof, can't say I'm surprised how many bigots missed the forest for the trees thinking this was an anti-SJW manga rather than an anti-hypocrisy and anti-reactionary manga. Funnily enough the people reacting like that are literally the people being criticized by the manga.

Those types spend every moment constantly thinking and second-guessing how to "one-up" supposed SJW boogeymen (and when they're not even there, they'll imagine them) and put any media they see under a lens whether hoping it's "based" or not. It's all fucking insufferably annoying, and ironically, it makes them the snowflakes lmao

 

[arielsawesome]

"Those SJWs"... A better comparison would be shit like Autism Speaks and autism moms.™ Dunno what deaf people specifically have but there's always assholes who refuse to listen to the people they claim to be defending while not realize how ableist they're being by acting like disabled people can't speak (so to speak) for themselves. All they do is act like they know everything because their poor, pitiful kid or whatever is disabled. Ignore the disabled adults discussing them online in lieu of an actual platform. Because disabled people advocating for themselves rarely get on TV.

PS: I'd love to know how many people screeching SJW actually care about disabled people's rights. Because as a disabled person I trust self-proclaimed anti-sjws as much as the ones acting like we are the most helpless babies in the world.

 

[arielsawesome]

Those types spend every moment constantly thinking and second-guessing how to "one-up" supposed SJW boogeymen (and when they're not even there, they'll imagine them) and put any media they see under a lens whether hoping it's "based" or not. It's all fucking insufferably annoying, and ironically, it makes them the snowflakes lmao

Right? They cry about how sensitive minorities are when they even politely ask them not to use slurs, but then get their panties in a twist because some brand made their logo rainbow for a month.

 

[arielsawesome]

this is not about minorities, this is a story about how people Shut doen one's livelyhood over a misconception\


the deaf people here only know how to pick mandrakes, yet people shut down the only thing they know how to do

this can be applied to oil, cars, and others

making and tuneing an gas engine may be something someone is an expert at
but if people shut down the production of these products millions would lose thir current jobs
same here the mobs want to grand stand on the mandrakes without consideration of the people it effects

It can be both. But this is primarily about disabled people because, well, the protesters aren't pretending to be concerned about the mandrakes being harmed. They’re pretending to care about poor helpless deaf people who obviously can't speak for themselves.

Also the deaf people don't only know how to pick mandrakes. But no other industry will give them a chance.

 

[JJTheWeeb]

I think the whole point of the mandrake factory was specifically that it wasn't dangerous to deaf people. The activists couldn't understand that because they're viewing the world only from their own perspective, where mandrake farming is deadly. Because it harms them, they assume that the factory has bad working conditions, so obviously the deaf wouldn't want to work there and are being forced to. They're so convinced that the people working there are unhappy that they don't even try to ask them properly if it's true.

It's a very good analogy about how many activists don't make an attempt to really understand the people they're fighting for. They're high on their own sense of justice, and fail to see how their actions might hurt the ones they're trying to help. They think the people they're fighting for can't speak for themselves, but they're not really letting them speak. This manga shows that literally with the reporters questioning the workers without using sign language or writing, preventing them from voicing their thoughts.

I think the bigger irony is the reporters pointing the mics to the deaf. While yes, not all deaf people can't speak (if you're not born deaf, you would have been able to develop the skill easily). I don't think many deaf people would speak well from what i remember, since they can't hear themselves. so pointing a mic at them, especially without them know why (no signs as you mentioned) is meant to help reinforce that message of activists acting on behalf of people without really knowing about those people.