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.