Binbou Kizoku Nord no Boukentan - Vol. 2 Ch. 10

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I'm here, once again, to call his parents no-good losers.

Kid's risking his life to eat into the debt and we get no insight into what his parents are doing to solve things. Except tryna make more kids[debt].
While that is true, it's also thanks to them that we got an astonishingly admirable-personality of a MC.
 
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The work that went into the chapter is really visible. It reads well and looks great!

I'm here, once again, to call his parents no-good losers.

Kid's risking his life to eat into the debt and we get no insight into what his parents are doing to solve things. Except tryna make more kids[debt].
You're trying to apply modern individualist values to a medieval fantasy. It's implied he's living in a society where family members are obligated to help each other to the full extent of their ability. The bigger the family, the more safe and stable it will be when all the children mature. It's hard for him to support his big family now, but once all his siblings are established, he'll have a big support network if he himself is ever in trouble.
 
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The work that went into the chapter is really visible. It reads well and looks great!


You're trying to apply modern individualist values to a medieval fantasy. It's implied he's living in a society where family members are obligated to help each other to the full extent of their ability. The bigger the family, the more safe and stable it will be when all the children mature. It's hard for him to support his big family now, but once all his siblings are established, he'll have a big support network if he himself is ever in trouble.
Well, he doesn't have an adventurer rank known for slaying wyverns.
His mother must be knowingly sending him to his death or be completely oblivious to his (suicidal) character.

*She should have known that he'd do stupid
 
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The work that went into the chapter is really visible. It reads well and looks great!


You're trying to apply modern individualist values to a medieval fantasy. It's implied he's living in a society where family members are obligated to help each other to the full extent of their ability. The bigger the family, the more safe and stable it will be when all the children mature. It's hard for him to support his big family now, but once all his siblings are established, he'll have a big support network if he himself is ever in trouble.
And you're applying some modern, collectivist values. They had a lot of kids in the past because there was no way of really knowing how many would make it to adulthood (and also contraceptives weren't that great nor in vogue). I'm mad those irresponsible idiots are compelling their oldest children to struggle because of shite planning. You know how else you can create a support network? By making allies and marriage. And, if you plan properly, neither of those create a debt so large that your second oldest son has to risk his life to hunt a dragon just to pay a portion of it.

Yeah, "obligated to help each other". Again, what the fuck are the parents doing to solve their debt? Your son is consistently giving you money so you and his siblings can eat and then you tell him 'actually, our debt is astronomical and you have to solve it faster so your sister can get married'. If I were a parent like that, I'd emancipate my kids so at least the debt would die with me. They are terrible providers because we've seen them provide nothing except more siblings. I understand that is the fault of the way the narrative is being told but I don't have to like it. And it's weird that you're trying to normalize it like shite things are okay because they happened in a fake past.
 

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