Blood on the Tracks - Vol. 16 Ch. 142 - Back Home

[MangaDex]

 

[Buffdoge]

Man this is just painful to watch

 

[ieatass69]

What is even going on with this series at this point? I've completely lost track of where the story has gone and is going to.

 

[Hootanic]

She's just a sad old woman, now...

 

[DesertStorm]

If I were Sei, I'd have already forgiven my mother. She is only human after all.

Let her live peacefully in her last days. Appreciate the good and the bad, and just move on.

 

[gunshotslinger]

This is just painful man.

 

[eviljackspicer]

 

[CosmicWitch]

This is still making me feel a type of way.

I think the story resonates best when you're a little older? I'm in my 30s and my dad, who was a decent dad but fucked up a lot in his personal life, is getting older. I'm at the point now where I'm taking care of him, like going over to his house to clean it up, help him fix up his yard, etc.

It's a weird spot to be in, because I remember a lot of the bullshit he said to my mom when I was 12, but it's been twenty years since then. It's hard to hold onto the anger—it's changed to something more resigned as I realize he was just a crappy husband. Not a monster or anything.

 

[Hacete]

This was sad to watch.
Seiichi is basically reliving the time he have lost with his mother. Which is more painful when you can physically see how old she is now

 

[Dundun123]

Sei is too good for this world. That bitch doesn't deserve him

 

[icezone22]

What is even going on with this series at this point? I've completely lost track of where the story has gone and is going to.

He's coming to terms with what happened to him and why things ended up being the way they are. Him being willing to help his mom, even in a sort of apathetic way shows how he's willing to change and move on.

 

[RyoSaeba]

Honestly, despite all that he suffered through, I understand his willingness to do atleast this much.

My parents are now at that age where they need me and my brother to take care of them, even for everyday normal stuff, and even if our relationship with them wasn't the very best growing up, there is not enough hate in our hearts to ignore the suffering of two old people.
Maybe some people will think we're just naive or too forgiving, but I believe everyone should do what they feel it's for the best at the end of the day.
If Sei or anyone else in his position decided to ignore her, I would have understood that too, "you do you" because at the end of the road keeping score and bullshit like that amounts to nothing.

 

[Esor]

Love your parent before its too late

 

[77BLc9JwJGpLVARkamJx]

Meat bun return.

 

[RooneyRoo]

I think the story resonates best when you're a little older?

My thoughts exactly. Also got shitty parents and already +30. You reach a point where you aren't angry anymore. Just sad it happened.

You don't forget or forgive, ever. But if they aren't complete garbage... with time you look at them in a different way. It's a hard feeling to convey, and the story is making a good job in showing this ambiguity you feel inside.

 

[wompWomp]

and so the life cycle turned and now it's Seichi taking care of his mom as if she was the baby.

 

[Crisxpy]

This... makes me feel very weird.

 

[Gem-Bug]

Wow, two chapters in a row? Thanks!

I was kidding about my comment yesterday. Come on, Seiichi.

 

[Oni1]

I can’t sympathize with this at all, she literally did him filthy, just let her die, or does he think this is a form of punishment. Shit is fucked

 

[swordmaster2551]

Meat Buns are Absolute