Boku dake ga Shitterun daze - Vol. 3 Ch. 12.5 - Volume Extra

[MangaDex]

 

[Darkshade13]

Fuck off, mom.

 

[JaxunHero]

Oh that mom is so going to cause so much drama it’s not funny anymore

 

[Brucenorris007]

It's a bad sign that mom either doesn't even know it's a gift from her (presumably) first genuine friend, or worse, she does know and still treats it as trivial.

Well, we've known for a little while that she's canting toward the problematic end of the spectrum.

 

[HawkGoggles]

Mom can't catch a clue.... good.

 

[Kagimizu]

People are convinced the mom is going to be a big source of drama. And I can definitely see it... but I don't think it's remotely a matter of intention.

Remember, she mentioned the acting job in mere passing and had every single expectation that FMC would turn it down. She was shocked when FMC decided to audition for the role, and IIRC even checked to make sure she really wanted to before getting all excited.

I think this is a matter of cultural differences, and not just country but also age; the mom thinks she's helping by keeping her daughter laser-focused on her career and responsibilities. She is, above all else, prioritizing her daughter's success, and probably thinks any struggle or self-sacrifice just comes as part n' parcel. She doesn't seem to be truly aware that her daughter is starting to want more, starting to want a life outside of her actress alter ego. Even last chapter (actually chapter 14) her shutting down of the FMC's desire to commute between Kyoto and Okinawa was on the completely valid grounds that the commute alone would take all day even by flight, at which point she'd have to fly right back anyhow.


It's also pretty heavily implied that FMC hasn't been talking to her mother much if at all about the details of her school and personal life, presumably because FMC- like most of the comments- thinks her mother really only cares about the actress alter ego rather than her actual flesh n' blood daughter. I think that once this all inevitably blows up and leads to a (clearly overdue) confrontation, everyone will be pleasantly surprised after the dust has settled.

 

[punpunpun]

^ this, this doesn't seem like a series setting up for hardcore angst or anything all that bittersweet.

 

[Darkshade13]

It's a bad sign that mom either doesn't even know it's a gift from her (presumably) first genuine friend, or worse, she does know and still treats it as trivial.

Well, we've known for a little while that she's canting toward the problematic end of the spectrum.

I don't think she knows. I think it's just another demonstration that she's shallow, materialistic, and obsessed with her daughter's fame/success (whether that obsession came from a place of genuinely caring about her doing well and is misplaced in its aggressiveness or is just her vicariously living through her kid because she wants fame/success is as yet unclear). It doesn't even occur to her that her daughter might have a sentimental reason for wanting it because it's just a thing and if "they're" successful she should just be able to buy another one.

 

[Friendly-Sentence710]

Dear Truck-Kun,

I have found someone who really needs to be given a fresh start in another world. One far away from ours...