Dame Ningen no Aishikata - Vol. 4 Ch. 20 - The Loser and the Girlfriend in a Life of Three

[Jexzer]

Standard parents In anime and manga.

 

[TNT261]

Well that was all cute, except for the mom. No she's awful. She's lucky the kids didn't start a fire or actually get hurt. They're unlucky they didn't start a fire or get hurt so someone could've looked into the situation and removed them from the mom's custody.

 

[GoliathsAI]

Thanks for the translation. ( ;-

 

[Calmy_]

Thanks for the translation. ( ;-

Thank you!!

 

[BebopZX2]

I'd say low-mid, if not outright on the low end- though leaving out the ones that are supernaturally bad (ie literal villains, evil magic warriors, demons/monsters/etc). Even genuinely abusive parents at least taught their kids how to function, even if it came with the addition of a whole lot of baggage or a twisted world view. She literally didn't care enough to actually raise her kids or even look after them. She didn't teach them or support them in any meaningful way. Frankly it's a small miracle they didn't grow up into sociopaths or end up half-feral.

Also, bravo on the mangaka for making them both the MC and FMC much more human. The FMC is shown with moments of weakness and humor at her expense, helping to emphasize that for all her sadism and sensibility she's also plenty in love with the MC that causes her to sometimes stumble as well. Meanwhile the MC is given a sympathetic reason for being the mess of a person he is: he isn't someone who just coasted through life and now has neither the academic or emotional intelligence to function in adult society, he and his sister literally all but raised themselves. And then he sets out on his own to support his sister's dream, hoping that in success she'll find stability that will give him piece of mind.

Poor dude was essentially forced to skip half the tutorial and was thrown into Hard Mode right after.

This really is the best characterization chapter we've gotten. I swear man, it used to be tough to say "this series isn't the same" but either the author decided to lock in or someone gave them godly advice. Because the upscale is kinda wild. I kinda hope hizumi lore stays in bits and pieces as expanding on why certain things happen and how some of these character's lives are might genuinely make it a gem.

 

[WhiteRabbitBR]

Thx for the TL

 

[Absent666]

Anime parents in a nutshell be like:

Now i get why Shinba is like that. Having to fend for oneself since childhood sucks dick. But also shouldering Suseri's dream... what a sad life the Ishikawas have.

He has serious mommy issues lmao.

Hizumi's "haha" seems to be a nervous tic or an instinct to laugh in a creepy way as a mean to keep her emotions in check.

 

[shiyu]

a some point this story went from one page one sided convo pov gf trash content to actually touching it changed for the better too

 

[Nehona]

Let's be honest here. That is literally abandonment of minors.
Surely punishable by law.

Then yes, it's a manga, but come on...

 

[GabrielZip]

now i'm just hoping for the chapter where hizumi-san will meet that mother and drop some harsh truth words on her

 

[Thatguy225]

Hizumi fr said

 

[ryuumajin]

Oh dear my Ice Queen is actually a human that is swayed by her LUST TOO!
SO NORMAL!

...and entertaining