Danjo-hi 1:39 no Heikou Sekai wa Omoi no Hoka Futsuu - Ch. 300 - A Family with a Son

[dimox]

I was expecting Ruri to be broken but not like this...

Well... I did. What can I say - just let my post from before sink in again:

My pet theory for Ruri is that she could be one of the few girls in school who actually have a (younger) brother at home and it's that experience with him which made Ruri into a man-eating snake. If her brother is near her age and every bit of familial love got directed at him whereas Ruri herself is somehow negleted at home? We have to remember one thing - we only ever saw Sou's family and Akane actually loves her daughters just as much. She treats them all equally and fairly... But that's not how it normally goes for families with a boy. Usually mothers are spoiling their sons rotten and turn them into little tyrants. If Ruri experienced that from a girl's perspective then it could explain a lot about her character and why Mairu is a non-issue for her - he simply submits and folds instantly and Ruri can boss him around all she wants.

pretty much nailed it for Ruri's background, I guess. Not sure about her brothers age, but he's likely not too young and that makes me wonder how he treats his sister. Maybe no too nice (think about Original Sou and his sisters... and Akane tried to even it out. But here? Probably actually neglegence). As for Mairu in that scenario, well... he's is still a blackbox but for him I have my own theory. Though I won't share it yet, I need to see a bit more of him to iron it out.

We need Ruri to be dazzled by Sou, so that she can get some happiness.

Nah, what Ruri needs is someone who actually pays attention to and really cherishes her. Someone who sees all the effort she put in so far, praises her and shows her that not all guys are assholes or every family is like hers. Well, the latter she already got shown. The author will probably waste an excellent opportunity here that would allow Ruri's heart to heal but not through Sou... I wish he'd only play the middleman here, but I guess that won't happen. The biggest problem is that he already let Ruri see there are good (unusual) families. I would have preferred if it wasn't Sou who actually heals her but expect that the next step will be Sou and Ruri actually meeting for real - the first time wouldn't count meeting. I guess the author will make Sou thank Ruri for her help in suggesting the class observation and sing her praises. Let's see what that will do.

 

[Tea_and_Cakes]

 

[kaminomikan]

she feels miserable, so she tries to make others miserable?
yeah no, no pity from me. is up to each person to break the chain with the past.

 

[leo12345]

Have we gotten the full lore drop on Hinata in the main timeline, or are we still operating on the assumption that her backstory in 18+ is canon here as well?

We did get a lore drop for Hinata here, yeah. Iirc it was during the guard exchange arc when they were all having lunch on the roof. Except the pregnancy aspect wasn't a part of it because they're not having sex here ofc, though presumably that's still true in this timeline as well

 

[korhalchild]

Wow I didn't expect Ruri to also have a shitty home situation. So that explains a lot, everything she supposed would happen during the class evaluation was based not only on common knowledge of how households with boys work, but also her own experience with her mother. That "What... is that" moment... I thought she was going to have a reaction to Sou's behaviour during this chapter and we would have another "he is not like other guys" moment, so the fact that she had a reaction to Akane instead was quite unexpected. Seeing Hinata's reaction also hurt a lot


Big W for Akane this arc, showing that even though she IS overprotective towards Sou she still tries to be understanding towards him and wants him to have a happy life, and that even as a mother that has a son she still has enough space in her heart for her daughters.

 

[applesR4ever]

Now that I think of it, I wonder if Ruri will come up with a new scheme? Either try to find a flaw with the Satou family to justify herself or try to insert herself into the family. I think the latter would be more interesting.

Hinata might try something one of these days as well based on what we are seeing.

 

[unkman]

It kinda reminds me of the "one child only" policy in China back then. As a result, parents favored a son, and cursed having a daughter (with cases of abuse).
That policy was eventually and thankfully changed, but there still some ripple effects to this day. It skewed the population ratio in China where eventually there were more male than women.

not just china, but more an asian thing, india is as much worse as china, female generaly need to pay dot to be married by example in india, hence the same problem as china, generaly is du to the fact that the women go to the family of their husband, meaning a girl can't take care of her parent "traditionaly" and take care of her husband's family instead.

 

[SSDCZX]

i knew she was broken from the start

 

[miramira]

What sucks is that he drops us such interesting character plot but then drops it off a cliff and completely goes back to shenanigans (ex look at Hinata’s “overwrite it”)

Oh well, still loving it. Hope he delivers more often.

 

[adekdodog]

Say, how do you guys usually refer to this series? Danjo-hi? Or A Parallel World With a 1:39 Male to Female Ratio (a bit long IMO)? I think referring it (partly) using its Japanese name is an issue since a lot of them also has "danjo-hi" in the title. Maybe "Danjo-hi 1:39"?

I just say "1:39" or "one thirty", lol
Because the ratio seems to be very specific for this manga 😅

 

[Glider_Boom23]

Readers: Kisa sensei, we want another comedy chapter
Kisa: Okay you get character lore, world building, and plot progression

 

[Belkin]

So Ruri is the neglected child just because she has a brother

Thank you for translation

so is Hinata, she was feeling envious of their family affection. well, not because of a her having a brother but how her mom kinda hates her

 

[Marcellx]

So no one knows this Hinata's dead eyes when she saw that image too. I bet she went home and did the same thing knowing how her mom is

I noticed that too, also if you look closely at her hand you'll see she's shaking too. She doesn't have a brother but she still has a very neglectful mother obsessed with a guy.

 

[vannn]

That final few panels were a good bit of storytelling, max level “show don’t tell”.

 

[Adion]

With only the english titles it reads:
MOTHERS...
...AM I ENOUGH?
Conditional love.
Invisible daughters.
...Be chosen.

I bet she could only escape her loneliness in the virtual world (internet).

Author wanted to convey us non jap readers Ruri Situation regardless.

Edit.
Found another word near Ruri nose "W on"
The hidden message (to me):
MOTHER...AM I ENOUGH?
Won Conditional love.
Invisible daughter...Be Choosen.

 

[BlackSword]

It may be useful to note that based on the apartment building and the apartment foyer, Ruri's mother has money. Upper-middle, give or take, but not  rich rich. Given the age gaps between Sou and his sisters, as well as the size of the sneakers in the entrance, Kurose Ko (Kou?) is at least three years younger than Ruri, probably more. My estimate is 11 or 12.

 

[sdrj77]

This is some of the most detailed world building I've ever seen.

 

[Serverclosed]

No...

 

[Evidenox]

On a second read I realized the top shelf is her trying to do her best for her brother, but the bottom shelf is all about her neglect.

We thought this was gonna blow up in her face (it still kinda did), but we were the ones that got 'sploded.

Also a lot of those books explain how she's able to keep Mairu in line, and how she crushes all the other guys.

 

[Thepio33]

Damn it, Kisa-sensei. Every time we get comfortable with the gag comedy you drop the heavy lore and world building chapters that makes us reevaluate the characters and appreciate them even more. It's unfair.