Eroi Koto Suru Tame ni Kyonyuu Bishoujo Dorei wo Katta Hazu ga, Oshishou-sama to Shitawa Rete Omotta Toori ni Ikanaku Naru Hanashi - Vol. 4 Ch. 20 - …

[Lyricanna]

the only flaw of this story is the slave thing, why japanese love this so much?

Edit: Aaagh, wrong series! Give me a bit and I'll made a decent write-up for why this series is sketch compared to something that is actually good.

Look, from the very first chapter our initial impression of Halo -- other than genderbent elf isakai -- is sleazy. Like easily surpassing the Kazuma line of sleaziness and landing closer to Rance. This is a guy who thinks purchasing and raping a slave is a better idea than visiting a damn brothel, partially because he can't imagine dropping his LARP of Respectable Elf Archmage. However scumbag though he may be, Holo at least understands that this is a person who deserves to be treated with respect and dignity. Secondly, though clearly a worse person than Kazuma, Holo IS NOT FUCKING RANCE and at least understands the concept of consent... even if the concept of a power imbalance is lost on him.

Of course, what makes this series work is that in the end of the chapter Halo chickens out. And the next one. And the next one. Basically, for all his scumbag thoughts, ideas, and plans Halo can't ever fully commit to them, resulting in them inevitably backfiring. Meanwhile all this time, Halo is accidentally on purpose presenting herself as this graceful, moral person. Flilia sees her as a loving teacher who just wants the daughter student she never had. And well, she isn't wrong.

Quite simply, this series is dancing on the comedic edge of going way too far by sheer virtue of Holo being just barely moral enough to not commit rape. And failing that, whenver it looks like he might falter or actually do either something happens that the plan inevitably backfires on him. Pair that with the dramatic irony of the audience knowing exactly how much of a scumbag Holo is, compared to the dignified archmage Holo who is always willing to see others for who they truly are and always willing to offer a helping hand the others know her as and you have a solid comedy.

Just an aside, I have been using masculine pronouns for Halo to represent his internal thoughts and his true self, as I don't really know what gender they actually see themselves, but they did point out that they used to be a man initially (it's a genderswap) in the first chapter so I went with that. Now the persona Halo puts on for themselves and others of a respectable archmage gets feminine pronouns, since that's what everyone calls her.

Here's the original writeup I made thinking this was ROLL OVER AND DIE

Spoiler: Example of a manga that does slavery right

To be fair, slavery is handled so badly in other isakai manga, I am not at all surprised by new readers being wary of this manga. That said, I would like to point out exactly why I consider this manga the gold standard for treating this mature topic with the respect it deserves.

For starters, Chapter 1 literally opens with Flum sold into slavery by party member of hers, jealous of her relationship with her best friend. Every single other party member is completely horrified by this when they eventually find out, and the reason they didn't think much of it prior was that the given reason for her leaving was genuinely plausible -- Flum flat out had no levels, stats, or skills.

So Flum is sold into slavery by a person she trusted with her life, found to be genuinely useless at everything (possibly including being a sex slave) and is thrown into a coliseum to die for her master's entertainment. Flum being the tenacious bitch she is, tries to go out on her terms fighting, discovers her actual heroic skill, and immediately starts a slave revolt where she promptly kills the slave master in vengeance.

So far, this is about as starkly a difference from your typical introduction of slavery in a different isakai. And here we properly encounter Milkit for the first time. A young girl, born into slavery who between her physical disability, age, and life experiences genuinely can't imagine a life outside of slavery. Thus Flum does the first thing she can think of, an action that clearly is haunting her volumes later. She declares herself Milkit's master so she can run away with someone.

Seriously, I am not joking about this decision haunting Flum. These are two very traumatized girls who have latched to each other for mutual support and are terrified of doing anything that in their mind would push the other away. Yet fundamentally, the master-slave relationship is causing more issues than it solves. A couple chapters ago, Flum was dearly requested Milkit to not remove her bandages -- her safety blanket -- for anyone other than her. A selfish decision sure, but one derived from Flum being worried about someone else taking away this specific example of their close relationship the girls have. A request from an intimate partner, on an intimiate partner.

Yet this most recent chapter, where Milkit is doing exactly what Flum asked, Flum can't look her in the eyes. Why? Because Flum realized that requet of hers she made out of a longing for intimacy could have been taken as orders by Milkit. It's actually bit funny to going back and look at the original chapter as if anything it was Milkit pressuring Flum to give her some sort of order she could do, yet Flum can't help but obess over the possibiltiy she's abusing the power difference here. (If anything, Flum and Milkit need to agree on a safe word, for Flum's mental health).

 

[hiimspongebob]

I think that's how the convo went? but wat?

i thought she meant she didnt care if amor was enslaved, but making slavery more permanent can lower the threat in monsters in general but she needs to be registered bc she can't be seen as an equal around halo, like owning a dog

 

[hiimspongebob]

people seem to not look too deeply into halo's character. he was never pro slavery and only bought one to increase her chances of getting laid first by freeing them immediately, establishing that they are her equal, and asking them politely for consent. ofc she is not the pinnacle of god's grace or the sharpest tool on the shelf, in fact she is a pervert who gets punished by it immediately and learns from it. even in situations where she could easily get laid or is being offered it in bad faith, she refuses it bc she knows that is not what they want to do.

she's been on the fence on slavery and treatment of other races in the world the whole story. if she wasn't, she wouldn't even be there. please read with your eyes open

also i been wondering if she bought a slave only bc it was a heteronormative society and if she spit game to a civilian, she'd be outcasted. shiina seemed like her last chance but she gave up bc she was too weird

 

[Elaborate]

It's nice to see this many people being critical about the whole slavery subplot

Perfecting slavery enchantments just seems moronic; wouldn't slavery become even more abused than it already is, if it's no longer the case that any decent magician can dissolve a slave seal?

Once the updated seal is released, some rich bastard is going to start their own research team and get a slave seal they can just slap onto people and force them to enslave more people...