Handyman Saitou in Another World - Vol. 1 Ch. 20 - Merrymaking in the Dwarf's Workshop

[Lotvk]

G-g-guns BAD! But at least he still properly described the primary appeal and the cause for his trepidation can actually be explained

 

[Darklight99]

You can already see the seething americans being unable to wrap their heads around this very sensible decision.

 

[Salfaro]

It's a logical thought, but at least of all the types of blacksmiths you can get to make it, the distrusting reclusive blacksmith is probably the least likely to spread the design around.

 

[BirchJuice]

>G-g-guns BAD!
They are. Make dealing'ses.

 

[Chrona]

He'd need more than a gun for it to be useful. I doubt he knows how to make gunpowder and if the fantasy world already has that they're well on the way to guns anyway.

Guy would probably bitch out of inventing edged weapons too if he popped up in a primal civilization.

 

[jonsmth]

@PotatoZero
Yes, otherwise, the warrior class will rule society. This is probably already the setting of this fantasy world.

Guns allow a peasant, with only a week of training, to defeat a warrior who has trained his entire life. Also, wizards tend to be very *well-studied*. Assuming this is the a typical pseudo-medieval fantasy world, a peasant who worries about his crops and maybe if he even has food to eat tomorrow has no time to read grimoires (or even learn how to read). One could argue that crossbows were a thing too, but contemporary armor usually were enough to defeat bolts and arrows. Spears might have been easy to use too, but only in numbers, tight formations, and discipline that they could be used by peasants to defeat knights. So if guns were to be introduced into this world, adventurer warriors and mages would lose their jobs as was hinted in this chapter, and revolutions will happen when peasant revolts are armed with shot and gunpowder.

But you do have a point there. Towns and villages are already protected by adventurers and knights. There's no need to change the status quo. MC - after breaking a tool that was what defined his worth in the party - was a bit anxious and felt that he wanted to do more by directly contributing to the battles.

 

[DaJa-rahrah]

@Serenata Kids learned how to use dangerous weapons for thousands of years, it only became a problem with the rise of "let someone else do it parenting" and the widespread school/state mandatory use of mind/mood altering drugs like Prozac.

 

[bosbarret]

Nice decision there

 

[boag]

I dont want to be the one that brough guns into this world

FINALLY an Isekai MC that thinks before acting.
@jonsmth
Not just that, guns are the ultimate equalizer, it would speed up the fall of Monarchy on an exponential level.

 

[shmerdistor]

Guns and oils
do it american way

 

[DaJa-rahrah]

@boag [Samuel Colt quote]

Hey now that's dangerous talk there. Peasants need to know their place in the world. Their betters know what's good for them and will take care of them as well as peasants deserve. If peasants have a mole problem eating their crops they can do what their forefathers did and place a quest at the local adventurer's guild in the next town over. Sacrifice what crops they can to pay for the reward and hope some adventurers come around and solve the problem before harvest time. I mean just imagine if those savage peasants could just shoot the vermin on their own, and on the same day... Why the whole system would collapse!

 

[BirchJuice]

@DaJa-rahrah:
>Kids learned how to use dangerous weapons for thousands of years
tl;dr: correct
(but obviously depends on the time and area)
>it only became a problem with the rise of "let someone else do it parenting" and the widespread school/state mandatory use of mind/mood altering drugs like Prozac.
Wat. No, I understand your points but it's nonsense.

E: Ahh, from the post below I can see that you were probably joking.
Well, can't let peasants like me get a say!

E2: bonus: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYJmGaBMQJ8
English lyrics are further down in the description.

 

[DaJa-rahrah]

@BirchJuice I know it must just be a hell of a coincidence that school shootings happened at the same time as prozac was being given out like candy (1980's) and parents had nannies or tv raise their kids (Gen X 70's-80's). Meanwhile before the 1960's and the hippie dippy generation, schools had rifle competitions with calibers ranging from .22's to 30-06 with no problems. Also ever see what prozac does to a kid? I've seen plenty growing up they went from mildly bullish kids to time bombs. One wrong move or word to or around them and get ready for a fight.

 

[boag]

@DaJa-rahrah

 

[jwanito]

i think unless he invents a fucking cannon or a gatling gun, guns wouldnt have such an impact on this world, given that magic exists, except, of course, if they're mass produced

 

[BirchJuice]

@DaJa-rahrah: Astonishing theory, professor. Well, at least you are not blaming PC games, that's nice I guess. While the pharma industry is fucked and "Murkans" munch too many meds... You'll reach "enlightenment" with your conspiracy theories, I am sure of that! 🙃

@jwanito: Yeah, guns had no impact here either ;^). See Japan or the rest of the world. Even fecking muskets lead to line infantry fights.

 

[NazrinMaus]

@DaJa-rahrah
People who grew up with those very same nanny-services, surrogate-parent television shows, and mind-altering prescription drugs won't be able to accept the facts you're firing their direction. It's pointless, they'll just parrot what their nannies, tv shows, and ghetto doctors told them.

 

[kingalthur]

good boi Saitou...

 

[BirchJuice]

@NazrinMaus: Ya serious? Go back to redditchan, how come ya believe conspiracy nonsense?

 

[musicfreak12]

He forgot that what he make is not exactly a gun that can be used by a kid or woman effectively, its a musket, and musket need a massed strength of everyone to be useful and shot in a volley, not to mention it takes ages to load and can't hit further than 100 meter or so accurately (except if mc knows about rifling)

I doubt he knows the tech of an actual bolt action rifle or bullet, not to mention the lack of precision tools to make it and the fact that he need PLENTY of bullet to make it useful