Haru no Hitoe - Ch. 6 - The Trial of The Brown-Eared Bulbul

[MangaDex]

 

[mangolover]

the fuck?

 

[octoroks]

i wanna become a cat

Spoiler

but not the getting eaten part

 

[Northern]

Well that was certainly a change in the tone of this manga

 

[DjAlexDubCheck]

Glad to see it back

 

[77BLc9JwJGpLVARkamJx]

Holy shit, thought it would be a simple >i managed to run away at the end. Also, the cat turned into a tanuki or it was a tanuki all along and is tricking everyone (or a fake story)?

 

[basil_basalt]

To be civilized and human is to care for others - empathy is a mark of one’s humanity. The main character thought he wanted to live among the animals but his concern for them - his desire to help them - reveals that he was never capable of that. His concern for others comes from the same place as his anxiety over how his coworkers perceive him. People are social, connections are important, and we understand ourselves through our relations to others. Seeking to please others and fearing their disapproval are human traits, which is why the mountain folk find such behaviour so odd.

To be accepted by the mountain means to throw away all of that. Carnivores can eat other animals without feeling any worse about themselves. That’s why he was so casually devoured and why this act signified the transformation of the cat into a feral animal - for him it was an entirely amoral act. We find it jarring as people only because his ability to speak and behave in human fashion makes us want to frame his actions in human ethical terms - it’s a clever narrative device!

 

[freakofnature]

Dark.

 

[Volttekka]

Regarding page 7, I know it's considered "cute" for japanese artists to depict an animal's butthole, but did you really need to also depict the balls?