Hikagemono demo Yarinaoshite Ii desu ka? - Ch. 42 - It all starts with knowing yourself

[PHDInSillyism]

Round of applause for the ridiculously fast translation.

 

[AmethystLord]

You know there's a trope where guy punching each other and later become friend. This is the other side of that, girl having a talk and had a cry together and such.

 

[GooseBolt]

Healing

 

[Renu]

Such a normal thing to get heterosexually lost in the eyes of your platonic best friend to the point that you never looked at her hands.

Uh... Now kiss?

 

[MagnaDrake]

This is starting to feel like a Greek Tragedy man. They were each other's muses, doomed by misunderstood ideals.

 

[Cloverdex]

I thought they were gonna kiss

 

[Haydrion101]

I wasn't sure how they could satisfactorily resolve all this...
But damn. They knocked it outta the park.
What a good fuckin manga.

 

[Boomthorkell]

koharu should be a teacher in the future, the amount of correction she can give

I vote her for Imperial Consort.

 

[Boomthorkell]

i wish koharu was real
she could heal my broken life.....
...fine. i'll become koharu. minus being a girl part

Men have a different method of self-growth as we derive value from creation and having value to others. I'd recommend working out and learning a hobby that requires skill (gaming is not a hobby unless it is an actual profession).
Key messages from her are useful though, which is to not immediately assume ill intent and take time to process where others are coming from. Of course, this is Japan, so apply that rule in normal social situations, and not "it's dark out and I see a shady person entering the corner store I am in, I am just going to assume nothing can go wrong."

 

[Tiypo]

Men have a different method of self-growth as we derive value from creation and having value to others. I'd recommend working out and learning a hobby that requires skill (gaming is not a hobby unless it is an actual profession).

I have to seriously disagree with this. We as people, both men and women, decide our own methods of growth and value.

As a direct counterpoint, gaming IS my hobby, and I find tons of growth in it. I run a town on a Minecraft server, I speedrun Getting Over It, I make random spreadsheets for Pokemon, and I can play a few rhythm games better than 99% of streamers that try them. Each game is an opportunity for me to explore something new in myself; a new joy to find, a new challenge to overcome, or a new story to reflect on. It would be insane to call that anything other than a hobby or say it hasn't been a source of self-growth. The only thing that matters for it to be so is perspective.

Like seriously, go beat Superliminal then tell me that you didn't grow as a person as a result.

 

[BladeLord2]

THIS IS THE RAW POWER OF THE FUCKING SUN NAMED KANBA !
yeah, it's a really nice power fantasy to be able to communicate properly with people you had unresolved beef with.

 

[mdwnettleton]

gaming is not a hobby unless it is an actual profession

A hobby is, by definition, not a profession.
You might not consider gaming a productive hobby, which is it's own debate, but hobbies also do not need to be productive.

Men have a different method of self-growth as we derive value from creation and having value to others

Wording on this is a bit weird. The wording implies "we" refers to "men", but statistically, women are found to be more creative and generally more concerned with social acceptance, so that seems incorrect?
Mind you, I think everyone finds value in these two things, and the difference is more in how they try to satisfy these needs.

 

[ItchyBombastic]

Nahhh this genuinely is just bisexual bait

Thank you Osisnie for translation

 

[OsisNie]

This has Romance and Reverse Harem tags but no girl's love? Am i missing something or tags are just for shits and giggles for these people?

Tags are entirely user-created, yes. The second any two girls kiss, I will add the girls love tag for you. I'm not even sure this deserves the romance tag to be honest, but I didn't put it there in the first place, so I'm leaving it for now.

osisnie my goat, thank you so much for the translation 🙏 These last few chapters have been goated, up to which chapter is weekly in jp?

It's up to chapter 45, but I will always be 2 behind because of a paywall (that I might cross, I dunno yet...).
Of note is that the series is "weekly," but the author takes 1 week per month off due to health concerns. (He was having hearing issues from stress, apparently.)

 

[Nolzi]

This has Romance and Reverse Harem tags but no girl's love? Am i missing something or tags are just for shits and giggles for these people?

The harem tag was added when she was collecting male strays in a row, but the gender ratios are balancing out

 

[Luke_chase]

Guys I think you forgot to translate the page after page 8 where they kiss?

 

[BlazingMagpie]

Where are all "no forgiveness" mfers when absolute peam drops?

 

[Obscxrity]

as drunk ppl love to say; im drunk atm reading thids BUTY

I LOVE HOZUEEEEE!! SHES SO CUTTEEEEE

IM GONNA EAT HERRRR

 

[Boomthorkell]

I have to seriously disagree with this. We as people, both men and women, decide our own methods of growth and value.

As a direct counterpoint, gaming IS my hobby, and I find tons of growth in it. I run a town on a Minecraft server, I speedrun Getting Over It, I make random spreadsheets for Pokemon, and I can play a few rhythm games better than 99% of streamers that try them. Each game is an opportunity for me to explore something new in myself; a new joy to find, a new challenge to overcome, or a new story to reflect on. It would be insane to call that anything other than a hobby or say it hasn't been a source of self-growth. The only thing that matters for it to be so is perspective.

Like seriously, go beat Superliminal then tell me that you didn't grow as a person as a result.

I enjoy gaming too, aggressively so. My comment was for a man who feels he has no value or purpose in life. For this type of person, only gaming is just a form of self-narcotizing (much like reading or watching shows). All these actions are ultimately consuming the content creations of others.

Now, you are using the game in an exciting or creative manner. This is something. However, if I grind out 66 hours in EU V in a week, I haven't really produced anything of deep meaning, and my fake Muscovite economy can't actually be compared to someone making a chair they sit in, learning a language for picking up foreign women, painting a beautiful image or learning how to astral travel or see auras.

I would say managing a server is actually a more involved act, and the artistic creations you make their can actually be a source of creativity.

Really though, in your case, if you feel fulfilled genuinely in your life, and these games you enjoy on the side are a hobby for pleasure, rather than your soul outlet for experience and growth when you are done with your work place, then my message was not for you.

However, a man who is actually depressed, lives by himself, has a limited friend group, releases sexual energy through porn, and has no social mobility is not a person I am going to recommend binging games as a form of self-development. This manga is literally about a woman who spent her life gaming and consuming online media and felt empty for it. Most of the stories we read on here are about young men who felt they were wasting their life with meaningless activities, and upon their isekai or whatever, finally had a life of excitement, purpose and development.

I had a friend who up until recently would literally die on the hill of how great and good his life is, that the women he could date are all sluts, and that his minecraft server and SoL cute girl anime is the peak of experience, and who would look down on us. He did all of this while still living with his parents and complaining about society. Not to say that things do not suck and that things are easy, but his attitude was not one of self-growth. Recently he completely flipped, is moving to a different state and finishing a degree program. All of that was far more constructive use of his time. Again, I am not saying this is you, but I see a big difference between a person who games to relax and a person who games to fill a spiritual void or avoid reality.

 

[Boomthorkell]

A hobby is, by definition, not a profession.
You might not consider gaming a productive hobby, which is it's own debate, but hobbies also do not need to be productive.

Wording on this is a bit weird. The wording implies "we" refers to "men", but statistically, women are found to be more creative and generally more concerned with social acceptance, so that seems incorrect?
Mind you, I think everyone finds value in these two things, and the difference is more in how they try to satisfy these needs.

Honestly, I'll concede on the hobby statement. What I should qualify is "useful, creative hobbies" versus "I finally unlocked my 5th tier IV weapon in the game that just dropped/Grinded 1500 hours in Europa Universalis". Again, gaming is fun, but if a person is actually unhappy with their life and feels unvalued, having a skill or creating something is a key aspect to self-growth. This can include certain aspects of games, but most games are consumption and most people playing them are not being creative.

I am not sure if we have the same definition of creativity (I'll leave that argument aside, as we will need to get into literature, art, and scientific discussions), and social acceptance takes very different forms: In every society, women have inherent value for existing, because in every society generally men want women, but the value of a man is largely based on their capacity for action or creation. I would advise everyone to develop an ability or skill in something and to be healthy. I would especially advise men who feel purposeless to lean into their evolutionary design and do things that fulfill it. Especially if doing so in a group of other men who share their interests.