Huh. You learn something new every day. The original text was ”何とかの考え休むに似たい” Which was clearly enough to throw me off. I'll have to look out for half-finished idioms more often. At least I got the other one later on.Searching it up in a dictionary produces this real world expression and its given meanings:
下手な考え休むに似たり
- it's hard to tell a poor thinker from a sleeping one
- they to whom only bad ideas come might as well be asleep
- inadequate ideas are worse than none at all
The literal meaning is that thinking poorly and sleeping are similar. In this case, Marsyas is being told that thinking and sleeping are similar. In other words, that agonizing over it in her head won't help.
Do they even have a Rome in this world?When in Rome, do as the Romans do
Ironic that a manga with the premise of “this knight girl gets abducted by barbarians and slowly gets converted to their side” could be so progressive.Wow, this is the first time I've seen a non-sexualized bath chapter, with full nudity, in manga. Also, this chapter passes the Bechdel test with flying colors.
I wish this happened more, but alas, japanese culture has always been problematic.
Germanics were always more socially progressive than their contemporaries. Women's rights, slave rights, duty of hospitality. Even including women's right to divorce, which was seen as a great shame on the husband for failing to keep her happy.Ironic that a manga with the premise of “this knight girl gets abducted by barbarians and slowly gets converted to their side” could be so progressive.
i've read this theories somewhere that patriarchal hierarchy usually develop once a culture adapting agriculture. once agriculture developed, man staying in the home more and become involved in home affairs and then evolved into sociocultural value. in non agricultural society like hunter gatherer (like this manga), sea fearer or herders, man spent more time outside of home searching for food, thus home affair generally dominated by woman. so yeah germanics, the mongols, the tatars, or heck even the arabs was historically has more progressive female role in society than say romans at the time.Germanics were always more socially progressive than their contemporaries. Women's rights, slave rights, duty of hospitality. Even including women's right to divorce, which was seen as a great shame on the husband for failing to keep her happy.
From the "Legend" of the Lord of the Rings, the Rome idiom, and the Comonera (Common Era) calendar being the official calendar, I just understood this world as Earth in year 17000+ CE.Do they even have a Rome in this world?