Houkago Teibou Nisshi - Vol. 9 Ch. 48 - Shinkei-Jime

[MangaDex]

 

[winterume]

 

[JumboWheat01]

Man, the start of this chapter was absolutely brutal. Then it became pure fluff.

 

[ciera]

thank you so much

 

[Sakuratea]

It seems brutal to me because i don't know at which point the fish is dead.

 

[rotateurowl]

So let me get this straight: First you lobotomize it, then you bleed it out while its heart is still beating, then you do another lobotomy for good measure and while you are at it you sever its spinal cord.
That's just too much work if you ask me.

 

[WeabooCunt]

Thanks for the scans!

 

[kaminomikan]

man... that's too merciless to the fish...

 

[LTalon]

It seems brutal to me because i don't know at which point the fish is dead.

As I understand it, this is one of those processes that highlights the fact that "dead" is a construct of our human need to categorize things. The fish is...basically no longer conscious after being stabbed the first time; but some of its organs are still somewhat functional. That last part the fish is DEFINITELY not awake for; it's lost large parts of its brain and is totally exsanguinated; the twitching is the spinal cord doing electricity stuff as it's destroyed before the muscle has completely died.

 

[APNk]

Oono is a psychopath

 

[J-ROC]

Oono is a psychopath

Welcome to the mind of a chef season 1 episode 12

 

[Fezy_Wezy]

Thank you for the translation!
God I missed this, family friendly fish murder and fluffy hijinks

 

[Cryynn]

Thanks for the chapter.
Hina and Yuuki just taking those futons and falling asleep made me chuckle.

 

[MonsieurQuack]

It's a good day when we get another chapter release, thank you!

That Oona is some S-tier wife material.

 

[volodyuka]

Thank you for another awesome chapter guys! Was worth the wait

 

[Niko200104]

Thank you

 

[Teisson_h]

Thank you for the chapter!

 

[PrecureHunter]

Dekoboko keeping the dream alive, feelsgood

 

[MacGregor]

For anyone not getting it. Shinkei Jime is by far most humanitarian way to end fish life. Definitely better than smacking it's head just make it unconscious and then chop it's head of while it's still alive. Which is by far most common practice around the world.

That being said, part about stabbing "head" with knife is kind of wrong. You go straight ahead with spike to severe spinal cord asp. Damaging brain first is very wrong and pretty much against whole idea behind this method. As it simply causes convulsions and release of all kinds of hormones, substances etc. Which we want to avoid.

And yes. It does make difference in taste. Especially if we talk about sashimi

Ps. Behind gills in spot she shows it isn't blood vessel. It's fish liver.

 

[sarusa]

If you think this is brutal, there are several Asian cooking methods that involve cooking or filleting and then serving the fish (or shrimp, lobster, octopus, etc) while it's still alive so you can see it moving around. Ikizukuri (Japan) is live fish sashimi - the fish has the spine severed then is filleted with the organs intact, then the slices are served on its own body, with the head so you can see it's still breathing (or trying to). Yin Yang fish (China) has the fish deep fried while the head is kept out and wet so it can keep breathing, then covered in sauce and served still thrashing around.

And as pointed out by MacGregor, shinkei jime is actually pretty humane compared to how most fish are treated (gilled, beaten, thrown in the cooler to thrash around). When you do this, it's absolutely not feeling anything any more.