Ie ga Moete Jinsei Dou Demo Yoku Natta kara, Nokotta Nakenashi no Kin de Dark Elf no Dorei o Katta. - Vol. 2 Ch. 11.1 - I've Done It... (1)

[idk234]

this is completely ridiculous

 

[Jstar338]

That's what I said about how you never know how people would react.
And also why I brought up the topic of war.

Most of the time, people just give up somewhere. But some would still keep the hope.
But as you asked me if not letting the mother know and have her venture out to her death, I would like to ask you what you'd feel like if you let her know her son is already dead, which in turn lead to her giving in to grief and cut off her own life? Remember, the problem I'm saying is that her mental state is unstable. That's the most dangerous factor at the moment.

If you still want her to have closure, wait until when she has calmed down and tell her would be good.
Otherwise, inaction is as good a choice as the rest. Since there's no perfect solution here.

War doesn't work as a comparison, it's a small child. A missing child is going to die, and there is no hope. Closure is the best you can have there. Tell her it was peaceful and that he tried to save his dad. Lie a little

 

[TestAddress]

what the hell was the author thinking LMAO that mother is never getting closure and everyone just agreed with his decision

Author probably cray cray. Wait comic authors are.

They preach huh?

 

[TestAddress]

Unless this is going to be used as an example of OP making the wrong choice, Author-san needs someone to sit him down and explain respect and empathy.

Which is ... LACKING in Japan.

Heck, they can watch Japan burn again from a Helio bomb and every one of them will just stand watching and even capturing it with their phone.

Saiga has said it in Speed Grapher - "it's rotten."

 

[Yankun]

War doesn't work as a comparison, it's a small child. A missing child is going to die, and there is no hope. Closure is the best you can have there. Tell her it was peaceful and that he tried to save his dad. Lie a little

As I stated in different wordings, having a closure is nice, but how people react to that closure can be what you do not call "nice".

Sure the kid is likely just turns out to be dead if he's missing. But without knowing anything, people around the mother can talk her into a state where she did not give in to despair, compared to knowing the kid is already dead. The kid may have run away and gotten picked up by a traveling troupe of circus, the kid might have just found himself a way to hunt/trap/gather for his own needs in the wild, there can be a lot of ways to talk it out. Of course, that's when the information that he is already dead not available.

Why do I emphasize on that? Because closure is not the end. And having closure for the mother might mean you have a dead woman on your hands, or worse.

It's not about closure. It's about what comes after that closure.

That's why, sometimes, inaction might not be that bad.