Isekai Craft Gurashi ~Jiyuu Kimama na Seisan Shoku no Honobono Slow Life~ - Ch. 33

[andrake]

While I know that it's likely the case (I never questioned the story reason for it), I just argue that it's bad writing. It would have been much better if Miyabi just made a comment like "Now, I wonder how to make a brake for it?" and then the craftsman brought it up.

At that point, the author would both highlight the other person, and not make a mockery of Miyabi. After all, even someone that can figure something out themselves would benefit from simply using an existing idea that already solves said problem.

Basically, I just complain about consistency issues here. There'd be no problem if he was stumped by something actually complex (like steam engine). It's a problem when he has shown problem-solving skills before, but suddenly having all the necessary knowledge cannot think of the most basic thing that is simpler than what he already made.

I kind of think it's a visualization problem than anything else. Miyabi's basically working off his imagination and skipping past a proper design process by going straight to the conclusion (bicycle brakes / modern-style brakes) instead of working out why the brake mechanisms are the way they are, even worse that it's the sort of engineering he's not really learned.

Arguably, this has been consistent with his character that he does tend to go straight to the conclusion of the results he wants to achieve, before running into the actual practical problems. Hell, it's been a thing since the arc where he wanted to impress the Duke but didn't really ruminate on what the Duke actually wanted out of the baths.

 

[haurvatat23]

I kind of think it's a visualization problem than anything else. Miyabi's basically working off his imagination and skipping past a proper design process by going straight to the conclusion (bicycle brakes / modern-style brakes) instead of working out why the brake mechanisms are the way they are, even worse that it's the sort of engineering he's not really learned.

Arguably, this has been consistent with his character that he does tend to go straight to the conclusion of the results he wants to achieve, before running into the actual practical problems. Hell, it's been a thing since the arc where he wanted to impress the Duke but didn't really ruminate on what the Duke actually wanted out of the baths.

This fr. Miyabi hadn't even noticed that carriages had brakes, and even if they've got rudimentary bicycles like pennyfarthings, those didn't have brakes either. Why would he assume literally anyone on the planet would know what brakes are, let alone how to construct one? For that matter, I'd argue that the carriage brake construction is wholly unsuitable for a high speed train unless you wanna replace the wheels and brake pads after every run. In his brain, he's trying to make a "train" and then he's trying to make a "bicycle brake" and at no point is he considering that it's technology that already exists here.

 

[feha]

A bit surprised his first ideas (besides imitating a carriage-brake with a stick that he failed with, or stabbing stick into ground and letting it drag) didn't involve using the propulsion thruster in reverse, to decelerate. Literally just need to make it installed with 2 close-able pipes, one forwards, and one backwards (and ideally a pressure-vent upward or downward), opening and closing them to pick the direction it thrusts in. Nothing complicated whatsoever.

A maglev brake would be even better though, somehow magically grabbing hold of the ground below and slowing down that way. Or better yet, somehow converting the kinetic energy into some usable form of energy that is stored in a battery of some kind. Regenerative braking ftw?

 

[NicholasTurner]

I think some people in these comments are forgetting how difficult conceptualizing things from scratch actually is, yeah with our modern technology a brake is 'simple', brakes are everywhere and anything that moves generally has a braking system. but someone had to figure out the concepts that go into breaks first before the brakes themselves could even be made and even brakes as we know them took like 100 years to come about.
I am currently reading about brakes right now but yeah even things as 'simple' as brakes like we know them today actually took a lot of smart nerds a long time to figure out.

tldr: even 'simple' things can take a lot of time and work to figure out from scratch.

 

[Psychronia]

I liked this one.

First of all, it's nice to have some good ol' fashioned Common Sense Break again. But also, this time Miyabi isn't just dealing with a layman but actual professional peers, so their reactions aren't quite the same.

Sid got caught up in Miyabi's pace, but soon his professional pride and passion took the wheel, leading him to start doing things that Miyabi's high-levels didn't help with.

Karin, on the other hand, already had her common sense broken before, but she was the only one in the group who understood just how extraordinary Miyabi was as a crafter. Even better, she's already trained her levels to the point that she's possibly already the second greatest crafter in the country. Even if Miyabi is busted, he's not out of reach for someone who does the same work he did.

Other highlights include Miyabi's established farsightedness once again causing practical problems, the guildmaster directly interrogating the suspicious points of Miyabi's career, and the workshop's staff being excited at seeing another big project-not to mention an interesting one.

 

[3therflux]

I betcha he's not gonna stick with a brake for long, probably end up with some magical reverse propulsion something.

 

[NamaeX]

Miyabi, you were escorting a horse-drawn carriage for 2 weeks, sometimes riding at the front with Alice, how did you not notice the entire time?

 

[katkamisama]

Blow air forward Miyabi! Just blow the air forward!