Isekai Craft Gurashi: Jiyuu Kimama na Seisan Shoku no Honobono Slow Life - Ch. 42

[Jaggernaut]

People have been saying it in this thread but... Having just read all of it in a row I really hope Liz and Miyabi don't end up together.

The "romance" tag has been there the whole time but absolutely nothing about their characterization or their relationship feels romantic between them. Hell maybe not even platonic, they feel more like brother and sister.

I don't have high hopes for it not happening cause manga certainly tends toward that kind of thing somehow being romance but I'd prefer they never have them end up with anyone than end up together. It's probably too late to introduce any new characters as romantic lead options without getting backlash or being shoehorned.

For a moment it seemed like they might make the maid and Miyabi have some chemistry but with the way her story is going it doesn't seem like that's going to happen again

 

[havelmom]

1st quest: ground sheep extermination ✅ CLEAR
2nd quest: investigation and black orc nest extermination ✅ CLEAR
3rd quest: escorting royalty for 500km ✅ CLEAR
4th quest: building a literal railway between two cities for 500km ✅ CLEAR

 

[HaremIsIdealButNotPragmatic]

Page 24: It feels like there's a connotation of: "this is a gift solely made for you." Which might lead to a marriage proposal. How romantic!!!

 

[HaremIsIdealButNotPragmatic]

Liz hugging Miyabi was so satisfying... awww

 

[Another57]

The alicia arc ended incredibly badly. "Work as my servent, not a friend", what an absolute heartbreaking of a statement. Remember people, they were both like sisters, AND alicia was forced to this job as a child. Alicia was no good ofc but she could've been fixed in a much better way than this. I do not see what is so much better in a life where you put your work so high up to the point you lose your most precious relationship. This whole thing also reeked of it somewhat praising the way of this class based system, which I find disgusting.

Overall, chapter ended well since I know now that the duke atleast cares for our guy here so I won't turn down my rating. But I truly hope this is fixed to some extents atleast.

 

[Mobotium]

Man, this is legitimately one of the worst conclusions to a character arc. They made the whole comparison with 'leading a horse to water and letting them choose to drink or not', but it was more like 'take a young girl, tie her to a post, tell her to get on all fours and drink water from the river like an animal, and see if she's grateful for it.' Absurd.

I guess in a way it works like a 'redemption arc', by making me feel like Alisha didn't need redemption in the first place because her asshole behaviour comes from everyone around her being way, waaaay worse than her. Her family wasn't there for her when she needed it. The Duke is an ass. Her supposed friend apparently cares more about having her as a silent servant she can just use for her skills rather than as a person with her own opinions and desires.

Like, how exactly am I supposed to see Alisha as being in the wrong here? She's just a kid who was derived of her dreams due to the system being unfair, and had no one who even bothered listening to her feelings or treat her with basic decency (even her brother just goes back to playing with his sword, like, come on man). Then she's given a little bit of support from her 'friend' and obviously latches onto it, since it's the only real source of outside validation she has. And I'm supposed to take that as her being 'bad' and Chiffon as being 'correct' in lowering her friend to the role of a servant? "Oh no, you can't want to be more than just a maid, and if you even try to have an opinion and worry about me I'm throwing you away." Seriously?

Just horrible. How do you even screw up a character arc like this? It was bad enough with the workers literally getting physical against her just because she was a little cold to them, and now this? Sheesh. I might've been more on board if Alisha got to slap Chiffon a dozen times or so as a friendship breakup present, cause that girl really deserves it.