Isekai Izakaya "Gen" - Vol. 9 Ch. 53 - The Royal City

[MangaDex]

 

[HDMI1]

They're not married anymore, and he's older than her, so maybe she calls him Nii-san to tease him while still keeping him as family?

Also I remember in some animes older women calling out to men walking past bars/clubs/brothels as Nii-san, so maybe it's also a general term of affection?

 

[eviljackspicer]

This honestly reminds me of little kids selling lemonade on the corner, only without the angry elderly neighbor calling the cops on a 7 year old LMAO

 

[WhimsiCat]

They're not married anymore, and he's older than her, so maybe she calls him Nii-san to tease him while still keeping him as family?

Also I remember in some animes older women calling out to men walking past bars/clubs/brothels as Nii-san, so maybe it's also a general term of affection?

It's pretty general Asian culture that the 'age pronoun' can be used for degree of closeness/politeness and not just for incest implication like so many seem to quickly ick about (ironically being the one to imagine sexual implication where none otherwise exist)

The nii-san here is probably that they're childhood friends.
So when they are kids she'd call him nii-san simply because he's the older one.

 

[Al_Azif]

New hires spotted

 

[Gunfort]

Hire the orphans!

 

[Kefrayba]

Stroopwafle are delicious.

 

[Exkalamity]

I stand corrected. They ARE divorced, just still close? I wonder why they separated in the first place? IDK anything about gaming the Japanese marriage system.

 

[farranpoison]

Hold up, they're divorced? But the past chapters made it seem like they were still married? And they seem so close now? I'm so confused.

 

[HaikenEdge]

Such good people.

 

[incompatibleopposite]

Hold up, they're divorced? But the past chapters made it seem like they were still married? And they seem so close now? I'm so confused.

It’s unclear when or why they divorced. I can confirm that the raws for the character info page at the beginning of the chapter say she is the ex-wife, and have for a while now.

I’ve wondered if the character info raw for her first appearance may shed some light on this, but unfortunately I haven’t found it yet.

 

[Alex_79]

yay, our national treasure the Stroopwafel makes an entry

 

[fight2live]

new employee coming soon? 🤔

Hold up, they're divorced? But the past chapters made it seem like they were still married? And they seem so close now? I'm so confused.

as far as i know there are no rules saying every divorced couple must have a bad relationship, so i don't see a problem with this.

 

[Kisato]

What happens when they age out? They work at fox-sanctioned izakayas.

 

[HDMI1]

I stand corrected. They ARE divorced, just still close? I wonder why they separated in the first place? IDK anything about gaming the Japanese marriage system.

Hold up, they're divorced? But the past chapters made it seem like they were still married? And they seem so close now? I'm so confused.

It’s unclear when or why they divorced. I can confirm that the raws for the character info page at the beginning of the chapter say she is the ex-wife, and have for a while now.

I’ve wondered if the character info raw for her first appearance may shed some light on this, but unfortunately I haven’t found it yet.

He's dying, like within a few years, he's almost at the 60 year hard cap for his bloodline. They probably divorced ahead of time to avoid any legal problems and to allow her to remarry if she wanted without the stigma of being a widow attached.

 

[zeluqa]

I think Sou-niisan is the better spelling, or just Sou if you want to remove honorifics.

 

[es_kan]

STROOPWAFEL MENTIONED

 

[Mweeheehee]

is luca not working there anymore? He wanted more help in the last chapter, so hire the orphans, sure, but luca seems to have somehow disappeared from their daily operation?

 

[Bladist]

is luca not working there anymore? He wanted more help in the last chapter, so hire the orphans, sure, but luca seems to have somehow disappeared from their daily operation?

It's his day off.

 

[Exkalamity]

He's dying, like within a few years, he's almost at the 60 year hard cap for his bloodline. They probably divorced ahead of time to avoid any legal problems and to allow her to remarry if she wanted without the stigma of being a widow attached.

Dang that's rough. Wouldn't the stigma of being a divorcee be worse than the stigma of being a widow?