Isekai Ten'i Shita node Cheat o Ikashite Mahou Kenshi Yaru Koto ni Suru - Vol. 7 Ch. 26.2

[Grikath]

he's not even in japan so regardless of social norms, she still gave it to mc unsolicited so it's just a matter of not giving a fuck considering it was rather forced. so by that logic, what she did was much more impolite than the mc not giving the letter to its designated receiver. of course only if the mc has the unconventional brain to criticize societal bs.

It's a story written for a japanese audience, by a japanese writer, published in japanese.
When writing/publsihing stuff for a pretty specific audience, whose society has pretty specific Rules and expectations about Stuff, you might ( just an idea, of course..) use references to practices, rules, and expectations your audience understands, even if the story world is supposed to be somewhere different.

But I think you'll find that the whole "Letter of Recommendation" has just as much history, and could have just as many obligations/repercussions if abused/ignored in western society.
Letters of Recommendation, Letters of Introduction, Affidavits, and References were crucial to have before that whole "digital revolution". Still are in many places, especially those "higher up".

The fact that every western language has exact equivalents, and expectations, for the same things in a completely different culture and language should be a Bloody Big Hint as to how important they were and the function they performed.

MC could, of course, "be unconventional and be critical of societal BS", and simply do as he pleases. He actually has the power to do so.
The people he likes and helps build a bright new future, however, do not have that luxury....
The MC is very much aware of that.
You...... obviously are not.

 

[GridLite]

It's a story written for a japanese audience, by a japanese writer, published in japanese.
When writing/publsihing stuff for a pretty specific audience, whose society has pretty specific Rules and expectations about Stuff, you might ( just an idea, of course..) use references to practices, rules, and expectations your audience understands, even if the story world is supposed to be somewhere different.

But I think you'll find that the whole "Letter of Recommendation" has just as much history, and could have just as many obligations/repercussions if abused/ignored in western society.
Letters of Recommendation, Letters of Introduction, Affidavits, and References were crucial to have before that whole "digital revolution". Still are in many places, especially those "higher up".

The fact that every western language has exact equivalents, and expectations, for the same things in a completely different culture and language should be a Bloody Big Hint as to how important they were and the function they performed.

MC could, of course, "be unconventional and be critical of societal BS", and simply do as he pleases. He actually has the power to do so.
The people he likes and helps build a bright new future, however, do not have that luxury....
The MC is very much aware of that.
You...... obviously are not.

i see that letter is actually a big deal but what i'm saying is that mc is obviously troubled to the point that he even bothered not to visit the guild just to not get the letter. if it's that much of a bother, then, just simply don't accept it? no need to complicate things if you don't want it and just say no lmao

 

[HaikenEdge]

if it's that much of a bother, then, just simply don't accept it?

Because then the person offering the letter would lose face.

 

[Creature_]

Not a love letter, sad.

 

[weshwg]

So when does the romance tag kick in?

 

[androgynous]

He got the "Brick" (dunno who even remembers that state of the art technology)

 

[0riginal]

It's forced plot plain and simple. There's 0 reason not to immediately refuse (if he truly does not want it) the recommendation publicly except for his own fragile ego worrying about what others think about them.

 

[breakthelimit]

Ria is cuter in the manga than the cover….