Kaya-chan wa Kowakunai - Vol. 5 Ch. 31 - Language is not scary

[Retro68]

So her hatred was so vivid it manifested into an evil spirit and haunted her childhood bully's child?

I agree with this. I sincerely doubt the actual bully (the "perfect" mom lady) would even feel guilt for her bullying in the first place. I suspect it was done unconsciously on Mayumi's part.

 

[looc64]

Oooh that's why Kaya chan didn't do anything to the entity. It's not a ghost or evil spirits that she usually exorcise

It targeted the child: the child saw and interacted witht the spirit long before the mother saw it.

Yes, interacted with the child in order to target the mother. The target is who you are intending to harm or affect. The spirit wasn't targeting the child by teaching him bad language. It was targeting the mother by teaching the child bad language.

See I was wondering if maybe it chilled out a lot when the mom wasn't around.

Like look at the playground scene:

1. Teacher approaches Kaya and Shouta, who are swinging a jump rope for seemingly no one.

2. Kaya asks if the teacher only wants to talk to Shouta but doesn't say much else after confirming it.

3. Kaya ties one end of the jump rope to a tree and continues swinging it as Shouta and the teacher leave.

My interpretation is that a) it didn't say anything mean around Kaya, b) it was playing jump rope, and c) it listened properly when the teacher said she only wanted to talk with Shouta.

Makes me imagine a spirit with 2 modes:

1 (bully absent): nice, fun to play with

2 (bully present): gets mad, cusses at bully

Would match the beginning of the chapter where kids are repeating something they overheard rather than something someone said to them.

 

[Pollomonteros]

I copy this on Wikipedia:

"Ikiryō is a disembodied spirit or ghost in Japanese popular belief and fiction that leaves the body of a living person and subsequently haunts other people or places, sometimes across great distances. according to mythology, the ikiryō does not necessarily act out of spite or vengefulness, and stories are told of the ikiryō who bears no grudge or poses no real threat. In recorded examples, the spirit sometimes takes possession of another person's body for motives other than vengeance, such as love and infatuation. A person's ikiryō may also leave the body (often very shortly before death) to manifest its presence around loved ones, friends, and/or acquaintances."

So it's like an astral projection of Mayumi's grudge. Meeting her old bully again, even if she is happy now, her deep hatred towards her old bully is so strong, that it manifests to haunt her old bully and her child.

I feel like it's less about Mayumi, and more about the bully negative thoughts creating the spirit, in the context of the manga it mentions that they are a result of the thoughts of strong willed people and we didn't see anything about Mayumi that could suggest that, not to mention that out of the two, the bully being the strong willed one seems more likely.

 

[luigiymario2]

USSEEWA ADO JUMPSCARE LMAO

Now on to the actual chapter commentary: Damn I knew it, that bitch was a bully back at her school lmao, I knew she wasn't really a "perfect" mother lol

 

[SpecialProjectY]

I'm glad Mayumi seems to doing well, shame it's just a folklore and such feelings don't hunt people like that, have a few people that deserve it...

 

[Kaito57]

The chapter which introduced me to that song AFTER the One Piece Movie Red introduced me to Ado lol