Love Letter

[SenileFool]

@renokiru It's funny, how the author knew there will be people like you, playing the white knight, declaring the 'rightful' punishment the mother should get.

"Nonetheless, humans will not forgive your mother for what she did. Take a look at the world of men."
"That's because humans had decided to classify themselves through the illusion of something called 'good' and 'evil', which they themselves created."

Please, ask yourself. When you say the mother deserves a life sentence in prison, is it to appease the dead son, or just your 'justice'?

You are angry, because she did an evil act. But what is that to you? Why does it matter to you? The one at wrong here is the mother, and the one wronged is the son.
Shouldn't the son have full rights on the punishment that should be handed out to the mother? Why do you feel the need to butt in?

Calm your white knight ego.

 

[renokiru]

Buddy stories are not told in a vacuum where they have no effect on the outside world. Stories like these that try to downplay child neglect to the point of death influence even one person it is a mistake. On top of that if you consider punishment for killing a child "white knighting " I suggest talking with a therapist since your thought process is screwed up.

 

[SenileFool]

Here, long ass paragraphs just for you.

So, this story is garbage because of the bad moral effect it may have on some random person? ok then. We might as well call all stories of this genre, genre that depict the dark realities of human, as garbage then, and only value stories with good moral lessons. Ha. Let's all fill our libraries with bedtime stories, wonderful stories with good moral lessons. Back to those younger, naive days. How wonderful, isn't it?

Regarding the punishment, I really do think that you should reread this manga again. This manga made it very clear from the perspective of the victim. The child did not want his mother to be punished. Now suppose it had gone as you had said, and the mother is locked behind bars for life. Sure, it will satisfy both you and the humans in that world, but what about the child? Don't the child have full say on the punishment to be handed out to his mother? Who are you, or the humans in that world, to decide against the child's wish?

Now, I'm not saying punishment for killing a child is wrong, but I'm saying going against the wishes of the victim is wrong (unless of course, if the victim demands an unreasonable punishment/compensation). In real world, however, we won't be able to know what the victim's say is. Nevertheless, we still have to decide on a punishment to: 1. quell the family/friends/public anger, 2. deter any other potential child neglect cases. There may be other reasons, but I don't know, I did not study law philosophies.

And lastly, thanks for the compliment, I very much prefer my thought process to be screwed up than to submit to the norm thought process.

Edit: btw, now that I look back, I seemed very rude to you. sorry, just... wanted to do this manga justice.

 

[yoroshikue]

when I read the comment below, it make me wonder, why does people outside trying to intervene when the people involved don't need them😅

 

[Fmiryan56]

people won't think they lose something until that something gone and never come back.

 

[Latarus]

good premise, absolutely fucking great execution. 11/10

 

[zabent]

@SenileFool you sure live up to your username - damn edgy too "anything but the norm" lmao

putting aside all the fluff about selecting your reincarnation there is only two things this story can potentially tell us: 1) life can go wrong and your choices can make it worse 2) a young child has absolute love and trust in their parents

i'm not sure that there is much a person can "take" besides this - its a completely absurd scernario that wasn't made to teach us some deep moral lesson, but more likely just to ponder an interesting scenario and have a nice ending

having a screwed up thought process makes you a bad person its not something you take pride in. you should be more concerned about the fact a work of fiction is causing you bend your own moral limits to "defend" it - just calm down

 

[Hyacinths]

Well said

 

[Danni4]

I feel like some of her regret and guilt for losing him was there...but not enough was mentioned about the suffering. Starving to death is not easy. It is not a simple death. It is a violent death. The pain and suffering is intense. The child doesn't care apparently (somehow those days of degregation and pain don't really stick to him, which is good). We acknowledge that she 'abandoned him' ,sure, but not that she murdered him. She didnt leave him on a street or at an orphanage, where his chance of survival was more than zero. She made sure he died alone and in pain and out of sight. People are entitled to hating someone who was capable of that then coming out the other end with grumbling about having to change their name to get a job cuz of bad PR. Especially if they arent 1) her kid 2) God who is supposed to love everyone. Everyone is capable of bad things when they're desperate, we need to understand that, and accept that it is inevitable. That does not mean we have to let everything just happen around us because 'what will be will be'. Also, right and wrong decided by humans... literally yeah, and there's nothing wrong with that. The animal kingdom is filled with rape, cannibalism, infanticide, so I'm guessing God is ok with that since he made it happen naturally. Do we have to be ok with that too? Law, morality, ethics, they're made up by society. But they're made for a reason, not for shits and giggles. At the end of the day, will her punishment change anything? Idk, maybe she could get psychological help in prison seeing as no sane mind locks a kid in a room to die surrounded by trash when there are other alternatives. Preventative measures are better, programmes to help single parents, etc. But what isn't better, is this que sera sera shit. Understand each other, but also DO something.

(This isn't a criticism to the work, which is basically centred around the child and is very lovely. Honestly, its a very good manga that shows the pure love of a soul towards another. He chose her from the start and loved her. Mostly, this is a criticism on the following commentary that seems to go either 'murder her' or 'omg they're right, we made up right and wrong huhu let her go')

 

[Juliana_B-X8R]

I'm cryin, again! What a wonderful tragic manga.

 

[KiritoK98]

Tears are for weak

 

[leaf90]

Beautiful