Magan no Akuyaku ni Tensei Shita no de Oshi Chara o Mimamoru Mob o Mezashimasu - Ch. 6.2

[finalm]

Kid: mocking mc
Mc (way older than them): got depression
Really?

Yeah, did this manga change target audience or something?

 

[xaraphina]

Always great to see a grown ass man crying about irrelevant shit.

 

[Bibliothecarius]

Thnks for the chapter!!!!

 

[Meridis]

His reaction might have made some sense if he was a normal child but as a reincarnator for him to fall into despair like that from a few kids' words right after a house full of people cheered for him is disappointing

being an adult doesn't necessarily mean you've 'grownup' emotionally nor does it mean you've learned how to handle insults or isolation. My mother's in her 60's and, to this day, she is fully capable of breaking down in tears from the comments of kids and teenagers. Most adult women I know don't take that well and get unnecessarily angry or sad. Add to that, a lot of men in my family aren't socialized properly as kids for various reasons like neglect so, even as early adults, we spend alot of time figuring out how to handle or react to things in ways that are socially acceptable (and hopefully healthy).

tldr: A lot more of how your supposed to react and behave is learned, rather than innate, than you would think and having a poor childhood like he seemed to have makes it harder to get the social experience to learn it. This puts you in a situation where you might be learning basic 'kid' things as an adult.

 

[Bug_moon]

Why are people acting like he had some absurd reaction to being insulted & made fun of when it's very clearly shown AND STATED, IN THIS CHAPTER, that he was constantly insulted & made fun of before he reincarnated? And he very clearly has some form of PTSD from it too.

Y'all really gotta stop skimming through chapters then complain about stuff in said chapter you skimmed through, it just makes you look bad

 

[finalm]

Why are people acting like he had some absurd reaction to being insulted & made fun of when it's very clearly shown AND STATED, IN THIS CHAPTER, that he was constantly insulted & made fun of before he reincarnated? And he very clearly has some form of PTSD from it too.

Y'all really gotta stop skimming through chapters then complain about stuff in said chapter you skimmed through, it just makes you look bad

Because it doesn't make sense and yes, I saw that panel. You should stop assuming people "skim", unless you're okay with being the Captain Obvious in the room (and seemingly proud of it no less...). Simply asking why and stating your perspective would have been would have been enough not to make a clown out of yourself...

As for the topic at hand: have you worked with victims of severe bullying? People who show PTSD symptoms from such events do not do so only when exposed to the same stimuli. They have trouble communicating and functioning, especially within their peer groups (literally the reason why they seek treatment). The MC was nothing like that up until this event, that's why it's so jarring that suddenly he turned into a case so severe, that interactions far outside his (mental) age group make him all but implode.

 

[Gletscher]

I don't think it'll happen, but I really want the MC to lose this fight (after showing a lot of skill though, so no one can complain) and take the other one as a friend but also a rival.

 

[Ank]

that was laaaaaaame

 

[ScryedParadox]

he sort of got a PTSD going on. his former life he was outcast and bullied.

and i bet these brats' families must have scolded them hard and made them to cry alot. "you withdrew from that? you pissy coward! and also change your fucking pants they reek of shit!"

I was outcast and bullied to the point of suicidal thoughts when I was a child and a teenager.

I'm fine now as an adult. I look at this and all I see is a naturally negative person to begin with. Plus he was surrounded with far more love then I ever had and he is fully aware of what's coming. Again, I just see someone who is by nature negative and weak willed. Too prone to large mood swings, who never learned to regulate his own emotions.

The only thing I can hope for is that this is the last time he has this dip into regressing into depression. It's fine to have a momentary look back on your life and your sad times, but with the amount of years that have passed and the amount of experiences and people he has met who are supportive, he should have more than enough buffer to very clearly separate him from those deep seeded trauma. Especially when the words that are affecting him are coming from people who do not matter at all to his personal life.

Again. I just assume he is naturally negative by nature and easily influenced by mood swings. And that is an acknowledgment that people recovery differently and behave differently. But I will not use the idea that he has suffered multiple years ago as a singular excuse for him to so easily dive right back into swirling into negativity, especially since he still has people who support him by his side who matter a whole lot more than just some random mob.

It also renders all that time he spent training and becoming stronger all the more irrelevant to his personal growth.

It all rubs me the wrong way. Like someone who knows he is already freed from the misery he was in, but just easily returns back to it because it is a familiar and comfortable misery.

And again, I say this with experience. But that is indeed a problem. Misery can be comfortable when it becomes your norm. I'm annoyed because the guy has everything he needs and more to easily shrug it off, but instead just reverts back into his misery without any internal monologue or attempt to knock it off.

He just accepts the misery and submerges himself into it without resistance. Again, a naturally negative person and perhaps an indication of being a reactive person by nature, extremely passive and again, susceptible to mood swings... Could just also be an effect of his hormones due to being back into a preteen body.

 

[Psychronia]

Well. So far, she's the best romance canidate so far. Though I also wouldn't mind if she was permanently rival-zoned. I bet they're gonna kick so much ass that any accusations of him cheating earlier will be dashed by proof of power.

It feels hasty to berate MC for getting depressed. First of all, children don't suddenly become immune to mockery once they leave puberty. Mental resilience and maturity is learned behaviour and a skill. That's why we have a ton of adults running around acting like coddled children who never grew up.

Secondly, we know very, very little about his previous life. Was he bullied? How old was he when he left his world? What sort of life experiences did he life in the past? Do we even know if he's mentally an adult? The most we get are in relation to him being a fan of this game.

We can blame the author or illustrator for using tired tropes or not covering important information, but I can hardly blame someone with a troubled school life for reacting poorly to similar behaviour.

 

[angyalalex]

MC be like:
You think I used my evil eye, I show you what is look like when I use it.

 

[Pen3]

I am guessing Eliza is part of his harem now?

 

[jacobcapper]

Whenever you wonder why an isekai character who died as an adult and was reborn as a child acts like a child just think about it this way: They may have memories and knowledge of an adult, but the brain chemistry and hormones of a child. Just because you know better doesn't mean your reactions follow suit.

 

[Bug_moon]

Because it doesn't make sense and yes, I saw that panel. You should stop assuming people "skim", unless you're okay with being the Captain Obvious in the room (and seemingly proud of it no less...). Simply asking why and stating your perspective would have been would have been enough not to make a clown out of yourself...

As for the topic at hand: have you worked with victims of severe bullying? People who show PTSD symptoms from such events do not do so only when exposed to the same stimuli. They have trouble communicating and functioning, especially within their peer groups (literally the reason why they seek treatment). The MC was nothing like that up until this event, that's why it's so jarring that suddenly he turned into a case so severe, that interactions far outside his (mental) age group make him all but implode.

The fact you tried to say I made a clown out of myself is hilarious. You should be a comedian because there's no way what you said here is serious.

Since you clearly don't know, not all people are the same, and not all people react to the same things the same way. One person could have been subjected to severe bullying their entire life yet years later completely went on with their life perfectly fine as if nothing had happened. And another could have gone through the exact same bullying yet have it affect them negatively throughout their entire life.

Not all people deal with trauma or PTSD the same way. The only one making a clown out of themself here's you, not me.
Also, yeah I am proud of being "captain obvious" because It's not possible for me to expect other manga readers to actually read.

And last thing, you're acting like his physical age doesn't matter, but that's just as if not more important than his mental age. As his physical age how old his brain is. No matter how old you are "mentally" how old you are physically is just as important.

 

[finalm]

The fact you tried to say I made a clown out of myself is hilarious. You should be a comedian because there's no way what you said here is serious.

Since you clearly don't know, not all people are the same, and not all people react to the same things the same way. One person could have been subjected to severe bullying their entire life yet years later completely went on with their life perfectly fine as if nothing had happened. And another could have gone through the exact same bullying yet have it affect them negatively throughout their entire life.

Yes, yes let's just bin the platitudes and cut to the chase, shall we? You haven't anwsered the question, so I ask again: have you ever professionally worked with people like that, or are you yet another armchair therapist, that just can't accept being told he's wrong? To be honest, at this point I'm only asking in hope for a moment of self reflection on your side...

Not all people deal with trauma or PTSD the same way. The only one making a clown out of themself here's you, not me.

Dude, you can "no, u!" me all day, it won't change the fact that you've no ground to stand on. Doubly so, since we're not even talking about dealing with it, the point is that such people don't just have one deep-buried trigger that makes them collapse and are otherwise perfectly functioning individuals. Ask any mental health professional. Hell, this shouldn't even be
surprising for anyone who hasn't been a hermit all their life.

Also, yeah I am proud of being "captain obvious" because It's not possible for me to expect other manga readers to actually read.

Are you saying it's only natural to expect other people to be less attentive or worse at reading with comprehension than you? Oh boy, this is going to be a riot... Maybe even a whole circus.

And last thing, you're acting like his physical age doesn't matter, but that's just as if not more important than his mental age. As his physical age how old his brain is. No matter how old you are "mentally" how old you are physically is just as important.

I didn't even mention that and for good reason: there are no credible studies that could establish anything like that. "Mental age" is just a moniker people use with respect to someone's intellectual performance, but there is a boatload of different categories in which it can be measured. Ultimately it all stems from the same brain chemistry as the "physical age", a child is still mentally that, no matter how "mature" it might seem because there's no way to actually put an adult's conciousness and thought process into it's head. However, this is evidently not the case in this story. That's why this argument does not make sense in context.

 

[Greedygreen]

What's this? A hero actually acting like a hero? In a villain type isekai? Oh my