Mieruko-chan - Ch. 61

[IlsaTilsaKilsaMilsa]

So he can't see them but he can hear them. But what is the chances that the ghosts around him tells him the truth?

I guess this means that Michiru’s tentacles would be safe if Seto didn’t have a team of ghost narcs

Her tentacles aren't ghosts either but rather divine in nature so he probably couldn't do anything about it anyway.

 

[kazaddum]

So he can "hear" them instead of "see" them.

Miko! Quick! Hide your dad!

Not exactly, his companions tell them where the ghost to the crushed is. They also seem to be able to share their eyesight with him to an extent.

 

[Colorsparks]

So people are discussing if he's good or bad but the answer is likely neither. He's someone very powerful with his own methods and plans. Rom reaches out to him so he can't be pure evil but despite saying Rom has a good heart Seto still roughs him up a bit. Animals get attached to him, he's surrounded by shadow figures that tell him not just where ghosts are but who they are (When he said "You're not the one who bookmarks"). I think he's as neutral as the enshrined god, able to hurt or harm based on the circumstances. After all, he's on the side of "Humanity"

 

[NotSomeone]

SO... Is Seto good or bad?

Too early to say

 

[Bounce]

My god I was scared for Miko.

If he were a good guy why did he bait her into the room and scare the fuck out of her?!

I don't trust Seto but I'm glad she got out of this situation. We will have to see how the story develops to assess Seto properly.

 

[Kushikime]

Thanks for the chapter

 

[HSK]

rest in peace karaoke spirit, you never stood a chance...

 

[Mageos]

Thank you for the chapter!

 

[Weoooo]

I think he exorcise spirts indiscriminately because he can't actually see it.
If his friend tell him where spirits is he probably gonna do it.
Edit: Also he say he is on human side so there is that too

This is actually a really key point. He can't see anything. He can't tell if its a horrifying being beyond human comprehension or if its a lost child. His dudes just tell him where things are. Knowing what we know about spirits and how they look different to different people, I'm sure he's heard lots of descriptions, but never knows what's right or wrong. So he doesn't take risks. To him, this isn't a monstrous action. He doesn't hear or see anything if he smashes a child's head against the ground. He just feels something disappear.

It actually explains a LOT about his character with a real quick twist. Why does he let those guys hang around him? They help him and he can't see them so they don't look scary. Why is he willing to destroy spirits that seem harmless? Cause he can't fuckin' tell they don't seem harmless. He's not a cold-blooded killer who can do unspeakable things to harmless creatures, he's just exorcizing spirits and they all feel the same to him.

 

[LSpark]

It's pretty cool how this story keeps jumping from silly gay to oh wait this is actually cool and viceversa or even both

 

[Arexty]

Thanks for the TL!
I'm sure the way Miko's cup "spilled over" on page 14 when she got frightened by the Bookmark Ghost isn't meant to imply anything else..

So this is what Hana could be like if she trained properly? XD

No actually. Hana is far more powerful as her lifeforce aura is able to exorcise spirits just be being near them without even needing to make contact. Also I bet Hana could eat that entire order for Seto at the end if Miko told her about it.

This is actually a really key point. He can't see anything. He can't tell if its a horrifying being beyond human comprehension or if its a lost child. His dudes just tell him where things are. Knowing what we know about spirits and how they look different to different people, I'm sure he's heard lots of descriptions, but never knows what's right or wrong. So he doesn't take risks. To him, this isn't a monstrous action. He doesn't hear or see anything if he smashes a child's head against the ground. He just feels something disappear.

Not entirely true, he could hear the little girl cry when she called him scary before which is why exclaimed that it took her form. Obviously he's not the type to take any chances though. It makes clear now why she survived the initial attack because he couldn't see where he was swiping.

Edit: Happy birthday to the author who was actually born on Halloween.

 

[Kampfarsch]

What a dumb twist, he could clearly see the balloon girl with rom.
There was no goon close to him to give him information or use that sight ability.

SO... Is Seto good or bad?

old man got powers, but not sure yet if he is good or bad

Hes clearly a good guy
He just views all spirits as bad an exorcises all of them which might honestly be the best method cause a ghost wandering the earth forever cant be good
Hes bound to become an antagonist because of mikos dad though

 

[Shinigamisama]

I want to have peeps like that, I'll feel like a mafia boss, even if I'm the only one who can see/hear them.

 

[Bornsinner]

This series keeps getting interesting.

 

[Rebootedc]

Friend or foe?

 

[Cegarth]

Translator here, made some mistakes and updated the chapter. Luckily they were really minor this time, but either way I apologize and thank the users who pointed them out.
Really disappointed for my mistake in page 8, I had mistakenly called Rom and Mituse "san" and fixed them prior the first upload but missed one in page 8.
Do the fixes in those 3 pages show up properly?

 

[JeCarlos65]

He is going after her father huh?...

 

[rabidfish]

The pacing of the lore stuff in this series is so ass omggg just tell wtf is going on with that picture, it's literally been over a year. It really didn't feel natural at all how he just stopped talking about it like "you wanna know what's this very dangerous thing here? Anyways check me out exorcising this ghost with my eyes closed" ok man, bye!

Like wut??? Just tell her! It's so awkward and unnatural how conversations get when they get to key story points.

 

[kaorihikari]

He's basically Hana with awareness of supranatural

 

[RunicEX]

My god I was scared for Miko.

If he were a good guy why did he bait her into the room and scare the fuck out of her?!

I don't trust Seto but I'm glad she got out of this situation. We will have to see how the story develops to assess Seto properly.

He wanted to talk and take a measure of how miko was. That was it. It probally has something to do with the old man and Miko not being able to precieve it the way it actually looks.