My New Girlfriend Is Not Human? - Vol. 2 Ch. 93 - Annual visit

[dkuro]

Even though I already figured it out last chapter, this last panel still hurts.

 

[Rayla89]

Nani the fuck?

 

[Grrmen]

The only thing I'm confused about is that his fiance hasn't said anything to hint that he's seeing a ghost. Like she was with him when they were his dad and mom at the beginning. She can also see ghosts, but she should be able to tell she is seeing a ghost.

 

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[hondamees]

Gonna be a bit awkward when they go to her grave and spiderwoman "kindly" asks the ghost mom to "get back in!".

 

[Amariithynar]

Well, at least their world has concrete proof that they have an afterlife at least, so his mom is not fully gone.

You know what? That's a silver lining to a shitty situation. Thanks for making me see the upside of this.

bro, i know he had some family troubles and dont wanna stay with them, but why did it take them this long to tell him? 10+/20+ years of not telling him "lets go visit mom's grave"? why did they just go "right, this kid is seeing mom's ghost, but i dont wanna deal with that"?

like what? also dude, i understand you have some "my family is successful but im worthless, thats why they avoid me" mentality, but why are you not digging deeper into "why are they not talking about mom?"

its a story i know, but still

You have no idea how hard it can be to confront someone that their loved one has just died... and when they say "what are you talking about, mum's right there!" to the bed with their corpse in it, or worse, the empty bed they were in before they passed away... That becomes trauma for them, as well. Haru even talked about how his father got mad at him for it, but he's been disassociating himself from reality because of his ability to see and interact with yokai all this time because he's been able to tangibly deny that she died because she's right there, in his eyes. So they would have closed each other off, leading to a chilly atmosphere- that would have felt literally chilly as well, given she's a ghost, hah... Sorry, that was in poor taste, but I felt if I didn't write something silly I'd start crying again, because I know just how he felt when my mum passed away, and didn't want to accept the truth. I just didn't have some way to reject reality like he did. For a silly little comic that a lot of us saw coming multiple chapters ago, it still hits hard when we get to it, because it's such a heavy topic.

 

[Granitefish]

It is very possible that They did tell him, but the human memory is not a perfect system. it can warp and change over time. He doesn't recall being told because he knew she wasn't dead, he could see her. Over time he forgot being told she was dead. He only remembered the Anger from his father for talking about her as if she was alive Because it was the less painful reality.

 

[Derksy]

Huh?

 

[Rougerentap]

You have no idea how hard it can be to confront someone that their loved one has just died... and when they say "what are you talking about, mum's right there!" to the bed with their corpse in it, or worse, the empty bed they were in before they passed away... That becomes trauma for them, as well. Haru even talked about how his father got mad at him for it, but he's been disassociating himself from reality because of his ability to see and interact with yokai all this time because he's been able to tangibly deny that she died because she's right there, in his eyes. So they would have closed each other off, leading to a chilly atmosphere- that would have felt literally chilly as well, given she's a ghost, hah... Sorry, that was in poor taste, but I felt if I didn't write something silly I'd start crying again, because I know just how he felt when my mum passed away, and didn't want to accept the truth. I just didn't have some way to reject reality like he did. For a silly little comic that a lot of us saw coming multiple chapters ago, it still hits hard when we get to it, because it's such a heavy topic.

it is as you say, i dont know how it feels because i haven't lost anyone yet, so i could just say stuff like that without thinking that people react differently to it, especially with the trauma and the denial.

its just a bit frustrating that they choose (well maybe not choose, but a more fitting word) to not let him gently see what they see. they had up until high school while they were all still together to talk about it, and they still had time up until now, before he announced his marriage.

to say "this person" or "that person" is at fault for not talking about it is a bit crass, but dont let it build up for so long like a balloon, and pop it at very inopportune times. im sorry for the rant, the author is very good, being able to bring this kinds of emotion into their work

also, im sorry for bring up such a heavy topic about this. my condolences, i hope you are feeling better

 

[JaxunHero]

DAMN NOOO

 

[nathan67003]

Inbefore "hell you mean? She's right there"

 

[popo53414]

 

[Amariithynar]

also, im sorry for bring up such a heavy topic about this. my condolences, i hope you are feeling better

Nono, don't be sorry for bringing it up! The heavy topic was what the chapter brought up, not your comment. It happened more than half my lifetime ago, now, when I was 15, and I've processed my feelings for my mother's death; what I feel is sympathetic towards what is happening, that's all. Thank you for your concern, though!

it is as you say, i dont know how it feels because i haven't lost anyone yet, so i could just say stuff like that without thinking that people react differently to it, especially with the trauma and the denial.

its just a bit frustrating that they choose (well maybe not choose, but a more fitting word) to not let him gently see what they see. they had up until high school while they were all still together to talk about it, and they still had time up until now, before he announced his marriage.

to say "this person" or "that person" is at fault for not talking about it is a bit crass, but dont let it build up for so long like a balloon, and pop it at very inopportune times. im sorry for the rant, the author is very good, being able to bring this kinds of emotion into their work

That's what I was talking about, actually; they did. Chapter 85, I think you need to re-read it. Here, I'll transcribe the story he told Saya for you.

"I was the fourth child. My mother got bedridden shortly after giving birth to me."
"I always felt like my dad was silently blaming me for it."
"We came from a family of lawyers and engineers. He always had this look of disappointment (sic)on me."
"I believe it's because I didn't wanna pursue the traditional path. I was dead set on becoming an actor."
"Mom was the only one who happily listens to my dreams."
"She can't speak back though, but she'd always smile."
"Then I ran away (sic)soonest I finished high school. Rui followed me of course."
"I still feel guilty for leaving my mother like that."

He assumed that it was because his father didn't approve of his desire to become an actor, but as a family they all have a sorta look of disappointment as their resting face, lol. But even that aside, it was most likely because he kept speaking to his mother as if she was still there, and there was nothing that they could do to stop it, or help him. And we see this reflected in how the dialogue happens in chapter 92.

"Are you not going to eat, mom?"
"sigh You two can just leave the dishes by the sink. I'm going out for smokes."
"Why do you always do this."
...
"... What am I doing..." tosses cig pack into trash
"What do I do, Mari."

That's not the emotions, actions, or words of a man who is angry at his son, or disappointed in his career choices. That's a man who thinks his son is crazy because he's still speaking to his dead mother's ghost like she's still there (unbeknownst to him, she actually IS), who has tried to get him therapy, and every time he's rebuffed it, until he ran away from home. He always had the option to get back in contact with them but didn't until recently, and I'm pretty sure they had no ability to contact him instead. That's why they're finally "ripping off the bandage" so to speak now, instead of trying to handle him with kid gloves when he was younger, hoping that maybe the shock of visiting the mother's grave will maybe wake him up and he'll come back to reality.

 

[nuttyknight89]

No amount of this will ever get rid of this …

 

[rayto34]

fun fact about being being cold last chapter, in chapter 87 mc also says its strangely cold in his house and then he find another ghost

 

[unkman]

it is as you say, i dont know how it feels because i haven't lost anyone yet, so i could just say stuff like that without thinking that people react differently to it, especially with the trauma and the denial.

its just a bit frustrating that they choose (well maybe not choose, but a more fitting word) to not let him gently see what they see. they had up until high school while they were all still together to talk about it, and they still had time up until now, before he announced his marriage.

to say "this person" or "that person" is at fault for not talking about it is a bit crass, but dont let it build up for so long like a balloon, and pop it at very inopportune times. im sorry for the rant, the author is very good, being able to bring this kinds of emotion into their work

also, im sorry for bring up such a heavy topic about this. my condolences, i hope you are feeling better

Another worst possibility that chapter bring, it's that there not even a ghost here, we just assume that mc is able to see ghost, but that capacity was awaken thanks to his wife, not before, remember that he was unable to see bureau ghost girl before.

I think that the family try many time to tell him that his mother is dead, but he is so delusional that he see an illusion of his mother since childhood, hence why spider girl doesn't even react to his "ghost mother", she just say that inside the house "isn't it a bit chilly here ?"
if fmc is able to see ghost, then she know why the house is chilly, because it's haunted, hence the precedent chapter with bureau ghost girl at home.

i think the precedent chapter with bureau ghost girl, the chilly air in the house, the subtitle about the death of the mother, and the "presence of the mother" are bait from the author to make us believe that mc is able to see the ghost of his lost mother since he is little, when in reality there nothing here, not even a ghost...

only a weighted mind with culpability.

 

[ahobaka]

wait, does he not realize his mother is already dead?

 

[zenyo]

Too bad it was the same twist again, I was hoping for a twist in a twist (some kind of matriochka twist)...
Let's see what will come in the next chapter.

 

[unkman]

wait, does he not realize his mother is already dead?

Incounsciously, he probably refuse the death of his mother, because for him, that mean he is responsable of his death, the one that provoke his death because she give birth to him, remember that he was young enought to understand that there cause to effect on the health of his mother as he explain.

If he accept the death of his mother, then he acknowledge that he is responsable for the death of his mother.

 

[Xystus]

This can explain Haru attempting suicide, since it wasn't his stunt double career being derailed...

Nah I mean it is part of the multiple reasons. He was just at a low point when he attempted suicide. Estranged relationship with family, lost his career, depression and shit.

It's cumulative, one thing piling up on one other things.