Neko no Te datte Yaku ni Tatsu - Ch. 234 - The Shape of Happiness

[Beregorn]

And hence why her dad became an absentee, that's gotta suck seeing your kids grow old and die

Then why does he keep spawning new ones?

 

[the_Bear_from_Bearcave]

I don't think it's normal to outlive your children, no.

Eh, it's at least normal to outlive your pets several times, which for some people is pretty close experience (especially those without own kids). And Maquia gives a great perspective on this theme, on some way Frieren seems to be going with similar way.

Generally, experiencing loss of your loved ones several times during your life is absolutely normal experience for humans, so long-lived or immortal races just have to deal with more of that. And if there are several of them, or a whole race, it's even easier, since you can still have some friends that are similar to you.

I really dislike the naive and IMHO rather anthropocentric trope of looking at it as a curse.

"No parent should ever have to lower their own children into their graves"-some quotes I found online
Good for her to found some kind of solace but can't imagine the first few times losing her children while she knew that she would stay alive for possibly eternity. If I were in this situation, i would legit spend like years figuring out how to kill myself lol. Immortality sucks ball

You know you don't have to spawn own kids all of the time? You can always help look after the childrens' children, and so on.

Also outliving many of your children was absolutely normal, given how high the children mortality used to be centuries ago, and people dealt with that fine enough - grieve and move on, just like you'd do with beloved dog or cat.

 

[alkaline46]

stops being drunk wait. damn that's some feels.

 

[Hoopajoo]

I used to work as a paramedic. We once had this older patient (a gentleman who was in his late 90's) who we regularly took to dialysis treatments. One morning we went to pick him up and he refused to open the door, saying that he no longer wanted to go. I reminded him that he needs the treatments in order to live, to which he simply replied "The biggest curse of a long life is that you live long enough to see those you love and care about die".
Turns out his oldest son died of a heart attack the day before and he didn't want to risk outliving any more of his children.
I got how he was feeling, but it still broke me.

 

[Hikineet]

Thanks for the chapter.

 

[TestAddress]

I don't think it's normal to outlive your children, no.

Cats are different though - I see only 30% survival rate of the kittens.

You need to take care of the ones that you want to survive.

 

[arcosapphire]

Then what was the problem????? Have they not told her? Why not, if she's worried about it? Or is she just worried about the tiny chance she might be immortal?

Jeez.

I had the same reaction. Mitsuki was bawling before over the worry that she might not have a human lifespan. And meanwhile her own relative has "certain" information that that isn't the case.

I feel like the author didn't plan this arc out super well. Hopefully the next strip will provide an explanation for why she was still worried about it...and I hope it's not just that no one bothered to tell her the truth.

 

[Mingu113]

99% of bakeneko stopped breeding with human before got one hybrid with bakeneko immortality. Keep breeding. baa-san, go breed with me, who know

 

[LupusVir]

I had the same reaction. Mitsuki was bawling before over the worry that she might not have a human lifespan. And meanwhile her own relative has "certain" information that that isn't the case.

I feel like the author didn't plan this arc out super well. Hopefully the next strip will provide an explanation for why she was still worried about it...and I hope it's not just that no one bothered to tell her the truth.

Honestly, she is pretty dumb, which could legitimately be the author's reason. We'll have to see.

 

[TestAddress]

"No father should have to bury his son."

Adam: "Hold my beer."

 

[Angelonius]

I kinda like the use of immortality as a plot device

Reminds me of Mermaid Forest.