Orenchi ni Kita Onna Kishi to Inakagurashi Surukotoninatta Ken - Vol. 2 Ch. 12 - Melvis Family Rules

[Daviot]

@Tarage Assuming she from a society whose nobility/aristocracy practiced some form of courtly love, intimate touching was generally right out, and even things like love letters would involve go-betweens. Heck, even post-Renaissance in our world, dancing what became to be the waltz was considered a lewd peasant dance because it involved close bodily contact and not just hands/fingers touching.

As well, for most of Western history, long hair on a woman was a sign she didn't need to work and could afford the time/effort/servants to take care of said hair and was a visual advertisement of her noble waifu status. Serfs/peasants/thralls/churls would either have shorter or easier-to-manage hairstyles so it wouldn't interfere with working.

So yes, by modern standards her family's rules are weird, and even to a peasant or yeoman family of her world they might be a bit weird or overkill, but it's likely due to her family wanting to protect their marriageable investment's value until the appropriate political marriage suitor appeared.

 

[Emerfirek]

He called her a kid b/c

Spoiler

Kids Say the Darndest Things

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[Tarage]

@Daviot Don't get me wrong, I get the rules. I just find it amusing that the manga is going step by step in the direction of marrying and procreating with the express purpose of creating tiny tomboy knights to be cute.

 

[kuma]

so, we goes that way, oh well...

 

[conscript117]

I like the pacing...it's just right.

 

[screamdoom]

This has to be another version of For My Daughter, I Might Even Be Able to Defeat the Demon King manga

 

[Akabane]

Bro you wasn't blowing bubble in that young lady's bath water you was huffing it.

 

[bastek66]

BTW Legal age in Japan is 20

 

[Aichan]

@bastek66
No, it's not. 20 is the age of adulthood, as in the age when someone can legally purchase a house, or a car or take control of their trust fund. The basic national age of consent is 13 and if a 13 year old boy and a 13 year old girl have sex, nothing will happen, they will not be prosecuted. The confusion comes with prefectural laws, which is usually more strict depending on where you live.

淫行条例 regards everyone under 18 years old, in other words, it protects everyone 17 years old and below. Everyone 18 years old or above are not bound by this law. In other words, it's completely legal for 30+ year old man to have sex with 18 year old girl. No prefectural law forbid this.

 

[bramhistory]

last page is so lewd.

 

[Sokers]

????

 

[bastek66]

@Aichan Yeah I wanted to post that 20 is becoming adult but I confuse it with "legal age" which means age to fuck?

 

[Nermie01]

Ugh. I hate that "you're still a kid" comment whenever it's used. It's just an excuse for the male MC to ignore his obvious attraction to a younger girl. We don't know how old adulthood is in her world, but she is far from a 'kid'. Immature maybe. But in her world she is almost certainly an adult, considered an adult, and thinks that she is an adult in every way, shape and form. So him thinking of her as a kid is only going to cause her distress as she has clearly already developed some measure of feelings for him. Now, I'm not sure if she is ok with him touching her hair like that because she actually WANTS to follow those family rules and offer herself to him, or if she's just trying to get used to how things are in Japan. Maybe a bit of both.

 

[Sokers]

хм

 

[squerl]

"Kid" is a relative term. I'm pushing 40 so, a 21 year old is totally a kid to me. Yes, they're legally an adult, yes, they're more mature than a child and have the according rights and responsibilities--but they haven't been through ten years of boring adult stuff yet and they're not worrying about menopause or their hair falling out. So they're a kid. I'm not going to call them a kid out loud--that wouldn't be nice--but I'm going to think it. And like the MC, I probably don't want to date or marry them. We're at different points in life.

Talk to some old people sometime. You'll hear a 70 year old lady say, "Oh, that's the boy who once..." and she's talking about a 55 year old man. It's all relative.

 

[Maala]

You are only an adult if you worry about your hair falling out or about menopause. #squerl2018

Not gonna argue, but thx for these funny remarks, I found them hilarious. I know you didnt meant it that wai. :-D

 

[Doomer]

"she's still a kid" dude she's 18, she's legal and willing. why are you treating her like she's 12?

 

[Chrona]

Why are the Melvin family rules concerned about women exclusively? They're way too fucking specific for "family rules". This is an etiquette or socially based knowledge if anything. If she said "it's a custom in our country for woman to only be seen naked by their husband", that would actually make sense. Not "my family and only my family has a very specific rule that only applies to women that we should never be seen naked by other men. Commoner women just walk around naked all the time."

@Doomer
Ironically, 12 years old is probably the age of consent for the prefecture he's in. Anyway, 18 is still basically a child for anyone aged over 30. A legal target, but a mentally naive target nonetheless.

 

[disgustedface]

@Chrona i doubt that's all their rules it's probably just rules about marriage or shit

 

[miyako19]

@Chrona According to the Civil Code of Japan, anyone under 20 is a minor and according the the law of Japan, having sex with a child 12 and under is a felony regardless how old you are. I don't know where you pull the 12 years old age of consent from. The 13 years old age of consent in Japan is actually a misconception from manga/anime fans. That 13 years old age of consent only works in situation where both partners are close in age, like 2 teenagers having sex with each other. Each prefecture has law that raise that age of consent even higher. If you are older than 20 and when to have sex with a 16 years old, prepared to be arrested. A manga author actually got arrested after he tried to have sex with a 16 years old girl. He got a 2 years prison sentence but was able to reduce it to probation. Also if you spent the night at a hotel with a 19 years old and the parents decided to press charge, you can be charge with kidnaping because 19 years old is still a minor. That actually makes Japan one of the countries with the highest age of consent.