Otome Game no Heroine de Saikyou Survival - Ch. 32

[xenos]

Hmm some more interesting details seemed to have been left out. The biggest one was the pitfall trap, Aria actually casted and maintaining shield(glass-like light magic). So the big guy ran past it then it broke or uncasted by Aria on the 2nd guy. The thieves also didn't have their combat rank shown the leader using hurricane was rank 4, i forget if her younger siblings were also rank 4 or were rank 3.


I also agree with the comments about having longer time skips, the overall story is a coming of age story that ends when Aria turns

Spoiler: Age

15

. So there quite a few more years of padding that could've been done.

Also wanted to mention that Aria is powerleveling. Most commoners don't practice magic and at best acquire 1-2 elemental sorcery skill. Aria is nobility which generally have higher mana than the populace and she's accelerating her growth in learning both light and dark magic.

A detail left out in the manga but stated like 2 times already is that most combatants specialize. An adventurer would focus on a combat skill, scouting or magic. An thief would focus on scouting, stealth, the thieves in this chapter focused on combat. The assassin guild banch got wiped out, had people specializing in stealth/scouting(person shadowing radna and Aria) or stealth/magic(radna) or stealth/combat(Dino, Guy, Goth Lolita). This is why Viro states a combat scout like himself is rare, and why Aria who's leveling up all 3 at once is able to outperform than the norm.

 

[InsaneAwesomeTony]

Thanks for the chapter 🙏🏼❤️‍🔥

 

[UdenEmpati]

Hmm some more interesting details seemed to have been left out. The biggest one was the pitfall trap, Aria actually casted and maintaining shield(glass-like light magic). So the big guy ran past it then it broke or uncasted by Aria on the 2nd guy. The thieves also didn't have their combat rank shown the leader using hurricane was rank 4, i forget if her younger siblings were also rank 4 or were rank 3.


I also agree with the comments about having longer time skips, the overall story is a coming of age story that ends when Aria turns

Spoiler: Age

15

. So there quite a few more years of padding that could've been done.

Also wanted to mention that Aria is powerleveling. Most commoners don't practice magic and at best acquire 1-2 elemental sorcery skill. Aria is nobility which generally have higher mana than the populace and she's accelerating her growth in learning both light and dark magic.

A detail left out in the manga but stated like 2 times already is that most combatants specialize. An adventurer would focus on a combat skill, scouting or magic. An thief would focus on scouting, stealth, the thieves in this chapter focused on combat. The assassin guild banch got wiped out, had people specializing in stealth/scouting(person shadowing radna and Aria) or stealth/magic(radna) or stealth/combat(Dino, Guy, Goth Lolita). This is why Viro states a combat scout like himself is rare, and why Aria who's leveling up all 3 at once is able to outperform than the norm.

that's kinda the other side of both her abilities and her physical appearance, yeah.

Aria's just straight up powergaming, like you said - just from the context of someone existing in her world, rather than a video game avatar controlled by a player (which is sorta what Isekai MCs are like, in a sense).

She's got the passive buff of already being born into a status that carries hereditary excesses of magical capacity, she's got the "meta knowledge" of the world and future events to help focus her plans, goals, and efforts, and that coupled with the mechanics of the world and how mana growth correlates to physiological development, means Aria is several years ahead of her chronological age - mentally, physically, though arguably not emotionally (though that's arguably due to her realization as to why her parents died, and then her penchant for being a loner and the stresses of having a ....not normal childhood upbringing).

So she's 9, but looks 13/14, acts like she's even older, and because she's not minmaxing but capping out all of her abilities and skills at the same time by virtue of fighting for her short-term & long-term survival, she's got the physicality and the mental acuity to plan, strategize, and fight dirty to win at all costs against much stronger & larger opponents.

 

[cheesecakegood]

The tiny little smile as she leaves the dude in a literal trash pile was great

 

[BoredTears]

She's got the passive buff of already being born into a status that carries hereditary excesses of magical capacity, she's got the "meta knowledge" of the world and future events to help focus her plans, goals, and efforts, and that coupled with the mechanics of the world and how mana growth correlates to physiological development, means Aria is several years ahead of her chronological age - mentally, physically, though arguably not emotionally (though that's arguably due to her realization as to why her parents died, and then her penchant for being a loner and the stresses of having a ....not normal childhood upbringing).

I'd say her emotional age is, weird. She does have the memories from the magic stone, giving her memories of someone that grew up twice. So she should have a good understanding of emotions. However she clearly doesn't have a good understanding of her own emotions. Her emotional understanding of other people should be, or at least include aspects, of an adult or possible an elder. Her emotional understanding of herself on the other hand may instead be stunted, at least in part. Both trauma and relying on someone else's understanding, could cause issues.

That said the person who's memories she has been relying on was not exactly the most mature. All the more reason why I think her emotional age is weird, being warped by a bunch of factors. Her mental age in other ways is also pretty warped, as she in general really.

 

[UdenEmpati]

I'd say her emotional age is, weird. She does have the memories from the magic stone, giving her memories of someone that grew up twice. So she should have a good understanding of emotions. However she clearly doesn't have a good understanding of her own emotions. Her emotional understanding of other people should be, or at least include aspects, of an adult or possible an elder. Her emotional understanding of herself on the other hand may instead be stunted, at least in part. Both trauma and relying on someone else's understanding, could cause issues.

That said the person who's memories she has been relying on was not exactly the most mature. All the more reason why I think her emotional age is weird, being warped by a bunch of factors. Her mental age in other ways is also pretty warped, as she in general really.

I also think it's a factor of different things going into each "part" of a person.

Physiologically, the mana development ages her body. Mentally, she's clever and arguably very smart, from a tactical/analytical standpoint, as well as the general knowledge she's gained when it comes to existing and surviving in the world - plants to eat, how to set traps, planning and tactical knowledge for staying safe whenever possible; how to mend clothing, how to cook food, and so on.

But "emotional growth" arguably is a product of the experiences lived; so in that sense I say she's stunted, because the majority of her life is her surviving constant danger and uncertainty, without any real long-term foundation of trust & support from others (family, friends, mentors). She's had those, but not in any truly significant sense, and she's not been allowed to just "be a kid", and all the structure that would go into that even for someone who was a peasant/commoner.

She's got second-hand memories that impart knowledge, but she didn't get that knowledge in any structured way that allowed her to internalize it in an orderly manner over time - and ever since, she's been focusing on not-dying and murdering everyone who would threaten her life & future plans. She's made "friends" in the loosest sense, but they're not actively in her life, either.

So - she's aged in many ways, and in others she's very stunted. And I think in-context, it makes her character rather interesting, while going a long way to explain how she's as powerful/successful as she is, but also presents the potential for future points of struggle, especially if/when we get to the "school" route and she'll be in a truly structured environment with abstract rules and consequences for not following said rules, for the first time (instead of the "law of the jungle" of "survival of the strongest").

 

[kusekabe]

When you can’t even say, my name, has the memory gone, are you feeling numb 🦾🐍

Well guys… I guess the last puddles of cunny lake has finally dried up 😔

 

[zymosan99]

p33: or, you could hand over the money in a bag like a normal person...

but this is way more dramatic...

 

[Banana_Splits]

god she's so cool

 

[AnotherDuck]

Slavers don't tend to be long-lived. Characters in Aria's proximity with bad intentions also don't tend to be long-lived. Her design is pretty neat, though.

"There's no one dumb enough to go against the Thieves' Guild."

But there is one capable enough to do it.

Second manga I read in a row where a punchable face got punched.

Dwarves unable recognise human genders is hilarious. But she did hide who she was to some extent, so it's a fair mistake.

Special equipment for a special girl.

I get that it's a drawing technically and so giving an age to that is kinda arbitrary,

This is the main reason I often say that age is just a number when it comes to manga characters. The way they look, the way they act, and their stated ages very often don't follow anything realistic. You have 12-year olds acting like adults (or Aria as a case study, who's even younger but acts with way too much maturity), college adults or even middle aged characters acting like younger teens, and that's all before you get to the non-human aged characters. Some manga have adults looking younger than Aria does, and some have characters her age looking adult.

 

[Serenata]

one of the slavers mentioned that two other rings were demolished - and given the running theme is "every fucking dumbass ever underestimates her", I could see Aira not taking any time to just clean shop on these groups one after the other.
It's like when you're in the mid-levels in Skyrim and just go out to sweep a bandit camp for one of the innkeepers' "random side quest" deals. It takes you no time once you've got some power and equipment and experience, and that's effectively what Aria was doing here to multiple slaver groups.

What wasn't mentioned is what the hell did she do with all those kidnapped kids if she did this 3 times already? did she send them to the guild? the guards? not the orphanage because then she would need to give a hefty donation too.

 

[Justking14]

I also think it's a factor of different things going into each "part" of a person.

Physiologically, the mana development ages her body. Mentally, she's clever and arguably very smart, from a tactical/analytical standpoint, as well as the general knowledge she's gained when it comes to existing and surviving in the world - plants to eat, how to set traps, planning and tactical knowledge for staying safe whenever possible; how to mend clothing, how to cook food, and so on.

But "emotional growth" arguably is a product of the experiences lived; so in that sense I say she's stunted, because the majority of her life is her surviving constant danger and uncertainty, without any real long-term foundation of trust & support from others (family, friends, mentors). She's had those, but not in any truly significant sense, and she's not been allowed to just "be a kid", and all the structure that would go into that even for someone who was a peasant/commoner.

She's got second-hand memories that impart knowledge, but she didn't get that knowledge in any structured way that allowed her to internalize it in an orderly manner over time - and ever since, she's been focusing on not-dying and murdering everyone who would threaten her life & future plans. She's made "friends" in the loosest sense, but they're not actively in her life, either.

So - she's aged in many ways, and in others she's very stunted. And I think in-context, it makes her character rather interesting, while going a long way to explain how she's as powerful/successful as she is, but also presents the potential for future points of struggle, especially if/when we get to the "school" route and she'll be in a truly structured environment with abstract rules and consequences for not following said rules, for the first time (instead of the "law of the jungle" of "survival of the strongest").

Her teacher pointed that out. Her very unique upbringing has resulted in her missing some key elements that a person should have. For one thing. She’s got no sense of shame and doesn’t seem to understand what it is. She also has no problem eating disgusting insects or monster meat. She’s broken

 

[zephyroths]

She's so hot ngl. But how old is she? Honestly i wanna goons for her right now. Smh.

Due to how magic works in this series, she appears older than she actually is

 

[Hicleric]

The tiny little smile as she leaves the dude in a literal trash pile was great

I think this one not-so-little panel is the actual crux of the chapter, even with all the other goings-on. It shows there's still a little nugget of humanity left under that stone-cold killer that can rejoice in comedic justice. For weal or woe? Who knows...

Character depth like that is what keeps me coming back to this story. The rest of the edgelord stuff, while entertaining, isn't nearly as fulfilling

 

[RanmaChaos]

Thanks for the chapter

 

[nomadicengi]

I love how brutal she is with that spike trap. Absolutely No survivors method.

Kinda nice she smiled when there's still some remnants of her existence in that orphanage. It just show that she still doesn't want to disappear from the world and will fight anyone who says otherwise.

 

[dwarf]

Thank you.

 

[SpeedyAussie]

She's such a badass.
I'm always happy whenever I see this updated in my updates list.

 

[Carn109]

Coming back home to take out the garbage

 

[Yuyu_yusha]

Pendulum blade? Like people typing use in temple trap? Or like the one being used by isekaied MC who teamed up with twin businessgal?