Otouto no Omokage - Oneshot

[MangaDex]

 

[wandere]

Well...damn. This was sad obviously, but also like...that ending is a bit confusing for me. I guess it's like a Ship of Theseus thing: if you replace a guy's entire body with someone else's, are they really the same person? But what confuses me is if the ending is the protagonist using the brother as a stand-in for Hisao, or if Hisao has become his brother. But maybe that's the point.

 

[ckckckck]

Well...damn. This was sad obviously, but also like...that ending is a bit confusing for me. I guess it's like a Ship of Theseus thing: if you replace a guy's entire body with someone else's, are they really the same person? But what confuses me is if the ending is the protagonist using the brother as a stand-in for Hisao, or if Hisao has become his brother. But maybe that's the point.

You perfectly understood it, the manga is purposely ambiguous regarding who Aki's friend is in the end.

My interpretation is, that it is an amalgam of the two brothers. Why else would the brother be interested in Aki suddenly when before he was very antagonistic.

 

[yoshiii]

This is indeed sci-fi. I still feel such pity for Hisao

 

[DesertStorm]

This is what you call a savior sibling.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savior_sibling

A savior baby, savior sibling, or donor baby is a child who is conceived in order to provide a stem cell transplant to a sibling that is affected with a fatal disease, such as cancer or Fanconi anemia, that can best be treated by hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.

 

[Regular_user2]

This is a really interesting story and the art is great as well! I'm definitely checking the author's other works. Thanks for sharing it!

 

[Haru777]

Damn. This is a beautiful one shot.

 

[Marq9229]

fugging amazing, this blessed my eyes

 

[halcer]

damn, this was a fantastic read

 

[Mitsen]

Cutting his hair that short is a crime against human decency!

 

[jonnywarlock]

Such a good, haunting story. I like the ambiguity in the end.