Otoyomegatari - Vol. 2 Ch. 10 - Trousseau

[MangaDex]

 

[roetheboat]

I find the concept of being able to trace genealogy through embroidery completely fascinating.

 

[Pachka84]

Talk about a one-track mind That girl really likes hawks.
It would be so great for her if she could be taught falconry.
Lol @ double standards.
Looks at foreign woman = "Wow! She's wearing trousers! So sexy! This woman is above all others! I will treat her as an equal!"
Sees daughter wearing trousers = "I'll beat that nonsense out of you! Who do you think you are!"

 

[totallynotmike]

Stick to your gay shit for preadolescents. You don't have the mind to approach anything else.

 

[driftingabove]

This manga is so different from any I've read before, I'm really digging it.
The setting is so interesting, even if the plot is simple, I love it.

Also, give 👏 Tileke 👏 a 👏 falcon. 👏

 

[Akaeie]

I thought the grandma was the mom, she doesn’t look like a grandma

 

[SotiCoto]

I'm actually fascinated by my own cognitive dissonance on this subject matter.
Like with the pillars and whatnot... I'm kinda impressed by the products and the detail they've put into them...

... but then I think to myself: they've spent the entirety of their youth, generation after generation, sewing decorative crap that serves absolutely no fucking purpose beyond cultural masturbation. I hope they at least derive enjoyment from it, because all those flowers and shit all over every single piece of cloth they could ever use for anything is even more pointless and time-consuming than the metal studs and buckles on some of my own clothing (because I don't wear much because, surprise surprise, it is impractical).

In short... while I can respect the product of sincere time and effort invested... my inner pragmatist is horrified and disgusted by it because none of it does anything, and they've spent YEARS of their life just making cloth look pretty.


... And that beardy guy with the turban seriously looked like he wanted to lewd the loli.


@Akaeie : Imagine your entire maternal line came about from lewding the loli to the point where your grandmother still looks young. You can bet these girls all gave birth at about 14 or somesuch.

 

[lionfromnorth]

That is the most attractive grandmother ever. She looks like she's 20.

The writing was excellent. My gawd.

 

[ViEmlleSzDias]

@SotiCoto
While I kinda understand where you're coming from... I don't understand you. 😅
Like, many of the things we spend literal years doing today also have no practical reason besides our own enjoyment and/or because it's pretty.
More: the women make money selling their work too. And you only get that good with practice (normally, years of it). So there's your practical reason.

And the thing with the new guy was only your imagination, he really was just nostalgic over Tileke resembling his daughters.

 

[ViEmlleSzDias]

@Pachka84
I sincerely believe they're just surprised. They literally said nothing more than "Wow! She's wearing trousers?!".
Cultural shock and all. It isn't like she will live with them.

 

[moozooh]

Worth noting that embroidery doesn't lose much value over time, and can be seen on the same level as watchmaking: a trade where the (often immense) added value comes not from the function—which is often not that great compared to the more practical articles—but from the effort and know-how involved. Not to mention the matter of prestige: for people in this culture, especially for women, there aren't many avenues to distinguish themselves; one's skill with embroidery is among the things one could really be proud of, and the patterns themselves allowed for self-expression similar to song, dance, and poetry, while also producing a physical item as the result.

 

[zuflis11]

wow, the amount of appreciation author shows towards cultural heritage in this story is really fascinating. you dont see this often, unfortunately some other manga(s) rely on modern stereotyping when telling stories of different region.

 

[Xevinaly]

Any other Salonica: City of Ghosts readers in chat that immediately thought of that book?

 

[xX_6throwaway9_Xx]

It seems that we're finally going to learn more about Mr. Smith. While I appreciate that he's just there to serve as a reason for the characters to explain what's going on, his presence always felt a bit forced imo.

 

[friendly]

I so adore this authors care taken with expressing crafting and these kinds of arts. It really was(Is, sometimes) such a natural part of life. And all that gorgeous work without a hoop or anything to help keep the thread tension, too....

I love too the very natural little kid tendency to focus on what you like the best first. Ain't that the way?