School Back - Vol. 2 Ch. 6 - Even Adults...

[MangaDex]

 

[ErikTheRed]

Never stop intervening when you see stuff like that. It shouldn't be socially acceptable to do and shitheads like that need to be punished for their actions.

 

[bagong016]

those assholes who took video just cuz it's interesting need to be punished too ffs

I may not be a boomer but damn our generation has fallen so low because shit like this happens everywhere

 

[knismaps]

Image 5, "you're can't" should be "you can't."

 

[negativeinfinity]

Man, I was just thinking how much I dislike how common it is to record and pass around videos of people having public meltdowns. Those people are having one of the worst days of their lives, and if it goes even a little viral, they're stuck with that forever. It sucks!

 

[TestAddress]

those assholes who took video just cuz it's interesting need to be punished too ffs

I may not be a boomer but damn our generation has fallen so low because shit like this happens everywhere

No wonder they got tsunami'd

 

[FantasyMaster]

"Barking at the wrong tree, kiddo"...it's scary and sad how much people are indifferent to events that don't concern them.....until it concernes them...then, let hell loose

I wonder if it was his girlfriend/wife/daughter/mother in that situation, would it still be "barking at the wrong tree"?

 

[yamiyugi101]

those assholes who took video just cuz it's interesting need to be punished too ffs

I may not be a boomer but damn our generation has fallen so low because shit like this happens everywhere

Nah I'm 28 and shake my head at this kind of crap

 

[zokoi19]

"Barking at the wrong tree, kiddo"...it's scary and sad how much people are indifferent to events that don't concern them.....until it concernes them...then, let hell loose

I wonder if it was his girlfriend/wife/daughter/mother in that situation, would it still be "barking at the wrong tree"?

you know, I honestly doubt that those people would even care if it's about people they know.

 

[BuyVelomobiles]

I feel like this janitor doesn't actually have any close relationships. She talks to kids all day, and the one time a coworker asks her out, she blows him off.

 

[FearlessDawg]

I feel like this janitor doesn't actually have any close relationships. She talks to kids all day, and the one time a coworker asks her out, she blows him off.

I mean, she's going to dinner with a friend in this chapter. And the coworker was asking her on a date she didn't want to go to. She talks to kids all day because the school is full of kids who talk to her.

 

[BuyVelomobiles]

I mean, she's going to dinner with a friend in this chapter. And the coworker was asking her on a date she didn't want to go to. She talks to kids all day because the school is full of kids who talk to her.

A) "Friend" means something very different in Japan than it does in America (usually). This is closer to "buddy" in its usage than it is "Friend".
B) This may just be an excuse to leave the situation, since just saying "Well I'm done, this is awkward, and I think I should leave this girl alone" isn't exactly her MO.

 

[OisE]

I really like this manga, but why it's always really sad and depressing??

 

[wlftchtr82]

I really like this manga, but why it's always really sad and depressing??

Fiction trying to show us the bitter taste of real life. I get you.

 

[Lustrist]

i hope this one's a two-parter

 

[FearlessDawg]

A) "Friend" means something very different in Japan than it does in America (usually). This is closer to "buddy" in its usage than it is "Friend".

Not that I know what word she used in japanese but I'm sure the translators would've used a suitable word for buddy if she didn't mean an actual friend.

B) This may just be an excuse to leave the situation, since just saying "Well I'm done, this is awkward, and I think I should leave this girl alone" isn't exactly her MO.

Um, well, I'm not completely gonna say no to the idea that she wanted to leave the situation once the girl was taken care of but considering she was out in the first place, coming out of a train and well dressed makes it seems like she was gonna meet someone to me at least.

 

[SuzuPazuzu]

For the record, Fushimi uses "tomodachi" (友達) which... just means friend. Just like in English, when we say "friend" we could mean someone very close to us, or someone we're more casual friends with, or even someone we haven't seen in a long time. There's no point trying to discern if this is a real friend because that's all speculation.

But either way, 6.5 just went up and shows her having dinner with her friend. She wasn't making excuses (and Fushimi isn't the kind of person who would, imo.)

 

[BuyVelomobiles]

Not that I know what word she used in japanese but I'm sure the translators would've used a suitable word for buddy if she didn't mean an actual friend.

She probably used "友達” (Tomodachi). And yes, it means "Friend". But let me put it this way: When we read the word "Communist", we both have completely different images in our heads about what exactly that is, despite it being just the one word. Nobody translating that word would reasonably have to contort himself to try capturing either of our exact mental images when the work in question is using the word with a specific audience (And thus a specific mental image) in mind.

In Japan "Friend" can mean anything from "We talk on the phone and hang out" to "We meet once a year on special occasions to drink, and nothing more". Meanwhile, I specifically said "Close friends", which would be more akin to　”親友” (Shinyuu), who are the people that go to bat for you when the chips are down (Insert third idiom here for completeness). She doesn't seem to have any, and seems incapable of making those.

Um, well, I'm not completely gonna say no to the idea that

Apparently there really was a friend, so there goes that bit.

(and Fushimi isn't the kind of person who would, imo.)

She's very much the indirect type, that's for sure. Maybe this is what passes for "assertive" in Japan, but by Western standards, this is a relatively conflict-avoidant person.

 

[the_Bear_from_Bearcave]

In Japan "Friend" can mean anything from "We talk on the phone and hang out" to "We meet once a year on special occasions to drink, and nothing more". Meanwhile, I specifically said "Close friends", which would be more akin to　”親友” (Shinyuu), who are the people that go to bat for you when the chips are down (Insert third idiom here for completeness). She doesn't seem to have any, and seems incapable of making those.

No one in real life says "close friend" instead of just "friend" when talking about them, and there is no reason to out of nowhere decide that she's "incapable of making those", that's really weird conjecture. This series is called "School Back" because it's about mostly school kids and their problems, and we're barely 6 chapters into it, with plenty of subtle suggestions that janitor has her own life outside of school, that we don't see because it's not related to the main arc of each chapter.

I really don't understand why you're so stuck on insisting she doesn't have close friends, and keep moving goalposts whenever proven wrong on your assertions. It's normal for someone who works at school and has good relation with kids there to talk with them a lot. Declining invitation from a guy that's into you but you're not into him also doesn't means you're not close friends with other adults. Besides Kobayashi was kinda rude to her before, and many people don't want to date coworkers in the first place to avoid drama.

 

[Suben]

So far this series is going to live and die on how interesting or well done the stories of the various characters are and right now it's kind of 50/50 for me. This one and the first chapter (incidentally going with the same characters) and chapter 3 have been good. The two basketball related chapters and the art club... meh.

Basketball guy's problem in chapter 2 wasn't particularly engaging (and he himself was pretty dull) and the other basketball guy was a paint-by-numbers "athlete gets an injury and worries about his future" story with nothing to make it or him interesting. Art club story just felt kind of disjointed to me because it was trying to split its focus between Miyuu and Nanaho when it should have just been one or the other. Doesn't really feel like anything got resolved either.

Ikuta and Kokone, by contrast, are way more compelling characters in the different ways they deal with similarish situations and the way Kokone's chapter builds off of Ikuta's. Also, Kokone's is the first time Fushimi has started feeling like more of an actual character and less of a plot device. Izumi's story is maybe biased because I can relate to her situation very easily.

So interesting enough to read everything so far and keep going for now. I just hope we get more chapters like 1, 3, and 6 and less like the other three.