Sentai Taboo - Vol. 1 Ch. 5 - New Weapon

[MangaDex]

 

[Lovecraftandfriends]

Thank you for the translation!

 

[HeyJudas]

YOOO THIS MF GOTTA RELAX

 

[Vincentius]

YOOO THIS MF GOTTA RELAX

I mean, to be fair, Blue is more or less actively putting the world in danger by threatening to expose Red's affair and forcing his retirement.

If Red goes, it's fair odds Pink will go, too, because she's dependent on him, and it's entirely likely that Green will go, because she's clearly not really cut out for this and is being carried.

That's 3/5s of the team gone and for what? Because Blue couldn't get off his damn high horse when there were zero problems thus far.

 

[Sakuyadorf]

Becoming the villain in the name of Justice!

 

[ilcorra]

I mean, to be fair, Blue is more or less actively putting the world in danger by threatening to expose Red's affair and forcing his retirement.

If Red goes, it's fair odds Pink will go, too, because she's dependent on him, and it's entirely likely that Green will go, because she's clearly not really cut out for this and is being carried.

That's 3/5s of the team gone and for what? Because Blue couldn't get off his damn high horse when there were zero problems thus far.

You have here a Red that thinks that the end always justifies the means. That's nonzero problems. There is no scenario where they beat the big bad, he gets his revenge and then spends the rest of his life without harming a fly. That's not how either reality or fiction work.

 

[Riorio56]

I love how the author really go all the way to make reverse villain without any redeeming qualities

 

[rspkers]

You have here a Red that thinks that the end always justifies the means. That's nonzero problems. There is no scenario where they beat the big bad, he gets his revenge and then spends the rest of his life without harming a fly. That's not how either reality or fiction work.

That's cool and all but none of that really matters. I think we all know based on the tone of this manga it's not going to have some sort of resolute happy ending. That's not really the point being made. The point is that a fucking affair isn't worth destroying the team over. We're talking saving the world and shit. Even worse when one member can only function when carried by the full group, and the other member needs Red as a powerup. So, what? That leaves two members of the team going at it instead of 5 because pink and green are obviously going to die in a domino effect of red leaving. Great plan.

It's pretty obvious that blue is overdoing it with the good guy schtick. Pointless moralizing about reality or fiction isn't necessary to begin with as it's pretty clear where this manga is trying to go.

 

[feratul]

Oh blue, nice knowing you but you need to die for sake of my affair.
- Red probably

 

[BobBob]

RIP Blue in advance.

 

[Junomano]

Becoming the villain in the name of Justice!

the saying where you live long enough to become what you hate maybe, that said i still hope that he will not go that way and logicaly speaking Killing blue will make their team weaker

 

[Kushikime]

Thanks for the chapter

 

[beggarSoChan2020l2r3]

What is the keikaku ?

 

[Murdoc09]

I wonder if there actually going to kill him off so soon.

 

[Lolipop_Candy]

Ah yes, killing by accident

 

[ilcorra]

That's cool and all but none of that really matters. I think we all know based on the tone of this manga it's not going to have some sort of resolute happy ending. That's not really the point being made. The point is that a fucking affair isn't worth destroying the team over. We're talking saving the world and shit. Even worse when one member can only function when carried by the full group, and the other member needs Red as a powerup. So, what? That leaves two members of the team going at it instead of 5 because pink and green are obviously going to die in a domino effect of red leaving. Great plan.

It's pretty obvious that blue is overdoing it with the good guy schtick. Pointless moralizing about reality or fiction isn't necessary to begin with as it's pretty clear where this manga is trying to go.

Reading my comment as moralizing and not being matter-of-fact is imho pretty naive, no offense.

Let me put it in another way. Monsters and sentai don't exist in real life. Workplaces and colleagues do. When the team leader of a project fucks a coworker on the down low to keep her motivated, what happens is usually this: the projct churns along for a while, then the office affair inevitably gets found out; breakdowns and backstabbings ensue; the proect fails, lucky/well positioned wokers get reassigned, unlucky ones get fired.

This is basically what they teach you in management classes: a manager that would prioritize keeping the situation hidden for the project success over separating the couple the second they catch wind of it would simply do a bad job. True for accounting offices, true for world peace.

 

[rspkers]

Reading my comment as moralizing and not being matter-of-fact is imho pretty naive, no offense.

Let me put it in another way. Monsters and sentai don't exist in real life. Workplaces and colleagues do. When the team leader of a project fucks a coworker on the down low to keep her motivated, what happens is usually this: the projct churns along for a while, then the office affair inevitably gets found out; breakdowns and backstabbings ensue; the proect fails, lucky/well positioned wokers get reassigned, unlucky ones get fired.

This is basically what they teach you in management classes: a manager that would prioritize keeping the situation hidden for the project success over separating the couple the second they catch wind of it would simply do a bad job. True for accounting offices, true for world peace.

No offense taken, since you're still just moralizing at the core of your argument, lol. Ironically, you're even further making my point. Monsters and Sentai don't exist. But workplaces obviously do. This is why it's entirely pointless to view it through the lense you're viewing it in and hyper-fixating on something as stupid and common as an affair within the context given to you. Because it makes even less sense to do so if you approach it matter-of-fact. As hilarious as it is to try and bring "management classes" and HR into the scenario of a fictional sentai team manga, even if we humor analyzing it from that perspective, it's clear that any management class should help you understand why making Red quit in a scorched earth all or nothing method is a really, really fucking dumb idea.

When faced with saving the world, team cohesion should trump the need to forcefully dismantle the team based on something as insignificant in scope as an affair. It's common fucking sense. Priorities exist. In life, we sometimes must work with people we don't agree with or who do things we don't find palatable. It's called being an adult. Furthermore, it's not even like there's three team members involved in a triangle that would strain actual team cohesion. It's an affair between two willing participants. Blue trying to destroy the team based on something that doesn't immediately affect the team is ridiculous, and jeopardizes world peace for literally no immediate gain. In fact, it quite literally destroys the team (two will likely die), and it diminishes significantly any real chance at saving the world (everybody dies). The consequences of removing red are disastrous for them. This should be dealt with carefully, and most importantly, much later. In otherwords, being pragmatic calls for the opposite of what you're claiming is pragmatic. What it really is, is just moralizing nonsense that doesn't intelligently weigh consequences. Any "management class" would give you a failing grade. As I said, it is not worth killing off the team, and forsaking the world just to "do the right thing." That's called being naive.

 

[ilcorra]

let's agree to disagree then 🤷‍♂️

 

[kuShiNe]

wtf kill pink instead

 

[M0NSTRR]

Leo/red reminds me of homelander