Shoukoku no Altair - Vol. 26 Ch. 149 - Pruning

[MangaDex]

 

[alacaelum]

At the beginning of the story, I had my reservations about Zaganos, and still have some... but I have difficulty taking seriously the one here with something against him, talking like they have these profound reasons to "rebel" against him, when... one half is made of losers, that would have done the same thing as him and the other of a man that could have had a good long talk or chosen a more peaceful approach to converse with Zaganos.

I still prefer Mamuth's approach, I agree with Louis at most to the point that when you spill blood like that things can get complicated... but when this comes from the same fucker that planned and ordered many of the fucked up things during the war... yeah, there is only so much credibility smarts can buy when you are a sore loser.

 

[Grimmycoffee]

Thank you for the chapter! I hope the next English chapter come soon, since I can't read Jp and Vietnamese.

At the beginning of the story, I had my reservations about Zaganos, and still have some... but I have difficulty taking seriously the one here with something against him, talking like they have these profound reasons to "rebel" against him, when... one half is made of losers, that would have done the same thing as him and the other of a man that could have had a good long talk or chosen a more peaceful approach to converse with Zaganos.

I still prefer Mamuth's approach, I agree with Louis at most to the point that when you spill blood like that things can get complicated... but when this comes from the same fucker that planned and ordered many of the fucked up things during the war... yeah, there is only so much credibility smarts can buy when you are a sore loser.

Reason seems good enough to me; I believe you'll often hear about it either irl or in movies as someone turning democracy into tyranny. Turkiye is far from from being democratic of course, but their system still champions freedom and is pretty far from being despotic. --- The manga also shows how much the characters value that ideal; some Pashas even leave (which I guess is also a fitting counterargument against Zaganos' "better change Turkiye regime rather than the country break apart).

With the cannons and large territory, mixed with him saying "The Empire belongs to me" in public, I don't think there's any room for discussion with Zaganos since they're not really equal between Pashas anymore.

I don't think Louis losing the war matters in this context, especially since he never intent on treating the people the Empire conquered as equals. Turkiye does by applying its meritocracy to Balt-rhein's former subjects.