Slime Seijo - Ch. 46 - The Boy's Confession

[IMACOP]

Why was the father drawn to look like he's stepping in and defending the boar against his son's attack...

Also father: We live in and right beside such a dangerous place, but nope, not gonna teach the son any way to defend himself, not one bit, because for some reason.

 

[praisejesus]

I didn't think author-san would make it this obvious that Leon didn't kill his dad.

 

[AnotherDuck]

Listen is the easy part.

Still too green is a bit of a nonsense argument. Don't get involved in fighting is a better one. However, if the area is dangerous, it's a bit of a safety risk to not be able to defend yourself. Not that a sword would be the best weapon.

Can't tell what happened with that hit.

"I mistook my father for a monster and stabbed him."

At most it was a missed hit. If he can't tell the difference between a human and a giant boar, he's got bigger problems.

 

[Carn109]

Poor Leon is racked with guilt.
I hope slime jelly can help to uncover the truth of the incident and put his heart to rest

 

[Salfaro]

It's probably that, but suppose it's not...

Young, inexperienced boy, charging boar with wooden sword. Father steps between the boy and the boar and gets stabbed by the sword. If that's the case, then it's death by Darwin.

My thought is it's neither this or the quoted thing tbh, because the hit on page 17 seems very intentionally ambiguous to me, with us neither seeing the stick or the boar hitting the dad. It's not that the kid struck the monster first, or that the father gets stabbed by the sword, because we don't see the hero actually hit anyone here. I think what happened was:

-Kid jumps out to try to fight
-Father sees kid, tries to shield kid (before the kid can manage anything)
-Father gets struck by the boar on page 17
-Kid freaks out about his dad getting hurt and blacks out
-Kid, while blacked out, and during panels which we have not been shown yet, awakens to hero power and kills the boar
-Townspeople find them and bring them back to the village

Which is why:

At most it was a missed hit. If he can't tell the difference between a human and a giant boar, he's got bigger problems.

Because despite being "unconscious", he was still conscious enough to feel some kind of visceral sensation, and due to his current freak-out mental state, he assumed it must've been his dad instead of the boar.

But considering the boar was right there, and seemingly unharmed by the time his dad got hit + the hero "lost consciousness", it doesn't make much sense to me to think that they miraculously got rescued by someone else in time for the hero to not have also been attacked, so the boar had to have been defeated by either his dad (unlikely) or the kid (after awakening to hero power). The hero also mentions that he left after hearing his dad was dead, I wouldn't be surprised if this was also a case of "the anime character ran away due to a misunderstanding before anyone could clarify things to him", which they'll finally get a chance to now.

Just seems like a classic case of a "weak hero kid awakens to his powers in an emotional event" story beat.

 

[Amariithynar]

It does sound like they are going to reveal that Leon did not kill his father but honestly that seem like a mistake. I mean why have this drama and then reveal it's fine and Leon has nothing to be guilty about? it would things feel fake, if you know what I mean

It's already bad enough that the father was strictly anti-weapon when it's a dangerous area on the frontier that they live at, where dangerous monsters abound. A responsible, caring parent would ensure his child knows how to defend himself if need be. Just a dumb chapter all around.

 

[phil777]

Flashback number 2! I expect at least 1 more flashback where we finally learn the truth!

 

[UdenEmpati]

My thought is it's neither this or the quoted thing tbh, because the hit on page 17 seems very intentionally ambiguous to me, with us neither seeing the stick or the boar hitting the dad. It's not that the kid struck the monster first, or that the father gets stabbed by the sword, because we don't see the hero actually hit anyone here. I think what happened was:

-Kid jumps out to try to fight
-Father sees kid, tries to shield kid (before the kid can manage anything)
-Father gets struck by the boar on page 17
-Kid freaks out about his dad getting hurt and blacks out
-Kid, while blacked out, and during panels which we have not been shown yet, awakens to hero power and kills the boar
-Townspeople find them and bring them back to the village

Which is why:

Because despite being "unconscious", he was still conscious enough to feel some kind of visceral sensation, and due to his current freak-out mental state, he assumed it must've been his dad instead of the boar.

But considering the boar was right there, and seemingly unharmed by the time his dad got hit + the hero "lost consciousness", it doesn't make much sense to me to think that they miraculously got rescued by someone else in time for the hero to not have also been attacked, so the boar had to have been defeated by either his dad (unlikely) or the kid (after awakening to hero power). The hero also mentions that he left after hearing his dad was dead, I wouldn't be surprised if this was also a case of "the anime character ran away due to a misunderstanding before anyone could clarify things to him", which they'll finally get a chance to now.

Just seems like a classic case of a "weak hero kid awakens to his powers in an emotional event" story beat.

I think your breakdown is, or is the closest to, what will ultimately be revealed as the truth.

Utilizes multiple established formulae that are common to Hero's Journey stories, and even if "classic" and not groundbreaking, entirely effective to satisfy the tone and feel of this title as a whole. And as far as I can read, includes and addresses what we currently know from what we've seen thus far in a complete manner.

 

[Teruyo]

Whatever the truth is, I still think he's gonna blame himself for it because he got himself in the LOS of that boar and his dad had to protect him. Leon wasn't the one who struck his dad but it doesn't ease the survivor's guilt any less.

 

[NotALewdGuy]

SUSUGA MIA-SAMA
Oh wait, wrong series

SASUGA JELLY-SAMA

 

[Kaito57]

We all know that Hero is totally falling for her, right ?

 

[Yuna4Yuu]

Spicy handholding action

 

[mgRdr]

I don't think it matters all that much who dealt the killing blow, he was ultimately an accessory to his father's murder. Not that it makes Leo a murderer either way, that was an unfortunate accident

 

[zymosan99]

i don't think a stick can pierce flesh, especially if its a child doing it.

 

[Landale]

i don't think a stick can pierce flesh, especially if its a child doing it.

You'd be surprised, I guess. Sticks were among our first weapons for a reason. Wood is sturdy and easily worked into a sharp point.
He's not some defenseless little toddler. He's doing farm work which means there's some strength there. It's also pointed, which means all that force is going to be concentrated in a very small spot. That stick is absolutely a lethal weapon.

 

[karmsand]

Also father: We live in and right beside such a dangerous place, but nope, not gonna teach the son any way to defend himself, not one bit, because for some reason.

Father was probably an ex adventurer/soldier, tired of seeing friends dying, didn't want to teach the (10 years old or so) son how to use the sword in fear of him going to kill himself to search "adventures".
Also there was a famine so tending to the fields is a better way to use his time.

 

[Sero]

It does sound like they are going to reveal that Leon did not kill his father but honestly that seem like a mistake. I mean why have this drama and then reveal it's fine and Leon has nothing to be guilty about? it would things feel fake, if you know what I mean

Trauma is trauma no matter how big or small the cause is.

 

[Reina4444]

manga guilt trips: either feeling guilty about something that isnt their fault at all or not ever feeling guilty over outright atrocities

 

[darkeden112]

guessing he struck the monster, monster struck the dad, then leon passes out from the impact

He might've killed the monster, but not its momentum. Maybe he's actually revered as a hero in his village after he left.

 

[orangerain7734]

So that wasn't actually a pos father after all, but he was fathering the hero in a very wrong, very misunderstood way.

I can get not wanting your children to risk their lives in a violent occupation, but unless they're going into illegal, criminal activity where a parent should lead them away from such a life, it's not really up to the parent to decide their children's future.