Soukon no Shoujo to Sourei no Tabi - Vol. 1 Ch. 4 - Wishing to the Fire Moth: First Part

[MangaDex]

 

[Ptan]

Hey, it's [not] lady eboshi

 

[AgentKuga]

Fuck him

 

[Boomburst]

I'm legit confused. Is the feudal lord male or female?

Also, holy shit, is that person a complete asshole. You are meant to pray and respect their help, not make them a literal slave. Maybe if you respected it more, you would have more than a literal desert town.

 

[Serverclosed]

What an asshole, though I find reasonable to make use of its "resources," that way too far. Also the whole town are very blamed too.

 

[Loksel]

@Boomburst It appears that the gender of the feudal lord is asshole.

 

[chusetto]

This is definitely Mononoke, and I love it

 

[Siikalahna]

They better deal with the "feudal lord" (aka scumbag deserving to be hanged) and not let the cunt get away. Along with the rest of the town, too.

 

[Bana]

first off, the mangaka is pretty brave to broach this kind of story. it's good because there's plenty to think about and consider past the initial shock.

second, this situation isn't cut and dried, there are several reasons why the lord's decision makes sense though they are hardly being diplomatic about it. euthanasia is a consideration for people/animals that are nearing death. being alive just for the sake of living doesn't outweigh possible pain, suffering and poor conditions that a person/animal would have to endure. if we consider the spirit's quality of life, it may make sense to end it's pain instead of keeping it alive at any cost.

a lord, at least a proper one, will always seek to bring prosperity to their subjects, and also learn from the past to avoid situations in which their people suffer. we already have the reason why the lord is desperate to use alpi who just coincidentally came: the people already suffered the destruction of one town due to not having a soul sender on hand when the last spirit died. it does not make sense that a lord would invite a past mistake to revisit their people. of course, i am not making the assumption that there are no other less sensible motivations pressing the lord, but there is a good reason to not let alpi's appearance go to waste.

i feel like they will expand on this and i hope that they will avoid simplistic caricatures

 

[zdarkbrz_816]

I kinda want her to simply leave and screw the feudal lord, but I guess that's not happening...

 

[Stormdragon]

I really do love this manga.

 

[cryum]

This is the ghibli-esque I crave