Tensei Shite High Elf ni Narimashitaga, Slow Life wa 120-nen de Akimashita - Highelf with a Long Life - Ch. 42

[BlackElite]

Aesir and Frieren would have a great time discussing things
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Well, every chapters that show Yosogi family Dojo strung my heart... I guess I still can't let go of Kaeha's story...

 

[nielspeterdejong]

Agreed. Something about the juxtaposition of Aesir examining things for both short term and long term results really sets him apart from other fantasy/isekai protagonists. Like with this chapter, I bet he'll come around in another 50-100 years and be blown away by the results of katana forging techniques maturing.

Basically, he thinks like an elf would.

 

[PrimusNewgate]

More katana fellatio for half a chapter. Yes I know it's for a Japanese audience but surely it gets boring seeing them everywhere and exalted as the best ever sword? Other than that nice to see him take on a new apprentice .

Don't know if your brain got too cooked by isekais glazing katanas or it's a matter of media literacy, but in no way or form is this manga stating katana's are the best ever sword. Aesir himself said there's really no demand for it since only this one school can actually use it in the Central continent.

 

[PrototypicalLurker]

Don't know if your brain got too cooked by isekais glazing katanas or it's a matter of media literacy, but in no way or form is this manga stating katana's are the best ever sword. Aesir himself said there's really no demand for it since only this one school can actually use it in the Central continent.

Yeah my brain rotted out from a decade + of isekais where they always glaze katanas. I'm just tired of them, there are dozens of other things you could be using. Shamshirs, Longswords, Jians and that's just swords. How about Halberds, Maces, Poleaxes, Axes.

 

[zuriax666]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO I SHOULD'VE STACKED THIS MOREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

 

[King2785]

Damn, cover 8 hurt me somehow

 

[PrimusNewgate]

Yeah my brain rotted out from a decade + of isekais where they always glaze katanas. I'm just tired of them, there are dozens of other things you could be using. Shamshirs, Longswords, Jians and that's just swords. How about Halberds, Maces, Poleaxes, Axes.

There's this one manga where it's actually pure katana glazing that they made the villain guildmaster a katana hater 😂 so i can kinda understand how you feel, but at least direct it to the correct targets.

 

[Opek.]

"The moon is beautiful." A phrase to confess his love that was said too late.

I think Aesir already realized his love for her from the moment he promised to stay with Kaeha, but was too afraid to said it as it would come with an even more painful separation. Aesir kept it in his heart while accompanying her all those years, while Kaeha only said it at her last moment to prevent him from being shackled to her. Both of them keeping those words in their heart as they know their time will run out, and wanting the other person to be happy.

 

[alpalin]

NO, not the '' The moon is so beautiful tonight.'' It's heart clechingly sad at this point...

 

[Someguy]

Yeah my brain rotted out from a decade + of isekais where they always glaze katanas. I'm just tired of them, there are dozens of other things you could be using. Shamshirs, Longswords, Jians and that's just swords. How about Halberds, Maces, Poleaxes, Axes.

Well, then you'll probably be happy to know that in the newest chapter (ch. 44), Mizuha said that at her dojo in Vistcourt, they don't need the forging technique for the katana and that even some of the students wants to move away from the single-edged style, since their style is more focused on fighting monsters rather than duels. And Aesir said that he wants to take the two different style, reunite them and make something entirely new sometime in the future. (Assuming you haven't already read that chapter yet)

And not to mention, the sword that Aesir still uses is not a katana.

I was rereading another chapter, and Aesir said that he liked the food from Nonna's inn even more than the soba noodles from that Japan-like country. I believe that what the author wants to show is that the old Japanese stuff is nostalgic and great, but new stuff can be just as good or better, and mixing new and old stuff would be even better.

 

[Freman]

I've read that once the Japanese were able to purchase blades from Europe, many katana were a European saber blade in a traditional Japanese hilt. Japanese craftsmen knew their metal was bad, and everything they designed was intended to minimize the flaws as much as possible. When the option of something better came along they took it.