Tensei Shite High Elf ni Narimashitaga, Slow Life wa 120-nen de Akimashita - Highelf with a Long Life - Vol. 5 Ch. 21

[cheesecakegood]

There are very few manga that capture the passage of time for people like elves well -- and this is one of the greats, along with of course Frieren (if you liked this and haven't read that, drop everything and go read)

 

[Shadess]

The passage of time in this manga gives me such whiplash. You can say x number of years passed by but it just hits different when characters you see one or a few chapters before just so changed.

 

[raz0r]

When it happened a first couple of times - I thought it was sad, but if author managed to explore this loss and grief, it would be unusual and interesting. But it doesn't look like he intends to look into it any deeper than usual "Everybody dies".
Aesir f*cks off wherever and whenever and then just visits their graves later. Maybe it will finally come crushing down on him when Wynn enevitably dies of old age too, but I wouldn't hold a candle to this.

 

[CLee25]

Rest in Peace, Creias, Martena.

 

[CLee25]

Just a series of continuous gut punches while we cry...

I hope those two were happy together regardless of their time seeming so short.

their feelings for each other is somewhat complicated, well because they kinda drove out Irena, and the affairs involving Kaeha. Happiness with regret and a bit of betrayal.

 

[nonexistent696969]

didn't see that shizuki is a guy

 

[Sigi]

Frieren learned her lessons better then him. She now knows that you should make the time you have count. He seems to be satisfied with spending only a very limited amount of time with people while he has the time. Somehow it feels like the emotional impact is also quite smaller if only spend time with each on acquaintance level. But probably also fault of the medium.

 

[Grikath]

Frieren learned her lessons better then him. She now knows that you should make the time you have count. He seems to be satisfied with spending only a very limited amount of time with people while he has the time. Somehow it feels like the emotional impact is also quite smaller if only spend time with each on acquaintance level. But probably also fault of the medium.

Frieren has been at this game a tad longer than Aesir to begin with.
Aesir is just starting on the journey Frieren has been on for centuries already, so of course there'll be differences.

 

[Intrigbagarn]

Both Frieren and High Elf focus on long-lived transiency, but High Elf leans more into lengthy passages of time and how things can greatly change amidst the constancy of being a high elf.

Frieren leans more into the post-heroic adventure afterstory, the adventure of the long-lived elf after the passing of her mortal friends/comrades.

Their focuses on long-lived transiency is also from two widely different perspectives. One from an elfs perspective and the other an isekaid "real earth" human.

 

[RedReReader]

That was a quick 6 hour binge... 2 years for 6 hours... man I hate monthly releases.

 

[Screenwatch]

The passage of time in this manga gives me such whiplash. You can say x number of years passed by but it just hits different when characters you see one or a few chapters before just so changed.

As someone who just marathoned the series, the casual time skip really reflects how time feels in the MC perspective. Dude just casually have a 10 year time skip, everyone is different in the human world.

 

[MerlinD]

Pain.

 

[Mystyc_Cheez]

man

 

[CT-9904]

The twintail elf is crying at the graveyard

She better not starting a journey to reminiscing her past with her party

 

[yummyyummy]

i didnt need frieren evergarden right now man. these damn onion cutting ninjas

 

[Carn109]

RIP

 

[Sheza]

i just hope MC doesnt abuse and start making connections with other people as a way to fill the ever increasing void in his heart

 

[Malware2085]

WHO THE FUCK IS CUTTING ONIONS??? 😭😭😭

 

[Valome]

3 times in arow , why

 

[EirikrInnMyrkr]

I wish this translator had translator notes for some of the changes he/she made. Wynn chucking for three pages at Aesir's usage of the word "queer" is hilarious, but makes me wonder what the original Japanese word was.

I enjoy reading translator notes that explain the meanings of character's names or how/why they made a change to a word or saying to help it work better in English. There was a comment on an earlier chapter about how the original work had Aesir and Advald calling each other "kuso-dwarf" (shitty-dwarf) and "kuso-elf" (shitty-elf), instead of "rock-muncher" and "knife-ears". That change, IMO, was an excellent example of good localization and really enhanced the story and dialogue, but I wish there was a translators notes page that explained it. Maybe I'm being too greedy. I'm already getting a well translated, well localized l, great story for free. I shouldn't complain.

Thanks for the translation.