Tesso no Ori - Vol. 1 Ch. 2 - Mountain Rats

[MangaDex]

 

[Lehw]

Thanks for the translation man !
I wonder if Sasahara is a real person, also this monk is insane as with many a culprit with this series, wack how he put himself and another human under an animal though that's probably the point, Buddhism have it that all lives are equal but only human can have the chance to become enlighten and enter nirvana

 

[Syanindita]

Ohhh I recognized the character on the cover!!... thank you for translating the series

 

[danbellucci]

the one thing I really don't like about this series is that they have the smartass, smug, genius detective character going "heh! there's no such thing as the supernatural" while simultaneously one of his friends is a literal psychic who is able to see people's thoughts and memories just by touching things and being near people.
That doesn't make any sense. how can Chuuzenji be so smug and assured that there's always a natural explanation when he knows that one of his friends is able to supernaturally read people's minds and see the past?

 

[sotokouya]

the one thing I really don't like about this series is that they have the smartass, smug, genius detective character going "heh! there's no such thing as the supernatural" while simultaneously one of his friends is a literal psychic who is able to see people's thoughts and memories just by touching things and being near people.
That doesn't make any sense. how can Chuuzenji be so smug and assured that there's always a natural explanation when he knows that one of his friends is able to supernaturally read people's minds and see the past?

honestly i feel like from the first entry the whole shtick is that reality is stranger than fiction

 

[danbellucci]

honestly i feel like from the first entry the whole shtick is that reality is stranger than fiction

I don't see how having a main character with supernatural psychic powers doesn't undermine that though.

 

[zawarudo]

This series revels in contradictions and that is why I love it. The Summer of the Ubume delves into much of the basic logic Kyogokudo uses in his "onmyoudou practice" and "exorcisms", which are basically methods to snap a person awake from their delusions using a bit of sophistry rooted in Japanese folklore. He is more of a psychiatrist than a magician despite appearances to the contrary. In a lot of cases the author himself is a very similar person, a folklorist who doesn't actually believe in ghosts or religion, and strive to find rational explanations for myths and legends which in Japan's case often gradually evolved from rumors or embellished stories surrounding actual events. But at the same time he doesn't fully reject the concept of the supernatural: for him, the supernatural is merely a phenomenon which we haven't fully and rationally understood. This position is the exact same held by Kyogokudo the character - not surprising coming from an author who apparently cosplays as his own character 24/7 lol.

People questioned why he just accepts Reijiro's ability - it was explained quite lengthily by Kyogokudo in a previous book that Reijiro is basically a mutant who can detect and interpret subatomic particles that are traces of other people's (and IIRC even objects') memories. Not to the epic extent of the X-Men obviously, but once we accept that such a mutation is probable, no matter how small the probability is, then it makes perfect logical sense if a bit too convenient for the plotting. This explanation also came after Kyogokudo discussed the meaning of being alive and/or sentient with Sekiguchi where Kyogokudo made a point to explain his perspective on memories, obviously so he can lead the reader into accepting that yes, it is probable for Reijiro to have such a mutation.