The Girl With Horns - Vol. 1 Ch. 9 - The Past and Future

[MangaDex]

 

[MoonManEDM]

thanks for the chapter!

 

[svacina]

This is all very by the numbers

 

[darkomantis]

That goddess is annoying...

 

[OniBarubary]

Yeah but the art is nice

 

[monkey123]

That goddess needs the D.

 

[Kireato]

So basically, Koga was the talented exorcist who lost her future.

 

[HerculeSSJ]

I thought I was gonna like that goddess character when I first saw her. Now I'm hoping she bites the dust.

 

[yldDavid]

Thanks for the chapter, I seriously thought this was dead.

 

[MisakaxMisaka]

Yay it's back I was getting worried

 

[Guspaz]

I hope the goddess realizes the irony of her words, if there can't be two gods in the same territory at the same time, nothing says that she's going to be the one who gets to be there.

 

[BloodySorcerer]

@Guspaz I'd rather the mc be the one to vanish. He's not that bad of a character, but going by what's happening here he's definitely deserves some sort of punishment here.

@HerculeSSJ "I thought I was gonna like that goddess character when I first saw her. Now I'm hoping she bites the dust."

For what, for doing what's best for her territory? If you knew there was a great chance your country would be razed by the enemy because an incompetent person was put into power, would you really do nothing, and just wait and see?
His life is no longer only his, him staying an incompetent will also bring doom to Rin. Of course things will benefit the MC in the long run because the MC is the MC and this is fiction.

However, thinking realistically. The MC really is the one at fault here.
Sure he lost his past memeories, but he was given a chance to return to form and he has refused that. Ignorance is no excuse when you have the opportunity to gain knowledge.
The punishment is too harsh for the crime, yes, but if he loses he'd be crippling Rin for life. Not only that he'd invite disaster to his town and hundreds would lose their lives just because he wanted to avoid trouble.

 

[DeusVult]

@BloodySorcerer But that's just it, the goddess is on both sides of the argument at once. Initially, she tries to kill him because he is weak and a liability to her rule. Then he turns out to be very powerful, perhaps enough to rival herself, and now he must die because he is a threat to her.

And that whole thing in the middle where "okay, you might be an incompetent schlub, but I'll let you go if you let me eat your friend" is the furthest thing from good management. She might pretty it up with fancy words, but she is purely self-serving and whimsical.

 

[HerculeSSJ]

@DeusVult This.

@BloodySorcerer She doesn't seem benevolent, intelligent or anything positive in terms of this story. All she is is voluptuous, and that ain't worth her character. She hasn't shown that she's doing anything for anyone other than herself by her words and action. I was giving her a chance up until this point but she's irredeemable IMO.

 

[xEternalSoul]

Is everyone just taking the side of the Shouta solely because he is the MC? Rin has been controlling the demons in her territory all this time and indirectly protecting the humans as well but Shouta just butts in recklessly without investigating the truth. Now he risks the lives of everyone else because Rin has been weakened and a demon god can become stronger by consuming their powers yet everyone is defending him. The fact that he gets away with nothing when the goddess compromises to just punish Koga as she is the one manipulating the events is a good enough deal. Though I would agree that the goddess is quite selfish and stubborn about protecting her own and her actions may be excessive, I don't see how she warrants so much hate when reason sides with her.

@DeusVult She didn't say she would kill him because his power is now a threat to her, she said two gods in the same land would exhaust the land's power and cause damage, which is still the same as her initial goal: to protect and maintain her territory, Shouta isn't just a threat to her, he's a threat to everyone, no contradicting argument here.

 

[Aereus]

It's interesting how people can read a situation so differently. What this situation comes down to is the age-old battle of ethics: Utilitarianism vs. Deontology. AKA "Greatest good for the greatest number of people" vs. "Certain acts are morally wrong no matter the consequences". The traditional example of this is the runaway train scenario: A runaway train is heading towards 5 people. You are next to a track switch that could shift the train to a side track where it would only kill 1 person. Do you willfully kill 1 person out of harms way to save 5? Do you let the 5 die?

The situation is a zero-sum battle and she's undoubtedly lived for thousands of years and has far more experience than the naive kids. It's not about her retaining power per se: It's that if he gets devoured, she won't be strong enough to protect the land anymore and many thousands of people would die. The risks are astronomical.

 

[Tamerlane]

Koga is best girl