The Jester of Phantom Tears - Oneshot

[MangaDex]

 

[Ares19373]

The story is just a portion of nothing burger

 

[Bananawithaknife]

This can be really good anthology series. Where we follow this Jester through different kings and eras but as is, probably could've had more meat to it.

 

[Riorio56]

I don't really understand but i think this mean there no real answer even you do good people can still thinking you're bad

 

[AnimuVsMango]

we can't lower taxes, are they expecting us to let them starve to death?

I don't think this line was properly translated, it doesn't make any sense.

 

[Cuthila]

I don't think this line was properly translated, it doesn't make any sense.

Wouldn't that reflect the king's poor management of the kingdom's resources? After all, he doesn’t even seem fit to be king.


However, given the circumstances, the kingdom probably needed additional resources to import food or handle the ongoing crisis. In that case, raising taxes could be seen as a necessary evil in the short term. I mean, Monarchs often raised taxes during crises (wars, famines, or to pay debts), and it was seen as a necessary but unpopular decision.

 

[ironhant]

Wouldn't that reflect the king's poor management of the kingdom's resources? After all, he doesn’t even seem fit to be king.


However, given the circumstances, the kingdom probably needed additional resources to import food or handle the ongoing crisis. In that case, raising taxes could be seen as a necessary evil in the short term. I mean, Monarchs often raised taxes during crises (wars, famines, or to pay debts), and it was seen as a necessary but unpopular decision.

Arrogance is what brought him down instead of humbling himself as the jester said to the boy who is now king to keep questioning their actions are wise or not

 

[WhimsiCat]

A part of me was sorta expecting "So anyway here's Wonderwall" at the end.

 

[Nissedood]

 

[Aoitenshi]

The original line is "We can't afford to lower the tax. Do the people want us to starve to death?" This on top of the previous narration "Many people died from hunger" is supposed to show how foolish the king was.

 

[Shamz]

The ending really felt like theres nothing to it. But if im not wrong this is just a meta ending. Just saying that the Jester is mysterious and faceless, and this is just one of the countless kings the Jester had tried to assist.

 

[halcer]

this concept is worth expanding on

 

[NoButtsAbuttIt]

Pretty sure the kings line is “let them eat cake.”

It’s not “we can’t sacrifice taxes, people are starving” but “do people expect ME to sacrifice? I am the KING!”

 

[AnimuVsMango]

The original line is "We can't afford to lower the tax. Do the people want us to starve to death?" This on top of the previous narration "Many people died from hunger" is supposed to show how foolish the king was.

Yeah, I had a feeling that's what the translation was supposed to be. Thanks for the correction!

 

[Lunkli]

I thought this was pretty good, and I assume that the implication at the end was supposed to be that the Jester cries for all of the kings he's served under, and it's just that no one gets to see that because he always ends up alone in the end?

 

[donutsandcoffee]

I thought this was pretty good, and I assume that the implication at the end was supposed to be that the Jester cries for all of the kings he's served under, and it's just that no one gets to see that because he always ends up alone in the end?

I took it more as “the jester will cry for a king worth crying for” but there has never been one, because all of them are like this king where at the start he wanted to do good but ended up getting blinded by power.

But that’s just my guess.