The Ramparts of Ice (Book Version) - Vol. 3 Ch. 32 - Peace

[MangaDex]

 

[Skater901]

"Don't think about anything"? Uh oh... gotta be something big trauma incoming. (Assuming it's not just his birth mum being dead)

 

[cogniferous]

giga upload streak

 

[Doomroar]

Hey could be worse, it could be the sound of his aging dad with a bad back fucking his hot young step mom keeping him up at night

There's no recovering from that kind of psych damage

But luckily it is not that, he just has really noisy kid siblings

 

[Pandacyborg]

With this being manga I was half expecting him to have a hot older stepsister he was in love with, I’m so glad it didn’t go that way

 

[Snovember]

Doesn’t need to be anything too deep; an appreciation of quiet by itself would make sense, given his family background. We don’t know if/when the birth mother went out of the picture and the new one entered, but it’s somewhat safe to assume it was at least a couple of years. Youta would be used and comfortable with a quiet home. Then the step mom joins the family, which is a tricky thing for a child to deal with, but let’s say early tens for Youta. And then the twins get born. Suddenly everything is loud, everything revolves around them, and just dealing with toddlers and pre-schoolers, and a pair of them at that, is always a handful.

Whereas before the home was a retreat for Youta from the stress and demands of school, now it is a different set of stressors and demands. This is not to lay blame at the mother’s or the twins’ feet, it’s simply how it is. It’s a good thing Youta doesn’t seem to have much teenage drama going on personally, unlike Koyuki or Minato for instance, because if he had, having no place where he can simply be, without needing to take children or peers into consideration, would be… well, definitely worse than his current situation. As is it’s likely he’s striving to move out as soon as possible, if only to get some semblance of privacy and mental space.

 

[itmealice]

what a suffocating home situation

 

[ErikTheRed]

Ignoring and shutting things out will only work for so long. Only a matter of time before it overwhelms him

 

[okaez]

It’s a good thing Youta doesn’t seem to have much teenage drama going on personally

I think that he just isn't able to "have teenage drama" because he would be overwhelmed. He purposely shuts himself off when outside home to find solace, but by doing that he also keeps himself at a safe distance from everyone else. He wouldn't get too involved with anyone, since it would only make things more "noisy". Hence why Minato was worried about Koyuki falling in love with him.
It's kinda heartbreaking. Koyuki is similar, but the way she behaves is a response to trauma, and since she knows that she can work on it. For Youta... It just is what it is. He won't talk about his family situation as being "bad", because it isn't at all. But even then it is afecting him deeply, and he will do nothing about it.

 

[Snovember]

It's kinda heartbreaking. Koyuki is similar, but the way she behaves is a response to trauma, and since she knows that she can work on it. For Youta... It just is what it is. He won't talk about his family situation as being "bad", because it isn't at all. But even then it is afecting him deeply, and he will do nothing about it.

Good points. His situation isn’t bad bad, but it’s gradually wearing on him. And since there’s this big age gap to his siblings, with the commensurate time spent in school and kindergarten, when he comes home he’ll almost always have to deal with them already being home, but not yet in bed. He evidently loves them, but, despite what various media insists on telling us, love is not a solution to everything by itself.

Looking forward to the next chapters!

 

[outinthegardener]

Lots of little details in Youta's family interactions.

-His Dad was getting piled on, like he's not able to keep up with the kiddos. I wonder if he's emotionally closed off, too?
-His step mom is kind of a busybody, and also puts her emotional work on others. When she frets out loud about being a nuisance to Youta that weight carries over to Youta.
-The kids are just being kids, but that's a challenge in itself.
-It was unusual for Dad to be home that early. That means it's usually Youta's job to handle the kids while Step Mom cooks/does chores.

I'm guessing Youta feels a little like an outsider in his family. He acts chill but that's cause he's burying his stress. I hope he doesn't explode like a pressure cooker.

 

[Echion]

yeah I thought she looked more mom-coded than a potential secret gf like some were speculating

 

[v.roderick]

I'm glad I was wrong about the GF thing and his step mom seems nice.

Dude needs to learn how to meditate. I went through some shit when I was homeless as a teen and I used to be kept up by the memories and the what ifs. Learned how to meditate and use it to get to sleep in 2 minutes.
Some shit you can't face or therapy away.

 

[zoryana]

Koyuki is really attentive to details. Maybe she doesn't come to the exactly right conclusion, but she gets the general picture quite correctly. I think it would be nice if they could talk about it, it feels like Youta could really use some outside outlet to simply vent about frustrating circumstances at home. That alone could lighten things for him

 

[Grye]

Is bro good?

 

[the_Bear_from_Bearcave]

Lots of little details in Youta's family interactions.

-His Dad was getting piled on, like he's not able to keep up with the kiddos. I wonder if he's emotionally closed off, too?
-His step mom is kind of a busybody, and also puts her emotional work on others. When she frets out loud about being a nuisance to Youta that weight carries over to Youta.
-The kids are just being kids, but that's a challenge in itself.
-It was unusual for Dad to be home that early. That means it's usually Youta's job to handle the kids while Step Mom cooks/does chores.

I'm guessing Youta feels a little like an outsider in his family. He acts chill but that's cause he's burying his stress. I hope he doesn't explode like a pressure cooker.

I'm not sure if step-mom isn't busybody in part because Youta is so chill about everything, to the point that she must shoo kids away during his diner because he won't tell them off on his own. Maybe she's feeling that it's all bit too much for him, so she's overshooting by fretting over Youta because he never complains or says that something is not fine.

 

[Pibata]

this manga is so good. I was missing a good series to read, thanks for the chapter!

 

[EchoGirl]

oof even one younger sibling would be a handful but you'd think they'd be signed up for an after soccer club or burn their energy in gym class or so before coming home, hopefully he doesn't snap and hit them, while he does shown to be 'chill' i can imagine a lot of teens wouldn't put up with 'bratty' kids