Tonari no Jii-san - Ch. 16

[MangaDex]

 

[Astriasa]

"I wonder how many people will die" Sir what does that mean? Sir?

 

[EchoGirl]

"I wonder how many people will die" Sir what does that mean? Sir?

I assume that was a thought bubble b/c you'd think someone would notice if he said that out loud

i mean that one creature in the tunnel did 'eat' the others but even if the water gets sold and spread idk if ppl woudl go outta their way to go to this specific tunnel unless there's more 'creatures' in other alleys/tunnels

"Anyone can learn" I though he knew/isn't that why those two are both wearing those headphones?

 

[Kushikime]

Thanks for the chapter

 

[EarlofMillenium]

"I wonder how many people will die" Sir what does that mean? Sir?

My initial thought was that the water causes the worms and the people of the village handle the worms better than the general public. But then I thought there have been visitors from outside of the village that have arrived and almost certainly drank some water before they left. So...perhaps that old man isn't the only one. Perhaps as meatball heads pop up more old men will eat them.

 

[biologist]

Very risky move, fmc-chan.

 

[Saelern]

"Anyone can learn" I though he knew/isn't that why those two are both wearing those headphones?

Yeah the scientist duo are wearing headphones so they don't get affected by the 'signal'
"You really want to keep it hidden don't you? But did you know anyone can learn to see it? I know how to do it"
she's threatening him with the idea that she can make others immune to the signal and ruin their plan since he "looks surprised" that she's immune to it

 

[EchoGirl]

Yeah the scientist duo are wearing headphones so they don't get affected by the 'signal'
"You really want to keep it hidden don't you? But did you know anyone can learn to see it? I know how to do it"
she's threatening him with the idea that she can make others immune to the signal and ruin their plan since he "looks surprised" that she's immune to it

honestly while i imagine a villager wouldn't suddenly 'attack' him or the female scientist i still half expected one of them to grab or 'accidentally' bump into him to get him to remove his headphones, b/c other than it also playing some tone that cancels it out i imagine it'd still have to be adjusted to the point where he could still hear others talking to him as opposed to a full hearing block

Tho, probably unlikely to come up, but i wonder if any 'deaf/mute' ppl are ever gonna show up in this place (but other than communicating with phone/writing unless one of the mc/baseball kid knows sign language idk if they'd really bring it up or so)

 

[vik1ng_w0w]

Its the 5G towers and the government birds, I tell ye

 

[friendly]

I could make some observations on the plot and all but I think I'm just gonna have the homestar runner style jibblies about that closeup of the head.

 

[vannn]

Still not used to seeing those ballon heads, they make me itch just seeing them.

 

[Lunkli]

It feels like this is either nearing a conclusion or she's just gonna die soon.

 

[fatto_catto]

It feels like this is either nearing a conclusion or she's just gonna die soon.

Doubt she'll die, maybe get pushed into escaping somewhere till she comes up with a better plan.
She may claim anyone can learn, but is that really the case? After all, she is working with very little information, and her previous persuasion attempts have achieved nothing. If she is not being just silly, then she might be trying to bait the guy in revealing more.

 

[EchoGirl]

Doubt she'll die, maybe get pushed into escaping somewhere till she comes up with a better plan.
She may claim anyone can learn, but is that really the case? After all, she is working with very little information, and her previous persuasion attempts have achieved nothing. If she is not being just silly, then she might be trying to bait the guy in revealing more.

16 chapters is pretty far in for a protagonist , if they were to do a “kill off and POV switch” they should’ve done so before chapter 8 imo but maybe if she does die it’ll be closer to the end and “cycle repeating again” depending on how much the author likes darker endings versus hopeful unless it’s more “cliche” for JP horror to end a certain way and they’d “play it safe” versus subvert expectations by somehow making that Tunnel monster a “good” force of existence

 

[gundulgondrong]

"I wonder how many people will die" Sir what does that mean? Sir?

moral relativism maxxing

 

[fatto_catto]

16 chapters is pretty far in for a protagonist , if they were to do a “kill off and POV switch” they should’ve done so before chapter 8 imo but maybe if she does die it’ll be closer to the end and “cycle repeating again” depending on how much the author likes darker endings versus hopeful unless it’s more “cliche” for JP horror to end a certain way and they’d “play it safe” versus subvert expectations by somehow making that Tunnel monster a “good” force of existence

It could be an ending where it ends good for this protagonist, but the evil is not really defeated and resurfaces somewhere else, for some other protagonist to deal with in a potential sequel. I don't recall when was the last time I read about heroic protag sacrificing themselves in manga, they tend to live even through severe injuries to see the dawn of new, monster-free day.

 

[EchoGirl]

It could be an ending where it ends good for this protagonist, but the evil is not really defeated and resurfaces somewhere else, for some other protagonist to deal with in a potential sequel. I don't recall when was the last time I read about heroic protag sacrificing themselves in manga, they tend to live even through severe injuries to see the dawn of new, monster-free day.

LOL yeah i imagine there couldn't be a full on 'cure' or "This town is free from this" but it'll "cut to" another town with similar issues given how large japan is, if not a 'mad scientist' type recreating something similar