Tonari no Jii-san - Ch. 33

[MangaDex]

 

[cascadiareader]

This is extra sad for the people she knows are infected right now.

 

[Skullkrusher]

Do they not connect the dots that she "woke up from the dream" because the parasites fucking died? Every single other instance had the larvae consumed by the final stage Nemesis while the larvae and host were still alive. Without the adult, the larvae reach critical mass, consume all available nutrients, and die off, leaving a half-dead host. The larvae were clearly dead, they were all sunk to the bottom of the host, no longer moving. These researchers have never seen a human half-dead host before, so now that the larvae are dead, the illusion is gone, and the host is no longer viable.

It reminds me of yeast and baking bread. You put the yeast and some sugar into the dough, and the yeast consumes the sugar relentlessly, causing the dough to expand. But the thing is, when the sugar is gone, the yeast dies. And all that you're left with is vastly expanded dough.

All that you're left with is a vastly-expanded former human.

 

[sleepyknight]

Do they not connect the dots that she "woke up from the dream" because the parasites fucking died? Every single other instance had the larvae consumed by the final stage Nemesis while the larvae and host were still alive. Without the adult, the larvae reach critical mass, consume all available nutrients, and die off, leaving a half-dead host. The larvae were clearly dead, they were all sunk to the bottom of the host, no longer moving. These researchers have never seen a human half-dead host before, so now that the larvae are dead, the illusion is gone, and the host is no longer viable.

It reminds me of yeast and baking bread. You put the yeast and some sugar into the dough, and the yeast consumes the sugar relentlessly, causing the dough to expand. But the thing is, when the sugar is gone, the yeast dies. And all that you're left with is vastly expanded dough.

All that you're left with is a vastly-expanded former human.

i think its because the cognitive distortion effects of the parasite are supposed to be permanent. none of the other villagers perceptions have changed. the implication here is that honma developed antibodies, which, before the glasses guy met yuki and kurumi, were entirely unheard of.

 

[NickieTheFool]

Me when I'm stupid and I just realized now that everyone is still in danger

 

[Skullkrusher]

i think its because the cognitive distortion effects of the parasite are supposed to be permanent. none of the other villagers perceptions have changed. the implication here is that honma developed antibodies, which, before the glasses guy met yuki and kurumi, were entirely unheard of.

I think I see what you are saying. We saw with the taxi guy that he had to spend like 3 seconds tops in town and he got hit by the distortion field. He wasn't infected. So something in town is psychically forcing everyone to see things whether they are infected or not. Everyone is still distorted, until something happens that the body can no longer ignore or clears the mind.

MC broke through the conditioning because she emptied her mind and drew what her eyes saw, not what her mind saw. Honma died in pain, so perhaps Honma's mind was cleared because the parasites caused SO much pain that her body could no longer ignore it. Her mind cleared, and she vaguely realized she was in a bad spot...but the damage from the parasites meant her brain was gone and she couldn't think straight anymore. You have to consider that as the skin expands (while skeleton stays constant), the parasites must be releasing some sort of pain-suppressant chemical to mask the expansion. Either the growth exceeded the suppressant because they'd normally be eaten by Nemesis before that point, or the parasites died and the suppressant stopped.

 

[danbellucci]

Brutal. thanks for the chapter!

 

[EchoGirl]

"Unlike animals that simply die" I hear there are some pets that know their death is coming and hide in a corner or so

Poor girls

Wonder if this is gonna lead to some murder spree ending in suicide as a form of "Mercy" tho I imagine those gov /lab oat ppl wouldn't let one villager get too rampagey

Tho I wonder how the town would react to someone dying normally that had nothing to do with the parasite vs being apathetic

 

[MsW0lf]

"Unlike animals that simply die" I hear there are some pets that know their death is coming and hide in a corner or so

Poor girls

Wonder if this is gonna lead to some murder spree ending in suicide as a form of "Mercy" tho I imagine those gov /lab oat ppl wouldn't let one villager get too rampagey

Tho I wonder how the town would react to someone dying normally that had nothing to do with the parasite vs being apathetic

The town will probably ignore it. As you can see they’re just looking at the now corpse and smiling.

It’s probably more likely that she’d either look for a ”cure”, or try and kill the parasites at the source. But without the active assistance of the lab techs, both courses would be quite difficult.

 

[PotatoZero]

"Unlike animals that simply die" I hear there are some pets that know their death is coming and hide in a corner or so

Poor girls

Wonder if this is gonna lead to some murder spree ending in suicide as a form of "Mercy" tho I imagine those gov /lab oat ppl wouldn't let one villager get too rampagey

Tho I wonder how the town would react to someone dying normally that had nothing to do with the parasite vs being apathetic

It's not that they felt their death is coming,
It's that they felt they're in a vulnerable state and thus hide from potential predators/enemies.

 

[Arexty]

Really gut-wretching chapter, but maybe the shock therapy MC needed. She probably assumed without the Old Man around to eat people, that they could all just blissfully exist in a pain-free state of ignorance. Thanks for the TL.

Somewhere Baseball Dude right now (after Ch. 30):

 

[CatLife]

that is sad af