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.

Also, somewhere out there Baseball Dude right now (after Ch. 30):

 

[CatLife]

that is sad af

 

[ACEG]

Kurumi: The town's still infected, they're planning a government-wide infection and people are still dying, Yuki. We have the power to blow open this conspiracy. You gotta team up with me!
Yuki: Pfft, no way friend.

[Yuki sees Honma die slowly and painfully]
Yuki: AAAAAHHHH OH NO IT'S NOT A PAINLESS DEATH AND SHE'S AWARE OF HER FINAL MOMENTS, WHY DIDN'T SOMEONE TRY TO STOP THIS

(being mostly facetious since it's a brutal and sad death, and Yuki actually thinking like a child adds some realism and tension to the plot, but yeah)

 

[libermn]

This is so sad. What a horrible way to die. 😢

 

[EchoGirl]

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

well yeah but that's bc of the parasite as opposed to just a 'normal' death (altho other than some suicide or accident i imagine deaths don't happen in that town much unrelated to the supernatural stuff), they def did react when the mc tried attacking her with a knife before

 

[solamente]

I would just start slicing all of them open. it would be so satisfying. am I wrong

 

[zeroto7dan]

I'll give a big kudos to the author for not using talk-no-jutsu to keep the MC on track, this is a bigger slap on the face for her because the death happen in front of her rather than faraway that she wanted to live with.

 

[friendly]

Hooooooooh. I had a horrible moment where I was sure her dying friend was going to tear that membrane of skin open..... i wonder if anyone will even clean up the body?

Maybe go get that fuckass teacher who put her on Path To Denial to begin with, get him to help. Bring a shovel. What was that about "everyone being happy", again?

 

[Babymech2]

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

Well yeah, but you don't have to be rude to me about it

 

[khairulazunaidie]

I wish nothing less than those researchers getting the same treatment by the end of this series