Tsurizao Hitotsu de Isekai Hourou - Ch. 8 - The Fisherman Sets Off to Pay Back Her Debt

[MangaDex]

 

[WaffleSekai]

Next Update: August 10th

 

[karambula]

The bird is the word

 

[GreenDude1]

People are capable of fishing whales so I don't care how strong the fish are as long as they are weaker than a whale or even if they're stronger than a whale people would a figure out how to fish them.

 

[yummyyummy]

i mean hes right thats the best spot, all fish love structure to make their base. hell yeah

 

[ARealCoolGuy]

The elf probably just partied or drank the money away - I doubt there's a deep reason for it.

 

[Lightbrand]

So was the gems glass and the demons weren't trying to lowball?

 

[limeylassen]

So the gem was worthless but the fish itself was premium... and they ate it

 

[Dverin_Oshiban_Duren]

That skeleton looks a bit different from the one in chapter 7 so maybe it's not the exact place we saw first.

So was the gems glass and the demons weren't trying to lowball?

Looks that way. I also thought these demon loan sharks would scam him but this looks like one of those tropes where they initially make you think demons are bad and then quickly reveal that they're basically the same as humans.
Tropes are tools and not inherently bad.
I do think that "ordinary glass" does have some value and they just haven't thought hard enough. Let's say it is glass, you can still sell it to someone assuming that stuff isn't super common to them. Even dirt and garbage can be sold to the right buyer. If you aren't bothered by the risks and guilt then you could scam someone else.
Perhaps it has some kind of special property, artistic value or industrial applications? Maybe it's not glass but some kind of plastic?
Yeah it probably ain't worth much compared the debt but it's still something.

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How y'all feelin' about the use of the word "bengara"? Sure it's cool to know but I really don't think I'll be using that word much.

Here they're making some stone age pigment without any chemical process. It's easy to make (on paper at least): find the right kind of rocks, turn them into powder and then turn that into paste.
I think bengara refers to the more refined red iron oxide originally brought to Japan from Bengal, and it is now the standard term for red iron oxide in Japanese so it makes sense why he would use that word.

Still feels a bit off in a translation. Like:

"Hey, what are you drinking?"
"Mizu" (mizu means water)

See what I mean? Like it's not a big deal at all, but lots of cultures have used it on boats so it's not in a special Japanese context so it doesn't really need to be said like that but it's still connected to Japanese fishing boats and it's cool to know.

 

[Lamasis]

Why is that glas even worthless? Everything coming from a fish should be worth a ton. Not like people don't spend so much money on worthless diamonds.