We Shall Now Begin Ethics - Vol. 3 Ch. 12 - Cicada's Cries

[MangaDex]

 

[deathpad]

Too complex for my brain

 

[newniez]

A beautiful chapter as always

 

[newniez]

And a boyish komi san, that sounds great

 

[shusi95]

So ... The teacher just kinda approved his student's uniqueness? Okay

 

[solchimes]

Selective mutism then?

 

[Lazgrane]

Probably just tired with everyone's shit

 

[Nihilist1]

Soga-kun wa Komyushou Desu

 

[alfian003]

i think i just read komi manga for sec

 

[Abedeus]

That was pretty wholethical.

 

[Siquall]

Basically a komi chapter with a male main character.
But better.

 

[ghostkun]

Very intense, expressive eyes.

 

[Ekfreet]

The japanese education system proceeds to disappoint me further today.

 

[Sep10trion]

Ok, but is it morally right to hide jerks from the Nazis, like in this sketch:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=oe4dC10PqlU

 

[MonsieurFudge]

Gonna be honest, this is too much for me to understand. Maybe its something like that selective mute-ism like from that recent oneshot?

Either way, thanks for the chapter translator~

 

[Gustbk]

Nothing wrong with being someone of a few words. Helps concentration a lot when you don’t have to bother with other people’s impressions and thoughts.
The point is that there is nothing wrong with him! As long as he can still express himself on his own way when it counts, he’s alright.

Edit: Also feel the need to point out the parallel with the title of this chapter -- Where in cicadas cry incessantly in an attempt to find a mate until they die...wasting away their lives just making meaningless noise that might never be appreciated.

C’mon guys, this shouldn’t have to be spelled out!

 

[SightWarden]

OVerall message: He is saying that he is fine as it is.

If I understood properly, he says that people normally give a part of themselves to others in order to connect with them. The kid does the opposite and doesn't gives a lot of himself to others, and it has never really been a problem through his life: the grades represent that he is smart but keeps to himself, being good at sports shows that he is not doing it because he can't cooperate or because he feels shy about showing himself, having a good friend circle means he is not a recluse that doesn't knows how to interact with others, the fact his parents are just average shows that he didn't become like this out of trauma, deppression or anything as far as meets the eye. He just has his way of going around, and that gets people worried about his future even though to him he is just doing alright.

Maybe he is shy, maybe he really doesn't likes to be with people, maybe there's more to him and he actually has some problems not concerned with school. It's hard to say because he doesn't gives a lot of himself to others as the teach said, if a normal person connects with others through 75% out of 100%, this guy connects , communicates and works along at just around 50%. The 25% seems to be a joke on how when the teacher got surprised and made a comment on his way of giving himself to others, the student didn't keep speaking even though he just corrected him, so he may actually just give even less than half a quarter because he just gives "enough".
at least that's how I took it.

 

[Yourself]

Ryou-san wa, Komyushou desu

 

[yuusiren]

I don't understand how he has irl friends if he doesn't talk verbally.

 

[lexy]

@SightWarden I love the way you put it, that's exactly it. I'll admit, at first I did suspect there might be something going on at his home, cause they didn't show anything, but that doesn't seem to be the case ' 3 ' )

EDIT: oh yeah and cause the answer to the husband abusing the wife, how is the "ethical" way to answer that?? I thought he responded with something of his own life, and thus got a "real" and therefor "good" answer...idk