It's a tier system. We all know what "tier 6 and above" means.The line on page 4 "six star hunters and above" could probably be translated less confusingly as "six star hunters or stronger".
You don't need to go that far, the author just wrote himself into a corner by having him peacefully living like an hermit but them he remembered he needed him to interact with humans for that juicy "character conflict" (and all the isekai cliche he can milk with it) so he had to railroad him.Kurando's decision making is a little hard to understand at this point. He's pretty clearly fine staying on this mountain forever and he doesn't seem fond of the idea of meeting people or going into society at large. Maxim forced him to be a hunter because Akari needs her stuff or whatever but Kurando's shadow magic is so good he could easily just steal her stuff back. Kurando neither stole her stuff back nor even seem to have bought clothing at all. So why did he go to town to become a hunter if he wasn't going to address any of the things he went there for?
Sure maybe next time he'll do it but why? Every entry to the town puts him at risk. You may say oh well in town he can find out about Ichihara, but he basically said he'd like revenge if he can get it but is all content to never meet another human again.
Maxim basically forcing him to be a hunter reeks of ulterior motives, mostly to the benefit of everyone other than Kurando. Maxim will almost certain destroy Kurando's peaceful life in a way that will mostly mitigate any sympathy readers might have when Yukishiro kills him. Also basically every person that opened their mouth in the dumpster town put themselves in direct opposition to Kurando immediately and for no particular reason. So i really can't see any positive motivation for Kurando to continue going there or for Maxim to force him into that town.
One could argue Maxim is going all "one can't live alone" positive type beat but Kurando lived two years alone with a big cat. He more than anyone so far has shown that actually you can do that.
He still promised yukishiro to avenge his mom, and i think he needs that connection with maxim to do that. Namely a method to kill him at the very least unless he gave up on that.Thanks for the chapter.
Kurando's decision making is a little hard to understand at this point. He's pretty clearly fine staying on this mountain forever and he doesn't seem fond of the idea of meeting people or going into society at large. Maxim forced him to be a hunter because Akari needs her stuff or whatever but Kurando's shadow magic is so good he could easily just steal her stuff back. Kurando neither stole her stuff back nor even seem to have bought clothing at all. So why did he go to town to become a hunter if he wasn't going to address any of the things he went there for?
Sure maybe next time he'll do it but why? Every entry to the town puts him at risk. You may say oh well in town he can find out about Ichihara, but he basically said he'd like revenge if he can get it but is all content to never meet another human again.
Maxim basically forcing him to be a hunter reeks of ulterior motives, mostly to the benefit of everyone other than Kurando. Maxim will almost certain destroy Kurando's peaceful life in a way that will mostly mitigate any sympathy readers might have when Yukishiro kills him. Also basically every person that opened their mouth in the dumpster town put themselves in direct opposition to Kurando immediately and for no particular reason. So i really can't see any positive motivation for Kurando to continue going there or for Maxim to force him into that town.
One could argue Maxim is going all "one can't live alone" positive type beat but Kurando lived two years alone with a big cat. He more than anyone so far has shown that actually you can do that.
This is also a good alternative, though the reader won't know which direction would be considered stronger (though they also don't need to, for most scenes).The line on page 4 "six star hunters and above" could probably be translated less confusingly as "six star hunters or stronger".
Not at all. It is very ambiguous, even if it seems to be more common that the nomenclature of ordinal numbers aligns with "higher" ordinal number corresponding to a lower digit.It's a tier system. We all know what "tier 6 and above" means.
I agree completely. I never understood why he decided to go there, make a habit of going there, or adhere to their customs or accept their mistreatment.[snip]
I can understand that an Alphabet-based ranking system would be easier to understand (as it is the most common way in which they are tackled, in isekai manga), however I feel completely changing the system would be a step too far.When comparing ordinal numbers/ranks like this, it is imo more useful (less ambiguous) to not use greater/higher or smaller/lower, and instead directly refer to its location in a normally sorted list (i.e "top-ranks" or "average"), or better/more commonly, whether it is considered better or not (i.e "better" or "worse" rank).
Quite frankly though, I would abuse my translator's privileges if I were a translator and had to do this kind of stuff, to "localize" the rankings to an alphabet-based ranking system (as it is familiar with readers, and overall detached from numbers entirely), or simply start prefixing all ranks with a minus-sign to make them negative.
This is also a good alternative, though the reader won't know which direction would be considered stronger (though they also don't need to, for most scenes).
Not at all. It is very ambiguous, even if it seems to be more common that the nomenclature of ordinal numbers aligns with "higher" ordinal number corresponding to a lower digit.
I agree completely. I never understood why he decided to go there, make a habit of going there, or adhere to their customs or accept their mistreatment.
I would have understood if he killed the one who killed the mom. But he doesn't.