episode_0477

“As the cataclysm occurred, Japan somehow created the Yutori generation to adapt to the cataclysm.”

After the cataclysm, the youngest generation was the quickest to accept changes in the world.

“The bubble generation, the generation of the lost decade, etc. It was something that even those generations had never experienced. The ones who adapted relatively quickly were those who grew up enjoying the many cultures they had created.”

“So….”

“It means that those who watched cartoons and watched animation when they were young adapted the fastest to the era of special abilities the moment they became adults.”

In any era, young people were quicker to accept changes in the world, but in particular, the phenomenon that everyone experienced for the first time became a battle to see who would accept and adapt first.

“How should society view people with special abilities? How should we treat a child with special abilities? Will you be raised as a human or a monster? Otakus knew more about it than university professors. At that time.”

“Because most animations of that era had such content.”

“That’s right. Although there were boys’ passionate youth dramas, there were a lot of anime that contained philosophical content related to special abilities.”

It was a long time after the cataclysm that the so-called ‘light novel’ animation began to appear in earnest.

Before that, most Japanese animation contained deep ideas or philosophies.

For example, war is not always a clash between good and evil, but a war between a bad guy and an even worse guy.

For example, a discourse on the omnipotent energy that leads humans to infinite evolution.

For example, when dealing with invaders from outer space, it is a consideration of transferring human minds and souls into robots to fight.

When social scientists debate the possibilities for advancement embracing the millennium era.

-The captain is right!

-No, Steel Man is right!

-Heroes need freedom too!

-Why don’t you know that great freedom requires great responsibility?

Otakus have been discussing on the Internet whether ‘heroes’ should be controlled by society or whether heroes also need freedom.

Before the cataclysm, it was twice as big.

After the cataclysm, in the era of special abilities, it soon became a topic that could be discussed in 100-minute late-night discussions.

“Otakus have already seen and discussed it, but what social science professors have seen anything like that? The non-otaku and the older the person, the slower it was in securing data on how to deal with the phenomenon of extra-talent.”

And in that process of acceptance, older people were freed from this ability.

“And after people learned that this ability only appears in newborns, they began to question whether people without this ability were really needed on Earth.”

“If everyone had this ability, at least the world wouldn’t have been split in half over a certain year.”

” Even in the midst of division, it divides again, causing society to divide and divide again.”

If Mana’s blessing did not discriminate between men and women of all ages, even people in their 50s could awaken to the ‘ability to enrich hair loss people.’

“And who will be the first to be left out in that divided society?”

If only all humans on Earth had the power to awaken this ability, rather than being limited to newborns born after 2000.

“Socially underprivileged. They are old people.”

If that were the case, perhaps the elderly population would not have adapted and lived in the age of special abilities.

“So, other countries haven’t even mentioned it properly yet.”

Why are you saying this?

“…In this country, many people think it is a ‘nuisance’ for old and sick people to continue to live and harm the new generation of heroes.”

-Old people are of no help in this world!

This is because there are people with extreme ways of thinking.

“How can that be a nuisance?”

“I think so too. But there are many people who don’t think that way. There have already been cases in history where people said something similar to that, right?”

-Earth no longer recognizes the old humanity as its rulers! The real new people are people with special abilities! Those born with mana are dominant, and existing humans are just recessive seeds!

If Hitler were reincarnated in this era and born as a person with superpowers, it would probably be welcomed with open arms.

It’s a statement that can’t help but be heard as nonsense, but the overwhelming power shown by people with special abilities made me think, ‘Is this right?’

Aren’t things that would have happened in the old days, the mythical era, happening in the hands of someone with superpowers?

This ability allows a child to cut a person in two just by lifting a finger.

The number of people with special abilities will increase every day, and as the number increases in the future, it will increase, not decrease.

then.

If a person with this ability is said to be a genetically superior breed and an outstanding being.

Is it right for those born before 2000, who cannot feel mana or receive blessings, to simply be eliminated and disappear?

Regarding the logic, someone cited this basis.

“Because of the elderly, people with disabilities need to take care of them. Heroes get hurt while trying to protect the elderly. If you’re going to be a nuisance to society when you die anyway, it would be better to face death comfortably.”

As the words flowed from Nadeshiko’s mouth, the two people’s expressions not only hardened, but contempt and anger began to flow out.

“I will assume that the moment the department store collapsed, young people quickly escaped. But how can people in their 70s and 80s get out quickly? What if the heroes get hurt while saving those people?”

“…If a hero dies, does that mean the elderly are responsible?”

“Isn’t that ridiculous? But there are people who think that way.”

Nadeshiko pointed to the east in an openly sarcastic voice.

“Mr. Ymir? I don’t know about you since you lived in Canada, and Baek Seol-hee, who is Korean, may know it only indirectly, but what is the first image that comes to mind about this country?”

“…If I was in the mood to joke, what the teacher said would come to mind first…”

Ymir adjusted his posture and cleared his throat.

“…Ijime?”

“Similar. Well, in this case, you could say it’s an ijime against a ‘generation’.”

Nadeshiko lightly sipped her tea and quenched her thirst.

“…It’s like spitting in the face of their own country, but I still have to say something because I’m currently suffering damage because of it. This country right now is putting pressure on the elderly generation through administration.”

“Administratively…?”

“Okay. For example….”

Nadeshiko pointed at Baek Seol-hee and then raised her finger toward the sky.

“On a hot summer day without air conditioning, who dies the most?”

“…These are probably adults dying from heatstroke.”

“Okay. Elderly people who are not properly cared for by the social safety net. If elderly people living alone, without family or friends, live without even a fan, who should take care of them?”

“Hero.”

In response to the answer that came to her without realizing it, Baek Seol-hee closed her eyes for a moment and came up with another answer.

“…and the government.”

“Okay. In fact, the government comes first, but what if the government does not take care of the socially vulnerable through passive administration?”

Nadeshiko glanced at me.

Her gaze contained many meanings, and I tapped my hand on the table for a moment to get their attention.

“In this era, the Japan of this world decided to abandon the elderly.”

“…….”

“If one does not die naturally, and cannot be legally forced to kill, the best way is to kill socially.”

In a way that is so effective that it makes you sick of it.

“It is a nuisance that elderly people who are old, sick, and suffering from dementia are alive. Socially, that kind of atmosphere is being spread openly.”

“Oh my god….”

“Killing is not done by law. It’s killing it socially. By making them socially disadvantageous, they ultimately make them think, ‘I should die.’”

Who in the world would want to kill themselves?

When it’s really hard, when it’s so painful that you die, and you even want to give up hope in life, you might think like that.

But other than that, humans always want to continue living.

Unless someone keeps whispering next to you.

“Gaslighting carried out on a national level.”

“…a nuisance?”

“Okay. A nuisance. This country has set the doorknob for a new era by not being kind to the elderly.”

The only thing that cares about is the ‘new generation’.

“All resources should be used to produce people with special abilities, to raise people with special abilities, and for those with special abilities to donate their talents to this country. At the national level. Of course, wouldn’t there be something the country demands from a person with special abilities who was raised while abandoning the elderly?”

“Increasing the number of people with special abilities.”

“That’s right.”

Nadeshiko pointed to her lower abdomen.

“Have a baby.”

“…….”

“Not long ago, he said something like that. Before I went to Korea, the head of the Japanese association told me that.”

Nadeshiko smiled bitterly and drank all the tea in the cup.

“Once any man becomes pregnant, you are an ‘S-class field’, so won’t someone with special abilities emerge?”

“What field did you take the woman to-”

“If you do not want to have children, I will pass one of the bills pending in the National Assembly. One of them is…”

Ssyuk.

“Law to allow euthanasia.”

Nadeshiko grabbed her neck with both hands.

“Only those aged 80 or older are given the ‘freedom’ to end their own lives. …For a hero, it’s the biggest humiliation.”

The government.

Threatening a hero.

“…….”

Ymir’s eyes.

“……Sseu-eup.”

It gradually began to subside.

“Sinking…….”