Isekai Yakkyoku - Ch. 28 - Begin the Diagnosis

[welcome2atlantis]

Oh boy this village is doomed.

 

[Seraphus]

@musicfreak12
Nah, that was invented in the 1800s by people who assumed nobody before them could have been intelligent, and when the original reason was less widely known they used the heart-stopping thing as a reason for always saying it.
It's actually a really fascinating study of a social meme that's lasted for over 600 years; people start saying "may god bless you" because death was likely imminent, and then they keep saying it. When some kid asks his mom "why why why?!" she makes up a story about your heart stopping (it doesn't stop, BTW) and it gets repeated amoung the common people until everybody says it... and 600 years after it starts, we still say "bless you" after a sneeze.
It's like "Merci" in French; it was "Grammercy" in the middle ages, and "Gran Merci" in the Roman Empire over 2000 years ago... and they still say it.

 

[derpdederp]

Plague doctor getup does nothing to protect from plague but hey, you can't say it doesn't look cool.

 

[Lolipop_Candy]

I wish we have a spell to create ice dome to contain idiots from spreading the plague outside.

 

[Psychronia]

The true wish-fulfillment. Having an overpowered Isekai protagonist cure our diseases for us.

I do feel like 6 pages was too long to communicate to the villagers that he could help them though. Felt like there was some repetition there.

Either way, handling this outbreak like a pro. The folks that left the town...are concerning, but let's focus on one cluster at a time.

 

[Liquidxlax]

@Psychronia even though he does have lots of power and otherworldly knowledge he has no experience in actually dealing and curing the disease. All he is, is thee inventor of the cure and can use magic that is at least twice as strong. When we get a critical invention in a time of need do we bitch about the person who made it?

 

[Morsealworth]

@derpdederp mask is leather so it's still better than nothing. And more importantly, it protects the doctor's sanity. Even if the miasma theory is wrong, the horrible smell still makes the doctor lose focus.

 

[Your_shit_taste]

Oof this is too meta

 

[talisay999]

CURE THE RONA

 

[fform]

Timely.

 

[beeqwop]

Considering it’s taken months of real world time to convince even part of the global population to follow public health guidance on covid-19, 6 pages to get the general public’s trust here seems pretty short, actually.

 

[lextender]

@derpdederp there are mentions of plague doctor masks having room for herbs to help deter the "evil spirits" which, depending on what you put in there would definitely be more helpful than having nothing at all.

Besides, having those masks distinguishes them as actual doctors

 

[404chaos]

M E T A

 

[Danny797]

@beeqwop that's because medieval era people don't have internet to use as backup for bullshit arguments and are generally simple people

and free shit is always nice

and what are you gonna do if some kid comes flying in, slams a massive ice dome over your village and starts ordering people around like this is his daily routine?

 

[beeqwop]

You should read some of the shit that got printed in the medieval era. The people who could write loved to start shit. No reason to think the illiterate were different, their bs just wasn’t recorded. People are people regardless of whether they’ve got information technology.

 

[TheKuudereDude]

Ngl, this is pretty timely

 

[radstylix]

Flying Shotas: Cure for the plague!

 

[Avrune]

Was this abandoned? on break? :c

 

[Stadenwick]

this hit different in corona days

 

[max_is]

WEAR YOUR FUCKING MASKS OR I'LL FREEZE YOU TO DEATH

bruh