Oh okay so they ARE related, I had a feeling

That "generations" terminology came up again in this chapter with Xiaoen telling a much older woman that "they're part of the same generation, right"? https://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/my_dear_lass_ch61#3

Never got an explanation for it when I made a comment about it a few months ago:

Ok so I've been confused about "grand-aunt" stuff ever since one of the early chapters when Mu Xiaoen said she was "2 generations older" than Xingyuan.

Specifically from this chapter there's this speech bubble from little bro:

Mu Xiaoen's the town's grand-aunt, so based on generational order, you all should be calling me grand-uncle

It makes so little sense to me that it might as well still be in untranslated Chinese. Could anyone lend me helping hand?

I'd appreciate it very much if someone could shed light on this for me.

last edited at Sep 18, 2024 12:05PM

That "generations" terminology came up again in this chapter with Xiaoen telling a much older woman that "they're part of the same generation, right"? https://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/my_dear_lass_ch61#3

Never got an explanation for it when I made a comment about it a few months ago:

Ok so I've been confused about "grand-aunt" stuff ever since one of the early chapters when Mu Xiaoen said she was "2 generations older" than Xingyuan.

Specifically from this chapter there's this speech bubble from little bro:

Mu Xiaoen's the town's grand-aunt, so based on generational order, you all should be calling me grand-uncle

It makes so little sense to me that it might as well still be in untranslated Chinese. Could anyone lend me helping hand?

I'd appreciate it very much if someone could shed light on this for me.

Xiaoen was adopted by a very old couple, thus technically putting her in much higher generation than she'd normally be compared to her peers, and Xiaoyang is giving himself that same status as her brother. Like if the town founders were the first generation and youngest generation furthest down the line are the seventh, Xiaoen's parents are fourth generation, making her technically fifth generation, equal to some people in town who already have grandkids. That's how I understood it at least. I don't actually know if there are from measuring from some founding family or what, and it's obviously not that practically important of a topic given all the new people moving into town. It's mostly just like a minor detail that's technically supposed to inform manners and how people are addressed, but isn't really practical or enforced beyond being like a bit of trivia, thus why the old woman laughs at Xiaoyang claiming to be the same generation instead of feeling like he's being disrespectful or anything.

last edited at Sep 18, 2024 12:45PM

That "generations" terminology came up again in this chapter with Xiaoen telling a much older woman that "they're part of the same generation, right"? https://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/my_dear_lass_ch61#3

Never got an explanation for it when I made a comment about it a few months ago:

Ok so I've been confused about "grand-aunt" stuff ever since one of the early chapters when Mu Xiaoen said she was "2 generations older" than Xingyuan.

Specifically from this chapter there's this speech bubble from little bro:

Mu Xiaoen's the town's grand-aunt, so based on generational order, you all should be calling me grand-uncle

It makes so little sense to me that it might as well still be in untranslated Chinese. Could anyone lend me helping hand?

I'd appreciate it very much if someone could shed light on this for me.

Xiaoen was adopted by a very old couple, thus technically putting her in much higher generation than she'd normally be compared to her peers, and Xiaoyang is giving himself that same status as her brother. Like if the town founders were the first generation and youngest generation furthest down the line are the seventh, Xiaoen's parents are fourth generation, making her technically fifth generation, equal to some people in town who already have grandkids. That's how I understood it at least. I don't actually know if there are from measuring from some founding family or what, and it's obviously not that practically important of a topic given all the new people moving into town. It's mostly just like a minor detail that's technically supposed to inform manners and how people are addressed, but isn't really practical or enforced beyond being like a bit of trivia, thus why the old woman laughs at Xiaoyang claiming to be the same generation instead of feeling like he's being disrespectful or anything.

Thanks for the explanation! For some reason I was thinking Xiaoen's adoptive parents were good friends and around the same age as the parents of the divorced childhood friend who's in love with Xiaoen.

I was also wondering if I was missing some cultural importance that the Chinese put on specifically knowing who is in what specific generation (beyond just forms of address you'd use for someone older or younger than you).

I'd imagine the generation thing has some impact ala seniority in weighing the voice of someone for how collective decisions are made, how town things are managed, etc. Xiaoen being the manager of Peach Town's peach farms means she has basically the most prominent job in town, especially since their mayor is a cat. Her generational status probably played a role in that.

last edited at Sep 18, 2024 1:17PM

Leave my cute gremlin twink alone!

The degree of expectations and social gender norms are gross. Let our sweet babies live

Welp, the emotional pain train has left the station and we're going full steam ahead...

This is going to be a rough arc

Oh this is really sad. Xiaoen biological parents gave her away because they didn't want a daughter. And the audacity for that woman to call Xiaoen to say those things. Heartless. I feel bad for the little brother and especially after Xiaoen told him she hated him to drive him away. But I understand her sadness. She repeatedly said she's lucky because her adopted parents are good to her and granted her the freedom. But that kind of trauma of feeling unwanted and thrown away for simply being born as she is, not easy to overcome. Especially with Xiaoen tried to cover up her actual feelings with her cheerful and carefree style. I hope Xiaoen will tell Xingyuan the truth.

:(

Daaaayymmmmmm emotionaaaaaaaal damaaaaaaaageeeee T-T

Oh this is really sad. Xiaoen biological parents gave her away because they didn't want a daughter.

I didn't even think about that but yeah, there is probably some one child policy shit going on here, at least partially?

Oh this is really sad. Xiaoen biological parents gave her away because they didn't want a daughter.

I didn't even think about that but yeah, there is probably some one child policy shit going on here, at least partially?

No that’s not a thing anymore, Chinese society just values the birth of a son /heir significantly more than a daughter which can result in these types of situations

She's won many mother of the year awards, surely.

Oh this is really sad. Xiaoen biological parents gave her away because they didn't want a daughter.

I didn't even think about that but yeah, there is probably some one child policy shit going on here, at least partially?

No that’s not a thing anymore, Chinese society just values the birth of a son /heir significantly more than a daughter which can result in these types of situations

It could be at the time the story plays out though, although I'm not sure if there's something in the chapters that puts this in a particular year? I guess smartphones look pretty modern but I dunno.

EDIT: also, the time period we're really interested in is probably closer to Xiaoen's birth, so I think the policy would still apply? I don't know enough about this to really say if this is a factor in this story though.

last edited at Oct 3, 2024 8:12AM

Oh this is really sad. Xiaoen biological parents gave her away because they didn't want a daughter.

I didn't even think about that but yeah, there is probably some one child policy shit going on here, at least partially?

No that’s not a thing anymore, Chinese society just values the birth of a son /heir significantly more than a daughter which can result in these types of situations

It ended around 2015 right? Well after these births when it would have still been a thing. I mean she’s in her late 20s and her brother is around 18.

Oh wow...this will be a painful arc.

It's obviously damaging to know your birth parents threw you away because they didn't want you. And it'd be hard not to resent the younger sibling that they kept because they did want them.

last edited at Oct 3, 2024 10:10AM

Welp, the emotional pain train has left the station and we're going full steam ahead...

This is going to be a rough arc

+1

Well, fuck those "parents"...

Damn, that's rough

Mu Xiaoen had that weird phase where she resented her parents for being too nice to her and not scolding her. I wonder how that played into her reaction to seeing her bio mom being such a control freak to her bio sibling.

I'm going to go onto the app to see if more is said there, but looks like this has been killed off early after she had already been green lit to work towards a conclusion in a few volumes. Can't imagine pivoting to a two chapter ending will work out well. Sigh.

"The editor told me that due to the impact of paid data, this story is likely to be unable to conclude smoothly, I hope that everyone can support the last two chapters of "My Dear Lass" to help the story end well ❤"
https://www.instagram.com/p/DCEP9sepB8x/

I'm not seeing more info elsewhere yet. Ugh. And she was just working on the physical release of vol 1 too I think.

Anyone know what this "paid data" thing is? Did a big carrier switch away from unlimited which means people are less willing to both pay for comics on their app and the data to read the comics on their phone. Higher readership ones might survive that, but maybe the app is trimming off all the others?

I'm going to go onto the app to see if more is said there, but looks like this has been killed off early after she had already been green lit to work towards a conclusion in a few volumes. Can't imagine pivoting to a two chapter ending will work out well. Sigh.

"The editor told me that due to the impact of paid data, this story is likely to be unable to conclude smoothly, I hope that everyone can support the last two chapters of "My Dear Lass" to help the story end well ❤"
https://www.instagram.com/p/DCEP9sepB8x/

Damn it :(

Where it's currently at in the current chapters (especially after the most recent chapter), I could see a way to end it "fine." She can do a time skip, as it was leading to that potential anyway. Still this really sucks. It was wrapping anyway but now she'll have to speed that last bit up. The TL still has 30+ chapters to catch up to.

last edited at Nov 7, 2024 12:39PM