Fukushuu Kyoushitsu Chapter 6 Discussion

Kibernetika said:
And whatta hell was with that hanging? She was all bruised from the abuse of her parents and considering that she's a smart girl, why the heck she didn't call the police instead of her friend? She even believed her friend is a traitor, so why? o.o

MajinAkuma said:
Oh please. Japanese kids have a lot more problems of protecting themselves from their parents. Rationally, it's the best way to solve the problem, but only rationally. In Japan, it's even harder to interfere parenting.

MajinAkuma said:
Of course, Yuuko thought that Emi is the traitor, since nobody else could knew about her activities (except Ayana).

Kibernetika said:


First of all, I don't live in Japan so I don't know what the situation is in there with parenting, but I believe that corresponding institutions are not turning a blind eye to domestic abuse. It's not Africa and not an Islamic countries.
Secondly, I agree that calling a police is a BIG and a very rational decision but she was a smart girl. But look at the other side, what scares you more, hanging yourself or calling a police? Of course, that depends on person, but SHE wasn't stupid as well as she wasn't so weak.
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MajinAkuma said:


It doesn't matter whether she was smart or not. Her fear of turning against her parents is a very human fear.
In Japan, child abuse does not only happen at home, but sometimes at school, too, even though it's technically illegal there. The teachers justify this as "disciplin and making them tougher". Hitting your children was mundane in Japan, and it's still mundane at some places, so turning a blind eye still happens. There are also not enough professionals to help the victims.

Culex said:
Why is Ayana acting so shocked? Of course actions have consequences. And they are usually the most unforeseen ones.

She going to have a change of heart now?

MajinAkuma said:


It doesn't matter whether she was smart or not. Her fear of turning against her parents is a very human fear.
In Japan, child abuse does not only happen at home, but sometimes at school, too, even though it's technically illegal there. The teachers justify this as "disciplin and making them tougher". Hitting your children was mundane in Japan, and it's still mundane at some places, so turning a blind eye still happens. There are also not enough professionals to help the victims.

greed2 said:

I can't even fathom why would any parent send a child to a school in the mountains. That is almost like some prison.

MajinAkuma said:

A lot of strict Japanese parents care only for their legacy or for the children to have the best grades, so they could enter famous schools and famous universaties. They live through the success of their children which gives them a good looking public face/image. If their children fail, the parents will be stigmated by the "failure children" by society, not in general, but a group of elitist families would look down on them and the family has to deal with that "embarassment".

Also, many parents, most notably salarymen, have rarely time at home and are often overworked. Stereotypical fathers leave the parenting to their wives and and barely bond with their family, while stereotypical housewifes will do anything to ensure that their children will be successful in studying to make their family proud because that's what "society expects" from them.

It's not the case everywhere, but Japan is largely conservative, so this view of family life has often been kept by the strictest households.