Okay so sorry it took me so long to actually get back to my blog but I’m back with observations of what could lead to meaningful conversation about AOAB.
While reading through the first light novel I noticed that in her inner monologue Urano is kind of an asshole. I mean this very sparingly and of course the things she feels are quite natural for someone who had all our modern conveniences and ended up in those kinds of living conditions.
I more so mean that through reading the light novel I noticed that Urano is actually pretty selfish. Most of the improvements she makes to her families life (shampoo, cleaning the house, etc.) isn’t really because she wants to be helpful but for her own satisfaction.
And I know you’re probably thinking. “Alien why the fuck does this matter?”
And it’s that selfishness that I think landed her in her predicament in the first place. It’s pretty safe to say that in her past life Urano took a lot of things for granted, but mainly her family and I guess Shuu as well.
All she wanted was to have a life where she was surrounded by books. If she was reincarnated as a noble she could’ve attained that easily however I don’t this she wouldn’t ever matured. Through her quest for books she grows closer with her family and friends and makes real cherished connections to the point that when she’s told that she could become a nobles concubine and live or she’ll die, she gladly chooses to die and spend time with the family she’s come to love instead of become a concubine just to read books.
