The Acro Silky stuff happened somewhere around the 1980s, before the Anti-Boryokudan Act that got enacted in 1992 to crack down on organized crime, back then the yakuza and such had pretty much free rein and it was pretty limited what the police could do about them Edit: 1:08:30 Funny enough the author was actually just writing battle shonen and the editor kept rejecting it and told Tatsu to first go read 100 shojo mangas, then Dandadan happened
If they were Yazuka, there was nothing she could have done for her daughter. If such a mafia exists in Japan, one of the countries with the most severe laws in the world, it's for a reason. The neighbors wouldn't have done anything no matter what because they don't want to get into trouble, and this mother knew that very well.
I am not a specialist on the topic at all, but I think from a Japanese perspective the "void" is the absolute worst thing that can happen to a spirit. You say it is better than eternal damnation but I think that is a mentality influenced by Christianity or similar religion. In neither Buddhism or Shinto eternal damnation really exist to my understanding. Even hell is temporary, it is a place for purification of soul, not an eternal punishment. The closest would be a vengeful ghost who roam earth eternally, but in that case there is always the possibility of dealing with its regrets and going to rest. So returning to void is the most final bad outcome that can happen, I think.
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The Acro Silky stuff happened somewhere around the 1980s, before the Anti-Boryokudan Act that got enacted in 1992 to crack down on organized crime, back then the yakuza and such had pretty much free rein and it was pretty limited what the police could do about them
Edit: 1:08:30 Funny enough the author was actually just writing battle shonen and the editor kept rejecting it and told Tatsu to first go read 100 shojo mangas, then Dandadan happened
If they were Yazuka, there was nothing she could have done for her daughter. If such a mafia exists in Japan, one of the countries with the most severe laws in the world, it's for a reason. The neighbors wouldn't have done anything no matter what because they don't want to get into trouble, and this mother knew that very well.
I am not a specialist on the topic at all, but I think from a Japanese perspective the "void" is the absolute worst thing that can happen to a spirit. You say it is better than eternal damnation but I think that is a mentality influenced by Christianity or similar religion. In neither Buddhism or Shinto eternal damnation really exist to my understanding. Even hell is temporary, it is a place for purification of soul, not an eternal punishment. The closest would be a vengeful ghost who roam earth eternally, but in that case there is always the possibility of dealing with its regrets and going to rest. So returning to void is the most final bad outcome that can happen, I think.