You know, It kinda makes me feel like making an essay about how they, like many other strays, should had left to the forest instead of stubbornly remain in the city where they clearly aren't taking it easy at all, but It would be rather pointless. It kinda goes back to the main bulk of the yukkuris being unable to think in long term, which would make such long trip more bearable.
JusticeItEasy said: You know, It kinda makes me feel like making an essay about how they, like many other strays, should had left to the forest instead of stubbornly remain in the city where they clearly aren't taking it easy at all, but It would be rather pointless. It kinda goes back to the main bulk of the yukkuris being unable to think in long term, which would make such long trip more bearable.
Well, yus, like people, tend to find themselves trapped in situations that are beyond their control.
HankySpank said: Well, yus, like people, tend to find themselves trapped in situations that are beyond their control.
Maybe, but it isn't like yu's aren't migrational creatures, we had seen it in the wild how they move from easy place to easy place when the food shortens and stuff, does the migrational drive die in the cities or something? Because I would think they would at least try to find a proper "easy place" instead of remaining on the place that makes them uneasy. It's not like Yu's have the same social, cultural and life limitations that human have about their living place.
Street yu's seem to have grown accused to being helpless and this learned behavior cause them to simply grin and bear it even when the situation can be avoided by simply moving somewhere else. That and yu's inconsistent memory span + always thinking of short terms goals/happiness.
I would put it down to something even simpler - street yukkuri are likely to know only the street life, with human refuge as their main source of food. To find a place without humans, even if they come to believe there is such a place, would likely seem suicidal due to a lack of food.
Yes but there are also many forest yu's that come to the cities believing they would have the grand life and stuff, like some sort of extra parodical take of the typical "country bump moving to the city thinking they would become a tycoon in a few years." and they also stubbornly remain in the city instead of going back to the forest.
JusticeItEasy said: Yes but there are also many forest yu's that come to the cities believing they would have the grand life and stuff, like some sort of extra parodical take of the typical "country bump moving to the city thinking they would become a tycoon in a few years." and they also stubbornly remain in the city instead of going back to the forest.
tl;dr - The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.
I think the bigger picture that everyone is missing here is that, while the city may be full of misery and mishaps for the yukkuri, the wild may be even worse. It is full of other creatures that could easily kill a yukkuri, the food that is there actually has to be searched for (compared to garbage just lying around in the city) and it's often not as sweet as the city food. Shelter may also be a problem for a city yukkuri that has no experience digging a nest, many would die from exposure to rain.
What I find interesting is that there aren't as many stories about yukkuris in the suburbs, the area between nature and the city.
konakona said: What I find interesting is that there aren't as many stories about yukkuris in the suburbs, the area between nature and the city.
Yeah, that would be an interesting scenario for a story, yet I can't help but think that It would lead to something like those scenarios of Dosus trying to impose their authority over the small human towns claiming they own the forest which would lead to humans smacking them around for bothering them or trying to lord them around, at least in suburbs that are nearby forests and such.
Also, about the Wild vs City, the difference between the Wild and City is that, for a creature as simplistic and easy driven as yukkuri, the forest's and similar places's ambient is far more easy, it overall makes up for all the deaths and dangers of it, and the food is relatively good even if not as sweet as a cupcake, but then, the occasional cupcake in a sea of rotten tomatoes, scrap vegetables, moldy bread and similar trash, won't make up in easiness for the whole uneasiness of the ambience of the city which the yu's clearly percieve after some time.