Meaning of 「まだ跡継ぎとしては幼い弟———私を護ってくれる姉上のことだ」


Reading a manga and it says まだ跡継ぎとしては幼い弟———私を護ってくれる姉上のことだ Here's the image.
It's the first page of the manga and introducing the story. I'm reading it but
its meaning is not exactly clear, and machine translators seem to be having a
brainfart.

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here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/oBLDi.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/oBLDi.png)

Am I correct in reading the meaning of the sentence as meaning: This is the
story of my older sister... who still treats me like her young successor. ?




I think 持ってくれる is closer in meaning to "To be in charge of" or "To take care
of" in this context.

I also feel that he isn't "her successor" but "a successor" since として means
something close to "As a" so it's "As an heir...", that however doesn't really
translate well into English so I would translate it into "... despite being
the heir (to something important)".

That is to say that the sentence should be translated as:

> "This is about (the story of) my older sister coddling (pampering\taking
> care of) me like I'm still her baby brother despite being the heir"

And I might consider replacing "my older sister coddling" with "... **how** my
older sister coddles me..." as it better conveys the meaning but isn't as
literal.

**Edit** : Just noticed that the image says "護って..." and not ”持って" so it's
actually about how she acts as his bodyguard and treating him like her baby
brother despite him being the heir (and at least in his opinion - not a baby
anymore). Thus, I'd revise my translation to:

> "This is about (the story of) my older sister guarding me like I'm still her
> baby brother (which I believe I'm not) despite being the heir"

Hope this helps!




I think 持ってくれる is closer in meaning to "To be in charge of" or "To take care
of" in this context.

I also feel that he isn't "her successor" but "a successor" since として means
something close to "As a" so it's "As an heir...", that however doesn't really
translate well into English so I would translate it into "... despite being
the heir (to something important)".

That is to say that the sentence should be translated as:

> "This is about (the story of) my older sister coddling (pampering\taking
> care of) me like I'm still her baby brother despite being the heir"

And I might consider replacing "my older sister coddling" with "... **how** my
older sister coddles me..." as it better conveys the meaning but isn't as
literal.

**Edit** : Just noticed that the image says "護って..." and not ”持って" so it's
actually about how she acts as his bodyguard and treating him like her baby
brother despite him being the heir (and at least in his opinion - not a baby
anymore). Thus, I'd revise my translation to:

> "This is about (the story of) my older sister guarding me like I'm still her
> baby brother (which I believe I'm not) despite being the heir"

Hope this helps!

