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[Epix777]

In my opinion, I really liked it. But, the whole "He was on a Journey to find this guy" was the stupidest thing ever. I really hate how we spent years thinking he was a bad person and then in a few minutes they completely change the plot for their own convenience to make him a good guy. It makes absolutely no sense to me why the mom would lie to her kids and say the dad was a bad person.


What do you think?

[MGIBBS]

I can understand the logic in making the dad the bad guy. If the mother told them the truth then the children would still love the father but be sad and hurt that he's not with them. By telling a lie and having the children not love the father then they wouldn't be sad that he's gone, though they would be angry; so they wouldn't be hurt that he wasn't at their birthdays and other special occasions. There were signs that the dad wasn't bad in that if he was always bad then misaki would have seen it in his behavior before he left on some level and if she had she wouldn't have had such a strong reaction to her father leaving. However, since she did have such a strong reaction i.e hating all men then it was because she loved her father so much and she was very hurt by him leaving so she just bought into the mothers lie as that was easier than facing the truth. The other sign that the father wasn't all bad is that he was said to be like hinata and if he was anything like hinata then he couldn't be all bad.

[zetina]

The chapter didn't convey the severity of her dad's friend's situation. Thus, I don't feel like it redeemed his absence. That's pretty much my sole problem.

To further highlight MGIBBS's point, Misaki says that he's an important man in her life whom she trusted and who betrayed her.

[Vueiy]

His reason for leaving was STUPID. End of discussion. I don't care how much you want to help out your friend, you don't abandon your family to do it. Still, I hope they at least let him in the house...then work him hard enough to make up for all the time he lost.

[Purple Library Guy]

Well, anyway, even if his reason for leaving wasn't stupid, if you betray person A (e.g. Misaki, or her mom) to help person B, that's fine for person B but you can't really expect person A to be OK with it. Whatever his reason, he hosed her and made her bear the costs of a problem that wasn't her fault or responsibility. If he thinks it's worth it then OK (although here I think he's totally dead wrong), but he can't expect the people he hosed to feel the same way. He has to expect that part of the cost for him is they're going to be bitter and not forgive him easily for the wrong he did them. He can't have it both ways.

[Comadrin]

No kidding! To sacrifice your family to help a friend is basically telling the family that they are of minor importance to you. To expect to be welcomed back with open arms is the expectation of a total idiot. That moron has absolutely no clue about the principle of cause and effect. You make your choice, and you have to live with the consequences.