I'll assume the posters above haven't heard of the term ethnocentrism, otherwise they wouldn't have brought up these boo hoo another culture does things differently boo hoo.
So some people in Japan judge children based on doings of their parents, so what. If it works for them, then good for...
Now I remember why I decided to stop reading Sekitou Elegy until everything's been translated for marathon.
I don't mind that this series kind of ripped off Haruka na Machi e, but the author let the mc wallow in self pity too much to be enjoyable.
This arc is such a poor man's And Then There Were None that I wish the author would move on already. Wonder what he's going to do next, The Dancing Men or A Red-headed League.
it's really hard to watch this unrealistically jumpy blushing MC without feeling second hand embarrassement. He's like a typical pushover MC of harem series from the 2000s, x10.