Class de 2 Banme ni Kawaii Onna no Ko to Tomodachi ni Natta - Ch. 26.1 - Holding Back and One's True Intentions

[wallsg]

For one thing, great way to build trust with your teenage son. Yeah, he's not legally obligated to answer his questions about who he's seeing and why they got divorced, but he's a shitty dad if he doesn't, in my opinion. Secondly, even if he's not gonna tell him, it's still a fucking asshole thing to just ignore him, pretend not to hear him and walk out. If he intends to keep it secret for whatever reason, he can just use his mouth and explain that.

You're thinking Western. He's Japanese. Maki's already being disrespectful (as I understand their culture) by trying to pry into his father's business.

 

[dementati]

You're thinking Western. He's Japanese. Maki's already being disrespectful (as I understand their culture) by trying to pry into his father's business.

It's entirely possible for a culture's norms to be harmful and wrong, if that's actually what this is supposed to be. Though I have a hard time believing the author intends for us to approve of the father's actions.

 

[wallsg]

It's entirely possible for a culture's norms to be harmful and wrong, if that's actually what this is supposed to be. Though I have a hard time believing the author intends for us to approve of the father's actions.

Perhaps I'm overthinking it, but since this is written for a Japanese audience I don't think the author intended to portray the father in much of a bad light and certainly not as badly as a western audience might perceive it.