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oh, I just wanted to hear their reasoning because it's easier to actually refute if I can be direct about it.
Harapeko Oyako to Motokare Yanushi - Ch. 26
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Think it should be simply broken down to get the mother's character she broke up with the mc to not be a burden to him and chose not to contact him for 17 years while being a single mother to raise her child. She only reached out to the mc since they were pretty much homeless and guess she had no one else to reach out to for help. Is it a bit shameless of her going back to her ex boyfriend she dumped in her moment of need sure but seems she has no other options and true caring parents will swallow their pride for sake of their children. I'm sure if the mother had no child and was about to be homeless she would of chosen to be homeless than be a burden to the mc but since she has a child to look after she can't do that. Also like you said its not like the mc is being forced into this arrangement something he allowed.
As for people keep giving hate comments to the mom they either trolls or want to hate read this series for whatever people should just ignore them.
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That's also ignoring Takaharu's role in things.
They were only dating for about three months; she was going through some stuff at that time, but he was oblivious and not paying close-enough attention because he had his head shoved into the mountain of work he had pushed upon him by others in his department, along with just generally being a closed-off guy.
Eventually, something occurred in Kyou's life that required she drop out of college. She never elaborated, but broke things off because she knew how stressed and busy Takaharu was, and didn't want to overload him.
And for his part, Takaharu told her in their last phone conversation that, no matter how much time passes or where they both are, she could come to him for help if she needed it.
And Takaharu was devastated when Kyou left his life. Lost all motivation to paint and draw, sunk even further into himself, developed chronic depression, shut himself away in his grandmother's house.
The moment Kyou showed up again was when the Sun came back on in Takaharu's world. Yes, Kyou is absolutely making full use of the standing promise from Takaharu, but it's not like he's been browbeaten or coerced into taking her in.
And you did mention it, but to reiterate: he wanted to. Desperately, even if he wouldn't immediately admit the reasons to himself. Even in their short time together and 17 years apart, they left a profound impact on one another--the sort of bond that brings people back together across time and distance no matter what.
It's really not fair to Kyou to try and make her a villain or bad person in this series. The number of people who disparaged her simply because she "dared to have a kid with someone not the ML" and treating her like cheating trash really does speak to some of the problematic elements of the manga community when it comes to the portrayal of women in Japanese comics.
This isn't me attacking you specifically or anything -- it all just bears repeating because both here and Reddit have seen the same inane "discourse" nearly every chapter that's been released, and it's honestly depressing because this series is just so good, from the plot to the art to the characters.
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I mean only thing you can do is guess when it comes to FMC's circumstances since it is still a one giant "mystery box". I genuinely think author didn't think much further than the initial premise for the hook like many of his fluff romcom writing colleagues tend to do. I see a lot of people putting way more thought into the story when there is none. These people also suddenly disappear when it becomes obvious that there is no depth.
MC is the one who should be doing the questioning but as someone who was hang up on a girl he has barely known for 3 months for almost 20 years, his issue is more prominent than hers. She needed a shelter and he provides it for free without a single question even asks her to delay moving out. Why would she reject it? Specially seeing how he reacted after seeing her appearing in his house out of thin fucking air. People's judgement is misplaced imo.
As an aside, mangaupdates tags are actually quite hilarious lmao
Existence of "NTR as a background" is specially wild as a tag that can actually be included.
MC is the one who should be doing the questioning but as someone who was hang up on a girl he has barely known for 3 months for almost 20 years, his issue is more prominent than hers. She needed a shelter and he provides it for free without a single question even asks her to delay moving out. Why would she reject it? Specially seeing how he reacted after seeing her appearing in his house out of thin fucking air. People's judgement is misplaced imo.
As an aside, mangaupdates tags are actually quite hilarious lmao
Existence of "NTR as a background" is specially wild as a tag that can actually be included.
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Isn't it? It's meaningful, though. This is just my casual impression, but:
At least on the webnovel side, there are two main uses and audiences for the male-reader NTR stuff. One is providing whatever it does for cucks and the kind of people who like to identify with NTR Man, or a tragic event in general. The other is to happen offscreen before the story or in the first chapter or two and establish the wife/girlfriend/"childhood friend the MC isn't dating but is nonetheless entitled to" and the "other man" as antagonists for the story and put the protagonist at his lowest. Usually a major subplot in the latter is the antagonists suffering horribly throughout the story, with gravity of their crime making it "no holds barred" on karmic comeuppance.
To put it another way, it's a way of having one tag for "NTR for people who like NTR" and a separate one for "NTR for people who like hating NTR."
To put it another another way, there's a genre-supportingly large audience of JP WN readers who want to see a boy rewarded for being chaste and a girl punished for having sex with someone other than the right boy.
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Don't think its clearly stated he gets custody or the mom did anything wrong seems hes in somewhat good terms with her but seems weird only times he sees her is at his rugby games. Could just be case the mother's busy with work and doesn't have much time to spend with her kid and husband and might be why they divorced they might elaborate more his family circumstance in later chapters.
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Doubt they will get intimate again until the daughter is cool with them having a relationship the mother made it clear last time they can't have a relationship since her life's focus is looking after her daughter and nothing else.
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The only way this ends well is with multiple servings of oyakodon
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WUNDERBAR!!! BEAUTIFUL!!!! MASTERPIECE!!! I love these characters so much. They all have such a mature nature to them, they just want the best for each other no matter what.
And remember kids, "leech" is a term invented by the Housing Market to get you into debt and into a new property!
And remember kids, "leech" is a term invented by the Housing Market to get you into debt and into a new property!
