Hatsukoi Zombie - Vol. 16 Ch. 153 - Dad's Message

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@Winterspring

I think having a FLZ is also included in what the father considers dangerous because it's clearly Eve who was causing the strain on Tarou (whenever she goes in activity).

And Risu had to explain to him what the cause of Tarou collapsing was because he didn't know what happened... Meaning his father had no idea about that. Difficult to save someone when you had no idea that they were ever potentially in harms way.

Well, in a way, seeing them can also be considered dangerous because Ibusuki is forced to act like a man which gets in the way of her love life (but that's not directly related to life-threatening situation).

...I don't really consider "I crossdress by choice" to be... "dangerous." Like you said. Also, he was supposedly concerned about Tarou, not Risu. It was only after he failed that he made it a priority to help her, which I don't see how anyone could have an issue with it.

Anyways, she doesn't have FLZ so she doesn't really get the strain unless she touch and influence them (but that's unknown information to him). He does want to remove the ability from her too, though.

Well, Tarou's father knows that she has the ability... which she certainly shouldn't have. And, by all accounts, got it from Tarou. He probably doesn't know Risu can influence the zombies like Tarou (and, to be honest, this is some we as readers don't know much about, it was touched on early on and then kinda sidestepped and forgot about for the most part; but it was implied that Risu knew far more than she let on about interacting with them), but he does know that Risu was the one that immediately knew and explained what was happening to Tarou. Considering that Tarou's dad is basically a mini Michio Kaku and he's legit god damn OBSESSED with first love zombies... It wouldn't be a huge stretch to go "yeah, this girl knows way too much about this that easily to not have first person knowledge of it."

The father won't really get anything from taking Eve as he cannot see them in the first place.

Ah, not true. Risu got her ability from interacting with Tarou. It's unclear what Tarou's father knew and when, but he clearly knows it now and we didn't see Tarou/Risu explaining everything to him. So he knows the ability can be transferred or otherwise acquired by people they don't have it, because Risu didn't have it until she meet Tarou and no known cases of women, certainly none outside their family, have had the ability before. Granted, I highly doubt he knows HOW or indeed WHY. But that doesn't matter. To someone obsessed like him, the mere fact that it can be done is all the matters. The rest is simply details to him.

So he either got that idea from that experience, his research, or the author pulling stuff for plot.

Considering this literally happened within several pages, I think we can safely go "plot contrivance." Wouldn't be the first time, won't be the last. The fact that he quickly pulled that horseshit line so suddenly out of the blue and SO CONVENIENTLY is also part of the reason why I doubt he truly wanted to help Tarou. Because, if he did, he wouldn't be going on multiple times about stealing the ability/Tarou giving him the ability. Imagine going up to a suicide jumper who is just about to jump off a ledge and telling them, "Let me have your wallet! Give me your money!" and the jumper loses their balance and almost falls and you suddenly change to "I just want to help you! You could die!" - all within a short period of time. That's too much of a juxtaposition in too short of a time to be taken seriously. (And, yes, I realize that the two situations are not similar. It's just to showcase how ridiculous Tarou's father is being.)

 

[Winterspring]

@definitionofinsanity
Hahaha okay, well, I see this more as a difference in point of views. It seems that your point is that the father cannot care for Tarou because it's stressed how obsessed he is with FLZs (only slightly getting better as he changed his objective after the incident). That and having FLZ to be dangerous is bs. I think we have to put aside whether having FLZ is life threatening because there's not much that confirms it aside from the father's sudden conjecture (and we aren't really sure where he got the idea from - either from experiencing the strain of FLZ or his research). Having FLZ as life threatening did seem to come out of nowhere, but considering the Dad who is the only one to say so is away now, I doubt it will be that relevant to the plot (as the author seems to be more focused on his future love life than life&death). So it might be a waste of time to debate on this until it becomes relevant again. At most, it just showed how dangerous the FLZ strain could be if used excessively.

Back to whether the father is only cares for FLZ or he is also concerned for his son. I think it's still safe to say that he does care for his son. Even before he found out about Eve, Tarou regaining his ability, and the power is transferable, he was already intent on removing Eve from Tarou. He was relieved that Tarou lost his ability.
https://mangadex.org/chapter/477877/3
If he only cares about his research, he wouldn't feel so because that means losing an important living sample. Only Kurumes have this ability as far as he knows. Having someone with ability would greatly help his research but he didn't want it which is counterproductive. Wanting to see FLZ doesn't have to be a lie though. As I've said before, both could fuel his motivation. Like how a guy wants to watch porn but won't let his son or little brother have it to not taint them kind of thing? If I have to say, the father is obsessed with FLZ but doesn't want the same for his sons (at least he managed to start a family unlike what Tarou is planning), so he wants to keep them out of it as he don't think they can manage. He even gave up the idea of seeing them for his self after experiencing the strain (which probably what led him to call them life threatening rather than simple dangerous temptations).

 

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Y tease Ebino again we already know it's not gonna happen

 

[G0Ji]

Eve is a parasite