Yeah, avoid getting a wound wet, at least before it heals up a little bit or you need to clean it.
Cabbage or lettuce... does it matter that much which it is? It's all leafy greens (or sometimes purple) anyway.
Of course she's paying attention. She's worried.
She looks so excited when saying she wants to hear that "boring story of his." But that's what she was waiting for, so it makes sense.
This is the wholesome way of staying over.
Considering his parents were not present for the majority of his life and tainted it by treating him like an object instead of a cherished child, it is rather impressive that he did not turn into a sociopath. Guess his grandparents and the social institutions were able to pick up the slack enough for him to develop proper empathy, which he does show. He's just a loner, because being a burden or noticed seems to ellicit his past trauma.
I'm not a psychiatrist or anything, but I get the impression that becoming a sociopath has more to do with being mistreatment and abuse than abandonment and loneliness. And it seems like his mother did take care of him at least for a while. At fifth grade you've developed at least the basis of empathy and are figuring out how everything works together. It also depends on how much of an introvert he is naturally, and how much is developed or imitated to cope with his situation. Although an extrovert would probably have tried to cope by getting friends in school and stuff.
Well, the dad certainly does not win any father of the year awards but I'll hold back any harsh judgment (for now atleast, there's not enough information about why he worked as much or if he even provided for them) but the mother... I have no respect for that sorry excuse of a human being at all, if you're unhappy with the other "parent" of your child, take the child and leave, DON'T ABANDON THE CHILD, THEY'RE NOT RESPONSIBLE OR DISPOSABLE.
I feel the same. There are so many black companies that suck the life out of people, so the father might not have had the energy to interact with him. Although that's probably a best-case scenario. We've only heard MC's viewpoint. They didn't have trouble economically, so I'd assume he at least provided that. And in traditional Japanese society, that's what a man is supposed to do, while the wife takes care of the home. But for now, I don't care about him. He needs to earn that.
I can understand the mother cheating on that husband. It's one way to cope with a bad situation, and I can't say whether the father deserved that. Leaving her child, on the other hand, just nope.