@Kuraiaku The daughter was going through grief too, and was a lot younger than the dad, you know, being a kid and all. I don't get why people place the father and daughter on identical scales as though this young teen was supposed to just take her mother dying in stride. I'd certainly hope the middle-aged Kousuke could handle the loss better than she could; he had a responsibility to her after all. I honestly find it amazing how much people rag on her for how she acted. She literally started getting better after he finally manned up and started
actually talking to her instead of
running away from the problem. Well, you know, until he decided he also wanted a piece of her friend.
Sometimes I think people who badmouth her for not getting over it haven't experienced real loss. I had to watch my little kid sister go through this same thing when our mother died. She didn't become a legitimate shut-in, but she was definitely switched off for a long time. I was already an adult by that point and it fell on me to be the parent in my mom's shoes for this just turned teen girl.
Kousuke has his own issues, many of which are largely of his own creation though certainly worth feeling sympathy for the poor man, but that doesn't also preclude you from being able to feel sympathy for the daughter too.