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God dang they change it from the novel, its should have been better than this

What happened differently in the novel?

 

[Amariithynar]

I really rather dislike that he just threw money at the problem instead of asserting that Karen wasn't responsible for her parent's debts. I also really dislike that he didn't confirm anything about the payment so if they really wanted to (as they implied) they can just claim the debt still hadn't been paid as no papers were signed at the time of payment.

It's actually a crime to abandon parents and other blood relatives (this is why you see uncles/aunts in manga take in kids even though they hate them and want nothing to do with them; the family is legally obligated, and it is usually pushed onto the one that the rest of the family can pressure). Japanese law does not allow the relationship between biological parents and biological children to be severed.

https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/129AC0000000089#Mp-At_877 [直系血族及び兄弟姉妹は、互いに扶養をする義務がある。] "blood relatives and brothers and sisters are obliged to support each other." Article 877, Paragraph 1 of the Civil Code. [第八百八十一条　扶養を受ける権利は、処分することができない。] "The right to receive support cannot be disposed of." Article 881, Paragraph 1 of the Civil Code.

Article 896 also notes that heirs inherit all rights and obligations, so any legal debt they incur is passed down to biological children if the parent dies; there is a provision for renouncing inheritance especially when debts exceed value of inheritance, however, but few people are aware of it and the social pressures often cause them to accept the debt, after which point they are then legally liable.

TL;DR: He did the right thing.
It was done in public with many witnesses, including government employees and likely security footage, so they could not weasel out of it being paid, either (nor would they want to, because they are aware of his identity).