“Okaeri, Papa” - Ch. 34.6 - Special Chapter: Part Time Job

[HyperLazerOrange]

2.5 months of waiting for some 3 page omake that boils down to
"Hey Dad, do you do it when you're alone?"
"What?" ba-bump
(Leaves)

And
"Wow your Husband is so lucky!"

 

[Mephis_to]

She's not. She's talking about her father who groomed her when she was Touko's age.

Wait... What the actual f- ??
Like, is it some spoil or just some assumptions?

 

[ElectroNYC]

Wait... What the actual f- ??
Like, is it some spoil or just some assumptions?

It's an assumption but it's VERY heavily implied by chapter 21.5, which shows her at the beach with an unknown man when she was Touko's age, and the second half of chapter 22, when she and Touko are talking about Touko's father.

Basically Hiroto is NOT the "Papa" being referred to in the title.

Everything that's happened so far pretty much lines up perfectly with the idea that the mother is looking to either recreate the environment in which she was groomed for her own daughter, because she's romanticized it for both of them, or that she's somehow convinced they can more literally manifest her dead father into a new body if there's a supernatural twist. That's what the manga's title is a reference to in my opinion: That they're trying to bring him back, either literally or metaphorically.

 

[Kaito57]

They presumably read the ice cream chapter and kept this belief up.
That's some dedication.

I mean, so far, the so-called "landmine" oyakodon has treated MC better than even his own darn family, so... yes, I might be delusional but on the 0.01% chance that I might be right, I will keep on believing until proved wrong !!

 

[HyperLazerOrange]

It's an assumption but it's VERY heavily implied by chapter 21.5, which shows her at the beach with an unknown man when she was Touko's age, and the second half of chapter 22, when she and Touko are talking about Touko's father.

Basically Hiroto is NOT the "Papa" being referred to in the title.

Everything that's happened so far pretty much lines up perfectly with the idea that the mother is looking to either recreate the environment in which she was groomed for her own daughter, because she's romanticized it for both of them, or that she's somehow convinced they can more literally manifest her dead father into a new body if there's a supernatural twist. That's what the manga's title is a reference to in my opinion: That they're trying to bring him back, either literally or metaphorically.

Fuck... That makes too much sense

 

[xTachibana]

She never said it was her husband tho lmao

 

[DaJoey]

It's an assumption but it's VERY heavily implied by chapter 21.5, which shows her at the beach with an unknown man when she was Touko's age, and the second half of chapter 22, when she and Touko are talking about Touko's father.

Basically Hiroto is NOT the "Papa" being referred to in the title.

Everything that's happened so far pretty much lines up perfectly with the idea that the mother is looking to either recreate the environment in which she was groomed for her own daughter, because she's romanticized it for both of them, or that she's somehow convinced they can more literally manifest her dead father into a new body if there's a supernatural twist. That's what the manga's title is a reference to in my opinion: That they're trying to bring him back, either literally or metaphorically.

Now you're making me think that the Mom is enacting some weird cuck fetish with her daughter and husband so she can vicariously live through her daughter's relationahip with the dude.

 

[Trin4life]

Two panels after saying she has someone she loves, it cuts to her cutting a cucumber. I do not like these implications

 

[Friendly-Sentence710]

Oh my god you twisted unhappy people who else could she mean OTHER Than he husband?
Geez. I mean who else could it be.
looks very closely at all the characters we've been introduced to thus far
Who else could it be?

 

[ElectroNYC]

I mean, so far, the so-called "landmine" oyakodon has treated MC better than even his own darn family, so... yes, I might be delusional but on the 0.01% chance that I might be right, I will keep on believing until proved wrong !!

They actually haven't though. They're manipulating him and everyone around him to isolate him and make him vulnerable. It's a classic by-the-book abuser tactic in the first stages of a abusive relationship. And they put up a false front to endear themselves to him. We as the readers are shown that it's not a reflection of the pair's actual feelings or motivations.

The farmer tends carefully to his cattle, but he still sends them to the slaughterhouse all the same.

 

[zawarudo]

They actually haven't though. They're manipulating him and everyone around him to isolate him and make him vulnerable. It's a classic by-the-book abuser tactic in the first stages of a abusive relationship. And they put up a false front to endear themselves to him. We as the readers are shown that it's not a reflection of the pair's actual feelings or motivations.

The farmer tends carefully to his cattle, but he still sends them to the slaughterhouse all the same.

Agreed, but I do get the feeling that the author is dragging this out a bit too much. Perhaps because he/she wanted to make all the manipulation by the oyakodon duo feel more realistic because in real life you often don't realize everything until it's way too late, but IMO it has started feeling too gimmicky.