Wa ga Na wa Umishi - Vol. 15 Ch. 147 - Their Different Styles

[MangaDex]

 

[DrDuckling]

I'm betting $100 of my non-existing money that MC will jump after him.

 

[subliminal]

Wasn't Hiro his daughter? I'm getting bizarre "I will not acknowledge you" vibes here. obviously it's more about the salvaging but it feels like the managaka is working off multiple levels of this old trope.