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Originally Posted by Switchblade

Oh yeah, but like I said: caring AND responsible. We've got a lot of "either/or" but very little "and."

Ha ha, I would also intensely qualify the terms Caring and Responsible when it comes to Megumi and Nago!

Although... I mean, I don't want to keep walking back Work Mom And Work Dad Are Failing Wataru, but there's honestly some value in even the weird manipulations and ways Wataru's personhood is weaponized. Like, Nago is able to manipulate and isolate Wataru so thoroughly because he knows exactly what's motivating Wataru. Megumi is trying her best to make a connection with Wataru, but Nago instantly gets that this kid has daddy issues he can leverage. He also probably does want to help Wataru? Just in the most selfish, emotionally-dishonest way possible?

It's a real Inoue take on these types of issues, because there isn't this clean delineation between Good People and Bad People, or between Helping and Hurting. It's very messy, which... I mean, we're still turning this plot over, and that's not something that might've happened on another show.