DUDE? Good fathers make me want to cry. As everyone said, it's totally valid for Kota to be bratty since he's just a lil guy, but ALSO! I love that Aoto is so good at mediating. Since Kota and Take are both hot-heads he can slow them down and talk things out. I really appreciate that Kota was allowed to be grumpy, that there was a reason he was upset and they could talk to him and resolve it and show they love him. And I love how at different times, each of them noticed why Kota was upset. Take's mom noticed he had a fever, Aoto noticed that they just dismissed him instead of explaining things, and Take realized how his words might hurt Kota. ALSO!!! Adults apologizing to children!!!!! So important and they do it so well in this. This is just such a perfect little family cause they're not totally perfect. But seriously, adults apologizing is so nice to see bc my parents rarely apologized to me (but always made me apologize.) It's nice to see they're raising Kota by example. And the boy being sad not bc having two dads is weird but bc he's jealous?? I'll cry. I loved how they reassure Kota that his family might not look like everyone else's but they're a family no matter what :""""")
I always love the depth of this authors characters. Take is a bit of a mess and doesn't fully know how to raise his kid BUT he's SO worried about being a good dad that you can tell he's inherently a good father :""") all the times he feels remorseful or inadequate :( but Aoto reassuring him??? Ugh I love partnerships. (Also, fire smut. I will not elaborate.)
DUDE? Good fathers make me want to cry. As everyone said, it's totally valid for Kota to be bratty since he's just a lil guy, but ALSO! I love that Aoto is so good at mediating. Since Kota and Take are both hot-heads he can slow them down and talk things out.
I really appreciate that Kota was allowed to be grumpy, that there was a reason he was upset and they could talk to him and resolve it and show they love him.
And I love how at different times, each of them noticed why Kota was upset. Take's mom noticed he had a fever, Aoto noticed that they just dismissed him instead of explaining things, and Take realized how his words might hurt Kota.
ALSO!!! Adults apologizing to children!!!!! So important and they do it so well in this. This is just such a perfect little family cause they're not totally perfect.
But seriously, adults apologizing is so nice to see bc my parents rarely apologized to me (but always made me apologize.) It's nice to see they're raising Kota by example.
And the boy being sad not bc having two dads is weird but bc he's jealous?? I'll cry. I loved how they reassure Kota that his family might not look like everyone else's but they're a family no matter what :""""")
I always love the depth of this authors characters. Take is a bit of a mess and doesn't fully know how to raise his kid BUT he's SO worried about being a good dad that you can tell he's inherently a good father :""") all the times he feels remorseful or inadequate :( but Aoto reassuring him??? Ugh I love partnerships.
(Also, fire smut. I will not elaborate.)