His dad's a 'saleryman' (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salaryman) His life consists of work and of after work social climbing (wives and kids not invited) His mom's a housewife. That's a job in Japan. Husband and wife in Japan lead totally separate lives.
Hikaru was doing so badly in school his parents cut off his allowance; he went to his grandpa's attic to find something he could sell. Yes he was stealing and pulling Akari in with him, some friend!
Oh, heh, I know - my Japanese culture classes were a couple years ago but I haven't forgotten that much (I hope!).
I'm trying (and failing, probably) to keep my USian perspective out of my reading of Hikaru's family but even given the cultural differences - the lighter supervision and increased trust in a child's responsibility, the stricter division of time and stress of exams and homework (although Hikaru's still a year away from worrying about high school entrance exams), the saleryman father who's only home a couple of times a year, etc - things seem a little off.
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Re: I'm working this out as I type, don't mind me
Date: 2010-07-14 10:10 pm (UTC)His life consists of work and of after work social climbing (wives and kids not invited)
His mom's a housewife. That's a job in Japan.
Husband and wife in Japan lead totally separate lives.
Hikaru was doing so badly in school his parents cut off his allowance; he went to his grandpa's attic to find something he could sell. Yes he was stealing and pulling Akari in with him, some friend!
Re: I'm working this out as I type, don't mind me
Date: 2010-07-14 10:19 pm (UTC)Re: I'm working this out as I type, don't mind me
Date: 2010-07-14 10:23 pm (UTC)I'm trying (and failing, probably) to keep my USian perspective out of my reading of Hikaru's family but even given the cultural differences - the lighter supervision and increased trust in a child's responsibility, the stricter division of time and stress of exams and homework (although Hikaru's still a year away from worrying about high school entrance exams), the saleryman father who's only home a couple of times a year, etc - things seem a little off.