Chichi 68-sai, Haha 64-sai, Boku 24-sai

nathandouglasdavis Apr 22, 2021

6

Ya know, I really appreciated this. It's short and concise, yet fully captures a certain aspect of life--just what a one-shot should be. In this case, it's portraying the mounting mental pressure on somebody who can't afford to give feir demential father the professional help and supervision that fe needs. And it's portraying how the pride of adulthood can lead people with dementia to getting pissy once others no longer trust them with the simple day-to-day activities they once were able to do with no problems. This latter aspect of the manga is something that I've witnessed myself--someone who was generally pleasant throughout feir life becoming more prone to anger once memory-loss became a problem. And honestly, even if the young man in this story had been able to afford an elderly home, it's quite possible that the father would've seen going to one of those as an insult in and of itself. It's just a very sad situation, and I think this manga did a good job portraying how these types of things can easily lead to no-win scenarios.