emotional anguish aside. this worldbuilding is so so so cool even if it wasn't used for the official story
i love that one of this manga's main themes is how adults should treat/interact with/take care of children, and how to be good figures in their lives, and the responsibility that comes when interacting with children. it's great stuff and i like what the story has to say about it
there really is an official spinoff where these two just. sit down and eat dinner together. and it's extremely domestic. this is official. huh. wow