LogFAQs > #951531608

Like, follow your dreams dude, but Kyoko makes it super clear that she has had zero contact with her father before she arrives at the school. Like no phone calls or letters or birthday presents or even that thing that Will Smiths dad did in Fresh Prince where he would promise to take him on trips and then just not show up. She didnt even get that. She didnt get even the pretense of caring about her. He neglected her for her entire life, and he did so for a job at a high school. She wants to find him so she can tell him that she hates him, which is probably a sign you have messed up as a father in some way. How awkward was that first meeting with Kyoko at the school? ALSO, he had to have seen she was admitted. Her last name is Kirigiri and he is the headmaster of the school. He still didnt contact her after he saw her name on the enrollment? He was like oh boy this could be awkward Im going to hope this is a different Kirigiri? I know Kyoko lost a large chunk of her memories, but she doesnt say I dont remember talking to my father but rather I remember specifically not talking to him and I remember my goal was to tell him I hated him. I almost feel like I have to be missing something here. Is Kyokos dad really this bad at dad-ing? If so, he is like first ballot hall of fame bad dad across all of fiction. It is hard to even come close to this level of bad dad.

Im also not entirely sure I follow his plan to save the students. The catastrophe is going on outside, which I would argue he is very responsible for since he let in both members of the Ultimate Despair into his school and let them recruit a bunch of people. He even says in some journal entry Kyoko finds something along the lines of jeez Mukuro seems like trouble and she is connected to the Ultimate Despair I better keep an eye on her oh jeez oh man what do I do? Well, maybe keep more of an eye on her so she and her sister dont recruit half of your school and get nearly the entire reserve department killed because of the inhumane experiments going on at your school. I also dont know how the research on Hajime is connected to Kyokos dad, but I have to assume he was at least aware of what was going on at his school and how they were experimenting on someone to change them into another person for the sake of a project that would never be funded by any agency and violates like six different ethical rules of research. But, again, ignoring that and how this is all his fault why does locking them in a building AND erasing their memories help them? I never fully understood the erase their memories part. Like, it makes 100% sense in the second game. But in the first gamewhy? He wants them in there to keep them safe, so he erases their memories so they dont know why theyre in there or why they want to stay in there? Like a full two years, POOF, gone. Replaced with absolutely nothing apparently so everyones first thought upon waking up is how did I get here. What was he even going to tell them? Maybe show them their videos they recorded? But then why go through the trouble of erasing their memories if he is just going to paraphrase stuff they knew? Did he just not get to Junko and Mukuro? Were they the last two? Thats some terrible luck if thats the case.

The only reason he wasnt even lower is the mystery of the headmaster was at least interesting from a story perspective (even though Id argue it fizzled out), and apparently he was at least trying to do what was best for his students (outside of Kyoko, who he probably continued to ignore). And, probably the biggest reason, for as large as the headmaster looms for a lot of the game, he is easy enough to ignore. He doesnt constantly get in my way or be an out of place serial killer or be a condescending jerk every time he talks to me. Hes just incompetent at his job and a horrible father, and most of this Im just extrapolating from what other people tell me. He is someone I dislike, but I dont really have to actively dislike him because hes never around. Hey, now at least I know how Kyoko feels!

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