Thread:IRosefeather/@comment-35109290-20180719000852/@comment-35109290-20180719002833

(By the way, I am not saying the "like a family" reference[s] can't be kept. It is still an important theme in the series. What I am referring to is the distinction between "like a family" and seeing as literal family. Because, in the Japanese cultural sense, there is a distinction that does not often exist in the "Western" / US sense, especially concerning honorifics/how they refer to each other. I can provide multiple sources including multiple kanji lookups/scans [and can even look up simple kanji used in the novels myself] if you need them for confirmation.)