#Jesse's parents are divocred

[angst-iguana]

Where is Seiji's mom?

I really like knowing how a character grew up because it helps me know how to write them so in he case of Seiji's mom, it's always intrigued me as to where she is and why she is never mentioned in present moments.

In the comics, the parents day, when Nicholas talks about his mom, Seiji says his father has important things to do, not his parents. Seiji doesn't mention his mother at all. We know from the novels that his mom and dad are very happily married and there is a moment where Seiji says his parents run a successful company. However, Nicholas, in the novels, also notes Seiji gets rather pressed when asked about his parents. (Nicholas writes it to being afraid to disappoint them, which, I mean, yes).

Seiji only mentioning his father shows significance. We can cross out divorce knowing how strong Seiji's parent's relationship is, which means something likely happened to her. There's a moment in the second novel, right before the 'shut the hell up, Robert' moment, Seiji talks about his mother. It starts off with Seiji saying his mother and Jesse's were 'friends' maybe I just decided this was true without second thought, but, I'm pretty certain Jesse's parents are divorced. We know this moment happens when they're still little

We learn Seiji's memories of his mom, distinct ones, are from when he was little. The line "Seiji's father was the only one who could make her smile" also screams out to me. Maybe it's just a habit of mine, but when I write about a person not in another's life anymore, I write about their smile. That just sounds like she isn't in their life anymore. So, there's one of two theories I think plausible: his mom is just always busy being a big corporate boss so much Seiji can only remember her smile, or she's dead.

Seiji only ever calls his father, and on the phone calls with his dad, Koichiro only ever speaks in terms of himself. 'You want me to fund the France trip...." He doesn't make a comment about Seiji's mother and discussing things with her when it would make so much sense to include her. Seiji is their child, Koichiro wouldn't just not tell her about what is happening in Seiji's life. So he either knows she'll be on board with it, or he has no one to discuss their child with. He also says he must met Nicholas, no mention of Seiji's mom. Seiji's parent's meeting Nicholas is a big deal, so the fact Koichiro doesn't mention his wife wanting to meet Nicholas too is also odd.

My standing position is the Seiji's mom is dead, I don't think Koichiro would not include her in Seiji's life, that doesn't seem to be his character. Plus Seiji's memories of her, all of them mentioned, are from when he was much younger. Seiji not mentioning his mother in the comics and novels too is very interesting. Why would he solely mention his father? In every sense of his life. Why isn't she there? She's not even mentioned unless it's about the past.