#i have doodles of some of these characters actually but its in my puter and im on mobile and ummm maybe ill add them later

[yuukei-yikes]

Not sure if you’ve answered anything like this before BUT was wondering if u had any hcs surrounding any of the unnamed parents/family members of some of the characters?

there’s so many of them that i wish we had more info on and it drives me crazy so hearing ppls interpretations of those characters is soooo fun

this one is also an old ask but also pretty on theme bc ive been posting abt the kisaragi parents!! im skipping the kisaragis because i answered that in the past few days lol

under da cut cuz ofc it got long also be prepared i compare like all of them to other cartoon characters

kano's mom - i think she's an interesting character. she's so, so minor, and yet she is so perfectly complicated. she's the one dead counterpart to a snake that is in fact... kind of awful?

she was definitely a very troubled woman. she used to hit kano and scream and yell over the smallest stuff, like him forgetting to buy something or breaking a cup. and then she'd cry and apologize about it. all canon btw. kano says he could only ever make his mom scream or cry. i dont tend to get personal with my hcs, but my dad's an addict so... idk, ive always sort of imagined kano's mom as someone who struggles with substances. the way he describes her always reminded me a bit of my own dad as a kid so maybe that's also why i sound a little bit apologetic when i speak abt her. kano still loved her, and in the end she throws herself in the way in an attempt to save him. i think she definitely loved him too... as kano grows up and experiences another family with the tateyamas, or maybe even hears kido talk of their own bio mom, he'd definitely know his mom was probably not a good mom. but he'd still be so defensive of her, i doubt he'd ever mention her at all to avoid hearing her be judged. if they found a way to get people back from the daze, these two would have suuuuch a complicated relationship like for real...

kano says she really saved up to buy jewelry, and that her work uniform was "prim and proper". there's a book i really like that's from the pov of a little girl and she describes the neighbors she doesn't have a name for. there's one neighbor the little girl calls The Drunk who's a lady that's always screaming and crying in the stairs and another neighbor who's called The Woman In The Black Skirt, who's a lady that's always walking around in heels to go to work. at one point in the book it's revealed to the reader that the woman in the black skirt is actually also the drunk, and the little girl protagonist mentions that when she gets back from work in a pretend phonecall to avoid speaking to neighbors, she can hear the sound of all her bottles clinking in her bag. idk. i think it's something like this. because kano's wish WAS to stop neighbors from asking him questions or saying things about his mother, like it's evident to everyone she hits him, but i think it'd also be evident to everyone she's a mess. kano was an extremely responsible kid, he'd do groceries and clean his room... i think he'd always help his mom to bed when she was passed out drunk or something. also to be clear i dont wanna romanticize this shit addiction is a horribly difficult thing sooo i dont wanna be like she's eeveel or oh she's a misunderstood girlboss.... i think she is as complicated as parents come!

hibiya's parents - i think the dad is a really mean piece of shit and the mom's the martyr housewife who's always crying and looks miserable. the dad's like the typical bully dad u gotta be a strong man... like i know its for comedic effect but that shit of leaving hibiya outside with the wolves swejdnwjfi he totally just did that type of shit. so hibiya's parents are like. idk think helga's parents in hey arnold. the mom's just kind of there and the dad's a bully. but i think hibiya totally loves his mom and when he's an adult he'd encourage her to leave his dad and bring her to kashiwa with him

hiyori's (and ayaka's) parents - they're rich people top 3 most wealthy families in the area (canon)... and ayaka literally ran away from home. ermmm yeah they're THAT people. think the northwests in gravity falls. yes ill keep bringing up cartoons. i think hiyori becomes so unmanageable when she comes back to the village she's sent back to kashiwa to go to highschool bc she asked for it, and she goes to live with ayano which is its own whole thing but yeah hiyori never cuts ties with her parents like ayaka did and is still aided financially by them even as an adult. she refuses to take over their business like they'd expect but hiyori is so girlboss by then she's like kisaragi momo's community manager and shit like that so they're like erm... well respectable enough that's fine. they're probably OLD parents you know they're TIRED. one rogue daughter is one thing but Two... fine do whatever u want. also these are ayano's grandparents so obviously she'd really want a relationship with them. sadly they don't particularly care about her, which shows ayano how cold they are towards ayaka

takane's grandma - you know damn well I've got hcs for her. she's mentioned to fuss over takane's illness but it's also mentioned her grandpa worried even more, so i personally hc the grandma was a little more laid back with it. the grandpa would coddle takane a lot more and the grandma is like oh my GOD she looks totally fine she can do the damn dishes. she's also mentioned to complain that all she does is play those damn games...

my hcs come more into play when i consider canon. it's canon that saeru gets a lot of moneys to Get Away With Murder. it makes sure there's absolutely nothing abt takane's disappearance, haruka's death and ayano's suicide so it doesn't get covered on the news. SO it buys the silence of sooo many authorities. i think cops and doctors and stuff. i think takane's grandma is gaslighted to hell and back like omg ur grandkid probably ran away or something.... and she'd probably end up feeling helpless but never giving up hope takane's alive. likeee she lost her husband and her kid abandoned THEIR kid and now that kid apparently ran away??? SHE'S SO LONELY. but i dont think she ever ever buys the idea takane ran away and she learns to use a computer and joins random fb groups that talk about unsolved cases and conspiracies. she like even starts believing in aliens LMAOOO takane left a perfectly normal stern nanny and comes back to a tinfoil hat crazy lady

sorry I'll mention the cartoon amphibia (something else im also obsessed with) but in season 3 when anne comes back to earth after being missing for 5 months, she finds out her mom had dedicated an entire room as like a shrine to her counting down the days she's been missing and shit LMAO its funny here's a link if u wanna see... but i bring it up bc i think takane's grandma would be similar. but instead there's like a whole red thread conspiracy wall kinda thing HEHE

haruka's dad- we were soooo spoiled with haruka's dad bc we know a lot abt him. following right after takane's grandma let me SAY i think she'd annoy the hell out of him with all her ideas like oh my god ur kids missing... MY kids missing... what if they were taken by ALIENS... and he's like *slams door on her face* so them hating each other is also funny bc of harutaka situations. speaking of harutaka i think they live on their own for a little bit but since takane's grandma is probably old and she's living in a family house by herself, they end up moving there with her. haruka's dad probably HAAAATES it he's like ohmy god he's living with THAT FREAK?? WHATEVER. sorry im still talking abt takane's grandma in the haruka's dad segment

but we know a lot abt haruka's dad. it's another crazy scientist turned mean when wife dies of illness. story as old as time. he's one of those characters ppl tend to make cartoonishly evil and with good reason but i dont like portraying him as like totally evil. just emotionally constipated old guy situation. when haruka turns out to be alive i think he'd Try to have a relationship with him and be a part of his life but since they were never close it's like soooo painfully awkward to be in the same room as them trying to have a conversation. haruka's dad like pats him on the shoulder as a sign of affection and haruka's like *looks around* also i think he'd keep calling haruka a hippie for his gray long hair and the fact he's an artist LMAOOOO also hes mentioned to be "an old colleague" of kenjirou. meaning i hc they met in college and totally had a gay thing together

not doing kido's bio mom/step mom/bio dad because i think we have a lot of info as is.