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[elina-sakura]

Something I notice throughout the game is that while Yakou is cowardly and kind of self-preserving to avoid trouble with the Peacekeepers, he isn’t wrong to be really wary of them. Especially when we learn the last time someone close to him tried to resist Amaterasu, they ended up killed. He just doesn’t want the same thing to happen to him or anyone else close to him again.

I mean, if he was a selfish coward, he would want nothing to do with the detectives anymore. He could have stop letting them into his base and cut them out of his life. He could have kicked Yuma out of his base since he was one of the major contributors in instigating the Peacekeepers’ wrath.

But no!

Yakou kept the detectives around no matter how much trouble they caused! He went in search of Yuma and Fubuki when they didn’t come back, even when Yuma was reported to supposedly have become a terrorist. He was even willing to go along with Yuma with the Peacekeepers just to keep him safe from the Peacekeepers’ wrath.

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I mean, someone could say that Yakou wanted to keep them close so he could use the detectives’ fortes in his revenge plan against Dr. Huesca. Especially since the gang almost get arrested and framed by the Peacekeepers. But he has stated before them to seek the truth, first when Yuma found him after he was stabbed, and secondly to Vivia when he was about to stop Yuma from exposing the truth. And yes, I know the story speculate his wordings could have been for himself, but why would he say it aloud and let Vivia and Yuma hear it the second time? Besides, the wordings can come from your own experiences and pass them onto others.

Basically, he is one of the best father figures in medias, and he is one of my favorite characters in Master Detective Archives: Rain Code.

RIP Yakou Fathero🕊️