Quote Originally Posted by Rater202 View Post
A thought that just occurred to me: In the Escape from the Mall NP storyline, after Akiko catches Rhoda using magic, we get a sequence of Mr. Kitsune trying to spoil Akiko with cookies but his attempts at indulging her are foiled by her unusual levels of maturity and only moderate appetite.

Literally the only other time we see Mr. Kitsune is him sitting there doing nothing while Mama Kitsune is being a bad mom.

So... Is he playing favorites with Akiko, or is he actually a big softy that's intimidated by his wife's demeanor and overcompensate for her borderline abusive strictness when she's not around?
Another way to read it is this: Nanase's problems are so far above Mr. Kitsune's pay grade he'd need a space shuttle to get close. Of all of them, the fact that Nanase has been trying to come to grips with being a lesbian is probably the easiest for him to grasp. Magic, monsters, aliens, governmental conspiracies, extra-dimensional quasi-deific faeries... This is his wife's world, even if she doesn't like it, and he really can't do anything to help prepare or protect his elder daughter. Akiko, on the other hand, has not shown herself to be magically inclined, has a very sensible head on her young shoulders, and her problems are trying to make sense of the latest youth-oriented movie or TV show. Akiko is, in other words, Mr. Kitsune's speed, something he can deal with. And the fact that she's too mature to even properly bribe makes it all the more pleasant.