My problem is not that the show is weird, it’s that it’s weird in a way that makes me feel like the author is actually a sexual predator lol. Like I wouldn’t even be surprised if he would be locked up for it.

Plenty of animes to name who didn’t have to take this path to write strong and deep character plots. And just because it’s skewed and morally edgy doesn’t mean it’s deep. It rather seems sometimes that anime authors use this element to blur over their lazy writing.

But MT doesn’t even need it, as it’s a fine anime either way. F.e. the father son dynamic and how he doesn’t care about his ‘own’ family… it’s so we’ll written imo. Also the part where he keeps the family together even tho his dad f’d the housekeeper. The series has great emotional intelligence and does not depend on predatory perspectives to work well.