User blog comment:Teien/Shiori Calvello/@comment-4867780-20151128124338

Back to the background ^ ^

Yukikage is definitely a great mentor : as magically brillant and powerful as humanly wise and caring, the perfect father figure for Shiori to rebuild, bloom and mature under his tutelage. Love the way he balanced her magical lessons with enjoyable day-to-day activities and simple but deep life lessons. He must have been a great father in his own time, and you can definitely feel the added wisdom and serenity gained in his later years in the way he taught Shiori, how he gradually shapped her in a serenely powerful and beautifully enlightened young woman. She should buy him a "Grandfather of the Year" coffee cup after all this :D

In this, Yukikage reminds me a lot of Lawrence's fatherly side, that I had thought out on an emotional level, but never managed to really put into words until now. Perhaps there is potential for an update of my own, though I get the feeling childhood in Selforge is simply too ideal to be even relatable. It lacks this touch of underlying drama that makes growing up such a poignant bitter-sweet journey, gradually coming to grip with the painful imperfection of life and eventually finding peace through hope and determination.

"Life is totally awesome ! Nothing to worry about !" : great world to live in, but poor story material XD