WTF?! That Was DARK! Buddy Daddies Episode 3 Had Me 😨😨

Hanasaku iroha and Shiroi shuna no aquatope are the best pa works anime (considering their original works only).
It's so sad that no one gave aquatope a shot when it aired last season.

If buddy daddies end nicely and has a good overall then maybe it could be one of the best p.a work originals.

Great episode even if most of my predictions got wrong. My favorite part about this show is how realistically they have made the little girl. Also this is the reason for why I don’t want to handle having to take care of a kid lol.
As she acts just like a real girl her age would do. Like in how she jumps and have so much energy. As we can see in the start of the episode. To how she likes cheap lower quality food from the supermarket. Which also is so accurate that I even remember myself being so as a child. Then when got to see Miri’s mother we see that not everyone should become a parent. Especially as she is so broken and lives in a abusive relationship. Then I loved seeing Rei’s character arc this episode. As he went from someone not wanting to be a parent to Mimi. To claim to be her father and save her just as he wanted someone to do to him in his depressive childhood. Also Kazuki is so bad at lying, and during the road trip. You see him trying to convince himself that they where going to return Miri. Also it looks like his girl car get destroy by a IED.

Was legit ready to drop this show cuz the kid is sooooooooo annoying. But ill give it another shot

This is me theorizing and not justifying Miri's mother at all, but I think she's sending her away was also the product of her own unstable economy and relationships. Miri's technically an illegitimate child o an irresponsible mother whom have been shown to have bad track records with men as well. Then again from her crying being questioned about her motherhood to her relevance in the op made me feel there's more to her

This episode is more of a gut punch to me.

Everyone's back story really intrigued me to a point where it literally
went from one extreme, to the other extreme.

For example, You have the child that had a mother, that literally gave up on her, and blames her for everything that happened to her life.
Something like that pretty relatable to real life, in a sense that it makes you wonder, "How many bad decisions you had to have made, in order to literally give up on life?"
You have an Assassin that, very early in his childhood, was trained to become a muscle for hire, and his first kill happens to be animals (dogs to be precise),
and literally had his childhood taken away from him. Makes you wonder "Why?' and "For what reason?". Once that has been answered then the question would become,
"How does one recover from a traumatic nightmare?"
Finally, you have an individual, that is normal like everyone else, that is trying to create a family, only to have it taken away from him, do to his life of work.
You really have to ask, "Why such a dangerous occupation where there is a possibility that things and events can really go wrong?, and also,
"How long will the occupation last?". At the end, you realize that it becomes a question of, "How long until you atone yourself?"

You can also tell how each individual is trying to cope with the unfortunate event/experience,
For example, One is trying to divvy up his payment, and set aside a portion of it, so that he can move forward.
The other becomes emotionless, while his mind is set to autopilot.
The child, being the fact that she is 4 years old, hasn't developed an awareness yet of what is really happening in her life, other than trying to preoccupy herself,
while looking for a suitable father figure to more forward.

I love how each individual's back story was told, and that each member is trying to find a way to break out of their psychological/emotional bonds
of their past, which hopefully leads to their bright future.

Looking for ward to next week,
Until then
Enjoy!

I was surprised, this episode shook all my expectations honestly, never expected it to go that route and I couldn’t be happier. It’s really delving into what it means to be a parent, a girl with a neglecting family, her dad with an abusive family and her other dad with no family and a failed attempt at a family, trying to build a new family.

Bonds that form from broken glass from the innocence of a child.
Shattered but not forgotten, it can be reforged anew. A new family.

Died laughing ahen Miri jumped on Rei's stomach. My kids dud that to me all the time and that is really how kids react.

I've had some trauma in my life. When rei "saved her" from the cops, it brought me to tears. Kids can be exhausting, but they can sort of save you too. Their desire to find joy can give you a renewed appreciation of life and a bacon of hope. But you do need to let the light shine through your old gloom. That gloom can eventually seep into them. It's nice seeing these guys saved instead of miris mother destroying her light.

The other hit man in the company is involved with Kazuki’s case. Also hidive and Netflix and Disney need to advertise more with clips and videos for exposure on shows for publicity. Although YouTube is wonky. Just a general comment. You know it would be interesting although unlikely if Miri goes in the similar line of work as them like how some theorize the same with Anya becoming a spy or assassin. Although this story definitely doesn’t hold back with its backstories. Rei definitely makes sense for why he doesn’t smile although I think it’s symbolic how he was fast asleep at the end of the episode. There’s definitely some bigger twist coming up from their families or backgrounds. I do hope they grow and find love with someone else

Rei was like on some Micheal Vick shit 😳😂

I talked to a friend about this episode and she noticed two things. One is that Rei is a light sleeper and he is sleeping in the tub in case someone comes to attack them. He even says sharing a bed is not comfortable, yet he fell asleep on the bed with them, and even with Miri holding his hair and being talked to he didn't wake up. He probably felt very safe with them.

The other thing she told me was that Rei probably embraced being her "papa" because she redefined that word for him. He is not her guardian or biological father but her savior as she put him. Also, he asked twice If they were really returning Miri. I just thought those details are so important and once again proved how strong the writing is on those small yet important details.

The fact that Miri's memory with her mom was so beautiful you thought she was a grest mom but in reality her mom hates her for ruining her life is really mess up.. some people in this anime (and real life) doesnt deserve a child

I wasn't surprised about Kazuki because I theorized in the first episode that his girl had died and that he was sending money to her family or something. For me, it didn't make sense for him to just abandon her out of nowhere. I had thought that his belief came from his dead wife(?). It makes more sense for him to be like "Oh we should return the cat because if it is with us, it won't work out." Like from the start I had assumed that his belief system came from that trauma of her dying and not that he up and left his supposed future kid.

As for Rei… Well both of them are killers so I already expected both of them to have horrid backstories so it didn't really shock me either.

So far, I think I'm most surprised with how they're handling Miri. I can't tell what they'll do with her at all. Even with her mom, I thought she was dead and that's why they would have to continue having her. But no, she just doesn't want Miri anymore.

I'm insanely terrified because this is literally just episode 3. That just makes me more terrified for Miri…

Ok, so I’m seeing this from two views, 1 what you said, 2 Maybe Miri was saying “A papa is a person who saves you when in trouble no matter what” to reassure Rei that Kazuki IS her father (At least that’s what she thinks) Before she said that she gave him a “I don’t know who your referring to” look, I don’t know if this makes any sense or not but I’m just saying, maybe she could’ve been confused on who Rei was referring to, I’m sorry I shouldn’t have made this comment it make’s literally no sense, but even if she did know the biological father, it doesn’t matter either way

With the whole thing with Kazuki, i dont think he is sending money to the family of his former love. I think mentally a bit of him isnt fully there and he hasnt actually processed what happened with his wife. To me he thinks that his wife "left him" due to getting injured from his job, that is why the flashbacks we do see are hazy. And so he sends her the money as an apology, but his handler just throws it in a drawer because he knows the sad truth.

With the whole thing with Rei, it looks like his father trained him to be a killer meaning he painfully learned many tactics in his childhood. One of which is probably to never let your guard down, which is probably why he sleeps in a bathtub and puts a decoy in his actual bed. Its a form a survival training that has been engrained into him, but when he slept with Kazuki and Miri he probably felt more than comfortable enough to let his guard down. and sleep peacefully.

And with the whole thing with Miri, i think she does believe that Kazuki is her actual father because of how fast she jumped to him in episode 1 along with him looking like the man in the picture. But when she said "papa is the who protects you", i think that was her explanation for calling Rei papa as well, even though she believes Kazuki to be her biological father.

"It's fun to watch the chaos happen to other people when you don't have to deal with it"
I COULDN'T AGREE MORE

I read an interview about why the parenting and miri is realistic, appearantly the director wanted it to be realistic so he asks his staffs who are parents about how real parenting works