Tu madre siempre estará contigo…
Ella es el susurro de las hojas que escuchas cuando caminas por la calle ... es el olor de ciertas comidas que recuerdas, de las flores que recoges, de la fragancia de la vida misma ...
Ella es la mano fresca sobre tu frente cuando no te sientes bien ... es el cálido aliento que flota en el aire en un frío día de invierno ... es el sonido de la lluvia que te arrulla para dormir, es todos los colores del arco iris ...
Ella es la mañana de Navidad ... Tu madre vive dentro de tu risa, es el lugar de donde vienes, tu primer hogar y es la guía que sigues ,en cada escalón que subes ...
Ella es tu primer amor, tu primer amigo y hasta tu primer enemigo ... nada en el mundo puede separarlos, ni el tiempo, ni la distancia, ni la misma muerte ...
Before Yoichi embarked on his journey to pursue his dreams of research Cryptids and Aliens and writing books about it, he worked as a professor at a University and he and taught Hikaru all about the wondrous mysteries of aliens and such. He put his passion on hold since he felt he needed to be there for his family. However Hikaru and her mother both recognized he had dreams he wanted to pursue, and encouraged him to go for it. However while he had the support of his wife and daughter, and even of his aged mother, his father (Harukichi) was against the idea of him leaving the family behind. In Haru’s mind, it is important for him to be there for the Hoshino family, especially now that the senior parents were pensioners, and was against it, not to mention he was also worried about him. Nevertheless, Yoichi went anyways, and Haru would always worry about him but also bear the burden of feeling like he failed to raise him properly.
This was probably the saddest part of the episode. Hikaru’s granddad felt as though he failed Hikaru and her mother, and his own wife, and hurt them all by not raising Yoichi properly, by making sure that family always comes first. Of course we know that Hikaru and her mother were the ones who told him to do it, but it’s hard to distinguish whether or not Haru truly understood that, or maybe he didn’t believe it, or maybe he was just simply disappointed that his son took the opportunity when it was presented to him rather than choosing not to. But another reason why Haru might have been upset could also be the fact Yoichi only comes home once a year. Luckily he seems to move past that by, as this time, he made sure to see his son off.
Nonetheless, it’s clear how much Yoichi cares about his family, especially since he is certain to write and send lots of pictures of his travels to Hikaru. I found it adorable how alike the two of them are. I am sure once Hikaru graduates from school, the two of them are bound to go on series of adventures together, or if her mother is on hiatus they can do a major family trip. Perhaps the most ironic part of all, is how coming home actually allowed him to meet aliens (Lala, Purunce, Yuni, and Fuwa), unfortunately he can’t write anything about it since they have to be kept a secret, but he was just like Hikaru, went along with it with no further questions asked. Poor Fuwa got freaked out real good though haha!
