The weight of family expectations and aims are prevalent themes in this manga. However to the individual this may become something more destructive than positive. Respect is give to those with a job, generally anything is fine as long as it’s full-time and secure. The culture in Japan aims for work above all else. However her family history extends a bit deeper back. Nagata’s family don’t understand Nagata’s situation and to be honest its not hard to see why. Loneliness needs somebody to accept them in order for it to be alleviated but it’s a splash of cold water when your own family doesn’t accept that you might be sick. Nagata tried so hard to find a place to accept her to only find that workplace commitments never extended that social reach that schools do. Nagata’s family was much in the same way. At the same time family, especially in places like Japan who take work very seriously, tend to be look down on people who don’t work.
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