# 地球星人 🌏 Book Club ・ Week 6

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**Category:** Book Clubs\
**Created:** [January 7, 2022, 4:11pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%E5%9C%B0%E7%90%83%E6%98%9F%E4%BA%BA-book-club-%E3%83%BB-week-6/55126 "2022-01-07T16:11:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![Phryne](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/phryne/32/331136_2.png) [@Phryne](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Phryne)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2022, 5:43pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%E5%9C%B0%E7%90%83%E6%98%9F%E4%BA%BA-book-club-%E3%83%BB-week-6/55126/3 "2022-01-07T17:43:28Z")

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> [@地球星人 earth\_asia Book Club ・ Week 5](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%E5%9C%B0%E7%90%83%E6%98%9F%E4%BA%BA-book-club-%E3%83%BB-week-5/55010/3):
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> And my suspicions that the father is just a bystander in all this seem to be confirmed. He seems to get no say in anything, and to have accepted that role.

I was a bit on the fence regarding this, but this part cinched it for me:

> いつもおどおどと姉や母に振り回されている父だが、今日は堂々とした態度だった。

And this bit made me sure of my suspicion that Yuu’s mother might be parentifying him:

> 由宇はまるで夫のように、おばさんの背中を撫でていた。

I agree with @Scylie about the ethics of dragging Yuu into this. But I wonder if this might be not just about staking a claim to her own body, but also about experiencing sex in a safe environment, as a ‘trial run’ for what she knows she’ll be forced to endure later?

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