Some say Heinrich is the moral backbone of the entire Mitarai series, a genuinely good straight man.
Whether he's straight is another matter, but he knows all sorts of secrets from Mitarai's early years, and decades later he takes in this prickly, tsundere, perpetually disgruntled curly-haired man who ran away from home (...). By that measure, Heinrich really is a good man.
There's one thing you have to understand: living with a prickly, tsundere, perpetually disgruntled curly-haired man takes immense courage.
Though he acts friendly, clever, and charming around Heinrich, there are always a few days each month when he misses mackerel simmered in miso, picks up his guitar and plays strange tunes, or stands by the phone, hesitating for ages...
Sigh, Kiyoshi.
Heinrich sighs deeply.
What are you still hesitating about? If you want to go back to Japan, then go already! Could you stop looking at me like your wife just died? I'm the one whose wife died!
At last, one day, good man Heinrich finally snapped.
, CP,,, TUT
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