I seriously wonder where Ash had a loving relationship with his father of all people? Yeah, at the end they kinda seemed to have reconciled because Ash tried to save him (and Jennifer) from Dinoâs men (but honestly, Ash has always been caring and didnât want others to get hurt because of him so maybe thatâs why?) And Jim helped them escape in the end but...thatâs about it? They may have kinda reconciled in that moment, but for him to be as important to Ash as Griff is still far-fetched. There should have been more evidence for it, then. And like @enta_jinnai said, Jim probably didnât die but survived, so obviously, he canât be buried with him.
The part with Griffâs grave was already explained, so I wonât repeat it.
Now about Ashâs mother. Even if Yoshida-sensei didnât have the chance to write more about Ashâs mother, there are still snippets that tell us that she wasnât that unimportant to him.
The first time she was mentioned though, Ash didnât really seemed to be fond of her which may imply he was angry at her or even hated her with passion:
However, a few volumes later, we get this scene:
Even though he had called her a âslutâ, he still cried out for his mother while having nightmares, which makes me wonder if he had just badmouthed her before because he wanted to appear tough or was in a bad mood that time. Understandable, considering he just returned to the place where his whole trauma started + meeting his father again. Thereâs also the possibility of Yoshida-sensei not knowing where she wanted to go with his mother at that point of the story.
Either way, if he really didnât care about her in any way or hated her, he would have called for someone else in his sleep like Griff.
Another important scene is this conversation he had with Eiji on the ferry:
Thereâs no hint of sarcasm here nor hostility when Ash talks about his mom during this scene, even directing the conversation towards her in the first place. He seems rather thoughtful, especially at the end, as if heâs searching for answers and obviously ponders about what Eiji had told him. I really would had liked to know what he intended to ask, but I guess it would have been something like: âThen why did she abandon me if she loved me?â
Ash doesnât seem like he doesnât care about his mom, but rather the opposite. He may act angry when she is first brought up, but in the other scenes, he does seem to long for her in a way as well as for answers and Iâm pretty sure Ash would have liked to meet her in person to get these answers.
I highly doubt that the decision of Ash being buried with his mother is supopsed to be seen as yet another proof of Yoahida-sensei âclearly hating himâ (seriously, this statement is getting old). She wanted to write more about his mother after all, so itâs likely she knew more than us anyway and that there was a clear reason for that decision. Since Japan is known to be rather spiritual, maybe itâs supposed to be seen as their spirits being able to finally meet and Ash getting the answers he longed to find for so long, who knows?
I personally donât think itâs a bad decision but an interesting one and I really would like to know what Yoshida-sensei had in mind for his mother. But I guess it canât be helped and we have to reach our own conclusion with the help of what information canon offers us.
Please donât badmouth authors who wrote/published something you donât agree with. Itâs not only immature but also plain rude and unprofessional.
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