the childhood home sequence is so deeply characterising for shinku's inability to recognise his own privilege. he is so spoiled and sheltered and his obliviousness is everywhere and it drives me mad.
saying he doesn't know why the washing machine had instructions near it because he and akari never had to do their own washing, followed immediately by him talking about akari being the one to break the washing machine—not noticing there's a contradiction between these statements at all. him noticing that akari's shoes were worn out while his mum would replace his shoes whenever he asked, immediately assuming the fault here was on akari simply not asking.
the plants and tea set in shinku's room, his parents always tending to him, while akari had to swap out the flowers in her room for fake ones because it was always Her job to tend to them; their dad never did like he did for shinku's, never used it as an excuse to come talk to his daughter like he did with his son.
the milk candies that were kept hidden away so akari couldn't eat them, but shinku was allowed. the passcode to the safe holding the master key being "child's birthday" and the player knows right away that it's shinku's, not akari's.
he doesn't notice anything. he doesn't See anything
