Yamato's parents have both ended up in their fair share of danger because of their journalistic pursuits -- Yamato would be worried about Takeru's apparent interest in going into journalism, except the kid's in more danger from being a Chosen anyway.

"Yeah, pretty busy. I've got the apartment to myself most days," he says with somewhat forced nonchalance, rubbing the back of his neck.

Of course, he's acutely aware that his father's unwillingness to come home has always only been partly to do with work, and partly to do with not knowing how to deal with looking after a kid.