I need some spoilers regarding Dale and Latina future relationship.

corwinr said:
Is this what they mean when they say that a picture is worth a thousand words.

KeatsLocksley said:


… … *sigh* …

DAMN IT!!!

I really like this story too. Well, theres another story to add to my list of wholesome stories ruined with pointless romance.

I dont mind romance in stories but sometimes i feel like writers add romance just for the sake of adding romance. Even when it has no place in the story. And If they REALLY wanted to add romance they could of easily added another man character for her to fall for. Why ruin a beautiful and wholesome father/daughter relationship.

The level of disappointment i am feeling right now can not be described in words…

GreenEmu said:


The romance has been there from the start on Latina's part though, it certainly didn't come out of nowhere. The way it's handed is done nicely.

Hoppy said:
Another wholesome story ruined by unnecessary wife husbandry. To mangaka, if you want this type of ending, just make a manga emphasizing wife husbandry, it doesn't have to be ecchi or hentai, and people flock to it in droves as people like this kind of content however, they lose interest when it's shoehorned it into a wholesome series because it's not necessary.

Furuzaki said:
It’s a novel series originally. Complain to the “author”, not “mangaka”.

KeatsLocksley said:


I would'nt call it romance at the begining, it's just love. And of course she would love him. He saved her life, gave her what she needs to survive. Started teaching her and setting her up for a good future. You know… like a father.

Plus she is 7. And yes i know she grows older. But 7yo dont really show romantic intrest.

Reading a story about a guy raising a girl to adulthood from 7yo then boning her just dosnt sound like an entertaning story. Its weird AF.

Im really losing hope in anime/manga being able to write and normal story about a family without the MC wanting to bang his mother, daughter, sister, or cousin.

corwinr said:
Is this what they mean when they say that a picture is worth a thousand words.

MOB_ABOMINATOR said:
Ummm so how old is Dale ? What's the age gap ? If it's not huge than I might watch.

forexjammer said:


8 years old, pretty normal I guess.

Kirishiba said:
I don't mind them getting together when she grows up to be adult as the age difference is only 10 years.

As for Usagi Drop that was a little cringey as their age difference was 24 years old and secondly that was not a fantasy.

MOB_ABOMINATOR said:
Oh that's pretty normal not weird or unethical at all, then why the hell others are cringing and shitting on the novel ?
Now I'm pretty interested, I'll definitely watch the anime.

corwinr said:
Is this what they mean when they say that a picture is worth a thousand words.

-Karoshi- said:
This is what happens when you judge a series based on spoilers alone.

Their relationship was a natural progression that was obvious since the beginning. Not to mention that this timeline spans years, something that hasn't happened yet for the manga readers.

Dale didn't see Latina as a love interest in the beginning, he saw her as a daughter. Latina on the other hand, didn't think that way. But what hindered her was the father-daughter relationship that was established as well as the fact that she was a demon that had an incredibly long life span.

As the series progresses, some of her worries were solved and she becomes more forward with her feelings. Dale became aware, but also conflicted. It took time, but he finally accepted their next step.

UchiMusume overall wasn't about a pretend father and daughter, it was about Latina's journey in winning the heart of the man she loves.

nGeass said:
I only read the manga but this is what exactly what I feel about this series and due to that I personally named it: "How to raise your wife 101" on my bookmark tab.

KeatsLocksley said:


I would'nt call it romance at the begining, it's just love. And of course she would love him. He saved her life, gave her what she needs to survive. Started teaching her and setting her up for a good future. You know… like a father.

Plus she is 7. And yes i know she grows older. But 7yo dont really show romantic intrest.

Reading a story about a guy raising a girl to adulthood from 7yo then boning her just dosnt sound like an entertaning story. Its weird AF.

Im really losing hope in anime/manga being able to write and normal story about a family without the MC wanting to bang his mother, daughter, sister, or cousin.

Kirishiba said:
I don't mind them getting together when she grows up to be adult as the age difference is only 10 years.

As for Usagi Drop that was a little cringey as their age difference was 24 years old and secondly that was not a fantasy.

crazey said:
He IS her father.

Pit93 said:

No he is not. Latina tells him that to his face at some point. She had a father that loved her very much and she NEVER felt about Dale as if he were her father. She accepted that she needed an adult guardian and that Dale had that role now, but never did she see him as a parental figure.

crazey said:

Which would be believable if he had found her when she was an older teenager or something.

crazey said:

But she wasn't. She was 7. It's not even just about it being weird or creepy. It's straight up not a believable story whatsoever.

crazey said:

Like I said earlier, go ask someone who was raised by someone other than their biological parents what they think about this. Whether they see them as an adopted parent or just a guardian is beside the point. It's not normal or realistic for a 7 year old to grow up to develop sexual feelings for the person that raised them. It's just not.

Pit93 said:

Time to come out of your bubble. If my parents had died at when I was 7, you can be sure that I would not have considered my adoptive parents as "parents". Doesn't mean I couldn't have developped love for them in the way you do for family (heck, I have that love for friends), but don't project from yourself on other people.


Agree to disagree, I find it very believable. I assume you haven't read the LN. There's quite a lot you don't seem to know about Latina's background and upbringing and about how mature she actually is for her age.


What should I care about what you or others consider "normal".
When 2 people are happy together, loving each other in a romantic and even sexual way, then I'm happy for them, there's nothing more to it. ^^

crazey said:

"If my parents had died when I was 7."
Ok but your parents didn't die when you were 7 so how would you know that? How about ask someone whose parents did die when they were 7. I keep repeating that because I have actually spoken to several people who were adopted at a young age and we should always consider first hand accounts rather than just make assumptions about what we THINK would happen in that situation.

crazey said:

I studied psychology and child development and so that's where I'm coming from. I'm not "projecting" as you say unless you consider using research a form of projection. It doesn't really matter how much the LN tells me that Latina is super mature for her age. That's not reality. I understand that there are different cultures in the world and so people will have different opinions on what is "normal" or not. But I'm not coming at this topic with my personal culture or upbringing. I'm coming at this with what I have studied and learned from other professionals in the psychology and child dev field.

crazey said:

I wasn't looking to argue, just putting in my two cents from a different perspective. If you can separate this story enough from reality for it to be enjoyable to you then good for you. At the end of the day it is just a story and as long as no real person gets hurt as a result, that's all I care about.

Pit93 said:

First hand accounts are still only that, first hand accounts. Not every case is the same.


Funnily enough, I've studied psychology, child development and pedagogy as well and have worked as a teacher several years. So i'm also not coming from a cultural standpoint. The thing is that qualitative research and case by case studies, which this usually comes down to, should not be used to generalize a phenomenon so easily. While I might even agree with you about how in a lot of cases (let's even say "most cases") a development like the one you have described is very probable, it's not a guarantee by far. I think that should be clear to you as well. We can always try to make the patterns we use to describe something in psychology more accurate but there's always gonna be people that don't fit into the "expected" patterns.


Arguing sounds so negative, I don't mind a discussion though, if that came off as negative then I'm sorry. ^^
To me this just seems like Latina being off the charts when it comes to what we would expect from "most" people her age in this situation. Even if this happened in real life, I wouldn't mind, as long as the people involved were actually happy with their choices (and at a "reasonable" age). ^^

crazey said:

Nothing is absolute and of course there will always be exceptions, I know that. My fear when it comes to stories like these is that they can encourage someone who doesn't have great intentions. That someone will use this and other works like this to convince themselves that any child of that age could start to develop sexual feelings for them and not realize that a situation like that is the exception, not the rule. I guess it just makes me feel weird to see so many people defending this story when I know that someone could end up using this to consciously or subconsciously justify their grooming of a child. I realize you have a more nuanced understanding of all this, but judging by some other people's comments here and on other forums, they do not. So it's not necessarily the story I have a problem with, but rather the perception people may have of it.

ChaosHead90MAL said:
Now I see, so many people are narrow-minded.

KeatsLocksley said:


… … *sigh* …

DAMN IT!!!

I really like this story too. Well, theres another story to add to my list of wholesome stories ruined with pointless romance.

I dont mind romance in stories but sometimes i feel like writers add romance just for the sake of adding romance. Even when it has no place in the story. And If they REALLY wanted to add romance they could of easily added another man character for her to fall for. Why ruin a beautiful and wholesome father/daughter relationship.

The level of disappointment i am feeling right now can not be described in words…

Tokoya said:
This grown ass man adopted a child and went on to marry said child in the future......If you don't see how laughably disgusting that is then god forbids that you ever adopt a little girl one day lol