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Originally Posted by idiffer
so...they caught him in the act and thats all it took? yeah right. and noone in anime ever suggests to go to a shrink. i wonder why...as someone said - "there is a fine line between feeling sorry for a character and feeling that he/she should be in a mental facility".
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Whatever the reasons that motivate Yukiatsu to dress up as Menma, either as a way to deal with his guilt, or to get people to forget about her, the act itself is not one that would require him to seek professional help- at least not in America. Yukiatsu's public life is not being affected by his cross-dressing. He continues to function in the society. The fact that no one is asking him to see professional should not be taken as one of the problems that make the series unrealistic to some viewers.
In any case, it has become increasingly difficult for me to grasp the complaints over "realism." This series is realistic in its portrayal of how people react to the losses of closed ones, to their growing pains, and their angst. One might enjoy this series more by focusing more on how the characters interact with each other and dealing with their past.