Talk:Mei Misaki/@comment-397235-20140821031317/@comment-397235-20140822180749

I never saw Kirika as being an especially controlling person. Mei sees her cell phone as her mother trying to tie strings to her, but part of that is just normal teenager vs parent stuff, and that cell phone did come in handy in the end.

And unlike Yousuke, Kirika never quashes Mei's artistic aspirations. It all comes back to Kirika not being able to communicate well herself.

On some level, her refusal to let Mei meet her mother may stem from resenting her sister, both A, for managing to have children when Kirika couldn't, and B, as a whole being a happier person. Now, that's not saying it's right for her to take that out on Mei. But that may be where it comes from.