> From: mandalis@earthlink.net <mandalis@earthlink.net>
>Talk about strong willed !!!, she certainly is young looking for being
>Keichii's mother too.  Or is she?, they addressed her with her first
>name/san, which is unusual to say the least.  Also, she cut to the
>chase rather quickly for someone who sat on the sidelines for so long
>regarding something as important as this.  My take on it was she was
>not his mother, but someone well aquatinted and close to the family.
>However my knowledge of Japanese is so bad I am always reluctant to
>try to interpret too much, and will bow to the knowledge most of the 
>other long time members have.


Takano is K1's mother.  However, the manga did not specify id
she is K1's birth mother or step-mother.  IMHO, she is his 
real mother.

--
'CuSO4' Yung
cuso4@cuso4.com, cuso4@manbow.com, chyung@hknet.com, cuso4@cuso4.org