@LeavesCat said in Crest of the Stars Vol. 1 Discussion:
I can definitely believe that a father would prank his 8-year-old daughter by telling her she was half-cat, not realizing that she would believe him wholeheartedly and get traumatized for years.
@zwabbit said in Crest of the Stars Vol. 1 Discussion:
@LeavesCat You're giving Lafier's father way too much credit if you think he didn't realize exactly how she would take it. Or too little. Not sure which here.
I just watched the first four anime episodes of 'Crest of the Stars' today and this very subject was part of episode 3 where Lafi explained to Jinto what her father did to her, and how it affected her at the time. It showed her as a small girl staring into a mirror checking her face for cat signs and then checking her hands wondering whether they would turn into paws or develop retractable claws. So it did affect her mentally as a child (according to the anime). Whether her father knew it would or not was not addressed. She did say that she resented him as a child for doing it even if it was in jest.
Edited to add the following anime image of 8 year old Lafi crying while staring into a mirror.
(note matted image is exactly like it is in the anime for memory purposes I suppose)
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