while I am very much a firm believer of the idea that Kanadeās dad getting better would make Kanade worse (at least as she is now) itās very interesting to think about them having to readjust their lives due to the amount of time thatās passed.
Kanadeās a third year now. Kanadeās dad has been in the hospital for years, leaving his daughter in a house thatās losing the warmth of a home. Sheās had to become an adult, has been becoming an adult since even before his hospitalization really but has had this process expedited due to her being left alone for so long.
Not only that but Kanadeās rebuilt her entire life- her habits, her mindset, everything- around what would allow her to work more without spending time on other things. She stocks up on so much instant and canned food she once was thought to be storing up for an earthquake. Her hair is to the floor and yet she wonāt cut it cause she thinks itās a hassle. Sheās so focused on making music that we have at least two accounts of her collapsing due to overwork. I would not be surprised if there were more
Her current room is her dadās old work room, which now doubles as her own work room. Her bed is shown to be covered in composition sheets, we have several accounts of it being messy due to her being so absorbed in her work she neglected to clean up, thereās so much grief and so many memories within this room and yet she barely leaves it. Has barely left it for years. Weāve seen her leave it more recently with help of Nightcord and Honami but without them I doubt sheād step an inch outside of that room outside of getting groceries (which. while she needs food and sustenance to survive there is an early area conversation where sheās working in the sekai in the hopes that maybe she wonāt have to stop working to eat or sleep. Do with that what you will) or visiting her dad. Which brings me to my next point
Kanadeās dad getting better wouldnāt erase all of this. This is years worth of self conditioning Kanade engrained into her bones that youād be trying to undo. Kanadeās dad simply being there wouldnāt immediately fix that. Especially considering the fact that sheās following his footsteps. Kanadeās been shown having to go to her dad to make sure he eats, not unlike the way Mafuyu and Honami currently have to remind her to eat. Thereās also the obvious collapsing parallel.
All this being said the idea of Kanade and her dad having to navigate all these changes and developments that have been made in her fatherās absence is an interesting thought path. A lot of time has passed since Kanadeās dad collapsed, and Kanadeās gone through a lot of different changes during that time. There is a lot of baggage that needs to be unpacked that I donāt think either of them have the emotional capacity for. Kanade would just repress and self blame and I donāt really have an idea on what Kanadeās dad would do, but either way I feel like the situation would become a train wreck: devastating and destructive yet I wouldnāt be able to tear my eyes away from it