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210. Harold Hayworth
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And the world's worst father award goes to -

Seriously, in a series that runs the gambit in terms of parental involvement, I think nobody else struck out quite like Harold. I do think some people might be endeared to his backstory - an aspiring merchant who fears retribution from the mafia so he hides his daughter away. When he clears up his financial issues, he returns to get his daughter - but she has mysteriously vanished!

I can sympathize with that a bit, sure. I think there were probably some other options available to him, but fearing for your daughters life and making a drastic choice, sure, okay. Apparently they wanted to commit suicide after finding out their daughter was missing, which shows that he cares on some level. Here's an idea for you though Harold - instead of killing yourself, why not, I don't know...try looking for her? You have bright pink fucking hair man. You know your daughter did too. How hard do you really think you'll have to look to find her? Though I suppose it's not hard to imagine that such a capable merchant (who went bankrupt selling honey) probably didn't think of looking, or putting out missing posters or asking the bracers or anything like that.

Where it truly becomes unforgivable is in his complete lack of intellgence or culpability once Renne re-enters his life. Sure man, she obviously wants nothing to do with you (abandoned teenager raised by assassins might have good reason to be distant) emotionally, so she's not going to outright say "Hey, I'm your long lost daughter." But whatever few brain cells this guy has isn't able to put together that the pink haired girl at the appropriate age to be your daughter with a name that is almost exactly the same as the name you gave your daughter - surely, it couldn't be?! The most frustrating thing is the game shows him like, basically realizing it's possible (though outright likelihood escapes his grasp) on multiple occasions, and then takes no initiative to investigate this life changing possibility. Just keeps on trading honey and showing off his fancy car to the rest of the city. Fuck Harold.