This volume gave us a good focus on Kaya’s family. Her grandmother is Mutsu Ebisumori. She is considered one of the greatest psychics in Japan. Sadly, the visit to Kaya’s grandmother took a different turn than expected. Kaya doesn’t remember seeing her grandmother as something else came out of Kaya. Now we have the grandmother worrying for Kaya’s mother since she was born. So what exactly happened?
We are then also introduced to Kaya’s aunt Nana. As the eldest daughter in each family receives powers as a medium. Also, we can see that Mutsu gave birth to both Nana & Mirai so clearly giving birth to mediums is only the duty of the non-eldest daughters. Besides curious boys only being adopted, does it mean they can’t give birth to boys then?
It is clear that Nana wasn’t aware of Kaya’s birth. So what happened with Mirai to where she didn’t mention her husband or daughter to her mom and older sister? Mutsu’s behavior is strange because if their 2nd child was a problem, that would make sense, but it is intriguing why the issue is Kaya. It does root in Kaya’s issues of being left out, which has been a constant thing in this series. Perhaps this is where Chie-sensei can shine. A big thing for Kaya is she needs to empathize with her friends more. Since she has good intentions in helping them, she has to understand even if they are protected, encountering these specters can affect their mental health a good deal.
The fetcher phenomenon is interesting. As these ghosts haunt the elderly as they approach death. Of course, as Mobu points out, taking care of them doesn’t help their lifespan since death is natural for the elderly. So it’s understandable that Mobu wouldn’t want Kaya to encounter them since there is nothing she can truly help them with. But of course the act of helping in the present is still a good virtue to have.