>man lives a lie
>efficient, perfectionist, and cold
>best in his field and always delivers results
>finally gets something genuine and he can't handle it
>starts to feel guilt at his actions
>begins to doubt his abilities because his playbooks don't work
>his improvisation doesn't make things right
>becomes much worse at living that lie
The power of an Ostanian clerical worker.

Too bad the author dropped the ball and still has him be cold to his fake daughter and she hardly gets any genuine moments from him. There's the feel of pride after she saved that drowning boy and was rewarded, him telling her to treasure her friends which came from his heart, and his heartstrings being tugged at seeing her interact with a grand-parental figure. And I think that's it for Anya. Meanwhile he's whipped for Yor since she gets all the development and it's her that is killing the spy.

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desu the ending of the cruise arc is my favorite chapter of the manga and it pains me that family ootings just disappeared from this manga for years in favor low effort eden rehashes. Grouping up all 3 (or 4 counting Bond) main characters should not be as rare as it is.