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And the section from the editor interview in 2024:

"[Q:] Sabato, the father of Rinne Rokudo, the main character in Kyokai no RINNE is also a scoundrel, and even Takahashi-sensei herself calls him "a real scum" (from "Rumiko Takahashi Book"), but he's somehow unbearable. While he is a scoundrel who co-signs his son on his debts, flirts with women, and commits fraud, he is also a man with a good heart who has been secretly searching for his wife, who suddenly disappeared.

"Moriwaki: I believe that every villain has the conscience of his creator, Takahashi-sensei, running through his veins. At the end of RINNE, there is a story where the Rokudo family, who had been separated, and the heroine Sakura Mamiya somehow come together at a hot spring ("Inn of Memories"). That chapter is so heartwarming, I love it. Takahashi-sensei was also happy and said, "I'm glad they were able to go on a family trip.""

Per Furinkan: "Kento Moriwaki (森脇健人) was the final editor on Kyokai no RINNE and the first editor on MAO. He is also the editor responsible for getting Rumiko Takahashi to join Twitter. "

I find it funny how both interviewers emphasized that Sabato may be awful, but he's not all that bad. Also, I think the might've mistranslated the interviewer's first sentence there.