A lifelong butler in the Nikaidō household, he's been taking care of Harunobu since the kid was born—which means he's basically watched the whole family grow up over the past 45+ years. He's the gentle, grandfatherly type: patient and genuinely kind in a way that comes across as genuine rather than performative. At this point, he's less an employee and more an institution within the family itself.
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