I kinda worried about all the posts that are hard on Kaoru for being demanding/needy/weak. It isn't selfish to ask for help if you need it, and Kaoru doesn't have many people to turn to. She isn't close to her friends and Reiichi and Uta are the only family she has left. She's always tried to go to Reiichi first, and has generally been disappointed
Right? its like people expect these characters to to act a certain way in these types of situations lol, when its really not that easy being in that type of situation specially since they're young Japanese woman and quite different from us already, of course some of their actions have been dumb but come on.