I've seen several SOL anime and Japanese fictions involving a child character with a deceased parent as part of their heartfelt backstory. I think it's good because it explores a tender part of life that sadly some kids have to go through. It's always a nice vehicle for good moral messages and validation for such children.But it seems that in every one of these instances, there's at least one episode or moment where the deceased parent appears as a ghost to visit the child, sometimes even talking to them directly.I admit, this always does a good job of pulling on my heart strings, but part of me feels that this is in poor taste. Because at that point it's no longer realistic, and it isn't offering a healthy way for grievance. If you lose someone, sure, you can believe they are a ghost that is watching you, but they are never going to appear before you and speak to you or appear in a photo. And with this being such a common trope in anime, a grieving child might be distraught to find this doesn't happen for them no matter how much they pray for it. Maybe I am overthinking things.
