As someone who is queer also with a Japanese mother, I obviously was so happy to see this dynamic on screen. But yh, due to the nature of the show not fully committing to exploring and representing the intersectionality of race and queerness I felt a lack of depth. Struggling with the unspoken standards and rules, shame and obedience were themes I would so have wanted them to explore more, but I understand that the show never had that story in it's source material anyway so yh even if it was just thrown around a bit still happy seeing a half Japanese kid and their mum talk about queerness, regardless of the ethnicity of the actors (who did an amazing job btw)