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There is no appearance of his parents at his marriage, during the proposal or
even at his home! But there is (as long as my memory serves) no canonical
statement where it is mentioned that he doesn't have any parents or lives away
from them. I'm confused if he is an orphan or just living without his parents.


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Does Akito Takagi have parents?


[Takagi Akito](http://bakuman.wikia.com/wiki/Akito_Takagi)'s parents are shown
in a flashback in chapter 8 of the manga which is titled [Ame to
Muchi](http://bakuman.wikia.com/wiki/The_Carrot_and_The_Stick.), in which
Takagi explains that his dad was laid off from a bank and his mother pressured
him to become a banker, but he stood up to her and she never commented on his
choices after that.

[Takagi's mother](http://bakuman.wikia.com/wiki/Akito_Takagi%27s_Mother) calls
him "Acchan":

![Takagi's mother](https://i.stack.imgur.com/84Rf4.jpg) ![enter image
description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/6fIo9.png)

Takagi's father: ![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/rfCkA.png)

In chapter 76 titled [Daisuki to
Hitei](http://bakuman.wikia.com/wiki/Love_and_Rejection), a scene takes place
during Takagi and Kaya's wedding reception, but though the venue looks to be a
large room at which the happy couple sit at a special table on an elevated
stage facing the guests, it does not show who any of the wedding guests are
other than 1) the one round table of the _Shounen Jump_ crowd and 2) two other
tables (in which none of the figures are shown in detail). It is impossible to
know whether Takagi's father is one of the seated guests in the illustration
since his face was never shown, or whether his parents were seated at another
table. In Japanese culture, [it is most
likely](http://www.survivingnjapan.com/2010/05/how-to-not-make-fool-of-
yourself-at.html) that they would be present at the wedding, dressed in the
expected attire for parents of the bride and groom according to contemporary
Japanese culture, would be presented with a present and/or speech from the
married couple during the reception, and would [participate in some
fashion](http://www.stripes.com/military-life/dressed-to-thrill-clothes-are-
important-at-weddings-in-japan-1.176157) that honors them, such as standing in
the receiving line, giving a speech, and/or pouring drinks for guests before
the toast. For parents to be absent would cause the parents to be looked badly
upon, so unless the parent is deceased/hospitalized or the parent/child
relationship is completely severed, it would be extremely rare for a parent to
not be there. In the flashback, Takagi's mother indicates a desire for her
family to be viewed positively in society/to follow societal norms, so she
would likely want to take her customary place in her son's wedding.

![wedding](https://i.stack.imgur.com/voZmp.png)
![wedding](https://i.stack.imgur.com/eYNt2.png)
![wedding](https://i.stack.imgur.com/HpcVv.png)


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