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I didn't quite get from the first episode what happened to Ohana's family and
why her parents had to "run away" somewhere, sending Ohana to live in her
grandmother's hotel. Why did this happen? Where are her parents now?


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What's going on at the beginning of the story?


Ohana's biological father - Matsumae Ayato - died when Ohana was still a baby,
of unspecified causes (probably a Japanese cold or something). I believe this
is only alluded to in the show, but if you watch the movie, you actually get
to see that stage of Ohana's life.

After that, Ohana's mother (Satsuki) gets in relationships with various
boyfriends, the latest of which is the guy you see in episode 1. The dude
apparently is in a lot of debt - Satsuki has poor taste in men. Worse still,
when his creditors asked him for his address, the dude seems to have given
them the address of _Ohana's apartment_.

Rather than dealing with his debts like a reasonable person, he and Satsuki
decide to abandon the apartment and run away together so as to get the
creditors off their trail. To them, this doubles as a romantic getaway, and
thus, they don't want to take Ohana along with them. Satsuki decides to ship
Ohana off to Kissui, and thus the show begins.

Basically, it all boils down to Satsuki being a godawful excuse for a parent.


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