My husband’s job primarily employs adult men but there is one (1) teenage girl and my husband said originally he worried she might be a bit of an outcast but instead every man on the crew was like “huh guess I am a dad/older brother now.”
So if you ask how I'm doing after episode 10 of Our Dining Table, well . . .
Why is Koji the best dad? EVER? He did everything right this episode. EVERYTHING!
He gave Minoru and Yutaka time to have a date without Tane, then Yutaka got in his head and moved away from Minoru's touch.
But Koji noticed his son's behavior when he got home from the date, and jumped into fix-it mode. He knows Minoru is too kind to push anything with Yutaka, and even though Minoru seems annoyed at his father's antics, Koji's heart is always in the right place. He understands these two boys love each other, but on their own, they will let the distance grow.
So he gives them a way to be with each other. He tells Yutaka he has to stay the night. He leaves them alone. He allows them to be close.
He consoles Yutaka!
Which allows the boys to be there for each other.
Because Koji cares for all his boys. ALL. OF. THEM.
So Tane easily understands that Yutaka is family.
I could (and probably will) write thousands of words on this statement alone, but while Yutaka worries about his place in their life, and overthinks how to define himself in their lives, and Minoru doesn't want to overwhelm Yutaka, Tane gets exactly what his dad has taught him.
Because Koji teaches all of his boys how to love openly and without fear. He teaches them to be proud of that love and not coward away from it. He teaches them that when you love someone, you don't hide it. He teaches that you love your family, even when they aren't there.