Michisato Ishihara

Michisato Ishihara is the father of Tetsuya Ishihara and former spouse to Fujiko Ishihara.

Personality

 * Throughout the whole history of Tetsuya, Michisato is portrayed as an emotionally unstable person, who is not only severely aggressive but also consumes questionable amounts of liquor around his family. He appears constantly stressed by his job and has a tendency to lose his temper if provoked, whether on purpose or on accident. Although he frequently wreaks his irritation on his wife and son by physically and verbally abusing them, he also has an affectionate side to him that he expresses by chance. [...]


 * Following the first time skip of ten years, his character changes remarkably. While entirely regretting the life he put his own first born son through, he tries to make an effort to recreate a connection between Tetsuya and himself, though usually facing rejection from the other's side.

Background

 * Michisato is introduced as the head of a family consisting of his wife Fujiko and his teenage son Tetsuya. However, the three of them share a broken relationship with him abusing both of them due to unknown reasons.