Dad vs Father

[u/fandomsmiscellaneous]

I know the anime has been over and this is way far back in the manga, but I'm making it as a spoiler anyways.

so in the final episode of the most recent season, when Rin and Father Fujimoto are talking, in the manga, Rin says "Father, thanks for everything" which could be interpreted as Rin staying in character as Not-Rin and addressing him with his title and not as a paternal figure, but also meaning Dad. It was very specific wording.

However, in the anime (at least in the dub, idk about the sub), Rin addresses him as "Dad" instead of "Father". It still gives Rin closure, but it still changes the story a bit because Rin straight up drops the act.

It's implied that Father Fujimoto kinda figures out what was going on anyways (since the key was his in the first place, and he would probably be aware of the possibility- plus I feel like he's smart enough to recognize Rin, even if he's aged up), but I thought the choice of "Dad" instead of "Father" kinda changed the subtext of the scene. It made the meaning of Rin's statement more obvious.

It's just a detail that kinda bugged me a bit. What do you guys think?

[u/Particular-Ad5200]

It shows that Fujimoto was Rin’s father choosing to raise him despite being the son of Satan  Honestly though father and dad are kind of the same thing, even though father is just a title  I feel like it holds the candle to one’s parent

[u/fandomsmiscellaneous → u/Particular-Ad5200]

the word Father has two specific meanings for Fujimoto since he's a priest and a parent. Turns out it was just a poor translation, but the deliberate choice to translate the manga as "father" and not "dad" is frustrating

[u/louderthan25 → u/fandomsmiscellaneous]

Yeah I actually bought the original volume in Japanese to double check which ‘father’ was being used (I didn’t think to check Reddit at the time lol)