Naturally, any comic about a child is going to involve the child constantly one-upping the authority figures in his life. In a cast this small, Liō's ever-suffering father is usually the target.
Take today - here the man is given the impression that his adoring son is celebrating Father's Day. It is immediately subverted by the darker motivation - not love, but a selfish desire to bring his dinosaur (that is a dinosaur, right?) into the home via massive destruction of his father's property. Look at him. Sitting so blissfully, enjoying his gift, not realizing that in a few moments that dinosaur is going to squash him into a puddle. Perhaps this explains the absence of Mother Liō?
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