Cool, thanks. I have to admit, I think Aki’s might be my favorite character story. I really love the redemption stories- people who make mistakes, some of them even worse than in here, but are able to come back stronger than before. It’s even better in cases like this, when someone (Ren in this case) who could rightly stand as an accuser, instead takes the lead in helping the offender to heal. The world would be a much better place if more people chose that path!
Yeah, it's easy to feel offended and just look at the perpetrator as a bad person instead of questioning if there's an underlying issue that maybe could be solved. But to be fair, most people have enough on their hands with their own problems, so that there's little left in terms of capacity to help everyone else. It's sad but it's also the reality of our world and somewhat of a downward spiral.
That being said, redemption stories are pretty neato, indeed. :)