Even now knowing Soichiro isn't the best father either.
Well, to be fair, he did kind of have a reason for not being the best father, as well as sending her somewhere else, along with distancing himself, basically cruel to be kind in a way, and that was to keep her safe, considering Mama Bad Touch was his enemy and no longer the woman he loved and had wanted him dead after he left her on top the fact that she sent Nui to kill him and get that scissor blade, so that would pretty much be a "should something bad happen to me but, at least, she's safe" kind of circumstance because she will not have been safe otherwise, especially since his whereabouts were known if not otherwise found out, on top of the fact that Nui will have killed her, too, if she could or wanted to, double since she is holding a grudge against him for cutting her eye out (as we find out later, sorry ya'll "^_^). Also there was the fact that he worked a lot, so that may have also had a play in it. Then again, earlier on, he was pretty screwed up, which was what anyone will be if they get tangled up with Raigyou Kiryuuin, at least he tried to atone for it in some way.
arisboch said: She's outdoing Gendo in being the shittiest parent in animé ever.
On the note of that, A-FUCKING-men! On top of that, she made Corrine Dollenganger and Gendo Ikari and every other shitty parent in anime (save Corrine, she's actually from a book series by V.C. Andrews) look like saints.
Nevertheless, I do like this picture and I do sometimes wish this were Canon.