@put it in reverse terry
" His mother is fully capable of being captured, tortured, and/or killed especially due to her commoner status."
and his FATHER stays with their family who is as almost as capable as Akira, meaning she's not hostage to anyone.
"It has nothing to do with his "backbone." "
Every bit of it has to do with backbone. The backbone to deny that blind hero descendant (whatever her name was), the backbone to take a stance and realize self-worth.
"Use your brain instead of just saying "BuT mC is Op hE sHouLD jUsT BEaT eVeRyonE uP???"
Ok then Mr. Brainy, should he just bow down to everyone then? You're trying to play 'it's not realistic' game here but it's just backfiring on you.