I dunno - I never even considered the possibility that it was Asa. Granted that kids do stuff like that, it seems entirely out of character for her.

For the relatives, “selfish” probably wasn’t quite the right term - “self-centered” would be better.

one can argue that the relatives aren’t the selfish one; Makio is

I disagree entirely.

The relatives know that it is irresponsible to take Asa in when they don’t have the capacity to truly care for her.

But I don’t think that’s what happened at all. They weren’t thinking about Asa - they were thinking about themselves. It wasn’t a matter of whether or not they could care for her - it was that caring for her would require making sacrifices, and none of them were willing to do that.

Makio, on the other hand, was thinking about Asa, and in fact was so focused on Asa that she didn’t stop to think about the sacrifices she was going to have to make at all. That all hit her later.