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So is May Norman's Daughter in this? I got confused because in the games if you played as may you were Norman's daughter. But if you played as Brandon, May was Birch's Daughter. However, If May is Birch's Daughter in this, why does Oak need to tell May to tell him? BIRCH IS LITERALLY NEXT DOOR. So is May Norman's Daughter or is Oak just incredibly lazy?

-Thantos

Not sure how you got from wondering why Oak is telling May to pass on a message to questioning who her father is.

May is Birch's daughter as is stated in the conversation with her, Oak and Leaf. As for why he's asking her, we just have to assume Oak is a very busy man.

There is no "canon" child for Professor Birch. I believe we make it obvious that Birch is May's father in the visual novel.

Also, in any school environment, teachers do not regularly interact with each other, especially high level schools. Teachers by nature are incredibly busy people. If they're not physically teaching a class, they're designing lesson plans, researching, or attending education meetings/conferences—especially so in college-esque settings like this one. When teachers do interact, it'd be during some rare downtime (not often).

And if you consider that this is the "first day" of classes, that adds even more weight to how busy the academy could be.

To top it all off, since May is obviously Birch's daughter and is well aware of her father's work, would it not be better for her to deliver the good news first? Certainly Oak and Birch can talk about it later on, but it's such a minor detail there's no reason to elaborate on it in the visual novel.

FYI it would be good feedback if you specifically point out how you're confused about Birch's child. Personally, I don't think it's even a question based on what's written in the visual novel. Leaf literally points out that Birch is May's father.