The ambiguous end of the cartoon and the manga unfortunately allowed some people to think of the idea that Candy and Albert would fall in love and then get married. To tell the truth, why not since the cartoon and the manga proposed this open end although Albert, while being the prince of the hill, was also the one who had adopted her.
In his book, Candy Candy Final story, the author, Keiko Nagita maintains this vagueness by deliberately hiding the identity of this man who shares Candy's life. The author understood that this secret allowed to work the imagination of the fans, and mainly those in favor of Terry or Albert. Nevertheless, in this final book, she insists on this filiation which binds Albert and Candy, filiation which was not so openly mentioned in the previous versions.
This parentage by adoption is confirmed in the book, "Candy Candy, Final Story". It appears in all official translations (even in the French translation, however openly oriented in favor of Albert ...), and in particular in several letters:
1- First of all, in the letter written by Candy to Miss Mary Jane, the director of the nursing school, page 148 of volume 2:
“I was adopted by a millionaire, Mr. William A. Ardlay, but I never met him. He's a very generous person: not only did he adopt me, but he always forgave my deviations. . "
2 - Then in the epilogue, on page 246 where Candy signs the letter she writes to Albert with "Your charming adopted daughter"
"... I prayed that you would regain your memory, but at the same time I did not find it unpleasant to live like this ... like a brother and a sister. (NB: candy was already referring to this brotherly bond in the manga)
Now I know it wasn't like brother and sister ... more like father and adopted daughter.
Besides, it is "Father" that I should call you, in truth. When did you finally regain your memory? And then, you will tell me about your adventures in Africa too, won't you? But when ?
Your lovely adopted daughter "
then Albert's response, page 246-247
"And" adopted daughter "... Indeed, you are indeed my adopted daughter.
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"You tell Miss Pony that I only did what is natural for an adoptive father."
Conclusion:
Albert is well, and ONLY, Candy's adoptive father. They are from the same family. The law (in any civilized country), in no way authorizes a union between an adoptive father and his adoptive daughter. The myth "Albert = Candy's secret husband" is therefore unfounded and has no reason to exist, especially since the book describes nothing more than a brotherly affection between them. Albert retains the role of protector and benefactor through his status of adoptive father. Candy couldn't have dreamed of better like daddy!
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UPDATE
I read recently and on several occasions that Candy and Albert could very well renounce their filiation in front of a judge, then marry ... Possible indeed but ... in another world, a parallel universe or in the fourth dimension ! Often people rely on the marriage between Woody Allen and his adopted daughter except that it was NOT his adopted daughter but that of his wife, Mia Farrow! Not being her father legally and therefore having no responsibility towards her, this marriage was possible even if personally I have always found these men creepy who fall in love with someone they knew as a child and that they have even partly raised ... Even if an adult child renounces his adoption, his (ex) adoptive father retains this filiation in terms of the law, that is to say that he always has in the eyes of the law has the same responsibilities and obligations as if he had been its progenitor. This is in order to avoid the influence or the sentimental ascendancy of an adult on his adopted child who, having become an adult or a teenager in the process of coming of age, would see himself under the seductive influence of his adoptive father. In the eyes of the law, the union between an adoptive father and his adopted child, even if a judge puts an end to this adoption (which remains to be seen), remains illegal and is considered incestuous, whether in America or in Japan. , countries which concern the author more particularly.
So, please, stop perpetuating the idea that even if Candy is no longer adopted, she can marry her adoptive ex-father! The law forbids it !!! (creepy, creepy!)
Update n° 2 :We've always known that Candy was adopted, but who really signed the papers? Albert? A family council? Georges?
From the manga, we know that Candy is legally recognized as a full member of the family. She has the name, and the one who adopted her is called William Albert André, namely the great uncle William who will later turn out to be Albert and the Prince of the Hill. We also know that Candy wanted to give up this filiation when she left England.
The novel CCFS confirms these links of filiation, but they are also developed in such a way as to make their existence and their legality clearly understood. In CCFS, it is indeed Albert who confirms to Candy during their epistolary exchange that he is her adoptive father, even if he finds that he is a little young to have such a big daughter. Nevertheless, this confirmation coming from the mouth of Albert, (and therefore from the mind of Nagita) demonstrates that the ambiguity which appeared at the end of the manga, no longer exists in the novel. Candy did not renounce this filiation and Albert is indeed Candy's adoptive father.
The novel already describes very well this fraternal relationship and the deep family ties that unite them. But the confirmation of the adoption puts a definitive end to this incongruous idea of wanting lovers. This desire of Nagita to clarify this situation shows how much she wishes to attribute a specific role to each of her characters: Albert remains the protector, the brother, the fatherly image. Terry remains Candy's great love, which she frees from her chains by killing Suzanna and allowing her to write to the one he has always loved.
For me, if Nagita had wished that Albert could be a potential suitor, which the end of the manga seemed to be heading towards, she would never have clarified the adoption status and left him as he was originally : obscure.
Moreover, as @aimecandyterry pointed out to me so well, in the letter that Candy wrote to Georges, it is clearly indicated that Albert's father was Georges' tutor and that he had not adopted him contrary to Candy. It is a new demonstration of Nagita to differentiate the status of guardian and the status of adoptive father.
#ccfs #anohito # キ ャ ン デ ィ キ ャ ン デ ィ #keikonagita
Edited by Sophie_ - 11/5/2021, 15:59