Or it could have been towards Erina's mother. He might have done something terrible to her. (but I do not know since we are not given any information about Erina's mother.)
* I meant the abuse
I can hardly imagine it tho. Cause, shounen? (quite skeptical with anything shounen) Might just be an exaggeration cause Erina used to loooooooooove food so much and food is god and she had to throw it away (/TДT)/
You have a point there. But didn't Yu Yu Yakusho have some pretty dark themes for a shonen manga?
...to think that anything but molestation or extreme abuse happened between Erina and her father. I mean, what the hell would cause such a strong reaction like that from her (yet complete submission) that wasn't something as severe as abuse or emotional manipulation..or worse? (⊙_⊙ )