>>56178373Oh I don't think they are rich just they don't strike me as poor enough to not give him a phone. The grandparents house is nice enough and Blueberry is a prestigious school and all.
It's just strange how the topic comes up a few times and is never elaborated on. In his anime appearance he has to lean over to Carmines phone. You have to take all of the photos in the sign hunt. Even by the end of the epilogue he still doesn't have one as he mentions when giving you the phone case.
Maybe the parents are privy to Kieran's outbursts such as what happened after Teal Mask and decided he was not mature enough for one yet for that reason. Who knows, maybe it's a Kitikami thing that Carmine simply ignores.