Fire happened. Once again, we don't know what happened behind the scenes, only that Uryu is the one who started it and that someone died. It's possible he went mad after seeing Yuko with an old man and killed the guy, and Yuko suggested torching the place to remove the evidence. Given what she would later go on to do with Gen, it wouldn't be surprising if she manipulated Uryu all the way.

But as I said, we'll only know the full truth once we get her side of the story.

Akira as good as killed Uryu to save Yuko. I guess he didn't really have a choice since he didn't have the strength to rescue them both and Uryu wouldn't let go anyway. The "I hate you" moment wasn't included, guess we'll get it once we get Yuko's side. That said, Yuko is definitely the one who pushed Uryu on the brink so I consider it her fault.

Yuko has been described as an abyss but this time Esemori outright said she's a demon. And as if to prove him right, Yuko lures her new "daughter" into the clutch of Gen's father at the end of the chapter.

In 105, not too surprised Akira was the one who killed Uryu, though I didn't know exactly how it'd go down. Yuko never gets her hands dirty directly after all. I oh-so-hate that they didn't show the actual deed; the looks on their faces in that exact moment could tell its own story, I'm sure. But if it wasn't already obvious, this definitely means we are getting a Yuko perspective. They HAVE to. Oh, and for the "I hate you" line too. Forgot about that.

I thought we'd never see Saki again, nor would she have anything to do with him after the hospital, but it looks like she was the final push Akira needed to move back out of the town. Not that it matters at this point, but I was real curious about the "friend" he borrowed the van from. It could have been her, since she's the only friend before moving again, not to mention how this "friend" convinced him to come back to visit his mother's grave.

Next arc might be about Nagi. I thought this for quite some time, but given that she wasn't a virgin, and thinking about another character from the author's previous work(Himegoto - Juukyuusai no Seifuku), I can only assume the worst.



Its strange; when I see characters talk about Reiji "pulling them in", there's this sense of fascination to it all, but when it comes to Yuko, there's moreso this sense of dread in the end; and when they finally escape it(Yuko's), they're washed over with relief. Coincidentally, this includes Reiji himself. What is it really that makes them feel as such?

Funny you say that 'Yuko didn't give a single crap about him.' That's the same thing Reiji thought about when he and Yuko stabbed each other, and she was going on about him not properly acknowledging her. If that's the case for even Reiji, then what exactly DOES she care about? I thought it was just having someone that loves and adores her in that town, that will never leave her side, unconditionally, even against their own will so to speak. Makes me wonder to what end does all this other stuff, like manipulating Kazu(old news, but still) and Ms. Shiba is supposed to accomplish? Is it really like Nozoe said, and its "the Will of the Town" that's pushing her so far? It just feels like so much for so little....

I kinda figured about Nozoe not being the dad, but someone here persuaded me otherwise :heh:. Seriously though, it appears there wasn't a return to that town until his mother passed and he met Reiji. This means that the possibility of that guy(the one who took Reiji on that vacation to the beach with Kazu) being the father just shot up considerably. Of course it still could be possible that that was her brother(she briefly mentions him during the flashback), but it would make sense from a general standpoint for him to bust in and take Reiji if he was the father rather than brother. On the other hand, since he supposedly left the family before the flashback arc, its possible that he escaped "the will of the town"(assuming its a real thing) and Yuko was afraid that Reiji would fall in that line when he took her away; i.e. would become someone who has no qualms about leaving the family, hence why she desperately ran after them as they drove away.

I wonder if Nozoe thought Reiji resembled himself in some way; idolizing a girl from afar while in reality, that particular girl's mind is broken. Honestly, I thought his plan was a bit more simplistic at first; as if he already knew what Reiji was to Yuko and grabbed a mentally-broken girl to take him away from her, but how he will come to that motive and what his actual execution was going to be(since they met the way they did by chance(supposedly)) I can't wait to find out.