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Originally Posted by Wanderer
You say "only", but romantic/sexual acknowledgement is one of our most primal desires as human beings. Not having it leaves a profound lack of fulfillment. And we're talking about Yasu here; no one has a stronger love complex than she does.
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It's not that she would want it that bothers people. It's that she's tormenting Tohya to get it, and he's not Battler and has nothing to do with Battler other than having the same physical body. He was essentially "born" the moment Battler forgot everything. Messing with him to try to win his affections or worse, bring Battler back, is somewhere between psychological torture and attempted murder.
At least in the instance of a Random!Ikuko, you're dealing with a person whose primary focus is Tohya himself, with Battler's existence being at best a curiosity. To a Yasu!Ikuko, Tohya is not the most important person in the relationship, Battler is. Tohya's existence will always be a third wheel to such a person. While it doesn't exactly make Ikuko a saint, it at least excuses some of her actions, while the alternative is some David Lynch-ass shit.