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Originally Posted by Deathkillz

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Still, perhaps I felt that her change was just too rushed. I know that the did drop some hints here and there but going from cold blood to caring in the space of one episode. There just wasn't enough "lead up" to this overall situation.

Thanks for the heads up, I guess I will read up on the specualtions

Spoiler for above:

I think Shin's mother started to rethink her treatment of Hiromi after the episode 6 incident, so it was a few episodes earlier. It was'nt a major shift at that time, more like a minor one, but it started then. The fact that Hiromi would do something as extreme as running away was like a wake-up call to Shin's mother as she was shown walking outside, worrying over Shin and Hiromi as she knew that she was at fault if something bad happened to them. That made her take a look at herself and consider what she was doing to Hiromi, which I don't think she put much thought into before. She showed that she's capable of being a good person by trying to make amends with Hiromi but she probably got lost in her own hate for Hiromi's mother.