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Originally Posted by Kanon

This was a BIG ONE.

Spoiler for 121:

We FINALLY got a chapter 100% from Yuko's POV. She tried to leave with her brother long before she met Esemori, but he basically told her to suck it up and she was shackled by her great-grandmother's words. Because this is where her obsession with staying in the town comes from: she was brainwashed by her great-grandmother.

We also see the time the brother came back and took Reiji to the beach, funny timing giving you mentioned that last week. Guess that's pretty much it for her brother.

While it didn't cover the events I really wanted to see, this chapter still shed some light into how she became the way she is. Attachment to the town because of her great-grandmother and abandonment issues because of her brother.

Yeah, this opened the door into Yuko's psyche. I didn't think it'd be possible, and maybe I'm just a sucker, but I actually felt sorry for her. It felt like she's had the short end of the stick even before her brother left(which seemed to be before Akira came to town). I mean, sure, it doesn't justify all of the s*** she's pulled, especially making Gen into a murderer, but at least her actions make some kind of sense, given her past. The empathy came full force when Reiji came back from the beach and gave her that hug; hard to think of her as anything but a loving mother(well, until the next panel ofc ).

The only thing that doesn't quite line up for me is that she attributed leaving the town as this forbidden thing that will guarantee you'll be unhappy, but her brother seems like he's had a decent life.

What events you are referring to? The past arc PoV from Yuko's perspective?