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Originally Posted by Kanon

Spoiler for 94:

I very much doubt it's red herring. In the previous flashback, when Yuko tried to run away to that room like she usually did when her father beat her, she said she found her mother there with a customer. The implication being she was whoring herself out.

My reasoning is that after this incident, Yuko was too scared to go back home and basically took over her mother's job in exchange for staying in that room. Prostitution being the lesser evil in her eyes. I'm sure the customer(s) were more than happy to exchange a middle aged lady for a JC too.

Can't argue with that logic: makes a lot of sense, but... I just don't see the Yuko twist in all of this. After everything she's done, it's hard to see her purely as a victim, or victim of circumstance. If things do happen as you say, I expect there to be some other purpose at work; like trying to get pregnant to enact her plan. Although I could also see the author trying to humanize Yuko given how vile her adult version is.