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oh boi oh boi =0D!!!

Spoiler for 101:

Is it time? Is it finally gonna happen? The "suicide"?

The restaurant scene with Saki and Yuko a couple of chapters back made me think Akira truly wasn't into Saki, but perhaps he's doing his best to do right by her the only way he knows how. But it is clear that he really can't get over Yuko, even when he believes she's far out of his reach.

The only thing I can think about Uryu is that when Yuko saw Saki and Akira at the restaurant, and she realized Akira was still in love with her, she somehow decided to push Uryu into this corner. I'm not sure HOW she did it, but (once again) I can see it being like Gen where she's playing the victim role. But that's kind of a harder angle to play out compared to Gen, due to the superiority in strength that Uryu and his boys have shown(ie. shouldn't be many people that go against them at this point).

I'm not sure what the return-to-present moment was supposed to do with Yuko. I'm guessing she was also remembering that moment standing outside due to the rain, though not sure if the dialogue used about being impatient was supposed to be some kind of double use(meaning both present Yuko and past Akira thinking the same thing at that moment).That what it felt like anyway.

Originally Posted by Kanon

I really think there's going to be another flashback showing Yuko's POV, and it will change the reading of this one. All Nozoe makes are guesses, he doesn't know what she was thinking back then. He doesn't seem to realize how much she herself loved him, and I doubt that has ever changed. IMO she's as obsessed with him as he is with her, the difference is that she's in denial.

I.... had not actually thought about that; about if she still loved Nozoe. But you make an excellent observation. I guess it was because I always saw Nozoe as an obstacle to Yuko's plans, especially after that haughty meeting in the restaurant back in chapter 4X. I really hope we do get a Yuko POV. There are a lot of clues that she treated Nozoe different than all the other people, but I'd love to know exactly what she was thinking at certain integral points in the past arc.