[...] age-gap between Asuka and Miyuki than senpai and kohai = a year or two) [...]
FYI Miyuki is four years older than Asuka - she was in fifth grade when Asuka was in first, and in final year high school (17 or 18) when she tried to seduce her (Asuka second year middle school, 14).
Thank you for correcting me :)
I wanted to confirm, so I finally re-read the whole thing, so far. And I can only recommend - it all makes so much more sense now .-.
During that re-read, a few things I noticed (not that I was taking notes >.>):
1) Ayako wasn't that much older than Atsushi when they married.
With her being 37 in the present, Asuka being 16 and Atsushi dying in a traffic accident not even a year into their marriage, without ever learning Ayako was pregnant, Ayako was 19-20 yo when the just-turned-18 Atsushi proposed to her. And they met when Atsushi was 16, and Ayako was 17-18. Ayako took a year off at uni when she had Asuka, then resumed her studies (she last saw some of her uni-friends 10 years ago).
- I think that's worth of note, so we can maybe agree Ayako's not a notorious pedo :P (in case some ppl got that impression)
2) Miyuki got separated from her younger (and sickly) sister Haruka when they were 9 and 8 yo respectively.
2.b) Asuka noticed Miyuki and Haruka didn't look a lot alike.
2.c) Miyuki's mother (rumoredly) committed suicide at some point before Miyuki and Asuka first met (at which point Miyuki was in 5th grade / 10-11yo)
...just in case anyone is still interested in Miyuki's story.
3) Akira seems to avoid alcohol. Probably unrelated, Akira claimed "For me, not even a lifetime would be enough to earn the right to be in love with Ayako" and Ayako responded "What happened wasn't your fault" (panel showing Atsushi). Ayako also guilt-tripped Akira into taking care of her 1yo Asuka with "whose child ya think dis is?".
3b) When Akira teases Ayako about a threesome (with Asuka), Ayako gets angry, but "wouldn't mind" if it's just her, she's "already used to it".
3c) ...also "Handling girls is your area of expertise" Ayako said, leaving Akira with her child XD ((not sure if sassy or irresponsible))
4) Atsushi refered to Ayako's wedding ring as "pretty convenient" and "a protective charm"... (their student marriage had no wedding ceremony)
5) Ayako never knew her mother and "[lost] both of her parents so quickly", she once prays to "dear father and mother in heaven" (and Atsushi, too)
6) In chapter 09, during kissy-time, Asuka tells Ayako "if it's hard to breathe, you should open your mouth".
In chapter 15 Ayako said: "Hurry up and open your mouth already."
(Edit: ...oh, while I posted this, shialzsan also noted that .-. )
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