I don't think Reiichi is a bad guy after all. Kinda feel bad for him.
Yeah, he's not a villain. Everyone's still better off with a divorce. Tabun.
Also, Kaoru is gay.
I dunno, she was really into Reiichi, and seems still to be, thrown off now not by "I don't have feelings for him" but "he doesn't have feelings for me" and "was he cheating on me with Ritsuko?"
From lesbian testimony that doesn't entirely rule out "I was gay all along", but on the evidence seen I'd say she's into guys, or at least that guy. And in a different way 'into' Uta -- obviously very tied up with her, even clingy, but we've yet to see evidence of romantic/sexual interest in any girls.
Happy ending for this reader: Kaoru is bi, learns and accepts Reiichi married her out of pity, leaves, takes up with Uta. Probably starting semi-unhealthily at first -- clingy rebound taking advantage of Uta's feelings and hopes of having a shot after all -- but growing into something good.
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