While I agree that the panel you mention is an excellent illustration of her character, I'd like to add her hugging Akira as a key point in her character development, as this is (as far as I can tell) the first time she has willingly shown her vulnerability to another person.

I think this sets up an interesting situation for Akira too. Satsuki won't want Akira's father to die no matter what, so what will Akira do if push comes to shove and he tries to kill her and her mother?

Didn't Seo lose her memory? I guess the people who said she was faking it was right, because I doubt she'd know about Michinaga otherwise.

It's possible Miho told her about it, but my money's always been on her faking it to catch her off guard. Although it would be really interesting if Miho noticed and was playing along.

While I agree that the panel you mention is an excellent illustration of her character, I'd like to add her hugging Akira as a key point in her character development, as this is (as far as I can tell) the first time she has willingly shown her vulnerability to another person.

I think this sets up an interesting situation for Akira too. Satsuki won't want Akira's father to die no matter what, so what will Akira do if push comes to shove and he tries to kill her and her mother?

That question is pretty obvious, actually: Satsuki will try to save everyone. And by "saving", I mean, "keeping them alive", because others' survival is the only thing Satsuki has been focused on until now, completely ignoring the underlying factors that lead to their deaths (like Miho being a selfish bitch, the StuCo being a pair of lunatics who should be locked up, and Akira's dad being an abusive drunkard who needed treatment ten years ago).

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I'm sorry Dynasty I cheated on you and read the chapter somewhere else, couldn't wait anymore ;-;

Dynasty's reader is hot garbage anyway.

Think about wife.
Regret.

god that like especially sucks because sure yeah Satsuki didn't know what the visions were supposed to be mean back then but also, she literally didn't see that her own mother was on the floor because her real body was being hidden by the premonitory corpse. Which is even worse because the smoke disappears when the person actually dies, so Satsuki's mom was on the floor dying as Satsuki stepped over her.

Imagine the guilt complex she's gotten from that experience, like Satsuki has probably not gone a single day without thinking about how she could have saved her mom if only she'd realized. Actually I don't need to imagine this has been very clearly the whole everything on why Satsuki acts the way she does.

Fuck.

Fuck.

Seriously. Fuck.

I knew this was coming but it doesn't change the fact that this chapter made me extremely depressed.

I have a few things to point (marked at spoilers for now)
1) Satsuki didn't know how to deal with seeing her own mother's corpse because she didn't know the nature of those things and apparently that was the second time one showed up. And she couldn't tell her, or anyone for that matter, because how do you explain to your parents that you are seeing one of them dead in the hallway? How do you tell people you are seeing dead bodies without them thinking you have gone absolutely mad?

2) The fact that she didn't even notice her mother was there and thought it was just the corpse reminds me of that scene she thought it was just Seo's premonitory corpse and couldn't see it was her until Akira pulled the girl out of this "shadowy smoke of death" at the beginning of Chapter 28. Except with her mom she was alone, she couldn't see behind the premonition. This is extremely sad, and also shows how terrible this "power" is. She can't experience reality as is. It's like her own power made her powerless at a crucial moment.

3) Satsuki was around 13 years-old when that happened, and after that she started seeing these bodies frequently and decided to take action. I wonder if this served as a trigger, something like in Harry Potter where a certain creature that wasn't supposed to be seen to the naked eye was only visible to those who saw someone die in front of them, however, the outcome here is just sad af and people are dying, no one is using magical creatures to fly after seeing their parents die.

Damn, I am so sad right now.

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Damn...

wholey damnnnn so when she thought
it's just an illusion, but it's actually her mother's body lying in the floor and she just literally by passed it. emotional damaaggeeee. imagine her guilt is eating her alive. Like she could even have the chance to save her dying mom, but lost it because she was not aware by her powers, that lost chance she could have to save her mother with her power but didn't benefit from it because she is still not aware how it works, of all the circumstances she would realize it, it's in her mother's case, that's why the guilt is more heavy than anything else.

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damnnn when her mom is one of the best, caring and lovely.Why they always take all the good moms.T-T.

fuck that emotional damageeee

Fuuuuuuuuuck that hurts. And she realized she could've saved her, too. Like I expected her to ignore her mom, but to not realize the illusion was her that one time, fuck that is just too cruel.

And the look her dad gave her, with him not knowing the full story, to him it just looked like she didn't care or notice and just went to play games, fuuuuuck

Thinking all of it over is really messing me up. Damn. just....damn...

According to Ryoko, chapter 57 had to be on the short side out of consideration for the page count in volume 6.

Still a very efficient chapter giving us lots of information. Satsuki has always had her Samaritan attitude, her mother was a retired surgeon, and her father always shared her paranoia. Cute how he was taking photos of her new hairstyle. They really felt like a happy family for a moment.

Also no deaths occurred for a 5 year stretch. But we know after her mother's death, when Satsuki entered high school, deaths are almost constantly occurring around her. Which according to Prez wasn't happening before she arrived. It could be a Shi ni Aruki style curse, karmic backlash from Satsuki saving people, or something completely unknown. But it seems like a tangible force of fate's getting involved.

And surprisingly, the flashback didn't cover Satsuki's inability to lie. Maybe that came from trying to explain herself to her father, but it feels like it's being saved for later.

Given Satsuki never heard her mother injure herself or collapse, it's likely she was already dying as Satsuki came home. We've seen before that, if someone is on the brink of death but still capable of being saved, their body is obscured by their premonitory corpse. Meaning Satsuki would have stepped right over her mother as she bled out.

Gamer Satsuki felt a little off for the tone in the credits but she's just too adorable. Seconds before her world got shattered.

I feel like the number of people around her dying might have something to do with her own wishes. Not that Satsuki would wish harm purposefully, but for her to prevent deaths someone has to be at risk of dying. So something (a curse placed upon her, a curse she accidentally created, I'm throwing spaghetti at the wall) puts people's lives at risk so that she gets those opportunities.

I really hope I'm wrong and barking up the wrong tree.

Damnnnnnn

Weeell, shit, this wraps up that particular bundle of mysteries pretty neatly. For the record, I think that, knowing Satsuki's perspective, she is not responsible for her mother's death in any way. As has been discussed, she had no idea what her visions meant and the circumstances have conspired in a perfect storm that prevented her from having normal reactions (her mom still being alive when she stepped over her, but already in exactly the same position she would die in, so the premonition completely covered up her body). As such, she had neither the information to act upon, not the capacity to do so, and should therefore not be held responsible for doing nothing, neither by herself, not by her dipshit dad.

And yeah, Satsuki Sr. is a pretty shitty adult in my book. He could have focused on salvaging what could still be saved, namely Satsuki's psyche, by trying to understand her story and, more importantly, by believing it. Instead, he has apparently concluded that his own daughter had willingly let her mother die to play games and then made up lies to cover it up. I understand that he was emotionally devastated, but he was the fucking adult there and Satsuki was in middle school. What kind of parent assumes his child is a monster instead of, I dunno, that she is if not supernaturally afflicted, then at least mentally unwell?

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I always assume children are monsters

more importantly, by believing it.

Which is way worse when you think about it because she saw the corpse days before and did nothing to prevent it so even if he was believing it,there is still the fact that she did nothing fully knowning her mom was in danger of death.

more importantly, by believing it.

Which is way worse when you think about it because she saw the corpse days before and did nothing to prevent it so even if he was believing it,there is still the fact that she did nothing fully knowning her mom was in danger of death.

Well except she didn't know, Satsuki had no idea what the premonitions meant. It was only the second time ever she'd seen one, her mom was fine the last time she saw her and she was never made aware of whether the first guy she saw actually committed suicide there, so there was no precedent for her either. Poor Satsuki :c

From her father's perspective (who didn't know Satsuki saw the corpse, premonitory or not), it would be extremely plausible to imagine Satsuki's mother was fine when the girl got home and she was too absorbed in the games to notice when she collapsed. "Why didn't you do anything?" is kinda... The fuck did you expect her to do?? She's in middle school, she would have freaked out. As the parent, I would think that maybe it was for the best that she did not notice when something happened at the time it did, because no one is truly prepared to witness the death of a loved one like that, let alone children. It requires cold blood to act wise in that situation, I doubt a 13 year-old would have that.

But, in all honesty, I believe this is what Satsuki's father thinks >now<, if she didn't try telling him about her mother's corpse. Any premonitory corpse that showed up later could be just seen as an hallucination due to trauma (I am not a psychiatrist tho).
Maybe, just maybe, she tried lying saying she haven't noticed anything but lying about it all filled her with so much guilt that she decided it wasn't worth it. Specially with her father resenting her for awhile (which ok he has the right to do so unconsciously but is kinda fucked up to do to your child).

Also, I am really curious to know the cause of death. There is bleeding in her chest, but what could have possibly struck her in a way that became fatal? A mere shard seems unlikely

From the way it is, it looks like her mom is being stabbed. So is it robbery? But damn seeing the premonition all the times making her not being able to differentiate between what's real. Damn the pain.

Pretty much as expected,but now I wonder how and when she figured out the best way to utilise her ability,and who was the first person she actually managed to save.