^^We know Uta's mom lost her medical license right, probably something to do with her treatment of Kaoru's mom and keeping it secret, or maybe she did other stuff against the rules to help her / stop her suffering? And the family fell apart after she got sacked and / or because of what she did?
I think the doctor was in-love with the patient. I vaguely remember Kaoru mentioning her father vanishing suddenly while taking care of the family. Uta's mother's love goes unrequited thus the emotionally dead inside while raising the children?
Karou's behavior is making more and more sense. Her crush on an idealized fantasy of Reiichi when she was a teen wasn't too much of a stretch considering how lonely she was, but the question was why she didn't grow out of it. Now we see why, she had more or less moved on, but when she was imploding trying to handle adult life alone and the loss of her mother, Reiichi stepped directly into the fantasy role, right down to promising to always be there for her, he led her on, it wasn't all in her head.
(as usual Uta beat him to it, with better follow though)
She was "saved" by her relationship to Reiichi, now she is realising that it wasn't real, and it hurts.
Oh... I didn't pick this up on the first read of chapter 31. I completely agree with this!
When is the suffering going to end? It was getting so sad so I put this manga on hold for several months only for me to suffer again after checking the recent chapters.
I just want Utah and Kaoru to have a happy ending.
Yes, miss Utah and Kansas need to get together already.
