ciega posted:
blopa wrote:
Kureha is not living with her father either, right? My take on this is that Ginko's mom has an affair with Reia, husband funds out, and kills Reia in a fit of rage. Kale feels responsible for Reia's death, Kureha's father goes to jail and is disowed by relatives.
could be, but my only problem with that hypothosis is the fact the picture book existed before Reia died. unless the book was foreshadowing events to come, it still doesn't explain everything. btw, thanks for reminding us all that Kureha doesn't live with her father either. i thought he was alive because of the care package Kureha gets in an earlier chapter, but it now makes me question if maybe he and Reia are both dead. i doubt it, but i'm not sure. so...
Hmmm. If we take a bit more from Japanese culture regarding adolescent or prepubescent romantic female-female relationships... The book is Kale describing her lesbianism and talking about becoming intimate with Reia as a teenager. As they grew up, Reia basically pushed off that stuff as teenage fun or just friend stuff. Kale ends up marrying Reia's older brother to be closer to Reia, who also found a man and married. Both ended up having their respective daughters, but after that Kale couldn't hold her feelings back and ended up doing something to or with Reia. This was discovered and caused either Reia to kill herself or her husband to kill her in a fit of rage.