-There is a heavy subtext of past and present sexual abuse. Disassociative disorder is usually due to abuse, and Ayuko displays other red flags as well. There are problematic statements: "All the crimes I've committed" in the monologue at the beginning of chapter 5, or telling Asuka that it's "probably my fault" for her daughter's incestuous desires. And a highly codependent relationship anyway. Given that her mother is a pharmacist, with access to sedatives and depressants (including insomnia drugs whose side effects include short term memory loss, and were popular with Japanese rapists a few years ago), and demonstrates dodgy professional ethics, there is the strong suggestion that Ayuko has been clandestinely abusing Asuka, and the latter only has a few fragmented memories to inform her.
Actually, I did not start this "wacky" theory, someone else wrote it. I just connected it with Asuka's flashbacks, and strange behavior of Ayako (oblivion state).
There's more "between lines" in this manga than common eye can notice at first sight.
I'm just restraining of judging them, whatever truth is.
And I would not call it "Ayako abused Asuka", rather, drugs abused them (Ayako did not have intention to do it consciously, it happened without presence of her will as well) .
Also, there is a scene when Asuka caught Akira above sleeping Ayako (chapter 7 pg 13 https://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/1_x_ch07#13 ), so it's possible that Akira abused Ayako same way, and "infected" her, something like a chain reaction, what caused Ayako in drugged state to do it to her daughter, without being conscious why it happens, and without being conscious at all...
And, when Asuka was with her sempai, it initiated her subconsciousness toward her mother (she can't remember, but her senses perceived taste, smell, touch of her mother, and she got flashbacks)
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