This was an incredibly misleading title.

I loved it.

Yeah wow honestly. It's the kinda story that rewards you for being perceptive or rereading it multiple times.

Would that mean the frames where Beniko/Saku doesn't have a visible hair decorations mean that's where she's unsure who she is/what's she feeling at the moment?

Yeah 18-26 is just all part of the story. I didn't it mind it honestly. I can use some angsty gay once in a while. Something about how salt makes your ice cream taste sweeter.