absolutely incredible chapter, just on an art and storytelling level. the kind of thing that sinks into you and lingers. i'm someone who actually really loves agegap yuri, but including the "ugly" parts and not just the idealistic ones. i wish we had more GL manga with truly awful and selfish women like yurika here.
and... as someone who went through something kind of similar in my early teens, i empathize with aoyama a little too much. sometimes you really do need to face your past and set the whole damn thing on fire, just let it burn away so your present self can be free of it. sometimes that's the form closure takes. and i'm really glad she could get there in the end.