Kimi wa Yotsuba no Clover - Vol. 8 Ch. 73 - Someone's Testament - Page Two

[arimareiji]

Another +1 to my theory that it's Yotsuha's brother.

This someone would need to have access to the school to know the goings-on therein. This person is clearly tall and an "amazing person," but it can't be Yotauha's mom, because she dies and the person is still around.

Here's my theory:

Assuming Yotsuha's family all have some time-related power; the brother either has time-travel or clairvoyance, as perhaps their mother had. The brother attributes their mother's imminent death to Uichi because he's the only thing that gave Yotsuha hope to resist being broken by her mom. We know how sadistic her mom is. Knowing that he can't stop his mother's death, he instead begins getting revenge on Uichi in some sick way.

What's so special about Yotsuha's family anyway? Is it ever truly stated why they're so prominent? That's why I think they all have some sort of time power that allowed them to exploit the future.

Anyway, seeing how cruel the mystery person is toward Rei reaffirms to me that only someone capable of such heartlessness could be the mastermind, in which case the brother has learned cruel behavior from the very best.

This is "your" theory? Ok.

 

[ReasonableSuspicion]

Oh no, how tragic, anyway I wonder what the chud found.

"the chud"
im crine bro what did he do to deserve being called this (aside from the trying to kill a guy stuff)

 

[shelliana]

It doesn’t seem like alternate Yotsuba at first glance, since he didn’t comment anything about her looking like someone he know

Coincidentally, he does comment in a former chapter that Yotsuha looks like "someone" and thinks "I guess they really are related".

It's 100% gotta be either a future Rikka, future/present Fuu-chan, or I guess Rikka's family member (father/brother idfk). Cause it's gotta be someone Rei semi-recognizes? Idk anymore. I just need to find out who the true villain is. Cause at this point, where in God's green Earth are the actual adults? Cause I'm sure shit like this happens more than we think IRL but like, NO SHOT to this degree.

He meets Clover in elementary school, so it's not Rikka.

What's so special about Yotsuha's family anyway? Is it ever truly stated why they're so prominent? That's why I think they all have some sort of time power that allowed them to exploit the future.

Yotsuha's family are literal nobility, which doesn't really require anything else to be prominent. Add in Yotsuha's mom being beautiful, charismatic and manipulative and she already has far more than the bare minimum for being a cult leader, which is what actually makes her prominent.

 

[Arkuses]

Yeah nah even if you're a sadist that type of "fulfilment" will always be temporary and short

 

[xr900]

good riddance u gloomy piece of shit

 

[xr900]

True, I do feel bad about her situation and eventual death trying to care for her mother and son by herself (Wonder where his father is! Likely still being a worthless existance I suppose! Or knowing him he started another family and fucked that up royally as well!)

feels bad for her to birth such a scummy kid & letting such a scum nut in her

 

[Legithat]

I'm guessing he found out that clover was responsible for the death of the person(called sensei) that resulted in the final crack of his parents divorce. The sensei is probably Fuu-chan's dad. But they never explicitly say it, and its been hinted at so overtly I wonder if there's someone I'm forgetting. Why kill Fuu-chan's dad anyway? What is the goal of the weird cult/nobility besides, idk, money and power. There's a whole backdrop there but we've never really been shown.

Rei seems be surprisingly clever, and in his last moments seems to break away from clover. He starts to form his own narrative for what's going on, but when cornered, chooses suicide to avoid harming anyone else. A real thought comes to mind though; kid isn't as dumb as clover think's he is. What if he left a clue behind? What if that's what Uichi learned when he confronted him?

Chapter 69 ends with a shot of Rei hanging, there's also a REALLY explicit thing in the corner: Ryokuha Kazuha Sensei / Please Sign Here. It's the same thing Yotsuha almost picks up, and the same last name as Yotsuhas. We get to see the lower part of their face, explicitly their neck, so its probably not her brother who has a distinct tattoo. I think it's the woman we see in chapter 72. I think the author wanted us to believe that it's Yotsuha's mother, but they don't let us see her eyes. Combined with the death of an aforementioned sensei, I think we're being subverted. Yotsuha has a sister, probably. But it ain't Fuu.

 

[tillua467]

What kind of Epstein ahh files did he even saw??

 

[magical_mashi]

Chapter 69 ends with a shot of Rei hanging, there's also a REALLY explicit thing in the corner: Ryokuha Kazuha Sensei / Please Sign Here. It's the same thing Yotsuha almost picks up, and the same last name as Yotsuhas. We get to see the lower part of their face, explicitly their neck, so its probably not her brother who has a distinct tattoo. I think it's the woman we see in chapter 72. I think the author wanted us to believe that it's Yotsuha's mother, but they don't let us see her eyes. Combined with the death of an aforementioned sensei, I think we're being subverted. Yotsuha has a sister, probably. But it ain't Fuu.

Or it's actually Yotsuha's mother and the files that Rei saw were something relate to her faking her death, or Yotsuha's father that her brother refused to talk about and it a convoluted way blame Uichi for the mother's death.
Introducing a new character and motives without a substantial groundwork or foreshadowing and making a satisfying revalation is not gonna be easy but in my opinion it's not that important anymore since they already overcame and resolved most of the important plot and emotional hook that being Yotsuha succeeded in helping Uchi and inturn it became full circle when Uichi supports her back and helping her with her guilt.
But yes the story is wrapping up, I hope they are happy together in the end and if the auther deciced to make Yotsuha illness taking her life to create drama it's gonna suck a big deal.
We probably still gonna have an arc to resolves the things around Yotsuha family though or the auther gonna pull a twist and this is actually a mid game where after this is Uichi's turn to be Yotsuha for Yotsuha and going around solving her problems with the family but I doubt they could drag it out very long.
Anyway I can't wait for more chapters!

 

[Bananimal]

I keep seeing characters in manga with divorced parents go immediately into poverty and I looked it up. Japan has awful child support laws, fathers rarely pay even with prior legal agreements. Can't say I'm surprised.

I wish people would remember child support is not giving your ex money, it's so your kid you helped make doesn't suffer for their parent's decision.

 

[Edrikhtg]

Just wanna throw my 2 cents in this whole empathy thing, i think Rei's death does nothing to the world cause Rei was "motivated" by Clover. If Clover isn't around, he probably wouldn't do as bad as what he did.

Rei's death is nothing but a red herring, a low hanging fruit, an instant gratification that doesn't really solve the whole problem, a mere short term satisfaction i'd say.

Did he deserve it? Well, do drug addicts deserve to die of OD? Maybe. Sometimes. But there are other times these people made bad decisions because of outside influence and by that i mean, life continues to offer shitty people and shitty outcomes.

Sure, he did do all that but if only he still has a mother, if only he has a good father, if only his grandmother wasn't getting demetia and under a threat of getting brutally murdered, i doubt he would do what he did again.

 

[arimareiji]

I keep seeing characters in manga with divorced parents go immediately into poverty and I looked it up. Japan has awful child support laws, fathers rarely pay even with prior legal agreements. Can't say I'm surprised.

I wish people would remember child support is not giving your ex money, it's so your kid you helped make doesn't suffer for their parent's decision.

Thank you for the background. And yup, that's sad …no, pathetic. 😬

 

[DrarRV]

When his mother asked for divorce, what she mean by "now that sensei's passed" ?

 

[JamesAmericansky]

no way they're chatting in something called just like telegram

 

[Kiyoshi_sorano]

Wait wait... letters?

We know that Yotsuha exchanged letters/was penpals with Fuu and Uichi, makes me wonder if she wrote her brother too. But why would Rei kys just from knowing that knowledge (if it was someone from the future or her brother if she wrote to him)?
Hope we get to see what Uichi and Rei talked abt next chapter

 

[Kiyoshi_sorano]

When his mother asked for divorce, what she mean by "now that sensei's passed" ?

Yotsuha's mother maybe????? Is that why the grandmother's reaction to Yotsuha was indifferent? Wonder what Yotsuha's family had to do with Rei's (unless- it could also be Fuu's father since he was a scientist, although cmiw he died when Fuu was still a kid tho not exactly sure)

 

[DeadBunny03]

Waiter! Waiter! More karma please!

 

[bradboy102]

This is "your" theory? Ok.

Yeah. Who else's theory would it be? I've been commenting along with everyone else here chapter by chapter, so you can trace me back if you don't believe me for some odd reason...

 

[arimareiji]

Yeah. Who else's theory would it be? I've been commenting along with everyone else here chapter by chapter, so you can trace me back if you don't believe me for some odd reason...

I'm one of the earliest folks commenting and expounding on it. Possibly the earliest? I don't know, and it's never mattered enough for me to dig in to find out.

But even if I'm the earliest, it'd be weird to call it "my" theory. No matter who was "First post!", I'm sure the notion was nurtured if not seeded by observations others made.

I don't disbelieve that you've commented on it previously. I just think taking ownership of it is an odd choice of words.

 

[Georgesmorge]

yall think this tooya guy has something to do with it.