Oooh ... I remember "The Spider's Thread" being referenced in Erased, though it was a bit more sinister there.
I'm going to be sad when Pleasantly Depressing Grandpa croaks. And I'm slightly chagrined that Okura-kun survived the headless katydid attack.
Well, I'm sure it's just purely by coincidence that she's using the sister's name as her streetwalking identity. Completely innocent. There have to be a million Rikos just within a few square blocks' radius of where they're standing.
For a longer, depressing version of this story, allow me to point the way to the works of Nagata Kabi ...
https://mangadex.org/title/19652/the-private-report-on-my-lesbian-experience-with-loneliness
So wait ... the motorcycle chick is the "bad girl"? Where does that leave choking rapey chick?
And is man-chick going to look that confused by everything for the duration of the story?
I'm already lost, and it's only the prologue!
Well, this guy has a face, so you know he's trouble. I wonder if it's going to be "misunderstanding" trouble, or "holy shit, this guy is actually pursuing Potato" trouble.