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[MangaDex]

 

[NinjaGoemon]

This sister needs to make up her mind on whether she's being a bitch or not.

 

[JumboWheat01]

Going the "sick family" route to try and bring someone home, eh?

 

[Hollow7F]

the sister is a toxic manipulative bitch,first she gets mad about the cute hairtie, then chooses another cute one like tf? and now shes using the ''mom is feeling sick these days'' to try to force a visit, fuck off

 

[Chocolat]

Yikes, going the guilt trip route

 

[mikl]

Abuser tactics. I've seen this before.

First, they treat you bad. Make you feel worthless. Sometimes actually physically attack you. (This by the way is exactly what Sakura did: she physically attacked Mogumo and ripped their hair tie off.)

Then, they apologise. Treat you nice. Make you feel that maybe they're not that bad. To convince you to still be with them. (Sakura dressed Mogumo up nice, and was buddy-buddy with them through the shopping trip.)

Rinse, and repeat. Add a heaping dose of gaslighting and isolating the victim from social contact (like, you know, push you to choose them over your friends and loved ones, like Sakura did when she pushed Mogumo to choose the hair ties she picked out), and they create a situation where you feel like you're dependent on them, you have no worth on your own, and have to rely on them for everything.

And note, most abusers don't do this conciously. It's just how they are. (This doesn't justify them at all, of course, they're still abusers.)


In short: begone, bitch.

 

[PanicTears]

Isn't she like...12? Might be too soon to judge her so harshly. Something is off about her but we dont have all the info yet.

Kotone seemed way harsher to me yet once we understood why she was so mean/what she was dealing with it helped to understand.

I think theres something big Sakura is dealing with here.

 

[Ceiye]

Wow, she is like the textbook definition of emotional abuse. That is shockingly blunt

 

[kobayashisego]

These last few chapters have been wayyyy too spicy, i cant take the heat

 

[chusetto]

The sister is trash

 

[milleniumbug]

Sister's behaviour is simply unacceptable. I do sense, however, possible influence on her from her parents, so it is possible it's not all her fault. When you're a young kid, you're in a pretty bad place to oppose any authority in your family, which makes family abuse especially shitty.

 

[vessalius]

@PanicTears Mogumo is the same age as protag, since they are in the same class at school. Since sister is the identical twin, this means she is not 12? I have not been paying attention to whether they attend high school or not but 12 is indeed not highschool age.

 

[Quelandoris]

Sister is a bitch but I anticipate her coming around, or perhaps only being a bitch for their parents sake. The clothes thing feels like a good example. Sakura wasn't against Mogu dressing more femininely, she just wanted to improve their color coordination.

What I hope is the case is that Sakura is just stressed out from dealing with her and Mogu's parents. She snaps at her sibling because her parents are in a bad way, argue, yell, etc, and the mother is possibly even very sick. Sakura might be misdirecting her frustration at Mogu. She might even know that these things aren't actually their fault, and that Mogu is just as much a victim and Sakura is, and is reflecting on that privately and trying to do what she can to make it up to them. I expect that something will happen when Mogu goes back to see their parents that will cause Sakura to see her sibling in a better light.

TLDR my hope is that Sakura is just underinformed and that the parents are the actually abusive ones.

 

[ADende]

I like the sister.

 

[PanicTears]

@vessalius No Sakura is not Mogu's twin. Sakura is younger. It's why Sakura calls Mogu her "big sister" in the flashback in ch10 and is not yet in HS with the others but still lives home.

Also in the flashback Kotone is 7 and Sakura is 5 when they first met. Since Mogu is the same age as Kotone then they would be 7 in the flashback too. So Sakura is 2 years younger.


She says they "acted" like twins in the past but they arent actually twins.

 

[Thrembs]

Spoiler

The next chapter has some new info, and last chapter shows that their home is SHIIIIIIIIIIIIT.
...for some reason saying a new chapter has new info is a spoiler, as opposed to a tautology...

Sakura is a product of her environment: a wet trash bag

Mod Note: Please use spoiler tags when talking about chapter-specific or future events.

 

[Sourmonkey]

can we talk about how sakura is probably purging and thats why she went to the bathroom mid meal or

 

[UmmManga]

:'(
Mogumo needs more protection!! It pains me to see them like this
Also thank you translator!!!

 

[vessalius]

@PanicTears I have indeed not been paying enough attention to detail

 

[OverlordSaiki]

I'm getting 'mind control' vibes here.