Aisai no Ura Aka

[Mukola9191]

You've been trying to put this "forced gangbang" story for quite a while. But now, you bought an interesting conjecture.
So, basically, what you're proposing is:

• Akito's sister found Iwabuchi's server, and proof against him;
• Instead of breaking and forcing her to work for him, like Misato, he decided to use her as an example to what happens when people try to defy him;
• Somehow, she reminds him of Rika, albeit some minor cosmetic changes are needed to make the resemblance more evident;
• He contacts Rika with a job to promote herself, while he prepares the girl to be properly taken advantage of and broken in the orgy party;
• Rika agrees, and approaches Mori Shingo, because he's the one with most experience in organic engagement from social network;
• Shiratori said that Rika does not have sex around so casually with other guys;
• However, as a "job for Iwabuchi", having sex with Shingo to promote Momonga is an easy way to hook baldy by trust commitment;
• As it's show to us that Rika had videos of Shingo practicing with other other girls, one can infer a possibility of the same Modus Operandi as with Misato: hook someone by trust, giving them what they desire, than blackmail them into submissive positions to work with;
• This also means that, even if said model of promotion could've been used with Shingo at later date, Momonga itself was a timed business;
• After the girl's ultimate demise, and potentially trapping of Shingo by Rika( and/or Iwabuchi), Rika could resume her "Ultimate Love" plan for Sousuke.

Is that it?

I'd like to point out that Akito's sister was unlikely to have been blackmailed. She had access to Iwabuchi's server; if she had been blackmailed, she could have deleted all the data from it. This would have caused more harm to Iwabuchi; he would have lost all the photos he could have used to blackmail other women.

The next thing worth noting is the order of her sister's actions. First, she says she'll go work for Iwabuchi, then Akito discovers photos on her phone, after which she runs away. Why would she do that? Most likely, she realized Akito had seen the photos and didn't know how to explain it to him. To avoid having to explain, she decided to run away to Iwabuchi.

My conclusion is that Akito's sister isn't a "victim," but rather Iwabuchi's henchman. The "victim" won't have access to the server, and the person who hacked it won't be blackmailed.

 

[UdenEmpati]

I'd like to point out that Akito's sister was unlikely to have been blackmailed. She had access to Iwabuchi's server; if she had been blackmailed, she could have deleted all the data from it. This would have caused more harm to Iwabuchi; he would have lost all the photos he could have used to blackmail other women.

The next thing worth noting is the order of her sister's actions. First, she says she'll go work for Iwabuchi, then Akito discovers photos on her phone, after which she runs away. Why would she do that? Most likely, she realized Akito had seen the photos and didn't know how to explain it to him. To avoid having to explain, she decided to run away to Iwabuchi.

My conclusion is that Akito's sister isn't a "victim," but rather Iwabuchi's henchman. The "victim" won't have access to the server, and the person who hacked it won't be blackmailed.

Still wondering what purpose Rika having a stunt double serves.

Unless I missed a comment, you've given no compelling reason for Rika not being the one doing everything and instead having someone as her stand-in.

What improvement is there for the narrative in having to invent an entire Fake Rika that only serves to complicate the plot?

 

[Litreara]

Off topic: Man, I’m really going to miss the easy access to the forum’s manga discussions when the new “Social Style Manga Commentary System” finally rolls out… Also gonna miss the 15,000 character limit…

 

[Kalimaman]

This assumes that Iwabuchi is using a double of Rika to a specific end.

The only one that makes sense, is Sousuke. And given you bring up connections to Shingo and the like that would have been in place well before Sousuke got even a whiff of what his wife was doing, that means all of what you listed has been planned ahead of even the beginning of this manga.

So does that make Iwabuchi the Big Bad? He's using Rika, the woman he liked, to try and break her husband out of some atte.pt at revenge, but is using a double because Rika wouldn't go through with actuallt fucking another man in front of Sousuke?

But she would do everything else, including selling the idea of being fucked in front of Sousuke, to satisfy Iwabuchi's plan?

Why would she go along with any of it, then? Maybe I need to go back and read your comments explaining the "Ultimate Love" thing, but it really feels like this would necessitate Sousuke finding out about Rika's secrets and then pursuing her, and there's no guarantee that all the choices and actions he took would play out as they did in order for him to end up at an orgy party were Fake Rika happens to get gangraped.

That's just too many moving pieces, to involve a double from that far back, wherein even the cheating website business was a part of the Double Rika ruse.

Again, maybe I misread/misinterpreted something, but that is way more convoluted than it has to be, I think.

Oh, i was conjecturing over Mukola9191's idea of a body double, nothing too big at this time, haha.

Trying to fit this "theory of a body double" in a scenario where it could work ONLY with what we have now.

The main point was that, while Iwabuchi was "breaking" Akito's sister, Rika was to promote the girl by using Momonga. Shiratori said she wasn't the type to have sex so casually with other people, but if this was a job for Iwabuchi, then Rika having sex with Shingo was no problem. But all this comes from a possibility of a body double AND some points:

1 - IF what Rika did to Misato is some sort of Modus Operandi to her, then there's a chance she might've done the same with Shingo, when his usefulness was fulfilled, Momonga was no longer needed, but he could've been blackmailed later to do some jobs;
2 - Rika does not, in fact, dislike doing these jobs for Iwabuchi. Accomplices, as it is. She enjoys sex, but also enjoy seeing people being put into misery( just like with Misato). But,

• her dealings with Shiratori and Matsuo Jin indicates that HER dealings dot involve, or need, it;
• When talking with her in the car, saying she was his biggest breadwinners, the way Iwabuchi lips distorced may indicate that she IS leaving him, and wants to deal her with things herself;

3 - As we've been hitting here and now, Suguru Terauchi is still on the scene. If not for him appearing and pointing Sousuke specifically torwards Momonga, Sousuke would've never found out about any of Rika's dealing, remaining ignorant. So i've been assuming, as of while, that the dramatic irony of this story is how people think of Sousuke from Rika's shared information( Misato and Iwabuchi) or from shortcomings( Shingo with the SD card), instead of knowing him from what WE, the readers, saw.

Trying to break Sousuke using a body double would be ONLY after she found out HE found out of her and Momonga. Because both the orgy party breaking, and Misato's video with him could only work if Sousuke idolized Rika( what he was doing until Shingo's monologue), basically "old" sousuke to us. The sidetrap is, while still naive, he's "new" Sousuke now, so not despairing so much over her persona.

As for Rika's "ultimate" love, i do have a theory about it, but it can only work if point 1 is valid. From then on, i guess what's making sense with her missing piece might be easier found the we think.

 

[Kalimaman]

Chapter 79 dropped. Not much this time, but somewhat fun.

Spoiler

• We start at a strategy meeting in a karaoke. Akiba declares that they're heading for the final battle;
• The participants are the female cast( Akiba Megumi, Matsuo Senna, Tsutsumi Yuno, Mori Mitsuri, Shirotsuka Misato) and Sousuke;
• The 2 objectives are: 1 - Iwabuchi: Find his weakness and crush him. 2 - Yamada Rika: to not let her get away, so she and Sousuke can settle everything;
• Before they start, Misato asks Sousuke if everything went well on his info acquisition in the cabaret club. It should've been difficult, because unlike her, he was alone;

- POINT -

• Sousuke gets all flustered and says he got nothing. Misato still compliments him, saying he still gave his best, ands asks that, for now, he takes a breather. And if he inhaled/sucked( 吸);
• He gets in a panic saying he didn't suck anything, at most a nipple. She explains it was about cigarretes, but didn't know anything about nipples. Sousuke just brushes it off somehow;
• In a inner monologue, Misato states that Sousuke's helping of other didn't change from back then. Between all of them here, her relationship with him runs the deepest, so she feels a little superior;
• He's called again by his first name. Akiba scolds him, asking if he's listening to her story. He apologises by calling her "Megu", before formally switching back to "Akiba-sensei". She puts her hand on his chin and lips and says that it's been a while since the last time they met, and she'd like for him to listen to her. He thanks her for coming to help him, and she responds that she'd do anything for his sake;
• Misato gets shocked at the exchange, wondering what was this atmosphere. She wonders who's this teacher who touched him this way, and how strange it is to be this close to his daughter's teacher. She doesn't feel the same energy coming from the other women;
• Getting flustered, Misato stands up quickly( hitting Sousuke's face in the process), asking what's the relationship between them. Akiba answers that she's just his daughter's school teacher and Misato says that it doesn't look like it. She starts saying that she's Sousuke's old classmate, knowing him from when he wore glasses and and ate lunch by himself( a shocked Sousuke sees it with his hand in his face). She even knows how fast is his heartbeat( she says that while hitting his face again), much to Akiba's enjoyment;
• Akiba reply by saying she too knows about his heartbeat AND skin temperature. Misato angers and asks what his lips taste like. Sousuke, flustered yet again, asks for them to return to the original story. Both agree and sit at the same time, and Misato coldly stares at Akiba while doing so;

- POINT -

• First, they remember Akito's story, about how his sister got into Iwabuchi's server and found a lot of naked women photos. If they manage to get said files there, the women will no longer be threatened by him, and may try a collective lawsuit against him. Akito's sister is in the orgy party, so they must go there searching for her;
• Second, the other goal is to settle everything with Yamada Rika. She said "Let's settle this at the party", but there's no guarantee she won't try to escape, so the other plan is to secure that she doesn't;
• However, only Sousuke and Misato were invited to the party. The idea is for both of them to enter it and secure an entry route to the group. To Akiba, it may sound exagerated, but even an open window will work. However, what remais to be seen is how they can move inside. There's definetly another/hidden something in this invitation, but if they can equate in power, then they should be fine;
• The trio( Senna, Tsutsumi and Mitsuri) agees to help him sttle this, as Sousuke helped each with their problem. For his sake, they'll definetly win;
• We then cut to the Orgia party day and entrance. Sousuke is in a Tuxedo and Misato in an elegant dress. For him, now he feels he's in the battlefield. The place itself is a fancy building;
• The chapters ends with Sousuke saying he still wasn't aware of how scary of a place the Orgia Party really was.

This time i've added a - POINT - to help. Between these, the story takes a comic approach.
By the way, Misato saying Sousuke should take a breather is metalanguage. The chapter itself is a breather( a period of time to rest, absorb the information given thus far, think things through and proceed with the story).

 

[UdenEmpati]

Chapter 79 dropped. Not much this time, but somewhat fun.

Spoiler

• We start at a strategy meeting in a karaoke. Akiba declares that they're heading for the final battle;
• The participants are the female cast( Akiba Megumi, Matsuo Senna, Tsutsumi Yuno, Mori Mitsuri, Shirotsuka Misato) and Sousuke;
• The 2 objectives are: 1 - Iwabuchi: Find his weakness and crush him. 2 - Yamada Rika: to not let her get away, so she and Sousuke can settle everything;
• Before they start, Misato asks Sousuke if everything went well on his info acquisition in the cabaret club. It should've been difficult, because unlike her, he was alone;

- POINT -

• Sousuke gets all flustered and says he got nothing. Misato still compliments him, saying he still gave his best, ands asks that, for now, he takes a breather. And if he inhaled/sucked( 吸);
• He gets in a panic saying he didn't suck anything, at most a nipple. She explains it was about cigarretes, but didn't know anything about nipples. Sousuke just brushes it off somehow;
• In a inner monologue, Misato states that Sousuke's helping of other didn't change from back then. Between all of them here, her relationship with him runs the deepest, so she feels a little superior;
• He's called again by his first name. Akiba scolds him, asking if he's listening to her story. He apologises by calling her "Megu", before formally switching back to "Akiba-sensei". She puts her hand on his chin and lips and says that it's been a while since the last time they met, and she'd like for him to listen to her. He thanks her for coming to help him, and she responds that she'd do anything for his sake;
• Misato gets shocked at the exchange, wondering what was this atmosphere. She wonders who's this teacher who touched him this way, and how strange it is to be this close to his daughter's teacher. She doesn't feel the same energy coming from the other women;
• Getting flustered, Misato stands up quickly( hitting Sousuke's face in the process), asking what's the relationship between them. Akiba answers that she's just his daughter's school teacher and Misato says that it doesn't look like it. She starts saying that she's Sousuke's old classmate, knowing him from when he wore glasses and and ate lunch by himself( a shocked Sousuke sees it with his hand in his face). She even knows how fast is his heartbeat( she says that while hitting his face again), much to Akiba's enjoyment;
• Akiba reply by saying she too knows about his heartbeat AND skin temperature. Misato angers and asks what his lips taste like. Sousuke, flustered yet again, asks for them to return to the original story. Both agree and sit at the same time, and Misato coldly stares at Akiba while doing so;

- POINT -

• First, they remember Akito's story, about how his sister got into Iwabuchi's server and found a lot of naked women photos. If they manage to get said files there, the women will no longer be threatened by him, and may try a collective lawsuit against him. Akito's sister is in the orgy party, so they must go there searching for her;
• Second, the other goal is to settle everything with Yamada Rika. She said "Let's settle this at the party", but there's no guarantee she won't try to escape, so the other plan is to secure that she doesn't;
• However, only Sousuke and Misato were invited to the party. The idea is for both of them to enter it and secure an entry route to the group. To Akiba, it may sound exagerated, but even an open window will work. However, what remais to be seen is how they can move inside. There's definetly another/hidden something in this invitation, but if they can equate in power, then they should be fine;
• The trio( Senna, Tsutsumi and Mitsuri) agees to help him sttle this, as Sousuke helped each with their problem. For his sake, they'll definetly win;
• We then cut to the Orgia party day and entrance. Sousuke is in a Tuxedo and Misato in an elegant dress. For him, now he feels he's in the battlefield. The place itself is a fancy building;
• The chapters ends with Sousuke saying he still wasn't aware of how scary of a place the Orgia Party really was.

This time i've added a - POINT - to help. Between these, the story takes a comic approach.
By the way, Misato saying Sousuke should take a breather is metalanguage. The chapter itself is a breather( a period of time to rest, absorb the information given thus far, think things through and proceed with the story).

Is the last bullet point Sousuke narrating from a point in the future? Like a "at the time, I still didn't know scary [the party/party venue] truly was" ?

 

[Kalimaman]

Is the last bullet point Sousuke narrating from a point in the future? Like a "at the time, I still didn't know scary [the party/party venue] truly was" ?

Yes! Future sense! We do get to see 2 people having sex in the shadows, through some curtains, but we can't clearly see who they were.

 

[Kalimaman]

I'll post the summary in a minute. Just to be clear on a very important earlier on:

Spoiler

Akito's sister's photo was released. She looks nothing like Rika, has short blonde hair, and a snake tatoo on her belly.

 

[janakete]

I'll post the summary in a minute. Just to be clear on a very important earlier on:

Spoiler

Akito's sister's photo was released. She looks nothing like Rika, has short blonde hair, and a snake tatoo on her belly.

Yah, It would be so cliché if it actually happens (about akito's sister is identical with rika and being her replacment in the video)

But at least the story is still on track, which is "ura aka". So in the end, there's a high chance that everything about Rika (her gretest love, her enjoy life, her past) is related to this "ura aka girl-streamers."

 

[Kalimaman]

Chapter 80 dropped

Spoiler

• Sousuke and Misato arrive at the Orgia party. They're received and lead into the gathering. Misato comments on how the hotel is beatiful. Sousuke starts remembering his mission focus: to secure an entrance route for Akiba and the others outside and to find Akito's sister;
• In a flashback, Sousuke asks Akito to show a photo of his sister. He does so. She has short blonde hair, ears piecerd in more points, a piercing stare and a snake tatoo in her belly;
• Sousuke and Misato arrives in the dressing room, where they're asked to wear masks to enter the party. Sousuke reminisces that was also the same as the time with Shiratori in the school. It's gonna be bad to see who's having sex, and Misato adds that this will make it difficult to recognize Akito's sister. They choose 2, and are lead into a big room, full of masked people;
• Sousuke notices the venue's size, account for about 15 men and 30 women, and the place is full of sofas beds. His thoughts are cut short by a voice;
• Iwabuchi appears and uses a mic to annouce that the event is open. Sousuke notices Iwabuchi's brimming with assurance. And the wonders if Rika's not there;
• Iwabuchi asks if everyone's comfortable enough( roomtemperature and other hosts like talk). He addresses that today he has reunited women tha have surpassed 10.000 views on their secret accounts. The guests become anxious and hyped over such phrase;
• Iwabuchi addresses that the arousal may come from them not fully knowing who the men are going to be with, and that it may be someone they watched, or not. Some men starts praising him;
• Sousuke wonders how's it possible. The women are, basically the same peers as Rika. But then he thinks that, a question he was always asking, is how did Rika manage to gain so much much money from this business. His conclusion is simply that Iwabuchi teached her. He ends his thoughts with Iwabuchi signaling the real start of the party, and screams of cheer;
• Sousuke tells Misato they're out of time. Around them, the guests starts having sex in the easiest way possible, without shame. Misato talks to Sousuke that she managed to understand Orgia party'`s meaning: is a Rankou(乱交) party( a chaotic gathering for people with promiscuous sexual relations);
• Sousuke realizes this and uderstands that Iwabuchi gains money from Secret account streamers, and then gathers them here for the old men( and then ponders if that's how he monetizes this situation);
• Sousuke is approached by a young woman, who asks if he's gonna have sex with the other woman( Misato in disguise), anf if not, to have with her. She asks him if he saw her video. Sousuke says that, with the situation going as is, he won't be able to find the younger sister( Misato stares at him from behind);
• However, he remembers that Akito told him about the snake tatoo in his sister's stomach;
• Chapter ends with him saying that, if so, then the strategy will be to make her take her clothes and check.

 

[XiaoNate]

Well, okay, iwabuchi downfall will definetely happen within 12 chapters, im certain, i tought that it could take at least 15 chapters, but here we are, the orgia started way too soon.

 

[XiaoNate]

And on the conclusion soususke came into: It was pretty obvious that iwabuchi was the one who teached her the majoritary of her tricks, i mean, since the introduction he seemed to be a lil bit older than her and used to use her as a weapon to gain new victims/clients, that's PIMP behavior without a doubt, and the way rika adress to him is also a solid indicative that iwabuchi was a sort of teacher for her, nothing really meant that much in this chapter, the next one i think will be boring as well, but lets wait and see, maybe im wrong.
And rika will not be present phissically in this arc, that one im pretty confident, sousuke will have a short conversation with her on a call when iwabuchi finally be gone and thats it, and on that call she will try to mess him up with some dirty secret and invite him to some new other placas, we already know mita, thats likely to happen, what do you guys think about all of this.

 

[Kalimaman]

Just putting my 2 cents here:

1 - ALWAYS assume the worst for Rika. Remember every arc so far. Iwabuchi blackmailing women into working for him is a somewhat "common" practice for these types of night city business( also not uncommon in media coming from Japan). The thing is: if Rika was the one who actually managed to push him into the digital world by doing this, or not. Get a nude, or bust a "secret account", to force the girl to work for him, otherwise ruin their social life? That's still possible.

2 - I'm still at loss regarding th "Rankou party" dialogue. It's like saying "the green poster actually means midori no poster". That's the same thing. They REALLY did got to an orgy party WITHOUT knowing it was an orgy party.

 

[janakete]

2 - I'm still at loss regarding th "Rankou party" dialogue. It's like saying "the green poster actually means midori no poster". That's the same thing. They REALLY did got to an orgy party WITHOUT knowing it was an orgy party.

Regarding point 2. While reading this chapter I assume Sousuke and Misato was never really know about what is "orgy party" it is. So misato make it clear from her dialogue.

I got the feeling that the author positioned Sousuke and Misato as "clean people" (those who have never touched pornographic content) also to act as guides for readers who might also be unfamiliar with the term. Because "orgy" itself is a term typically used in specific genres within the porn industry today, much like terms such as "gangbang, bondage, threesome etc. It's just that, as usual, the author deliberately skiped over these details. Even tough, they had a meeting beforehand, does that mean no one there (akiba or akito) knew what an orgy was, or did Sousuke and Misato just never ask about it from the very beginning ? So once again, Sousuke stepping to the battlefield without knowing what kind of the warzone. Personally, I'm used to it by now, so I just choose to ignore these skiped over details and focus on the main points being presented.

As an additional note from me, it seems like the theme the author went for this chapter is somewhat like a meet and greet festival where a fans get chance to have sex with their idols. Some JAVs actually feature episodes like this.

 

[phoslapis]

Rika reminds me a lot of makima with how cold, calculative and manipulative she has been in this entire series.
Also her looming presence and narrative control in this manga has always been akin to makima in csm.
Both were searching 'real love' in their twisted ways while manipulating our protagonist and their companions the entire time .
We never saw makima's motive till the final arc of csm. Rika's character arc seems to be structured in the same way. Both have zero monologues too. Rika's character conclusion seems to be heading the same direction as of makima's with our mcs having one-on-one confrontation with their manipulators. I hope Rika's backstory(which is probably the only reason I am even keeping up with this dumpster juice of a manga) shows her childhood life too. It could be probably similar to makima with how if she had different people around her she would not have ended up being a criminal.
Though unlike makima, I feel like rika does love sousuke. Nothing in this manga has suggested otherwise.
I just hope author does not drag this and ends this within next 30-50 chapters.

 

[janakete]

Rika reminds me a lot of makima with how cold, calculative and manipulative she has been in this entire series.
Also her looming presence and narrative control in this manga has always been akin to makima in csm.
Both were searching 'real love' in their twisted ways while manipulating our protagonist and their companions the entire time .
We never saw makima's motive till the final arc of csm. Rika's character arc seems to be structured in the same way. Both have zero monologues too. Rika's character conclusion seems to be heading the same direction as of makima's with our mcs having one-on-one confrontation with their manipulators. I hope Rika's backstory(which is probably the only reason I am even keeping up with this dumpster juice of a manga) shows her childhood life too. It could be probably similar to makima with how if she had different people around her she would not have ended up being a criminal.
Though unlike makima, I feel like rika does love sousuke. Nothing in this manga has suggested otherwise.
I just hope author does not drag this and ends this within next 30-50 chapters.

Rika was indeed to resemble Makima, and I felt the exact same way at first. But after following this story for 80 chapters, I've noticed something. Unlike the author of Chainsaw Man (Fujimoto), who still pays attention and explains the details of cause and effect, the author of Aisai no Ura Aka (MITA) doesn't seem to care much about that sort of thing detail.

MITA are more focused on delivering intrigue and keeping the story heated, without worrying too much about the logic behind it. For example, was Rika getting Sousuke to investigate her a pure coincidence, or was it planned from the very beginning? Or when Misato met Sousuke at Shinkansen was that a coincidence or planned? The author never really told these things.

However, as a mystery series, MITA does an excellent job of maintaining the mystery surrounding Rika throughout the story

 

[Mukola9191]

For example, was Rika getting Sousuke to investigate her a pure coincidence, or was it planned from the very beginning? Or when Misato met Sousuke at Shinkansen was that a coincidence or planned? The author never really told these things.

It seems to me that Rika has been planning this since the beginning of the manga. If you look at some of her actions, sex with Soske (acts like a girl from the video), a plan with a sd card, a plan with Misato and an orgy party, you can see that Rika deliberately gives "cues" for investigation. She doesn't just reveal it, but every time she provokes Soska more and more. Why she does all this is not yet clear, we will find out about it only when she meets Soska. According to Siho, it's like playing "catching up" and if you don't play it, you can regret it later.

Regarding the meeting with Misato, as we already realised, Rika specifically sent Misato to Soska, so the meeting is not accidental. The main question here is different, how did Rika find out when Soske would go to her native village? There are three answer options: 1. Rika sent Soska to the village through Siho, or Siho told her about it. 2. Cameras are installed in Yamada's house. 3. Someone was following Yamad's house.

From Rika's words that Iwabuchi gave to Soska, we can understand that Rika is not ready to meet Sosuke yet, as she says "the time has not yet come". But she can talk to him. How will the dialogue take place then? Will Iwabuchi call Rika, or will Rika change into someone so that Sosuke doesn't recognise her? And what is Rika preparing for a meeting with Soska?

 

[janakete]

It seems to me that Rika has been planning this since the beginning of the manga. If you look at some of her actions, sex with Soske (acts like a girl from the video), a plan with a sd card, a plan with Misato and an orgy party, you can see that Rika deliberately gives "cues" for investigation. She doesn't just reveal it, but every time she provokes Soska more and more. Why she does all this is not yet clear, we will find out about it only when she meets Soska. According to Siho, it's like playing "catching up" and if you don't play it, you can regret it later.

Regarding the meeting with Misato, as we already realised, Rika specifically sent Misato to Soska, so the meeting is not accidental. The main question here is different, how did Rika find out when Soske would go to her native village? There are three answer options: 1. Rika sent Soska to the village through Siho, or Siho told her about it. 2. Cameras are installed in Yamada's house. 3. Someone was following Yamad's house.

From Rika's words that Iwabuchi gave to Soska, we can understand that Rika is not ready to meet Sosuke yet, as she says "the time has not yet come". But she can talk to him. How will the dialogue take place then? Will Iwabuchi call Rika, or will Rika change into someone so that Sosuke doesn't recognise her? And what is Rika preparing for a meeting with Soska?

Well, sorry, I don't mean to disrespect your good theory. But the fact is, none of that was ever officially told in the story, right?

I think the truth behind whether this was a coincidence or entirely planned could be a major clue. Because if Sousuke finding Momonga's secret account was merely a coincidence, it means Rika's current actions are just an attempt to protect herself from Sousuke. But if everything was planned from the very beginning, it means Rika has an ulterior motive and wants Sousuke to do something for her.
Whatever that might be, looking at the current situation, I believe Rika's reason for dragging Sousuke into this is to force a confrontation between him and Iwabuchi. Then the next question is: Why would Rika drag Sousuke into a confrontation with Iwabuchi??
Is she hoping Sousuke will help her? Or is she actually helping Iwabuchi destroy Sousuke?? Or maybe Rika wants to destroy them both?? Who knows...

 

[Mukola9191]

Well, sorry, I don't mean to disrespect your good theory. But the fact is, none of that was ever officially told in the story, right?

I think the truth behind whether this was a coincidence or entirely planned could be a major clue. Because if Sousuke finding Momonga's secret account was merely a coincidence, it means Rika's current actions are just an attempt to protect herself from Sousuke. But if everything was planned from the very beginning, it means Rika has an ulterior motive and wants Sousuke to do something for her.
Whatever that might be, looking at the current situation, I believe Rika's reason for dragging Sousuke into this is to force a confrontation between him and Iwabuchi. Then the next question is: Why would Rika drag Sousuke into a confrontation with Iwabuchi??
Is she hoping Sousuke will help her? Or is she actually helping Iwabuchi destroy Sousuke?? Or maybe Rika wants to destroy them both?? Who knows...

I agree with you that this is not officially said anywhere, but we have huge plot holes and non-docking, one of which is a "plan with a sd card". Do you mean that in this way Rika is trying to protect herself from Soska? Why did she do that? Just don't say she's a mentally unstable person.

The following situation is connected with Misato and what she had to do. Don't you think any girl would be suitable for this role? If you needed a video for blackmail, it's better to send a person who doesn't know about Rika and Iwabuchi's connection.

If Rika is a victim of Iwabuchi, then it is clear why she should drag Soska into this, she wants to get rid of Iwabuchi. In fact, we don't know if she broke up with Iwabuchi, it could have happened before the wedding with Sosuke. We only know that she hid the faces of her family (Yamada) in social networks. Maybe she was hiding from someone (Iwabuchi)? As we know, the Mamonga channel appeared only during school, maybe then (when Siho went to school) Iwabuchi and discovered Rika. Pregnancy is not a way to manipulate Soske, but a way to protect yourself from Iwabuchi.

There's another character like Akiba, she's quite a suspicious person. She may be Iwabuchi's spy. Her hobby is spying on people, she skilfully uses hidden cameras, she is not afraid to break the law (kidnapping and blackmailing people) and she behaves very suspiciously in the last chapters. And don't forget that at the beginning of the manga she had a photo of Soska on her phone. Could he be her target that she eventually fell in love with?

In fact, we don't know who else Iwabuchi has connections with, it could be Shingo (because we remember that someone sent a message to someone in the first chapter, that Sosuke came to school).

 

[Kalimaman]

Well, sorry, I don't mean to disrespect your good theory. But the fact is, none of that was ever officially told in the story, right?

I think the truth behind whether this was a coincidence or entirely planned could be a major clue. Because if Sousuke finding Momonga's secret account was merely a coincidence, it means Rika's current actions are just an attempt to protect herself from Sousuke. But if everything was planned from the very beginning, it means Rika has an ulterior motive and wants Sousuke to do something for her.
Whatever that might be, looking at the current situation, I believe Rika's reason for dragging Sousuke into this is to force a confrontation between him and Iwabuchi. Then the next question is: Why would Rika drag Sousuke into a confrontation with Iwabuchi??
Is she hoping Sousuke will help her? Or is she actually helping Iwabuchi destroy Sousuke?? Or maybe Rika wants to destroy them both?? Who knows...

I've talked about this with UROD-PC earlier, but the manga has a tendency to draw many blank points on it's own. Mostly divided into 3 types.

1 - Disregarded for later use or simply not used( how did Akiba grew to know about the secret encounters on the school? How did Rika accquire the SD card and erased the contents without Shingo, it's owner, not noticing? How did Misato found Sousuke in the specific shinkansen trip? How and why did Suguru Terauchi show Sousuke specifically the Momonga channel?);

2 - Not talked and comes back later, to increase tension( Most recently, Sousuke remembering that Rika had much money, but never thinking about how she acquire it. Most probable future one is, how did she manage to evade capture for so many years with blackmailing on the line, was it her ties to Iwabuchi or something else?);

3 - Offscreen( Shingo's entire monologue never showed us that he "talked" with Sousuke anything regarding Momonga. When Sousuke confronted Iwabuchi, it seems he did).

Other points i said earlier were, pontential:

• This next arc shows Sousuke's neutral development arc. He already knows how the world around him works, was able to change the people close to him to the better with his innate nature, and is searching for closure in his struggle against Rika. That will be achieved by a confrontantion between the two, regarding their views and choices, morality, happiness and pleasure;
• There's always a tone of irony in each character so far. Matsuo boasted about his life and wife? Sousuke made Senna pretend she was leaving him easily, and he broke. Shiratori cucked many? Was cucked. Shingo wanted attention from social media( a fake image he created)? The world was show how pitiful his real appearance was, and he broke. Misato believed she was a bad person for what she was doing? Sousuke showed her she was a good person, just forced to do bad things.

The last bullet, at least to me, seems to point a similar fate to Iwabuchi. But what sort of ironic defeat could befall him? Maybe people will lose respect/ fear for him?

Likewise, the dramatic irony with Sousuke is how he was able to change from his character in chapter 01, and how people like Shingo and Iwabuchi seems to underestimate such changes( probably, their image of Sousuke is just the image that Rika passed unto then).

More importantly, the majority of Rika's character is still veiled in mystery, due to her thoughts not being conveyed to the reader, as a major plot reveal for the future. Though, if i pinpointed correctly what her plan for "Ultimate Love" really is...then she already lost, and we're being dragged through chapters showing how much of a mess she was, and how it was "all for nothing"...