Ah sorry i forgot rika's pregnant about drinking contest hahaha. Maybe if Rika ask Akiba play game maybe it like bet contest. Like who will win Sousuke or iwabuchi, and who will come to that room first, Sousuke win over iwabuchi and come to the room and can meet rika or iwabuchi win and come to the room and save rika.
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The scene is a bit strange. If Rika had seen the entire scene, she would know they didn't have sex and she would've seen the strangulation. Plus, I don't think that the video feed has sound. If it had, I think Rika would look quite a bit more worried.
Sousuke isn't "discovering himself." The previous chapter shows that he is single mindedly chasing Rika because he wants to know, more than anything he wants to know why and he has an immense rage inside of him.
If Rika wanted him to accept her and become a cuck, he doesn't seem to be going that path. Rika been throwing women at him, and none managed to spark any desire.
There was progress in this chapter and I'm slightly less bored, but frankly I hope the mangaka start to wrap up the story. The "princess is in another castle" has run its course. So Iwabuchi is the final boss, and Rika should be phase 2.
My guess is that, without the sound, and considering Miyabi's territory is about choke play...Rika probably thought Sousuke was engaging in the play, but it didn't go as he expected. Or what she( Rika) expected, since she's been luring him into cheating situations...
The problem would be with the phrase. みやび の 部屋 に は 行っ たけ どセックス は してな さそうね･･･. It translates as "You went into Miyabi's room, but it doesn't look like you had sex". It literally seems like she's surprised, but it could be interpreted as a statement as well, in which case, it's just her making a point( similar to saying "well, something unexpected happened to you and you seemed flustered. Anyway, in the end, you went into Miyabi's room but doesn't look like you had sex, eh?").
It does look far-fetched to try and believe in that, but i was reminded of something @janakete noticed: Rika's way of talking. It's a very "onee-san" type of speech. Since this was the first chapter( out of 90) the we get to see her thinking, i wondered if she was being "caring/observatory" to Sousuke, as those types do( "My, it seems like he finished his homework, but it doesn't look like he can go to school tomorrow").
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Indeed, this scene looks very strange, on the one hand we see a naked Soska without a mask on the monitor (he looks like this when he was in Miyabi's room), on the other hand, Rika speaks as if she did not see what was happening in the room (that is, there are no cameras in the room). The nuance here is that Soske in the corridor was already fully dressed. But there is a possibility that there are cameras in the room, but they are not aimed at the bed. But I think it was the artist who screwed up...
It seems to me that this is not Rika's goal, and she understands perfectly well that she will not be able to achieve it. Rika is well aware of his "problem" with erection. From Iwabuchi's words, it's clear that it's necessary to get Soske to have sex with another woman, but it's not clear why Rika needs it. The nuance is that Rika doesn't want to get divorced, as she said: "I need a sosuke-kun to feel the real "love". It's interesting that the word "love" is in brackets, in the manga it means only one thing. This means that Rika only recently realised that she really loves Soska and does not want to lose him.
At the moment, Rika is trying to hold Soska in any way (blackmail, guilt, etc.). She just doesn't know and doesn't understand how to apologise properly.
"I'm sorry. I want to live for you, our daughter and our baby from now on. Help me become a better person."
And Sousuke's rage would melt... But go ahead Rika, let's see what the next ACME trap is?...
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So you finally came to the light side, my friend !!!
It really took you some time
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So, dear friends, after rereading the last chapter, I had a feeling that Rika did not know about the problem of Soska with erection. I believe that she will learn about it from Akiba during their conversation, when Rika tells her about her real plans.
Sosuke's next actions will be related to Marupi. Soske will go with Marupi to her room, where he will demand Miyabi's phone number from her, blackmailing her by knowing that she is Kanebayashi (Miyabi will tell him about it). But it will turn out that she has already given the phone to Iwabuchi.
Observing this from the side, Rick will confirm what Akiba said, and will understand that it will not be possible to keep Soska in this way. She will also understand that Soska and Iwabuchi should not be allowed to meet. Then she'll run to stop Soska. That's why Akiba told Misato to watch from the outside so that she could see how Rika was panicking. Rika will meet Soska and there will be a small dialogue between them, where there will be an apology and answers to the question "why". To this, Soska will say that first you need to get access to the Iwabuchi server and delete all the data from it, after which they can calmly talk.
They will go to a party where Iwabuchi will try to break Soska's heart, but he will not succeed. Everything will be quite simple, Rika is pregnant with Sosuke, not from Iwabuchi. And that was her backup plan to keep Soske. That's how Rika will break Iwabuchi's heart, because all this time he thought he was his child. In desperation, he decides to publish information about Misato and Rika, but then Satsuki comes on stage and takes the phone.
Sosuke's next actions will be related to Marupi. Soske will go with Marupi to her room, where he will demand Miyabi's phone number from her, blackmailing her by knowing that she is Kanebayashi (Miyabi will tell him about it). But it will turn out that she has already given the phone to Iwabuchi.
Observing this from the side, Rick will confirm what Akiba said, and will understand that it will not be possible to keep Soska in this way. She will also understand that Soska and Iwabuchi should not be allowed to meet. Then she'll run to stop Soska. That's why Akiba told Misato to watch from the outside so that she could see how Rika was panicking. Rika will meet Soska and there will be a small dialogue between them, where there will be an apology and answers to the question "why". To this, Soska will say that first you need to get access to the Iwabuchi server and delete all the data from it, after which they can calmly talk.
They will go to a party where Iwabuchi will try to break Soska's heart, but he will not succeed. Everything will be quite simple, Rika is pregnant with Sosuke, not from Iwabuchi. And that was her backup plan to keep Soske. That's how Rika will break Iwabuchi's heart, because all this time he thought he was his child. In desperation, he decides to publish information about Misato and Rika, but then Satsuki comes on stage and takes the phone.
I'm...pretty sure Iwabuchi knows the kid's not his. He's just pretending, to follow Rika's plan of gaslighting Sousuke, to make him( Sousuke) break later on. You can see by Sousuke's reaction when they met. Knowing the children is not his is one thing, but knowing who the supposed father is...that's another, and a very strong one at that.
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Then it's not clear at all why Iwabuchi is so obsessed with Rika, why he acts like her dog. Her income is not much higher than that of Marupi and Rick does not do such things as Marupi (the best lawyer). From the words of Miyabi, Iwabuchi artificially supported the Momonga channel, and this requires a lot of money. In addition, Ricky's pregnancy has a bad effect on Iwabuchi's business (income), she will not be able to earn money for quite a long time (most of the pregnancy time and time to restore body shape).
From Iwabuchi's words, in Ricky's plan there is only something to make Soska have sex with someone, everything else is just his guesses, which Rika does not confirm. In addition to all this, Iwabuchi's reaction to the way Rika shows feelings for Soska is quite similar to jealousy.
And introducing a new character (the real father of the child) is quite stupid at this stage of the manga. The only character who can be suitable for this role is Terauchi (Soske's employee).
Iwabuchi's infatuation with Rika is a scenario on it's own. We don't know why he's like this. But it doesn't need to be tied to a child of his and Rika's for that to happen. In a parallel, Shingo himself tried to "steal Rika" to himself, but only to sustain his SNS addiction.
It's a blank point as of now. Most likely, he stated so as another way to help break Sousuke through gaslight.
Also, as far as gaslighting goes, Shonen no abyss did something similar to it's protagonists father. But we can't discard Sousuke's fatherhood, just because Iwabuchi said so.
You're the person here who trusts Rika the most. So why not keep your hopes up from her actions, instead of her words?
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Yeah - Iwabuchi's obsession with Rika just feels like the tie-in for him to be involved at this point and level of the narrative. I'd not be surprised if it was as simple as "she was his first love/lover" and when she ghosted him after meeting Sousuke, he just never got over that.
He hopes he can break Sousuke and win Rika back in the process. He would have his own reasons for hating Sousuke that way, too, as the man who "stole" his lover. But I think he simply currently believes Rika's trying to destroy Sousuke, though to ambiguous/unknown ends....and he's just along for the ride, and is providing lots of logisitical & financial support as part of that.
But none of it requires a "reason" for him to love Rika and be so willing to do so much dirty work for her. His love for her is its own reason, and it informs his actions, rather than needing something to inform it.
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Your comment is broken only by one statement of Iwabuchi. As he said, it is Rika who is his main breadwinner. That is, it is she who brings him money, not the other way around.
But isn't this same logic being broken by another statement? Miyabi's? About how Iwabuchi has shown favoritism to Momonga, and that's why she believes Momonga's numbers are so inflated?
So it means that, as far as Ura aka goes, his "main breadwinner" was actually nurtured by himself. If we consider Maruppi's position at the same Ura Aka system, it wouldn't be too difficult for Iwabuchi to nurture another Momonga. The key here is his favoritism torwards Rika, that is a thing of it's own, not spcifically tied to money.
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I'll start with the chapter where Iwabuchi and Rika are travelling in the car. Then Iwabuchi asks Rika a question: "how are you feeling?" In the context that this question is asked to a pregnant woman, it means: "how are you and your child's well-being?". This clearly shows that Iwabuchi is worried about the child. In the same scene in the car, when Iwabuchi talks about the main nurse, he says the word "you" (君は). When a man says it, it means that he is either the boss or the husband (boyfriend). At the same time, there is a scene where Iwabuchi looks at Rika with a disgruntled face when she was looking at the wedding ring with a red face. Isn't this a jealousy scene? The next jealousy scene takes place in the hotel room, when Iwabuchi brings a cocktail and tries to talk to Rika, but Rika ignores him (she doesn't even turn around), she's been passionate about watching Soska all this time. After that, Iwabuchi leaves the hotel room with a disgruntled face.
He has only one way. Everything else is Iwabuchi's guesses and his desire (which arose because of jealousy).
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A statement or an assumption?
You're proving my point here: his infatuation with Rika is a matter of it's own. It doesn't need to be tied to her carrying his children or bringing him a better income. We talked about this earlier.
She stated that Iwabuchi has shown favoritism torwards Momonga( And we've seen this before by him personnaly meeting Sousuke when asked). She assumed that that's the reason why Momonga channel's numbers are so inflated( AKA, the channel has grow too fast).
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Where does this confirm your words? The fact that Iwabuchi calls Rika as his wife? Or the fact that he takes care of the unborn child as his own? Where?
Why did bias and overestimated ratings appear? Just like that? Maybe it's done to get Ricky's favour? For her to leave Soska and she became his? Thus showing that if Rika is with him, he will do everything for her.
Write me an objective reason why Iwabuchi does this.
And your original point:
Do you undeerstand that the central point here is that: we DON'T know why Iwabuchi loves Rika? And this love is a theme of it's own in the story so far, that wasn't given a proper explanation?
And that, just believing in her words that the kid is his, or she has a good income, have proven to be innefective, with Iwabuchi's look of "jealousy"( as you put it), or Miyabi's assumption that since Iwabuchi has favoritism over Rika, he( most likely), is the source of Momonga's high view counts?
And that, in your 3rd to last comment, you're actually leaning more into talking about Iwabuchi's raw love, instead of it's source( your 5th to last comment)?
And there goes the 1000 comment...
