Aisai no Ura Aka

[Mukola9191]

So we're FINALLY in agreement that Rika did comit adultery, and Sousuke had found the evidence of it happening( though he lost it a little later). That alone makes me happy.

Revenge against her lover. First, Sousuke couldn't pinpoint who it was. Then he finally tracked it was Shingo, however, Mitsuri's words were still there: how could he prove that it wasn't Rika who started the affair? And just like that, Shingo's monologue ascertained as much: it was Rika who started it.

Later on, while trying to find her, he shifted it to Iwabuchi. It took until Miyabi's technique of projection for he to realize the wild goose chase was already over, he IS in fact trying to find Rika and get his revenge on her, for the affair and for Misato. Now WHAT he plans on doing is what intrigues me. At calm, he may talk about divorce, but when push came to shove, he really strangled Miyabi thinking about her. So those are the cards we're dealt.

Dude, do you even understand what I'm writing? You take sentences out of context, and you're afraid to answer the main questions. Read my comment again.

 

[Kalimaman]

Dude, do you even understand what I'm writing? You take sentences out of context, and you're afraid to answer the main questions. Read my comment again.

Dude, what you wrote doesn't matter, it only fits your theory. In the first sentence, you already acknowledged that you know she cheated. We've been spending months with you still trying to prove she didn't do it with Shingo.

As for your "answers": i'm not the author. There's no way i could possibly know the outcome of the story to justify how it was written from the spa arc onward. I only told you the hand we're dealt. It could be predictable, it could have a turnaround, it could be a blatant copy of another work...there's still a little more to decide why the path was carved this way.

As for the "there're 2 genres": don't be naive into thinking the story would fit those until the end. Naruto started as a Ninja manga, and suddenly everybody had superpowers. Dragon Ball started as action/adventure, and suddenly everyone spent more time fighting than adventuring. Death Note has terror and mistery, what am i supposed to be afraid off, or not know properly in the story? There's a myriad of examples to follow.

Of course MITA would not be able to sustain the mistery part for too long with the adultery being a given since day one. The shift in tone was necessary. Do i like how it ended up? Not really. Do i know how it's going to end up? Again, no. Do i think this should continue for just a little longer, to show us Rika is worse than what was showed until now, and give her a solid backstory to explain her behaviour? Definetly.

 

[Kalimaman]

Cover for Tankobon 9 revealed. I was expecting it and it came true: 3 of the four heavenly kings. It covers chapter 79( the breather) all the way to chapter 88( Miyabi's strangle).

 

[Mukola9191]

Dude, what you wrote doesn't matter, it only fits your theory. In the first sentence, you already acknowledged that you know she cheated. We've been spending months with you still trying to prove she didn't do it with Shingo.

As for your "answers": i'm not the author. There's no way i could possibly know the outcome of the story to justify how it was written from the spa arc onward. I only told you the hand we're dealt. It could be predictable, it could have a turnaround, it could be a blatant copy of another work...there's still a little more to decide why the path was carved this way.

As for the "there're 2 genres": don't be naive into thinking the story would fit those until the end. Naruto started as a Ninja manga, and suddenly everybody had superpowers. Dragon Ball started as action/adventure, and suddenly everyone spent more time fighting than adventuring. Death Note has terror and mistery, what am i supposed to be afraid off, or not know properly in the story? There's a myriad of examples to follow.

Of course MITA would not be able to sustain the mistery part for too long with the adultery being a given since day one. The shift in tone was necessary. Do i like how it ended up? Not really. Do i know how it's going to end up? Again, no. Do i think this should continue for just a little longer, to show us Rika is worse than what was showed until now, and give her a solid backstory to explain her behaviour? Definetly.

Your comparison with other works is not correct, there are more than 500 chapters in those manga. There are not even 100 chapters in the "secret account" manga. If you already compare with another manga, then it's better to choose other works of Mita. Didn't he adhere to the initial genres in them?

I didn't confirm that Rika had sex with Shingo, I said that if that was the case, the author "killed" the main intrigue of the work. I'm still 99 percent sure that Rika and Shingo didn't have sex. I have several theories, in one of them Singo is a "false lover". I mean, Rika wanted to make Soska think that the child's father was Shingo, not someone else. So that Sosuke doesn't look for a real father and stop investigating after learning about Shingo.

As for the true intentions of the author and how he wants to end the story, we don't know it, we can only build theories.

 

[slicerlucas]

Chapter 98 RAW: Link

Chapter 99 on October 06th

 

[Kalimaman]

Chapter 98 dropped, summary in some time.

Spoiler

• Iwabuchi's monologue states that Rika was the one who pushed him to blackmail since their college years;
• They pretended they were in a relationship, and Rika broke it off because of Sousuke;
• Iwabuchi couldn't get it hard when breaking off with her, and lost contact with her until recently, even stating that he knew she was doing secret account and in the same business as the other bllackmailed woman;
• From Rika's small talking roles in this chapter, she can pretend she was one of the victims and escape;
• The chapter ends with her saying that, it's been in her mind for a while, but she wants to end this Ura Aka stuff.

Small notes:

Spoiler

• The way Iwabuchi smiled in the flashback really reminds us of Shiratori. So a possible parallel as to "make it big by doing blackmail" or "Shiratori was a V2 Alpha of Iwabuchi";
• There's really going to be a next arc. Rika's drive and fearlessness was too much uncommon to not be noticed, but now it's become rather ridicule to just use it as a plot device.

 

[janakete]

Yeah, a lot of my theories were off in this chapter, haha.

Iwabuchi is Rika's fellow university student. Maybe Matsuo Jin should have known Iwabuchi too. At first I thought Iwabuchi was more mature and the one who introduced Rika to that dark world. Turns out Rika was the mastermind after all. But I'm fairly sure there's no other party involved here. It's just Rika and Iwabuchi.

Honestly, I'm quite confused about the plot. How and when they met again and started working together, when they began this secret account business. Did the business start after Rika created the Momonga account, or not? But I have been understand the author's style, so I feel like this won't be explained any further, and the story will just focus on what happens next. About what Megumi mean the "thing" she found ? Backup data ? What happen to Iwabuchi ? And what Rika move then

 

[janakete]

Oh, and I also think it's safe to say that this chapter confirms the baby in Rika's womb isn't Iwabuchi's. Since Rika still belongs to Sousuke, Iwabuchi presumably still can't get an erection. That also answer why Iwabuchi looked so irritated when Rika said about Sousuke and touch her belly in the car on the way back from Rika Hometown

 

[Jhon1617]

Oh, and I also think it's safe to say that this chapter confirms the baby in Rika's womb isn't Iwabuchi's. Since Rika still belongs to Sousuke, Iwabuchi presumably still can't get an erection. That also answer why Iwabuchi looked so irritated when Rika said about Sousuke and touch her belly in the car on the way back from Rika Hometown

So who was Rika having sex with in the video Sousuke saw? Was it Sousuke himself, who was drugged?

 

[Kalimaman]

Chapter 98 Dropped. Title is "Soulmate".

Spoiler

• The chapter starts with Akiba seeing the chaos following the events of Sousuke's divertionary tactic and Satsuki's appearance. Just as she's about to think the party was over, Pigman resurfaces and says things won't end there, for at least he's going after her virginity. She won't escape, as he says he paid the 60 million yen for it;
• Just as he's about to go for her, Sousuke throws him down and kicks him in the dick. Sousuke approaches her. He apologizes to Megumi-san for being late and assures her that everything is fine now. She leans on him and says that, she waited a long time, and that she really loves him;
• Sousuke remembers the talk with Maruppi( when he was being held), in which she states that he's limp, and if that girl( Akiba) wasn't the one he loved. In the present, he sweats, distances himself, but takes of his shirt, saying that Akiba should wear some clothes. She begins to say that she found something, but is cut by the yelling of the women saying that Iwabuchi escaped, and locked the door. They say for him to not run away from his responsibility;
• Escaping, Iwabuchi thinks about how they started rampaging after mistakenly believing there was no data. "Brainless" he could say. He then blames Satsuki for suddenly rushing in starting rampaging by himself...and Sousuke. He definetly won't forgive them all. He'll definetly make them despair;
• He then remembers his student days. He was great at sports and academics, and also the center of attention. No one dared defy him, and when entering college, his reign continued. He loved the sight of people wagging their tails to him. It was at that time that he met this woman: Rika;
• At first he thought of her as just another single pretty girl, he approached her thinking he'd just have quickie and then end it. When praising her, she grinned and said he doesn't need to put an act with her. She talkes about how she loves the red color of the red Cassis, which reminds her of blood, and seems like full of human desire;
• She says she's been thinking about this for a long time, but, Iwabuchi seems to be the type who commands others and shines, whose ambition is bubbling like magma( like hot ambition). But she has something to say: he needs to get a hold of a woman's weak point. For example, Someone who commited investment fraud and, but he managed to get a leverage on, and if it's a woman, to blackmail them into selling their bodies. Iwabuchi denies it, saying it's a crime. However, Rika emphasizes that, when said they come by, he can see their look of suffering, which he likes;
• She whispers in his ear that she knew he had a friend pass out drunk in party and had his fun with them...then puts on her scary ghost face and says that, if he follows her instructions, it'll be even more fun. He shivers, but is thrilled. He says he had goosebumps;
• He asks her if she's like him. She says she doesn't know. She's just looking for her "destined partner" and wondered if Iwabuchi was the one. She thought he could be the one, so she did a lot of research. The previous candidates were all lacking, and could not satisfy her. In that moment, Iwabuchi thought Rika was the ultimate woman;
• He enjoyed her ideas and savored them to the fullest, the pleasure of belittling others. He didn't want to let her go. That's why he gave her everything she wanted. As long as he have Rika-san, his reign is secured. He pressured her into and engagement during their college days, determined to not let her get away. But one day, she said to him...;
• She was getting married. Iwabuchi says how much Sousuke looked unremarkable. Rika then broke their engagement, which he simply couldn't accept it. He bursts on how he's her soulmate and the only one who can satisfy her...But at the hotel, he can't get it hard, with the thought of her with another man. Rika says it's OK, but she sort of had imagined it, since he was just about like this( meaning she predicted his behaviour);
• After that, her "reckless" behaviour continued, and a few years later, she started a secret account on her own, ending up in the same side of those selling their bodies. And for several years, he couldn't geit in touch with her( in the image, he asks if she's dead);
• He loses his cool, and uses the same phrase he used against Misato( there're those who control and those who are controlled), but stating that Rika was the one who should control, to be his soulmate. Was it because she met a man like that( Sousuke)? That's why he definetly will crush him;
• In the present, he arrives at the door and asks Rika to open it. He yells he needs the data of the threatened women that he entrusted her. He needs it to exact revenge on them. Through the door, Rika says that she wouldn't be in a bind without that data. If she acts like a victim, that's fine( meaning, without the data, she can pose as another victim and escapre charges).;
• There's been something on her mind since a while, though;
• Chapter ends with her telling Iwabuchi that it's time to end this secret account business.

 

[XiaoNate]

Chapter 98 Dropped. Title is "Soulmate".

Spoiler

• The chapter starts with Akiba seeing the chaos following the events of Sousuke's divertionary tactic and Satsuki's appearance. Just as she's about to think the party was over, Pigman resurfaces and says things won't end there, for at least he's going after her virginity. She won't escape, as he says he paid the 60 million yen for it;
• Just as he's about to go for her, Sousuke throws him down and kicks him in the dick. Sousuke approaches her. He apologizes to Megumi-san for being late and assures her that everything is fine now. She leans on him and says that, she waited a long time, and that she really loves him;
• Sousuke remembers the talk with Maruppi( when he was being held), in which she states that he's limp, and if that girl( Akiba) wasn't the one he loved. In the present, he sweats, distances himself, but takes of his shirt, saying that Akiba should wear some clothes. She begins to say that she found something, but is cut by the yelling of the women saying that Iwabuchi escaped, and locked the door. They say for him to not run away from his responsibility;
• Escaping, Iwabuchi thinks about how they started rampaging after mistakenly believing there was no data. "Brainless" he could say. He then blames Satsuki for suddenly rushing in starting rampaging by himself...and Sousuke. He definetly won't forgive them all. He'll definetly make them despair;
• He then remembers his student days. He was great at sports and academics, and also the center of attention. No one dared defy him, and when entering college, his reign continued. He loved the sight of people wagging their tails to him. It was at that time that he met this woman: Rika;
• At first he thought of her as just another single pretty girl, he approached her thinking he'd just have quickie and then end it. When praising her, she grinned and said he doesn't need to put an act with her. She talkes about how she loves the red color of the red Cassis, which reminds her of blood, and seems like full of human desire;
• She says she's been thinking about this for a long time, but, Iwabuchi seems to be the type who commands others and shines, whose ambition is bubbling like magma( like hot ambition). But she has something to say: he needs to get a hold of a woman's weak point. For example, Someone who commited investment fraud and, but he managed to get a leverage on, and if it's a woman, to blackmail them into selling their bodies. Iwabuchi denies it, saying it's a crime. However, Rika emphasizes that, when said they come by, he can see their look of suffering, which he likes;
• She whispers in his ear that she knew he had a friend pass out drunk in party and had his fun with them...then puts on her scary ghost face and says that, if he follows her instructions, it'll be even more fun. He shivers, but is thrilled. He says he had goosebumps;
• He asks her if she's like him. She says she doesn't know. She's just looking for her "destined partner" and wondered if Iwabuchi was the one. She thought he could be the one, so she did a lot of research. The previous candidates were all lacking, and could not satisfy her. In that moment, Iwabuchi thought Rika was the ultimate woman;
• He enjoyed her ideas and savored them to the fullest, the pleasure of belittling others. He didn't want to let her go. That's why he gave her everything she wanted. As long as he have Rika-san, his reign is secured. He pressured her into and engagement during their college days, determined to not let her get away. But one day, she said to him...;
• She was getting married. Iwabuchi says how much Sousuke looked unremarkable. Rika then broke their engagement, which he simply couldn't accept it. He bursts on how he's her soulmate and the only one who can satisfy her...But at the hotel, he can't get it hard, with the thought of her with another man. Rika says it's OK, but she sort of had imagined it, since he was just about like this( meaning she predicted his behaviour);
• After that, her "reckless" behaviour continued, and a few years later, she started a secret account on her own, ending up in the same side of those selling their bodies. And for several years, he couldn't geit in touch with her( in the image, he asks if she's dead);
• He loses his cool, and uses the same phrase he used against Misato( there're those who control and those who are controlled), but stating that Rika was the one who should control, to be his soulmate. Was it because she met a man like that( Sousuke)? That's why he definetly will crush him;
• In the present, he arrives at the door and asks Rika to open it. He yells he needs the data of the threatened women that he entrusted her. He needs it to exact revenge on them. Through the door, Rika says that she wouldn't be in a bind without that data. If she acts like a victim, that's fine( meaning, without the data, she can pose as another victim and escapre charges).;
• There's been something on her mind since a while, though;
• Chapter ends with her telling Iwabuchi that it's time to end this secret account business.

Watch mukola still telling everyone that rika is secretly a good woman 💀 ☠

 

[janakete]

So who was Rika having sex with in the video Sousuke saw? Was it Sousuke himself, who was drugged?

Shingo mori, but mori said every time he and Rika doing it, they wear rubber. Also mori use contrceptive medicine that why he has hair problem and became bald. I think that true what Rika said, the baby is Sousuke's child. Becuase that no meaning for Rika being pregnant with other man. But it could be a weapon for her if that trully Sousuke child.

 

[janakete]

Watch mukola still telling everyone that rika is secretly a good woman 💀 ☠

Ahaha, Even though it turned out Rika didn't have an affair. From the way she talks, flirts, and discusses sex with Iwabuchi, Mori, and Shiratori, I am absolutely sure she has slept with many men. She seems very experienced and knowledgeable about it. At the very least, Iwabuchi must have slept with her before he became impotent upon finding out that Rika was getting married. Also Rika herself has said, she already with many man before with Iwabuchi.

After seeing this chapter, Rika reminds me of the character Akane Minagawa from the anime Kuzu no Honkai. She also has two personalities. A beautiful, kind woman when working as a teacher at school, but outside, she likes to play around with many men, dating them, sleeping with them, and then dumping them once she gets bored. She loves it when men pelases for her

 

[XiaoNate]

Ahaha, Even though it turned out Rika didn't have an affair. From the way she talks, flirts, and discusses sex with Iwabuchi, Mori, and Shiratori, I am absolutely sure she has slept with many men. She seems very experienced and knowledgeable about it. At the very least, Iwabuchi must have slept with her before he became impotent upon finding out that Rika was getting married. Also Rika herself has said, she already with many man before with Iwabuchi.

After seeing this chapter, Rika reminds me of the character Akane Minagawa from the anime Kuzu no Honkai. She also has two personalities. A beautiful, kind woman when working as a teacher at school, but outside, she likes to play around with many men, dating them, sleeping with them, and then dumping them once she gets bored. She loves it when men pelases for her

Her thing with shingo pretty much seemed like a affair for me 🤣🤣, imagine your wife making the exactly excuse on why she cheated on your ass: "Oh dear, hear me out, he cracked me multiple times, but it wasnt RAW" although I HEAVILY think that shingo FOR SURE ended inside her at least one time (comon, we are all men here), and i dont really take his words to sousuke AFTER BEING EXPOSED as 100% true hahaha

 

[Kalimaman]

Some notes and nitpicks about this chapter:
- Iwabuchi's entire arc was a mix between Shiratori and Shingo. He was popular and advisored by Rika on how to grow on his business, but at the same time she was the one who approached him, preyed on his weakness and broke him off, setting him on his path to fulfill his wish;

- If not made clear, during the bar talk, Rika is talking about Misato. Meaning, as opposed to what Misato( in her flashback on chapter 70) and the readers thought, Iwabuchi and Rika weren't together since the beginning. Rika planned Iwabuchi's part as Misato's was going on;

- Rika's "scary ghost face" is a trademark of her certain victory, superiority and dominance. She used it twice with Akiba, and now with Iwabuchi, meaning she baited him, the bait was bitten, and she just need to reel him;

- Iwabuchi's entire story is also an interesting life lesson about being a SIMP, objectifying and learning to let go. Rika gave him the ideas, he built an empire on the foundation of blackmail, and so on. But she announced her marriage, broke off her engagement, and he...never learned to let her go. If he did, had approached Miyabi more, and didn't fall for Rika AGAIN after she contacted him years after, i get the feeling he might've had a different outcome in this part;

- As said by both Iwabuchi and Misato, after marrying Sousuke, Rika went off the grid and only contacted them recently, meaning she spent years without contacting them. Worse, Iwabuchi learned about her because she was doing Momonga with Shingo, meaning( as well) that it's been just a few months since she returned to their lifes;

- Almost having sex with Iwabuchi, while engaged to Sousuke, means that she, regardless of the act, is not above two-timing on the spot. So doing it with Shingo was also not a problem to her;

- A personal theory of mine is that the bald guy from chapter 1 was on Iwabuchi's circle. After finding Rika on Momonga, and finding out Shingo was her partner there, Iwabuchi possibly thought that both he and Sousuke were cheated on;

- Something that came back was how the work treats both protagonist and antagonist in each arc. Sousuke always ends up with an insight, some growth, but in a worse place than the one he started with. Rika always loses something or someone, but manages to escape and goes one step further in her big plan.

 

[eren760]

Chapter 98 Dropped. Title is "Soulmate".

Spoiler

• The chapter starts with Akiba seeing the chaos following the events of Sousuke's divertionary tactic and Satsuki's appearance. Just as she's about to think the party was over, Pigman resurfaces and says things won't end there, for at least he's going after her virginity. She won't escape, as he says he paid the 60 million yen for it;
• Just as he's about to go for her, Sousuke throws him down and kicks him in the dick. Sousuke approaches her. He apologizes to Megumi-san for being late and assures her that everything is fine now. She leans on him and says that, she waited a long time, and that she really loves him;
• Sousuke remembers the talk with Maruppi( when he was being held), in which she states that he's limp, and if that girl( Akiba) wasn't the one he loved. In the present, he sweats, distances himself, but takes of his shirt, saying that Akiba should wear some clothes. She begins to say that she found something, but is cut by the yelling of the women saying that Iwabuchi escaped, and locked the door. They say for him to not run away from his responsibility;
• Escaping, Iwabuchi thinks about how they started rampaging after mistakenly believing there was no data. "Brainless" he could say. He then blames Satsuki for suddenly rushing in starting rampaging by himself...and Sousuke. He definetly won't forgive them all. He'll definetly make them despair;
• He then remembers his student days. He was great at sports and academics, and also the center of attention. No one dared defy him, and when entering college, his reign continued. He loved the sight of people wagging their tails to him. It was at that time that he met this woman: Rika;
• At first he thought of her as just another single pretty girl, he approached her thinking he'd just have quickie and then end it. When praising her, she grinned and said he doesn't need to put an act with her. She talkes about how she loves the red color of the red Cassis, which reminds her of blood, and seems like full of human desire;
• She says she's been thinking about this for a long time, but, Iwabuchi seems to be the type who commands others and shines, whose ambition is bubbling like magma( like hot ambition). But she has something to say: he needs to get a hold of a woman's weak point. For example, Someone who commited investment fraud and, but he managed to get a leverage on, and if it's a woman, to blackmail them into selling their bodies. Iwabuchi denies it, saying it's a crime. However, Rika emphasizes that, when said they come by, he can see their look of suffering, which he likes;
• She whispers in his ear that she knew he had a friend pass out drunk in party and had his fun with them...then puts on her scary ghost face and says that, if he follows her instructions, it'll be even more fun. He shivers, but is thrilled. He says he had goosebumps;
• He asks her if she's like him. She says she doesn't know. She's just looking for her "destined partner" and wondered if Iwabuchi was the one. She thought he could be the one, so she did a lot of research. The previous candidates were all lacking, and could not satisfy her. In that moment, Iwabuchi thought Rika was the ultimate woman;
• He enjoyed her ideas and savored them to the fullest, the pleasure of belittling others. He didn't want to let her go. That's why he gave her everything she wanted. As long as he have Rika-san, his reign is secured. He pressured her into and engagement during their college days, determined to not let her get away. But one day, she said to him...;
• She was getting married. Iwabuchi says how much Sousuke looked unremarkable. Rika then broke their engagement, which he simply couldn't accept it. He bursts on how he's her soulmate and the only one who can satisfy her...But at the hotel, he can't get it hard, with the thought of her with another man. Rika says it's OK, but she sort of had imagined it, since he was just about like this( meaning she predicted his behaviour);
• After that, her "reckless" behaviour continued, and a few years later, she started a secret account on her own, ending up in the same side of those selling their bodies. And for several years, he couldn't geit in touch with her( in the image, he asks if she's dead);
• He loses his cool, and uses the same phrase he used against Misato( there're those who control and those who are controlled), but stating that Rika was the one who should control, to be his soulmate. Was it because she met a man like that( Sousuke)? That's why he definetly will crush him;
• In the present, he arrives at the door and asks Rika to open it. He yells he needs the data of the threatened women that he entrusted her. He needs it to exact revenge on them. Through the door, Rika says that she wouldn't be in a bind without that data. If she acts like a victim, that's fine( meaning, without the data, she can pose as another victim and escapre charges).;
• There's been something on her mind since a while, though;
• Chapter ends with her telling Iwabuchi that it's time to end this secret account business.

So basically Rika was looking for a guy who only gets hard with her,not with any other woman and also gets hard if she have sex with another man(only one person who is like that)but iwabuchi didn't get hard after finding out she was going to be with another man which rika already imagined it that's why he got rejected.
She must have fucked with all the village's man to find her true love hence the whore's house

 

[janakete]

Sousuke always ends up with an insight, some growth, but in a worse place than the one he started with. Rika always loses something or someone, but manages to escape and goes one step further in her big plan.

This is absolutelly good take.

The more I know Rika, the more I'm sure her only goal is just having fun, nothing concrete like getting rich or becoming no. 1 streamer or anything.
People who jump into things with vague goals or pure lead by their impulsive usually hold all the cards in beginning, but they gradually losses it and then always end up getting trapped by their own.

I think the author starting to make it obvious who’s gonna win in the end, painting Rika in the worst possible while making Akiba look as good as gold ~

 

[YossyNova]

So basically Rika was looking for a guy who only gets hard with her,not with any other woman and also gets hard if she have sex with another man(only one person who is like that)but shiratori didn't get hard after finding out she was going to be with another man which rika already imagined it that's why he got rejected. She must have fucked with all the village's man to find her true love hence the whore's house

-From the looks of things, that seems to be the case. Which is why it doesn't bold well for Akiba. Even if Rika loses in the end, divorced by sousuke. He would have ED and can't have sex with Akiba unless he watches momonga videos of Rika. Which would be demoralizing for Akiba in her relationship with Sousuke....unless she is into that kinda kink. She is a pervert who liked to watch affairs of the other PTA members after school. Or helps him redirects that, hard on only for Rika, to a hard on only for her.

-That definitely closes the case of why Misato commented she is the "whore's" (Rika's) friend. She sure got around during her college days looking for her "soulmate". There might be a psychological reason why Rika preyed on Sousuke for marriage in college, that will be monologued by her in the final arc.

Sousuke from the beginning was a Naive, trusting, and loyal guy who was content with his marriage life (maybe life in general).

Rika from the beginning is a textbook narcisist who lies, sleeps around, lives a double life, manipulates, and is very greedy with wanting it all in life. Sex (adultery), money (Secret accounts), and power (controlling people through coercion).

- As said by both Iwabuchi and Misato, after marrying Sousuke, Rika went off the grid and only contacted them recently, meaning she spent years without contacting them. Worse, Iwabuchi learned about her because she was doing Momonga with Shingo, meaning( as well) that it's been just a few months since she returned to their lifes;

- Something that came back was how the work treats both protagonist and antagonist in each arc. Sousuke always ends up with an insight, some growth, but in a worse place than the one he started with. Rika always loses something or someone, but manages to escape and goes one step further in her big plan.

-I think the reason she went off the grid was because she and sousuke were busy raising their daughter. Only once she didn't need as much care, Rika started finding prey to start/continue her business or "preparations" to mold sousuke to her liking.

-It's not known if Sousuke always had ED (only able to have sex with Rika) or he was normal until Rika sent him on his revenge quest. The further Sousuke went and got "revenge" on Rika's lover(s), he ended up in a worst spot psychologically. Despite Rika's business partner's being dismantled by Sousuke, it always seems like it was part of her plan for him to do so.

While everyone underestimated Sousuke from his apperance, it seem's like she was aware of what he was actually capable of and why she picked him for her "soulmate". Of course, Akiba did tell her she is "underestimating" Sousuke. Might find/get clues later on that supports this view or not.

Oh, and I also think it's safe to say that this chapter confirms the baby in Rika's womb isn't Iwabuchi's. Since Rika still belongs to Sousuke, Iwabuchi presumably still can't get an erection. That also answer why Iwabuchi looked so irritated when Rika said about Sousuke and touch her belly in the car on the way back from Rika Hometown

-This also shows that Rika would have no qaulms of getting pregnant from another man before marrying Sousuke. So highly likely if Iwabachi could have had sex with Rika then and there. Sousuke would have been raising a daughter that wasn't his own. Which what I know some of us, including myself, were suspecting.

-Which also puts one of the momonga videos of Rika "wanting to be pregnant from another man" in mind. That would have made Rika's marriage life (for her) more exciting. To see her husband raising another mans (Iwabachi's) child and whether he will find out or not. Or she knew Iwabachi was a man who wouldn't be able to perform with another man's women and she confirmed it that day. Which is ironic that he can't have on-going affair with her, despite his love for her. While Sousuke can continue to have sex with Rika (Even though he initially didn't want to), despite her affair.

So who was Rika having sex with in the video Sousuke saw? Was it Sousuke himself, who was drugged?

-This chapter revealed Iwabachi isn't the father and Shingo isn't the father because he claimed they were careful. Unless there is another secret affair partner that I missed or will be introduced in the future (it's way to late for that)...Rika's claims that Sousuke is the father is true. As for the conception, Sousuke (as well as Shingo), always used protection and were careful from their knowledge/testimony.

Either Rika is actually lieing about being pregnant and faked the ultra sound (For control), or Sousuke was drugged and lost his memories of doing it with Rika without protection (Possibly for a momonga video she posted later for clicks, Titled "Impregnated by another man that is not my husband."). That is just my theory.

 

[XiaoNate]

What happened to my man "Mukola", did anyone saw him in the last 48 hours ?
Bro has gone missing 😭😭😭😭☠☠☠💀💀💀

 

[Wyrm666]

I'm not sure if the story supports it or not, but I wouldn't be surprised if Rika never had sex with anyone else since marrying Sousuke, and that everything was part of her plan. Maybe Shingo was drugged himself and he only thought he was having sex with Rika. Because after all the twists and turns turns the mangaka might thing that the best plot twist would be Rika having been "faithful" to Sousuke all along...
And, as far as I can remember, Rika was never shown explicitly fucking someone else...