Aisai no Ura Aka

[janakete]

Rika's face when Sousuke asks for a divorce is priceless. She thought that just proving the baby she's expecting is his would be enough to get her forgiven 😂

However, this is exactly what makes me certain of one thing: in the end, the way Rika loves Sousuke will become the weapon that destroys herself. In the previous chapters, we were shown Rika's bizarrely high expectations of Sousuke. These exact expectations will likely lead to her downfall.

Perhaps, in the final moments, Rika will finally realize that her love with Sousuke was the "ultimate love" she had been seeking. But by then, it will already be too late for her.

This scene i've been thought it multiple time in my mind.

From the moment when we know Rika doesn't want divorce Sousuke this a fatal weakness she has revealed. But this divorce form, is Sousuke trully want it or just to make Rika show the true herself ? We know in this chapter Rika still lying, so we need some trigger to make Rika be honest.

 

[janakete]

I was wondering what you found? But in the last chapter (98), the author clearly showed that Soska has no love feelings for Akiba, rather only gratitude. And I would like to answer your question "Who will teach Rika to love?" She gave an answer after a few replies, this person is Sosuke-kun.

I wonder how many chapters there will be, more than 100? I think one chapter won't be enough to finalise everything properly, unless Soska says, "I want a divorce."

Yah literally i know it, i asking it if there some chance another thing could be the reason. Like it could be shiho or could be the family. Not only Sosuke, i mean.

I found interesting part, like when Rika said "the secret acount has fulfilled its purpose", then Iwabuchi flashback, Rika want second child. These could be answer almost all what happen in this series. So Rika made Ura aka is on purpose and made it before she meet Iwabuchi again, and Iwabuchi is assignment to manage it. But i think its no matter again because we will know the truth in several chapter then.

And yap, Sousuke said it (divorce). Honestly i already expected it. After we know Rika doesn't want to divorce, and she has big expectation Sousuke is only for her. So, the divorce is the ultimate weapon for take down her. But like you said, Sousuke not really falling in love to Akiba. So this divorce request Sousuke give to her is trully his goal or only for to make Rika be honest ? But for me even Rika be honest, Rika has ruin Sousuke trust, it hard to comeback with that wound.

 

[slicerlucas]

Yah literally i know it, i asking it if there some chance another thing could be the reason. Like it could be shiho or could be the family. Not only Sosuke, i mean.

I found interesting part, like when Rika said "the secret acount has fulfilled its purpose", then Iwabuchi flashback, Rika want second child. These could be answer almost all what happen in this series. So Rika made Ura aka is on purpose and made it before she meet Iwabuchi again, and Iwabuchi is assignment to manage it. But i think its no matter again because we will know the truth in several chapter then.

And yap, Sousuke said it (divorce). Honestly i already expected it. After we know Rika doesn't want to divorce, and she has big expectation Sousuke is only for her. So, the divorce is the ultimate weapon for take down her. But like you said, Sousuke not really falling in love to Akiba. So this divorce request Sousuke give to her is trully his goal or only for to make Rika be honest ? But for me even Rika be honest, Rika has ruin Sousuke trust, it hard to comeback with that wound.

I thought here, and I thinking that Sousuke maybe already went to family court before the "hotel arc", to get the rights to create Shiho for child abandoning from Rika

 

[Jordarr4332]

Alright my final theory on why Rika did all this before the next chapter reveals everything. My current theory is that Rika’s “true love” means love that survives complete disillusionment. Sousuke originally loved the ideal wife she showed him, but Rika may not consider that real enough because he didn’t know her darkest side. So the entire story becomes a stress test: she keeps revealing worse parts of herself and escalating the situation to see whether Sousuke will still choose her. Iwabuchi’s love is insufficient because he already accepts and enjoys her cruelty, while Sousuke hates everything she does. If he still stayed after learning the truth, that would be the strongest proof imaginable to her.

 

[Kalimaman]

I thought here, and I thinking that Sousuke maybe already went to family court before the "hotel arc", to get the rights to create Shiho for child abandoning from Rika

The manga takes place in 2025. The law for joint custody was approved in Japan on 04/2024, with an adaptation period of 2 years. Meaning, all the legal system should abide for said law on 04/2026, but not every court needs to grant it. That means there's still a chance that he can have solo custody of Shiho.

 

[Kalimaman]

Small notes and nitpicks from chapter 100:

- I've said it before, i've said it again and i'll say it how many times it takes: Sousuke's biggest trumph is that he has grown along the story. While he always tries to keep his persona, his scene with Miyabi already shows he cannot take it much further. Rika's biggest problem in this entire story was treat Sousuke and not accounting for that, believing she was always going to work with his persona from chapter 1, or a small variant of that.

- Both Shingo and Iwabuchi delivered their monologues to the reader. However, we later learn that Shingo gave some testimony to Sousuke. While Iwabuchi didn't, Sousuke being so certain Iwabuchi's testimony would corroborate with the others put a firm nail in the coffin of Sousuke's trust on Rika.

- Some theories we worked on were proven right: she did take her time to outgrow the abortion time period. And yes, it was definetly his kid, and not Iwabuchi's. On the other side, while the image we got was a placeholder from Sousuke's mind, she did not deny the affair with Shingo. On contrary, she blamed Iwabuchi making her do it, so indirectly acknowledging the deed.

- Rika's expression in this chapter do not make sense from a normal person's view. The cruelty from almost kicking Misato faded when Sousuke arrived. But here she changed from a cold, calm and controlled person to a person who was desperatingly searching for the other to believe her. The timing for that, in front of Sousuke, seemed too artificial.

- "To be loved, you must first allow yourself to fall in love". I remembered this doing their talk. Rika always treated others like they were inferior to her. But she also wanted someone to teach/show her "true love". If she cannot break herself from her old habits, she could never achieve it.

- It could also mean that, "supreme love"( Saikyou no ai) that Iwabuchi, Misato and even Sousuke thought was a form of love that was too different, too special, too unique for them to understand...but the "true love"( Hontou no ai) that Rika talks about is just normal, sheer love, that she somehow distorted into some form of adoration, because she can't feel normal love like other people normally do.

- We still lack a bit of Rika's background, the reason for this entire plot, and why did she take 8 years to start it with Sousuke. This alone is enough to cover the missing piece on her puzzle.

 

[Wyrm666]

If the kid is indeed Sousuke's, why would she run away to avoid an abortion? Doesn't make much sense...

 

[Kalimaman]

If the kid is indeed Sousuke's, why would she run away to avoid an abortion? Doesn't make much sense...

Because she knew that Sousuke knew about her affair with Shingo. And since Sousuke's stance is simply that he cannot forgive adultery( especially one she started), it would come to mind that a possibility of Sousuke wanting her to abort and then divorce her did exist. However, if she's past the time period stated for legal abortion, then worst case scenario she could babytrap Sousuke.

 

[Wyrm666]

Because she knew that Sousuke knew about her affair with Shingo. And since Sousuke's stance is simply that he cannot forgive adultery( especially one she started), it would come to mind that a possibility of Sousuke wanting her to abort and then divorce her did exist. However, if she's past the time period stated for legal abortion, then worst case scenario she could babytrap Sousuke.

Sousuke: "I don't believe you are pregnant from me. Abort."
Rika: "No."

 

[Kalimaman]

Sousuke: "I don't believe you are pregnant from me. Abort."
Rika: "No."

It's more like,
Sousuke: "I don't believe you are pregnant from me. Abort."
Rika: "Yes i am. Here's the DNA test. You can also redo it many times you want."
Sousuke: "OK, but since you cheated on me, i don't want it. Abort and let's divorce".

 

[Litreara]

@Kalimaman , do you know how many chapters are left before the current volume is complete? I'm wondering if this is the final volume.

 

[YossyNova]

Alright my final theory on why Rika did all this before the next chapter reveals everything. My current theory is that Rika’s “true love” means love that survives complete disillusionment. Sousuke originally loved the ideal wife she showed him, but Rika may not consider that real enough because he didn’t know her darkest side. So the entire story becomes a stress test: she keeps revealing worse parts of herself and escalating the situation to see whether Sousuke will still choose her. Iwabuchi’s love is insufficient because he already accepts and enjoys her cruelty, while Sousuke hates everything she does. If he still stayed after learning the truth, that would be the strongest proof imaginable to her.

-I notice this a lot in Romance Media. Where the final couple (ML and FML) is one that has seen both Good/bad parts of their partner and still accept them for who they are. And the reason why the initial couple (ML and 2nd FML) failed is shown by this dialogue "I have to put up an act with this person, but with the other person I can speak freely" type of thing.

But like you said, Sousuke not really falling in love to Akiba. So this divorce request Sousuke give to her is trully his goal or only for to make Rika be honest ? But for me even Rika be honest, Rika has ruin Sousuke trust, it hard to comeback with that wound.

-In my opinion if he would have reciprocated Akibas Confession there, that would be him admitting his own adultery (emotional).
Given how strongly he feels about adultery (physical/emotional), he is able to put aside his feelings for Akiba until he can properly divorce Rika and make SousukeXAkiba Official.

 

[Kalimaman]

@Kalimaman , do you know how many chapters are left before the current volume is complete? I'm wondering if this is the final volume.

About 8 more chapters. Then we have enough chapters to close tankobon vol 11( we're currently in vol 9).

Although i really wished that Rika had some sort of "last measure"and we could finish it on vol 12...

 

[Wyrm666]

It's more like,
Sousuke: "I don't believe you are pregnant from me. Abort."
Rika: "Yes i am. Here's the DNA test. You can also redo it many times you want."
Sousuke: "OK, but since you cheated on me, i don't want it. Abort and let's divorce".

Rika: "No."

 

[master-34]

 

[Kalimaman]

I spent a lot of time writing, and i forgot some tips and theories, haha...

- It was not made clear WHEN Iwabuchi found Rika after she got married. However, considering Miyabi's take of favoritism torwards Momonga, he's been basically boosting Rika since the beginning;

- The shadow guy from chapter 1 is probably just a placeholder for a possible plot twist...that turned out to be just a mole from Iwabuchi, and possibily the mole who kept watch over Rika all this time( his dialogue about Sousuke bringing donuts to Shingo got no answer, so probably even Iwabuchi was pissed at this "lover" thing and got pissed). However, this shed to me some light into Suguru Terauchi's character: i'm assuming he's just another mole of Iwabuchi, this time to keep track on Sousuke. And since Iwabuchi boosted Momonga to top account, showing to him that his wife was having an affair was going to be a dealbreaker for their marriage, and consequently, Make Rika rush back to Iwabuchi;

- This also spirals back to chapter 10, where Rika says "thanks to him, i can have a little more fun". She's talking about Shingo. Mainly, how he made possible 2 things: test Sousuke's take on adultery for her "true love"plan...and keeping getting boosted by Iwabuchi, earning more money. The first is proven throughout the story, but the second makes sense now, as she's clearly aware Iwabuchi caught her again, by looking at her bank account and seeing how unnaturally it grew;

- Rika, as a character, has 2 main flaws.
To the story( as Sosuke said about 2 to 3 times now), she treats others as inferior to her. Predictable. And even as she says it, in the end, she was outdone by Sousuke, who was the most predictable and manageable of the roster, but grew enough to break the way she predicts him, and delivered a surprise outcome.
To the readers, Rika being cunning beyond factual understanding just sounded like a ridiculous plot device, until it turned into a dual-edged knife. On one side, she planned every possible situation, including her escape, and even trapping Misato on the go, and the fall of Shingo and Iwabuchi. On the other, blame her narcisism to being catch by Sousuke and trying pathetic excuses, with shallow thinking and a sudden personality shift that would amount to nothing, even by her standards;

- That's why i can't bring myself to see the story end on chapter 108. Rika has been so cunning, so smart, and suddenly, being cornered, she sounded so pathetic...it's not that i don't want the story to end, but as we're now, it's going to be about, 2 to 3 chapters of flashback about her, an epilogue of sorts, with Sousuke coming to terms with everyone, the outcome for everyone else...and probably, Sousuke becoming a vigilante of sorts, helping out against adulterous people, with Akiba on his side, wanting to see other people have sex.

 

[XiaoNate]

Because she knew that Sousuke knew about her affair with Shingo. And since Sousuke's stance is simply that he cannot forgive adultery( especially one she started), it would come to mind that a possibility of Sousuke wanting her to abort and then divorce her did exist. However, if she's past the time period stated for legal abortion, then worst case scenario she could babytrap Sousuke.

My man mukola has been missing, did anyone saw him ?