So, Reiji became Yuko after all.
That sad and empty gaze. The fear for abandonment, for loneliness.
Yuri, imo, is fucked tho. Reiji's ED will be the 1st issue, 2nd. If in the most remote case, Nagi is already in The Town and went to pick her phone, she will realize Reiji was calling her all these times. Reiji doesn't know Nagi couldn't talk with him because Yuri stole her phone.
So, in this case, if Reiji sees the incoming call... it may be enough to give his eyes a lil bit of spark... but in the same time, Shiba will show her most raw and primal self and do the impossible to prevent such an encounter. If Ishibashi gets notified Yuri went to the Kuroses, or if he overhears Nagi talking with Reiji, he may be set in action too, and make Yuri's closure more scandalous than expected. Consider Yuri, hypocritically offering a lovers suicide or wanting to pull a fire because if i can't have Reiji, then nobody can.
Also, the 3rd one may be the most evident paradox: Gen and Chako wanted to die with Reiji/using Reiji as a revenge against Esemori by dying with Yuko's son. Yuri wants to live her repressed teenage years at its fullest, and Reiji embodying Yuko's will may make it easier, but she may be the 1st one who could die due to a very simple paradox.
Maaaan, at this point, Reiji seriously needs to talk with Nagi. They have reached rock bottom. Her not minding doing JAVs shows she just doesn't care about anything and will go with the flow. Here, Reiji went with the flow, just like his mom after being rejected and ashamed by Esemori (something he regretted on his deathbed), he isn't caring about anything.