Things are taking a very interesting turn. Gotta say I believe in some of the theories crafted in the posts above, specially the younger brother one, considering Duskin's flashback we get of Sumire on Duskin has a low angle PoV (that can be just a stylistic choice though).
Maybe Sumire doesn't transform to protect herself in this case because she has a low value of herself instilled due to the mistreaments she had by her parents in the past? That have just been reinforced over and over as she grew up.
Also, it's never been explicitly stated that she has only 1 brother too, right?
Thank you very much for the scanlation. I can't wait for the next chapter.
- Sumire: when her mother strangles her (did we know about that?), you see a child in a striped T-shirt point at Sumire. Firstly, is this child supposed to be Sumire's younger brother? According to c1p53, the brother is way younger than Sumire, so maybe not? And secondly, is this child commanding Sumire's mother to kill her? If so, why?
I don't think the child is commanding Sumire's mother, just in shock and reaching his hand out to them (nice catch too, reading in a hurry I let this one go past me), I also think this may be the same as Duskin's flashback PoV. I could be wrong though.