Gaslighting, emotional manipulation and so on
It's kinda funny, for the most part this manga is not serious, like, at all, and yet I can't help but feel this portrayal of an abusive parent is more realistic than vast majority of mangas
I think maybe because because more often than not the abusive parents are portrayed as being dumb, incompetent and cartoonish evil while here her actions are very clearly intentional and purposely to gaslight and emotionally manipulate Lily, she knows exactly what she's doing to keep Lily under her thumb
There's also the fact that Lily pretty clearly knows what is happening but can't help but still go with it cause she still loves her mother and wants to believe in her while many series the characters don't realize how their parents really are
Realistic depiction of abusive parent wasn't on my bingo card for this series