Zenbu Kowashite Jigoku de Aishite - Vol. 7 Ch. 32 - Unravel

[MangaDex]

 

[Mistilteinn]

The Mona situation feels like it's closely mirroring Kokoro pressuring Kurumi in chapter 7. They're even sitting at the same table from back then (I wonder if it'll flashback to that time actually). And of course, Mona wanting to keep all of this a secret from Naoi is a giant red flag, especially after Naoi told Kurumi only last chapter that she knows something's up with Mona and wants to keep an eye on the situation. I'm hoping that this is just the final narrative test to show Kurumi's character development before Naoi accepts her confession and before Kurumi finally faces her mother after all of this time.

Naoi's thoughts this chapter show that this would be the worst time for a perceived betrayal, because she's already developed such a negative view about love and affection, that any more piling onto it would almost certainly result in her rejecting Kurumi's confession for good. I think the story is heading toward her needing to perceive the positives of love, like loyalty and putting the other persons well-being over their own desires. Mona's interest in Kurumi is likely fake or at least largely exaggerated due to wanting to use Kurumi to help solve whatever is going on at home. So, the arc seems to be about Kurumi not getting misled by fake love versus real love, while Naoi's struggling to put her faith into love.

Considering that Kokoro was on the color cover of the volume, I'm guessing her role will be during the school festival, which is what I'm assuming the volume will end with. Usually those are treated as major events in manga, which is why I think Naoi will give Kurumi the answer to her confession then. Maybe Kokoro will give Naoi a pep talk, or give Kurumi some advice on how to deal with Mona.

Of course, even if Kurumi tries to turn down Mona's request, or tells her she'll think it over, it's possible Mona becomes more proactive and shows up to their school festival, since the festivals are public events, which would likely result in some kind of incident.

New chapter is scheduled for next month. Hopefully Kurumi and Naoi can make it out of this volume okay. Only 3 more chapters left in this volume. The festival arc continues.

 

[yoorie19]

Oshiete, yo. Oshiete, yo.

 

[BryanPliskin]

Thanks for the chapter

 

[MsW0lf]

Naoi’s expression when Kurumi mistakenly thought she was agonising over Mona when she was in fact agonising over her was absolute bliss! 🥰🥰🥰🥰

 

[Retzeuq]

Her smile on page 10, in my opinion, is the best smile I've seen from her.

 

[xynako]

It seems like Mona maybe grew up having an older sister unconditionally protect her/defend her when things go bad, as Naoi was essentially all that stood between them and their father. So maybe her learned defense mechanism when feeling unsafe (possibly due to a father figure again) is to seek out comfort from her "older sister", which is why she seeks out Naoi to live with them. This would make Naoi's suspicion of what Mona benefits from this surprisingly accurate (even tho its a Naoi defense mechanism more than anything). Once Naoi rejects her, she seeks out the next most compatible "older sister" for her to rely on and seek comfort from. Which is, like the comments above me said, pressuring Kurumi into a specific role once again. Mona might not necessarily be aware of how manipulative this is (or she might be who knows), it might just simply be the way she grew up imprinting on her behavior. It would suck majorly for Naoi tho and might push her deeper into her "everyone wants something from me" defense mechanism. I also wonder how Kurumi will deal with being pressured into another role to play after all her character development, tho Mona being Naoi's little sister might complicate things a bit in her mind.

 

[MacinteuchPlus]

Mona really seems desperate for a sister-like figure to take her mind off her suffocating home life, though the fact that she wants to keep it a secret from Naoi is a red flag in and of itself, and Kurumi is again getting pressured into a situation she didn't ask for, let's hope she's better equipped to deal with this one

 

[Rezuo]

Ouhhh shitttt... Mona don't do anything too weird please (Already has done by asking Yoshizawa to be her big sister)

 

[GLFanatic]

Really? Nailing one crazy sister wasn't enough now you're going for the other one? Who is next? Their mother?

 

[nebula4951]

peak chapter thanks for the tl!!! I like that we got more insight into Naoi here especially. Looking forward to what comes next with Mona and Kurumi although I am a little worried…

 

[Jaycob17]

I'm really suspicious of Mona, the fact that she told Kurumi to keep her the fact that she was there from Naoi. This combined with the fact that their mom is pregnant, and she might feel that she's in danger of being replaced really makes me feel that she has hidden intentions.

 

[BrotherCoa]

Do I sense a shimaidon in the close future? Kurumi is indded one (un)lucky women.

On the serious side, I can already see red flags all over with Mona. This manga is really good in having these highly dramatic and tragic situation constantly popping up throughout the entire story. This manga really needs proper anime adaptation.

 

[FiddlePop]

Not one normal, sane girlie in sight.

It might be a recency bias or some other bullshit but I kinda feel bad for Isanuma now; she's been treated like a nuisance by everyone and she's being manipulated to be like that. He only fault is that she is not bright, that's sad man.

 

[Rezuo]

Not one normal, sane girlie in sight.

It might be a recency bias or some other bullshit but I kinda feel bad for Isanuma now; she's been treated like a nuisance by everyone and she's being manipulated to be like that. He only fault is that she is not bright, that's sad man.

I think the only sane girls in this manga so far was that short friend of Kokoro at the part-time job and that one black-haired ponytail girl who left Isanuma's groupie

 

[NinjaGoemon]

How is it we're on 7 volumes and still no english license?

Do publishers just hate yuri?

 

[Snerkus]

Yesss more concerning developments let's go

 

[MapleMakarov]

I'm not sure it's fair to call Mona manipulative, she's just a middle school student who seems to be struggling with a difficult home life. Manaka and Kurumi are the only people we've seen show any kind of interest in her well-being, so I think it's natural that she would gravitate towards them. Especially Kurumi, given how she was the one who pushed Manaka to hear Mona out. There's a brief moment where Mona looks like Manaka does when she's drowning in hopelessness after Kurumi asks why she came over, so I get the impression she's looking for any liferaft she can cling to. Asking Kurumi not to tell Manaka seems more like trying to not fray the relationship with her sister even further.

That said, this is yet another instance of an adult's emotional labor being pushed off onto Kurumi and Manaka. They shouldn't have to be the ones looking out for Mona, but because the adults in their lives abandoned that responsibility, they're really Mona's closest option for help. I'm kinda interested to see if they can help her without becoming Mona's primary means of support. It's definitely a great place to show how everyone's perspectives have changed since the story began.

 

[EdgeGod]

The poor girl is desperate to get out of that house 😔

 

[Eukene]

I'm not sure it's fair to call Mona manipulative, she's just a middle school student who seems to be struggling with a difficult home life. Manaka and Kurumi are the only people we've seen show any kind of interest in her well-being, so I think it's natural that she would gravitate towards them. Especially Kurumi, given how she was the one who pushed Manaka to hear Mona out. There's a brief moment where Mona looks like Manaka does when she's drowning in hopelessness after Kurumi asks why she came over, so I get the impression she's looking for any liferaft she can cling to. Asking Kurumi not to tell Manaka seems more like trying to not fray the relationship with her sister even further.

That said, this is yet another instance of an adult's emotional labor being pushed off onto Kurumi and Manaka. They shouldn't have to be the ones looking out for Mona, but because the adults in their lives abandoned that responsibility, they're really Mona's closest option for help. I'm kinda interested to see if they can help her without becoming Mona's primary means of support. It's definitely a great place to show how everyone's perspectives have changed since the story began.

The manipulation isn't so much in Mona seeking out support but the way she does it, eg, asking Kurumi to stay present in the conversation with Naoi and then using Kurumi to verbally pressure Naoi, or wanting to be close friends with Kurumi while hiding it from Naoi.

If Mona just wanted to hang out at Kurumi's house because her home life sucks and she wants to spend more time with Kurumi and/or Naoi then there would be no manipulation. Instead she has a strategy to get people to give her what she wants, which is a form of manipulation.

It's not super evil or on the level of Kudou etc, but she still isn't operating from the perspective of letting other people make their own choices. Instead she thinks about how to get other people to do what she wants, which, regardless of her situation being sympathetic, is the first step one can take on the path toward doing various bad stuff.

If we think about it, generally everyone has situations and deserves sympathy, while some of them are youths who lack life experience. This is a separate question from if what they're doing is a good idea, either in terms of habit formation or impact on others.