Damn, if Lilly's story is true, then the purpose of this bloated exposition is simply to circle back and avoid the obvious initial premise of the manga: making us sympathize with the obvious metaphorical stand-ins for parasitic immigrants.

Back to hell with a dumptruck companion

This but Hasan

It is truly hard to buy this flashback as true, especially since it could have easily been the reason behind the crash that ended up killing the sister. Things are just not realistically adding up.

I like how the chapter opens with Michinoku mimicking Ume's arm stretch. She's like an impressionable child that he has adopted. Very cute.

Impeccable logic

Are you not familiar with the concept of "no homo" ?

Shit

Two knows..?

It's crazy how anything Eida-adjacent ends up sounding like Stand nonsense from JoJolion

We got "Say 'No' To Drugs" + Silence Of The Lambs back-to-back references

Saw this coming the very moment Leo pulled out his sword to wreak havoc haha

Looks a lot like Reze in the rain https://i.postimg.cc/JhLRgD3j/i.jpg

And the GTA reference one panel before lol

I felt bad that I truly couldn't differentiate the two, besides the ribbon. The eye shape and even eyebrow line art is identical...

Lol "It's society that is dumb"

Some "Garden of earthly delights" type shit

Ignorance is bliss in this instance. I spent far too much time last year going back and forth between versions and it was nothing but a massive headache.

Because it would be an outright waste of 3+ chapters-worth of exposition to be a cheap, convoluted "It was all a lie!" moment.