yea maybe i'm projecting because the mom here reminds me of my own mom. but like the pain and isolation, and alienation of being made into a household slave - when the only person you can really feel close to (your child) may also be the ball and chain keeping you in a miserable position.
i just find it hard to be angry at my mom despite her doing the same and trying to kill me. she never had any grand motive, or was some evil villain. she was a sad and broken woman pushed to the breaking point by her husband.
im sorry mom. i wish you could have had a different life. I'm sorry for causing you so much pain. im sorry i laughed along when dad made fun of you for being moody and crazy when you had tried to kill yourself. i deserved better, but you also deserved better.
edit: I'm an adult now - i still have a relationship with my mom who still relies on us a lot for emotional support. it's good at times and bad at others. I'm going to get a job so I can get her out. its fine if you don't understand or agree but she's suffered a lot and i decided for myself that taking on the burden of loving her in spite of everything is worth it.
everyone is hung up on yuuji/the incest but like actually uh instead of going through the whole "oh its not technically incest because they're step-siblings" -
isn't the actual part that is really bad here the implication that Megumi sexually assaulted tsumiki or was attempting to rape her? bro I don't actually care about the "technically not related" thing in this situation if she was portrayed as crying and telling him to stop because she felt like it was wrong.
stop going to die on such weird fucking hills. the "not technically related" defence is understandable if two people became step-siblings in their mid teens or later and never saw the other as family, and then wanted to partake in a consensual relationship as adults. not for.... this???? you guys are weird
not to mention he was just using Yuji this entire time... ;(
yea like..... how r u going to emotionally use a guy who's likely going to be executed before he ever gets the chance to become an adult. that's just sad