I thought it was already twisted, but my god, it's now become an insanely tangled mess. It's so tangled it looks like a Rat King. Why am I still reading this? What the hell is it about this trainwreck that makes it so I can't look away?

SPOILERS BELOW!!

I swear to god, every woman in Reiji's life is insane in some way. My assumption of the mother was the one who was planning on committing suicide in the '90s. But I did NOT expect her to respond to her son saying "I attempted to kill myself" by saying "Well if you're committing, we can do it together". Like...HUH? WHAT? The reveal that the Mom is sleeping with Gen's dad isn't even that shocking, compared to everything else going on in this story. Hell, it feels almost tame. Now the teacher has gone from just sort of delusional, to literally insane. Like, obsessed stalker insane. She's seriously scary, seeing her mental flow is so scary. I am so concerned for Chako near the end half. She's the most normal person out of anyone in the volume. Even though she's trying to sleep with Reiji, I think that's her way of the desperate attempt of being more like an adult and trying to regain normalcy. The cliffhanger of this volume makes me EXTREMELY nervous though. Is volume five going to be the volume where the teacher finally snaps? ( )