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>>everything she held dear
>did she though?
Yes. You shouldn't even need a reminder with how often these sort of images have been posted recently.

I' would argue that deep down she truly cared about her friends, especially Satoko. She wasn't just using them to cope with her personal hell.
I also find it understandable that she would be overwhelmed with the joy of new life experiences and want to forget as much as the 1983 summer suffering as possible. But that shouldn't mean she has to forget all the good memories.

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On a tangent, one thing I find slightly jarring about the whole Satokowashi arc so far is how hard it pushes the narrative of Satoko still believing that this new Rika isn't her real self. Did Rika really stick to her 11-year old meep nipper act all those years they were growing up and studying for St. Lucia? Only to then abruptly flip 180 degrees?

Something about the whole Rika-Satoko conflict drama feels a bit unnatural and forced to me, and I think it's mostly this. It would have felt more natural for them to gradually grow apart, which the show also tried to hint at early on in the arc. But then we got Orange Wind with montage of what seemed like the cutest and happiest time of their life, reinforcing the notion that they get along very well as life partners, even after 1983. Only for everything to break apart as soon as they got into St. Lucia. I think Passione/R07 would've been able to write this 3-episode arc better. I can't wait to see how the manga handles it.