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>>20902747
Second and third chapters are mostly stand alone stories with side characters Erika and Yuzuriha as protagonists.

The height of the series is at chapter three, with Yuzuriha as main character. The mood of the story totally changes with each chapter, with a swing from bucolic joy during Erika's chapter, towards a mixed depression in Yuzuriha's chapter. Total depression being suicide, but doesn't get there.

There is a big improvement between chapter one and everything that follows. The question is if you enjoy the writer's narrative, with that mix of English Victorian and Contemporary Japan setting that can clash at times. I loved researching all the cultural references being thrown here and there by the characters, some being obscure shit from the 80's Japan that represent the author's remembrance of her own childhood, and in no way a generation z bubbled lady would know. 80's references in general. And man, does the author love Hemingway, but I suppose you've already read The Old Man and the Sea.

The fourth episode is where the story from the first episode continues. Yes, the coitus interruptus that lasted FOUR years was a very bad idea, but it's already published now so no need to cry anymore. Don't worry about the gimmick of the mystery thing, it becomes even less relevant later.