I completely agree with your and Pepe’s thoughts, Rika. It is very true that Shion’s experiences with Hinamizawa and especially with her family have left her quite scarred and I feel like in Meakashi it’s not just revenge for Satoshi she wants, but maybe some retribution for her family too, in regards to what they did to her. And it is even sadder when you think that Mion and Shion are twins, twins are supposed to do many things together, yet they separate Shion from the rest of the family, pretending like there never were two people, two children there. You can even interpret Shion’s scheming in this chapter in a way that since she was so very hurt by her family, she had given them this much importance in her mind and her plans are so meticulous, which at first can seem just like those of a cold-blooded killer, like you said, but in truth, it’s just the sadness that had built up in Shion’s heart ever since she was born, and she must have been so hurt by many particular things and events that she made this meticulous plan to take revenge on each and every one.
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