Poor Rize-chan. The scene with her mother was so sad and explained so much about her - she's far more vulnerable than shown at first, though her mental and emotional fragility has been hinted at enough that it tracks.
Anyway, the pacing of this manga is great - we come to empathize with these characters as their humanity is revealed in equal steps with the dark subject matter. I've been particularly caught by how all the little clues about the bond between Rize and her brother being rooted in trauma are shown in such a gentle way.
I imagine the takeaway of this manga will be that it is easier to build up a child than to repair an adult. These poor broken babies.
