Blood on the Tracks, Volume 1

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This arrived in great condition and I loved the first volume to such a degree I decided to get everything else available. However, he is later contacted by authorities and learns that his mother is not only alive, but senile and has stopped paying for her own rent entirely. million copies in circulation by June 2021; [45] over 2 million copies in circulation by September 2022; [46] and over 2. In Chapter 107, after Seiko coldly disowns Seiichi and begins walking away he completely snaps and attacks her, throwing her to the floor and straddling her.

As per her doctor's examination, she suffered only a mild concussion, so her muteness seems to be induced by the trauma of remembering she tried to kill Shigeru and Seiichi.He enjoys messing with Seiichi and is rude to say what he thinks, teasing Seiichi over his relationship with his mother. The manga seems to later imply that Seiko sees herself above her son, and that she will react violently if he attempts to subvert her in any way. Seiichi gets this treatment increasingly often as the story unfolds and his life unravels; his expressions of silent horror are exaggerated until his face becomes a sunken-eyed mask.

Bookworm: Seiichi's father was one of these in his youth, and Seiichi himself becomes a voracious reader in his old age.Butterfly of Death and Rebirth: Just before Seiko pushes Shigeru off the cliff, in several panels butterflies are shown flying around, when none were previously evident. Notably, when Seichi sees the incident on the cliff through her eyes, Seiko is drawn a little older and more realistic, indicating that even outside of fantasy, Seichi's perception of his mother is distorted. Although he does not consider her behavior to be unusual, a certain incident starts to open his eyes to just how dangerous her affection is.