He then reveals that he has already contacted every one of the sixteen women from the experiment. He has apologized to them—not for the affairs, but for being a lie. As he turns to leave, Tsukiko, for the first time in the entire manga, weeps. Not silent tears, but ugly, screaming sobs. She begs him to stay, not as a researcher, but as a nephew. As a son.
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answers all those questions with a single, brutal word: Nobody . He then reveals that he has already contacted
“You wanted a Genji,” he says. “But Genji died when he realized he loved his stepmother. I’m not Genji. I’m the demon he created in his shadow.” Not silent tears, but ugly, screaming sobs
Terumi Minamoto has broken his mirror. Now, we must watch him sweep up the pieces. Stay tuned for coverage of Chapter 360: "The Floating Bridge Broken."
By Chapter 350, the "game" had turned sour. Terumi was no longer the frightened boy who fumbled his first kiss with the "Lady of the Paulownia Courts" (Asahi). He had become a master of mirroring, a chameleon who could love on command but feel nothing inside. The final arc, centered on the "Floating Bridge of Dreams," brought him back to the one woman who eluded the formula: Tsukiko herself.