It took me a while to make sense of アイシアウ (愛し合う). What age was Misako supposed to be again…? What business does a young child have knowing all the local love hotels? Where are her parents in all of this?
Me when I read about the two of them entering a love hotel together…
And of course whatever Murata came up with was going to be weirder than whatever I could’ve imagined! I could especially relate to this reaction, lol
「ムータ、どうすればいいの？ どうすればムータの子供ができるの？ テレビで見たんだもん。ラブホテルのなかでは子供ができるんでしょ。私たちアイシアッテルんだもん」
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I like how 強烈 is used twice by the way, first for Misako’s (frankly bizarre, lol) desires ( 普通の女の子と、ぬいぐるみじゃあ、あり得ないくらい、強烈に、強烈に、ムータとつながりたいんだよう) and immediately afterwards for the protagonist’s reaction to those desires ( 胃腸が強烈に熱を発している。ふと気づいた。あたしは美佐子に対して強烈な嫌悪感をおぼえているのだった).
I am happy it led to the protagonist coming to the realisation that her own behaviour is pretty grotesque as well. I wonder to what resolution that will lead. I think Misako will probably be safe 