History Fridge / Fujiko

* The [[LawOfConservationOfDetail set-up]] that equally validates both possibilities of the truly AmbiguousEnding. If [[spoiler:Michiko [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin truly is dead]]]], then [[spoiler:the ending sentence fragment is [[KilledMidSentence actually the last bit she wrote]]; the publisher attributed it to the two daughters of Fujiko "the Killer" for marketing; and Fujiko's {{single tear}} is out of grief over the daughter [[WeHardlyKnewYe she barely got to know]]]]. However, if [[spoiler:Haru's dedication "to the late Michiko Takamine" is figurative]], then [[spoiler:Michiko [[ThatManIsDead shedded that identity]] and [[IAmWhatIAm embraced]] [[DarkAndTroubledPast her past]] as Miyako Uehara[[TheMaidenNameDebate /Wakamura]]; she chose to be credited as "Miyako Uehara" accordingly; and Fujiko tears up at Michiko's reconciliation with her past, for better or worse]].

* Given {{the Reveal}} that [[spoiler:Shigeko [[TheManBehindTheMan orchestrated]] the murder of Fujiko's parents to [[ParentalSubstitute raise her]] [[{{Tykebomb}} a murderer]] and [[MilkingTheMonster collect insurance money from]] [[PaterFamilicide her family's deaths]]]], it is no surprise that Fujiko begins [[spoiler:[[TheDogBitesBack hating Shigeko]]]].

** If one compares when Fujiko was last shown [[spoiler:[[LikeASonToMe on good terms with Shigeko]]]] and when she was first shown [[spoiler:[[YouAreNotMyFather spiting her]]]], one can actually pinpoint when the relationship turned sour -- [[spoiler:after the [[TilMurderDoUsPart murder of her first husband]], Yūya Tsujimura]]. It makes sense, because [[spoiler:a [[AllGrownUp now-adult]] Fujiko would have expected the life insurance to come to ''her''; and it would have instead gone to Shigeko, who [[MilkingTheMonster bought the insurance policy]]]]. However, [[spoiler:Minami must not have been covered, considering that she confused baby Sakiko with her]].

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** Based on how easily [[spoiler:Emi killed the class's pet bird]], perhaps [[spoiler:Hatsuyo ''truly did'' feel no sense of loss]].

* While it's [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] that Fujiko continued to [[spoiler:buy cosmetics from Hatsuyo, despite Hatsuyo having [[DeathByOriginStory killed Fujiko's parents]] for profit and [[TraumaButton rehashing her]] RepressedMemories of it]], what's perhaps more terrifying is that [[spoiler:Hatsuyo continued to sell to Fujiko, despite Fujiko having killed her daughter Emi]]. Yes, it was to [[spoiler:turn Fujiko into a {{Tykebomb}} through repeated TraumaButton–pressing]], but [[spoiler:Hatsuyo still [[AngstWhatAngst should've felt]] ''[[AngstWhatAngst something]]'']].

** If one compares when Fujiko was last shown [[spoiler:[[LikeASonToMe on good terms with Shigeko]]]] and when she was first shown [[spoiler:[[YouAreNotMyFather spiting her]]]], one can actually pinpoint when the relationship turned sour -- [[spoiler:after the [[TilMurderDoUsPart murder of her first husband]], Yūya Tsujimura]]. It makes sense, because [[spoiler:a [[AllGrownUp now-adult]] Fujiko would have expected the life insurance to come to ''her''; and it would have instead gone to Shigeko, who [[MilkingTheMonster bought the insurance policy]]]]. However, [[spoiler:Minami must not have been covered, considering that she confused baby Sakiko with her]].

* The [[LawOfConservationOfDetail set-up]] that equally validates both possibilities of the truly AmbiguousEnding. If [[spoiler:Michiko [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin truly is dead]]]], then [[spoiler:the ending sentence fragment is actually the last bit she wrote; the publisher attributed it to the two daughters of Fujiko "the Killer" for marketing; and Fujiko's {{single tear}} is out of grief over the daughter [[WeHardlyKnewYe she barely got to know]]]]. However, if [[spoiler:Haru's dedication "to the late Michiko Takamine" is figurative]], then [[spoiler:Michiko [[ThatManIsDead shedded that identity]] and [[IAmWhatIAm embraced]] [[DarkAndTroubledPast her past]] as Miyako Uehara[[TheMaidenNameDebate /Wakamura]]; she chose to be credited as "Miyako Uehara" accordingly; and Fujiko tears up at Michiko's reconciliation with her past, for better or worse]].

* The [[LawOfConservationOfDetail set-up]] that equally validates both possibilities of the truly AmbiguousEnding. If [[spoiler:Michiko [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin truly is dead]]]], then [[spoiler:the ending sentence fragment is actually the last bit she wrote; the publisher attributed it to the two daughters of Fujiko "the Killer" for marketing; and Fujiko's {{single tear}} is out of grief over the daughter [[WeHardlyKnewYe she barely got to know]]]]. However, if [[spoiler:Haru's dedication "to the late Michiko Takamine" is figurative]], then [[spoiler:Michiko [[ThatManIsDead shed that identity]] and [[IAmWhatIAm embraced]] [[DarkAndTroubledPast her past]] as Miyako Uehara[[TheMaidenNameDebate /Wakamura]]; she chose to be credited as "Miyako Uehara" accordingly; and Fujiko tears up at Michiko's reconciliation with her past, for better or worse]].

* The [[LawOfConservationOfDetail set-up]] that equally validates both possibilities of the truly AmbiguousEnding. If [[spoiler:Michiko [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin truly is dead]]]], then [[spoiler:the ending sentence fragment is actually the last bit she wrote; the publisher attributed it to the two daughters of Fujiko "the Killer" for marketing; and Fujiko's {{single tear}} is out of grief over the daughter [[WeHardlyKnewYe she barely got to know]]]]. However, if [[spoiler:Haru's dedication "to the late Michiko Takamine" is figurative]], then [[spoiler:Michiko shed her new identity and [[IAmWhatIAm embraced]] [[DarkAndTroubledPast her past]] as Miyako Uehara[[TheMaidenNameDebate /Wakamura]]; she chose to be credited as "Miyako Uehara" accordingly; and Fujiko tears up at Michiko's reconciliation with her past, for better or worse]].
** However, who's to say that [[spoiler:Fujiko knew one way or the other]]?

* The set-up that equally validates both possibilities of the truly AmbiguousEnding.