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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.
Terumi’s internal monologue is brutal: “I am not a man. I am a photograph. You look at me and see what you want to see.” The scene shifts to the present. Tsukiko is waiting in her minimalist apartment, a glass of wine untouched. Terumi arrives without knocking. The air between them is frosty. For the first time in 300 chapters, Terumi does not refer to her as "Auntie" or "Professor." He calls her Tsukiko . minamoto-kun monogatari 359
“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.” He then reveals that he has already contacted
Chapter 358 ended on a cliffhanger that had the Japanese fandom in an uproar. Tsukiko, having admitted that her experiment was a pathological revenge against her own failed love affairs, handed Terumi a letter from his deceased mother. The last panel showed Terumi’s eyes—blank, colorless—whispering, “So this is why I was born.” Chapter 359 picks up the shattered pieces of that confession. Title/Synopsis: The Empty Vessel Pages: 24 (Standard monthly release) The Revelation The chapter opens not with dialogue, but with a splash page of Terumi sitting in his childhood room, now dusty and abandoned. The letter from his mother is spread across his lap. In a stark departure from Inaba’s usual dramatic shading, the art here is minimalist—white backgrounds, sharp ink lines. The letter reveals that Terumi was not born out of love, but out of a university bet between his mother and Tsukiko. Terumi’s mother wanted to see if a child raised purely as a "mirror" for women’s desires could survive. Tsukiko, then a psychology student, funded the arrangement. Not silent tears, but ugly, screaming sobs