Damn a lot going on, him raping her, her not letting him forget. Really is a prisoner from his own created hell. I don't know the reasons he raped her, drunkenness is the likely culprit. But either way that sweet innocent cousin is no longer within his grasp, rather a wolf in sheeps clothing. No help, no forgiveness, just a man left to wallow in a impaired choice.
This is definitely an interesting chapter. What fascinates me the most is the girl in this chapter because her motive seems to be so crazy. It seems that she wants to be raped to validate herself. She was soiled as a young girl, and that has permanently scarred her. It appears her cousin has done what he could to move on from it, which is something she can't accept. So she keeps pushing him until he rapes her again, which proves he is the animal she needs to believe he is to reconcile what happened to her. She needs to hate him, and she will do what she can to make him despicable.
I think it might be what you said on top
Of a way for her to get her revenge. She doesn’t want him to forget what he did and knows that it torments him, but she also needs him to be that animal with no self control for her to continue, her revenge might be the only thing keeping her going.
That's a very interesting interpretation, with a slant that's significantly different from others on this thread---which emphasizes just how ambiguous this chapter really is.
Here's an ironic thought: It's entirely possible that Midori has put the rape behind her and might even be willing to forgive her cousin, but he can never forgive himself---which, as any psychologist (or priest) will tell you, is a terrible, oppressive feeling.
I think Midori's night visits are actually wet dreams (or "wet nightmares,"
from the protagonist's point of view), but the chapter is truly ambiguous,
which makes it interesting.
This dark, ambiguous chapter seems to be some sort of psychological ghost story, about a man literally haunted by guilt. Years ago, the protagonist raped his cousin, and he's felt guilty about it ever since. He desperately wants to be forgiven, but he's also haunted by a lingering desire to rape Midori again, which makes him feel even more guilty and probably undeserving of forgiveness.
The exact nature of Midori's "night visits" is unclear. I don't think she's actually sneaking into her cousin's room. I think she's a wet dream---an erotic "ghost," so to speak---summoned up by his troubled conscience and restless libido. In that sense, the night visits are actually "wet nightmares," which is a fascinating concept.
There's still some room for ambiguity here, as there was also an unopened condom on the protag's bed during the scene where he fails to get it on with his girlfriend. Dude is clearly losing it, either way.
That's...Quite the ominous title and description.
Truly a fitting title, I'd say. He's haunted by his dreams, the dreams of a sinner, one who laid his hands on his sweet, innocent cousin and now he cannot escape from the guilt. I suppose at first he mentally filed it away as a bad dream, but one can never truly escape the responsibility of one's actions.
He just wants forgiveness, but that's something she doesn't seem willing to give him. In fact, she sneaks in to have sex with him every night in order to make sure he never forgets what he did, and also that he never forgets that she doesn't and probably will never forgive him. I think intentionally obscuring what exactly he did to her makes it more intriguing, though I suppose it's not hard to imagine what happened.
They're both somewhat messed up in the head, and it's just almost kind of sad seeing it all unfold.
I don't think Midori is actually sneaking into the MC's room. I think she's an erotic illusion--- a nightmarish manifestation of his conscience and libido, conjured up by a malignant combo of lingering guilt and lingering lust. If my interpretation is correct, that means this chapter is a fascinating psychological ghost story, wherein the MC is literally haunted by guilt.
Other than that, I entirely agree with your own summation and interpretation.
For 623: As I noted, the thing is certainly open to interpretation. If Fakku has taught me anything, it's that mangaka love to inject ambiguity in their tales, so why take it so literally? I prefer the wet-dream/illusion theory simply because it's far more interesting. It makes the MC's mental state seem much darker, as if he truly is trapped in a private Hell within his own mind, where guilt gnaws at his soul and sanity, with no hope of forgiveness or redemption.
Also, in spite of the "condom clue," the story hints that Midori invades the MC's mind if he daydreams or dozes off in class, when she cannot be present in the flesh.
I also don’t think it’s an illusion. Midori was holding the condom, it’s shown flying out of her hand and plopping onto the floor, and it’s still there even after the MC wakes up. And, like Lemalas said, these were all very deliberately shown