okay maybe i need to find a way to watch episode 1 because they're meshing multiple chapters into one another instead of telling the story chronologically...and shuichi's mom is still alive? i thought they were doing it 1 to 1

ok she's dead now and shuichi is depressed...far later than he should be in the story. honestly i kinda hate this change because shuichi becoming a shut in at the beginning of the story is kinda what kickstarts his obsession with the spiral curse, at least the way I understood it