Possibly in the first arc, Yuudachi was not thinking that she herself was Stephanie, but at how closely her features resembled Stephanie and realized Yura mistakened her for the dog. Notice that Yuudachi was crying. Perhaps the post traumatic stress of remembering Stephanie's death and yet not wanting to break the news to Yura caused her to pretend that she was Stephanie.
Possibly in the first arc, Yuudachi was not thinking that she herself was Stephanie, but at how closely her features resembled Stephanie and realized Yura mistakened her for the dog. Notice that Yuudachi was crying. Perhaps the post traumatic stress of remembering Stephanie's death and yet not wanting to break the news to Yura caused her to pretend that she was Stephanie.
Is that really weird, pretty sure that is the common consensus still
Possibly in the first arc, Yuudachi was not thinking that she herself was Stephanie, but at how closely her features resembled Stephanie and realized Yura mistakened her for the dog. Notice that Yuudachi was crying. Perhaps the post traumatic stress of remembering Stephanie's death and yet not wanting to break the news to Yura caused her to pretend that she was Stephanie.
I think Yuudachi cried because she realised that taking Stephanie's place didn't mean being Yura's friend, it meant becoming Stephanie.
so Yuudachi decided to play along with Yura's backstory telling in the first arc?
Or is it Yura, already realized the truth, on post-trauma delusion on the first arc? So she keeps on telling that same story
Either way, I didn't expect the turn of events
Could be she at first didn't realise that Yura is Stephanie's Yura. Then realise that, oh, she IS THAT YURA, and finally, realise that all those while Yura never saw Yuudachi as Yuudachi, but as Stephanie.