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...what the heck did i just read. x_x

I didn't think the ending was that bad, but I definitely thought the build up to the end could have been done alot better. For the most part if felt like the main story was stretched so as to allow more chapters, a la the "nightmare of the week" scenario. And alot of the characters actions does not seem to have been well thought out in relation to the story.
But overall, I think it wasn't really about the story as much as the "is this going to be a yuri or yaoi" meme that was more fascinating to the readers? :D

In the end they were in the purgatory or something that way...I don't know it was a weird end

I absolutely adored it! No one could ever have guessed how it would end. (Unless you are japanese and you actually got the bird in the cage references.) I really hope to get other people interested in this manga, because I'm sure even a straight guy could manage to stomach 'two guys' kissing for the sake of this intriguing plot.

Wow.. really nice! Nice ending.. though i was a little afraid that the romantic connection would be lost in those final pages!
But yeah.. i was like WTF.. throughout the whole chapters!

so the one girl who dissappeared without graduating, was the on one who was miscarried, huh

but were the problems they were trying to solve the ones of their previous life, or something that awaits them when they're going to live?

SPOILERS

yes.. basically she wasn't strong enough to be born (if that makes any sense to you)...

i think the class was a kind of a test, to see who was strong enough to be alive/born (remember the part where the nurse asks ichigo if she/he has any recollection or memory of the past, before she had her first period.. and she realizes that she doesn't)

just thought that some of the ones who graduated did it to run away from their problems, and at the other side: surprise surprise the very same awaits you here with armes wide open, no wonder i had a uneasy feeling watching 'em going through the door (even when not knowing whats behind it)
AND it kind of has the message if you're able to kill other in order to get the key you're strong enough to enter life. Oh well, its not like i thought infants actually were as inocent as everyone assumes..



i kind of thought it was the easiest way to let her start of with the way of thinking she had towards herself (honestly it seemed to me when she had her first period it was also the first time she noticed there was something missing down there to make her a real man)

ATTENTION, SPOILERS!

There were never two guys kissing. And there were no lesbians or gays in this manga at all. Kureha loves Mashiro for being a guy, Sou loved Mashiro for being a girl and Mashiro himself wasn't sure he was a guy or a girl. This whole manga was about a fictionized way of showing what it looks like for a child who's gender isn't know yet to pick one up. As we see in the beginning of the manga, the mother asks the doctor whether she'll have a son or daughter, the doctor says "well...", at that point, time stops, we get 10 volumes of After School Nightmare, and at the end time continues "...you're having a daughter". It was brilliant IMO. Really love this manga ^^ (and I'm a guy)

Hoho this was a pretty interesting manga.
I'd have given it 8+ if the story would have actually had any influence on the ending. I think that 10 volumes is too much in order to create a relationship, pull an "it was all a dream" sort of ending and mislead us.

I really liked the ending to this manga, I actually guessed what was behind the door, but i wasnt sure and the hypothesis was vauge :P, i think this story was a bit long though, in the middle i was starting to get the feel of: why the hell are we watching another dream where nothing happens?. But all in all that was the only thing that let the manga down. This is the one of the most unique endings i have come across so far (that i enjoyed some are unique but crap) haha i was getting anixious when i thought every one else wouldnt be "born".

most.... epic.... manga.... ever....
I FCKING LOVED IT
first manga to ever really truely make me cry...
and to make me so frustrated that I bit my pillow until it ripped...
truely amazing...

Ya know, I don't think I've read a manga this fucking epic and twisting.
I did not expect anything that happened in the last few chapters.

The only thing that pisses is me off is the romance half of it. Are they gonna be together in that life? Blahhh. Oh well, truely a crazy ass story.

It's sooo good! I love the concept of "before life" and couldn't see it ending any other way.

I feel the same way. Whole manga was great and interesting until the last chapter. Although i'm not disappointed by it, rather surprised that the story could be ended like that.Still its a pity it didn't say anything about other characters well-being. Anyway i'm giving it 8/10

I think this manga is really good. o_O
(except with the lead trying to figure out her gender+feelings)
But!
Everything was unpredictable. So many twists >_<
The ending gives me the feeling that it is not enough, but it is definitely a fabulous ending.

Haha I rather feel that way too.

I really enjoyed reading this manga, though. With all the plot twists and surprises that were thrown at us. I did vaguely wondering about the passage of time when Mashiro seemed to be constantly on her period. And it's interesting to think that she killed her brother at the end. That both siblings were trying to kill each other during the whole story.

That's rather depressing to think about. No wonder the nurse was so desperate for her to come back to the class. It'd be really interesting to read this again after learning everything. I wonder if there's any significance to Thursdays in Japan when it comes to childbirth.

So.... does the moon represent the mother dilating...?

I really liked the ending!
But I think it took too many chapters to get there.

What a great series. :)

I like how it the ending was pretty open. Throughout the manga you could interpret a lot of things differently.

I'm glad she picked to be a girl. ^_^

....UAU.