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Disappointing end to an otherwise good series.

I didnt like the last volume much and to make matters worse the ending was complete rubbish

I liked the ending. Life goes on, and people go their separate ways. I didn't think for a second they would end up together.

Also I loved how this manga ended up with 69 chapters. Coincidence? I think not.

Damn. That "life goes on, people go separate ways" thing is my weakspot, those endings always hit me hard. I wouldn't be that depressed if both of'em were raped and slain by yakuza or something. Well, guess I'm just being idealistic (read: immature).

And here i was hoping he would get married to her, get a job, make her pregnant and get shot down by the yakuza....

Man, that ending. I was really hoping that they'd end up together as adults.
I imagine there would be several break ups and whatnot but ultimately in the end they'd be making a family together.

The ending fit the manga well. I guess people aren't used to average endings instead of the typical "happily ever after" or "main character is dead" that's too common in today's seinen manga.

I want to hate this manga but for some reason, it sticks.

i quite liked the ending, to be honest. it was more interesting than the predictable alternative that could have happened.

Well I was wondering how he would break up with her because I spoiled myself.

Anyways at 68 I had no clue how it would work. I guess the time skip worked.

I do have to say though it was a great series and I guess it had to go along the lines that he couldn't have everything he wanted so it was either the girl, or the life and just having the girl wouldn't work well in this situation.

Other than that it was a great series but I thought I noticed a shift in style after chapter 50, but maybe that was me. After that line I wasn't as interested in it, although I was interested in how it will turn out in the end, not really chapter by chapter.

All through the manga, their relationship was what supported Ogino's otherwise bleak existence. And, by the end, Nagumo also expressed how her love for him had become so strong that she couldn't live without him. Not even the transition between school and college life changed their relationship. There was nothing prior to the final two chapters that suggested the two would ever part ways.

The series lacked a sense of purpose, after the first three volumes. Once the bullying and rom-com sides of the series peaked, only random episodicness remained, with SOME occasional focus on the progression of Ogino's life. It was on a downhill descent - some laughter aside - once the chapters became increasingly random, and the final chapter struck me as being a pre-prepared cancellation ending for what had lost its luster.

Only those with hate for happy ever after endings would say Ciguatera doesn't have a terrible ending. Some V4 trolling aside, the romance was the one uplifting aspect of an otherwise largely depressing work. The ending made reading all six volumes feel like a major waste of time; as if the author was somehow mocking me for ever caring about his creations. No reward was given and, had the series just stopped without any conclusion, it would have been far more satisfying.

No-one wants to follow a fictional romance, care for the characters, and then get slapped in the face by an abnormally large penis, needlessly.

Some further rambling:

Reality is harsh enough. There's no joy in turning to fiction and, after going through a story where the message appeared to be 'Life is shitty, but find love and you can find salvation', the ending making all of the declarations of love and thoughts of the future utterly meaningless drains away nearly all of the enjoyment that went before.

What's the point of falling in love if it fades away time and time again; making the words said during the lovey-dovey stage worthless? Seeing the two with different partners, only a few years after they were madly in love with each other, only highlights how fickle people are, and how pointless life is. And that line of thought is totally at odds with the rom-com lovefest that went before the final two chapters.

If, from the get-go, the tone had been 100% depressing, then I could understand the ending. But, no matter how I look at it, ending the series how he did just suggests he hated the idea of going with a conventional ending and thought, "Why don't I go with the opposite of what people expect? Trolling/originality, FTW!!!"

...If the final chapter is what the author intended to build up towards slowly originally, thank God I didn't have to suffer through the two gradually moving towards banging other people - that's all I can say.

Lesson Learned:

Reality sucks....


Okay, back to fantasy~

Really enjoyed this manga but the ending caught me off guard. I thought we will get a happy ending with both staying together or the bad ending with one of them dying but this ending aint that bad at all.

The ending was satisfying but I get the feeling like the manga got axed and the author just pulled some random ending.

i knew the ending will be not ur typical ending.

well this is actually true, not everything goes the way u like.

though, i have to admit this manga is too long, it shudda been 40-50 chapters.

im giving this a 8/10 mainly because i am in the same situation as Ogino was when he was studying hard to get to college,
i hope i pass :D

well i'm not opposed to the ending itself...but the way we get thrown into it just sucks...no explanations...nothing about him meeting his (in the end) current girl...to me, this last chapter looks like something a bad mangaka would drawn, when he gets cancelled and has to get the series to an end, while being fixated on an ending he imagines, but he has way to less time to make it any good...

imho epic fail ending

The ending was too abrupt... to the point it felt random and pointless. Nevertheless, this was a great series, but I don't know how I should feel about the ending. It's not what I was expecting... everything was pointing to something different.

I have a one question about it; What the fuck was that ?

Absolutely hated it, nothing more to say.

Disappointing. I get reality is harsh and things don't always work out as planned, but I would have preferred a predictable ending. It was too abrupt and felt against everything the manga had built towards. I just can't appreciate it. A shame. I thoroughly enjoyed the rest.

This was my problem with this series. The ending was disappointing to me because I was hoping all throughout the second half that it would all come together and have some semblance of a point, but it didn't even attempt to, which left me feeling like "well, this was a waste of time."

I stayed overnight just to get done reading with this manga. Ghad, at least the author should have explained why they broke up! it breaks my heart.