Ranked #924

GE ~Good Ending~ (Manga)

Good Ending is a shounen with romance as the main thing, and a bit of tennis. It's difficult to compare it with another shounen romances, because is pretty unique.
It has a wonderful art, and a good pace.

Utsumi, the main character, although has problems with love, wants to change, and little by little he does so. He is not perverted (only a bit in his imagination), is kind, and doesnt give up easily.
There are two main girls: Yuki, a serious, calm and intelligent, she helps Utsumi to confess, and Shou, cheerful and hiperactive she is the captain of the tennis club, and the crush of Utsumi.

This isn't a harem, the girls don't start liking Utsumi because he did something good to them, and this is a point in favor of this series.
There is a bit of ecchi (specially in the covers of the chapters), but generally is related to the plot, it isn't a free ecchi.

The only drawback of this manga its the plot. It's not really a big issue, but more than Utsumi confenssing to Shou, and the reasons of the help of Yuki, the isn't another plot. But the manga it's starting, with the pace it has, something should happen.

As I said comparing this manga with the another shounen romance ongoings is difficult, but I'll try to highlight some points:

Ane Doki: Ane Doki has much more ecchi and in my opinion innecesary.
Kimi no Iru Machi: I like KNIM, but i think, Utsumi is a better main character than Haruto. He has problems, but he fights to be a better person, and when bad things happen, he take all seriously.

I give this series a 9 because the story can be even better... read more

Good Ending is a very unique shounen romance and it isn't for everyone. I would recommend this to shounen romance veterans, but tell newbies to read some of the "classics" before this one in order to get the most out of it. This may also be a good read for someone who doesn't like how typical shounen romances solve conflicts.

GE is a combination cliche shounen and realistic story. The characters and conflicts are pretty commonly seen in other manga, but the resolutions are actually realistic. Accidents and misunderstandings occur but the characters actually question those events instead of running away. They seek help from their friends, they fight for what they want, they apologize when they are wrong. This is both the manga's strongest quality and it's weakest. This is because the author actually likes to resolve conflicts so there end up being A LOT of them.

Basically, rather than one misunderstanding or fight that leads to a breakup which has you question "will the couple make it?" like in other manga, GE instead has the couple go through multiple ups and downs together enduring lots of events that could break them up only to resolve it rationally and move on. This can make GE feel really drama heavy as you are following a couple as they work out their issues together and with the help of their friends. There is also a lot of foreshadowing in the manga which can make some people restless.

I personally like how the conflicts are resolved, but others may not like the constant cliffhangers.

The art is very well done, and the mangaka is excellent depicting emotions through the art. Much of what the characters are feeling is shown through their faces and body language.

The characters all come across as very human and are multidimensional. The MC starts out weak, but he grows steadily. Unlike other shounen romance protagonists he is capable of doing the right thing and making aggressive moves. The main girl does have a bit of a dark past, so if troubled heroines aren't your thing you may want to avoid this.

In the end GE is mostly drama, but it does have a fair amount of comedy and plenty of quality ecchi. The tennis/sports aspect is pretty limited so don't read this looking for a sports manga. read more