The epilogue chapter feels out of place to me, and not really necessary, like the author was forced to it. I much prefer chapter 277 as the real ending. But anyway:
I heard nonstop from fans here that "my rating of Prison School will go down" eventually as I approached later stuff.
And it never did.
And now that I finished it, I don't know where the flack of the ending came from at all. That was a perfect ending that tied up the main beats fairly well.
Chiyo became my favorite girl in that last section of chapters. She's an ideal girlfriend-type, a very tolerant and understanding person, and even with all THAT, Kiyoshi managed to lose her simply because he realized his ENTIRE relationship with her had been based on a lie. I've said that from the very beginning.
Not so much sumo, but he lied about not peeping. If only he had stuck to his guns and laid it ALL out to her, the same way he admitted to keeping Hana's panties, even as he wore them, it would've been fine.
But he said it himself "Maybe I have learned nothing."
It's a massive mistake, but we've all been there. Kiyoshi is the most relatable character for me, simply because I've been through it all too.
And I actually liked that most of the characters didn't get any sendoff at all. All the boys, they went down on their raft and we're left to infere what else happened to them. Like real people who come and go in your life. The PBR got them their wet-T-shirt dream, so mission accomplished.
Andre who went through the most, got his happy ending. Will Shingo be able to stay with Anzu now that the wish has been fulfilled? Possibly.
Will Gakuto re-evaluate his wants now that he's lost Mitsuko, the PBR has played its role, and he has no figure, or will more girls flock to him since his reputation still stands?
And Joe, it looks like he accepted that Satou isn't single easily enough, though I would've liked a bit more insight on it. Alongside his obvious taste of yaoi and bond with Mitsuko he developed; if I'm sad about anything being left out, it's that, but again, it's all up for interpretation.
And for Kiyoshi, who's to say if he won't wind up with Hana in the future. She at least knows who he REALLY is, but she's far too childlike right now for anything, but he has a real chance. She does like him, whether she admits it or not, despite everything he does to her; in fact, it only seems to make the feelings stronger on her end.
All Kiyoshi has to do is keep moving forward. He is a good guy at his core, but he needs to stop lying and telling people what they think they want to hear and just be himself.
Chiyo seems so devastated that she's adopted Mari's man-hatred and it looks like Meiko has joined her again as the Vice President. Makes sense, as without Mari, Meiko would probably re-direct loyalties to Chiyo.
I just wonder where Kate would wind up. She's mellowed out, obviously but I guess the rivalries of councils remains. It probably won't be so bitter, given that she doesn't seem to care or have any strong feelings for Chiyo, unlike Mari.
I'm sad the Chairman went out with such a whimper though, so that obnoxiously long sidequest really was just for nothing? Kinda lame.
He did give us more insight into his daughters though. But man, he didn't even change clothing before he locked himself up. Must've felt very guilty.
Still, I wanted a bit of background for at least his stint in prison or the origins of the school. But whatever.
Real life, you don't get all the answers sometimes, and I'm okay with that. It fits the tone. Same with ripping out all happiness at the very end. I love this series for that.
I want to give it a 9/10, but it's not quite THAT good because of some parts. 8 feels too low, so officially I'm giving it 8.5, but I have to round down for MAL standards. |