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| What a beautiful ending. I am so happy for my boys! |
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| Not a fan of the ending. Also I rarely read romance manga so I have to say the artwork really surprised me so well drawn, really impressed. I've noticed Shoujo manga which usually is a romance looks often mediocre but this having just the Romance tag was surprisingly well fkin drawn, probably unrelated tho. Hands down Kaito-sensei Wholesome, great character design, decent story. What I didn't like were sometimes those ideological almost a preachy dialogues that shit kinda annoyed me and broke the investment string lot of the time. I don't know I get that they were necessary given the topics such as gender identity, acceptance, self-hatred, social norms and stuff but there were good ones that perfectly fit and some that didn't which felt artificial like out of place. 8/10 but ending 3/10 Also Masumi best grille and they did her dirty. |
RizzlahJul 16, 2023 12:06 PM
| The ending is a whirpool of emotions. I can see certain issues people may have with it (particularly Masumi's ending, which I still think is fine), but I only care about one thing: Touma got his happiest ending. That's all I care about. Incredible. |
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| I had heard that people hated the final chapters but had avoided any spoilers so i was pleasantly surprised when i thought it was quite alright. The only thing i have a real issue with is Masumi ending up with a man. imo she was clearly written as a lesbian not as a bi woman not having realized it yet. Overall im kinda iffy how Masumi was treated like with her never being on a cover. I think Taichi and Futaba mutually breaking up and still ending up happy was nice and tied into the mangas themes well tho |
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| I am replying a bit late since I finished the manga a while back But I think people kind of miss the message... The author really goes far in portraying the message that life is a series of choices and what goes on etc isnt visible. Or we are here for entertainment when we involve in someone else s drama etc. Not to mention the choice some people make would be senseless to some. I also felt like he was breaking the fourth wall during this time period. We were the audience who were supposed to react to this sudden twist... which is senseless till we get the entire context. HOWEVER thats the thing... Do we always need to make sense of the choices people make personally? When we have our lives to focus on? And I also like how it shows that time heals stuff... and the future is unpredictable and for that reason we might have to take it a little easy... Since while it doesnt make sense, things might take a good turn later on...The ending is abrupt... a choice and well while it could have been executed better, i think thematically its awesome tbh. Since the author really potrayed the theme in a very bold manner. For which I always consider this a flawed masterpiece |
234MannanOct 10, 2023 5:16 AM
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| this ending really hurt me, and i think this is the exact emotion that the author wanted to cause in the readers. i think that the central themes of this manga are ''the possibility, the choices, the unpredictability of the future'' and seeing toma and taichi married completely confirmed this, even because during the story there were subtle hints of an unconscious attraction for taichi towards toma. seeing Futaba married really hurts but it's ok thinking that she also had a life outside the highschool part of the manga and made her own choices that led her to that point. in my opinion everything is clear if you read carefully the panel where toma and taichi are watching the poster of that horror movie they watched years prior and criticize the characters for making weird choices, saying that people could say the same thing about them too. overall i LOVED this manga, absolutely one of my favorites, and even if the ending is controversial and i would've preferred to see taichi and futaba together, i think it fits perfectly. A 9.5/10 for me |
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Reply to Neemesis_2
this ending really hurt me, and i think this is the exact emotion that the author wanted to cause in the readers.
i think that the central themes of this manga are ''the possibility, the choices, the unpredictability of the future'' and seeing toma and taichi married completely confirmed this, even because during the story there were subtle hints of an unconscious attraction for taichi towards toma.
seeing Futaba married really hurts but it's ok thinking that she also had a life outside the highschool part of the manga and made her own choices that led her to that point.
in my opinion everything is clear if you read carefully the panel where toma and taichi are watching the poster of that horror movie they watched years prior and criticize the characters for making weird choices, saying that people could say the same thing about them too.
overall i LOVED this manga, absolutely one of my favorites, and even if the ending is controversial and i would've preferred to see taichi and futaba together, i think it fits perfectly.
A 9.5/10 for me
i think that the central themes of this manga are ''the possibility, the choices, the unpredictability of the future'' and seeing toma and taichi married completely confirmed this, even because during the story there were subtle hints of an unconscious attraction for taichi towards toma.
seeing Futaba married really hurts but it's ok thinking that she also had a life outside the highschool part of the manga and made her own choices that led her to that point.
in my opinion everything is clear if you read carefully the panel where toma and taichi are watching the poster of that horror movie they watched years prior and criticize the characters for making weird choices, saying that people could say the same thing about them too.
overall i LOVED this manga, absolutely one of my favorites, and even if the ending is controversial and i would've preferred to see taichi and futaba together, i think it fits perfectly.
A 9.5/10 for me
| @Neemesis_2, mine too! I like the story and boys so much!! I wish that the anime will be announced soon!! |
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Memore said: @Neemesis_2, mine too! I like the story and boys so much!! I wish that the anime will be announced soon!! i have a strong feeling that they will announce the anime adaptation very soon. We can only hope. |
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Memore said:
@Neemesis_2, mine too! I like the story and boys so much!! I wish that the anime will be announced soon!!
@Neemesis_2, mine too! I like the story and boys so much!! I wish that the anime will be announced soon!!
i have a strong feeling that they will announce the anime adaptation very soon.
We can only hope.
| @Neemesis_2, I hope for it! I like our boys so much!! |
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Reply to MillyKKitty
I went into this knowing at least some character was Bi, so I kind of read every look Taichi gave in his childhood at Touma as "he likes him". But then it never really showed him outright blushing at the guy, so I honestly started thinking nothing would come out of it.
Then the final chapters happened and I just rolled with it. These kinds of endings are really common with lgbtq manga. I just wish there was more build up to it consider this got 50 chapters.
Then the final chapters happened and I just rolled with it. These kinds of endings are really common with lgbtq manga. I just wish there was more build up to it consider this got 50 chapters.
| @MillyKKitty, yes, sadly, manga was rushed at the end. I also want more chapters with our great pair! |
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Reply to Pollomonteros
This ending dropped the manga from a strong 9/10 to around like a 5 or 6 holy shit.
It's not that I am mad about Taichi and Touma ending together since the hints of Taichi being bi were in the manga from the beginning ,in fact when I started reading I was rooting for a relationship between them to begin, but the way it was handled was horrendous. First you establish him as maybe having feelings for his friend, that's alright, then you have him end up with a girl, that's fine too. What isn't fine at all is have him suddenly pull up a 180 AT THE VERY LAST SECOND and have him end with Touma anyways EVEN THOUGH WE JUST SAW HIM MAKE IT PRETTY CLEAR THAT HE WANTED TO REMAIN FRIENDS. And don't get me started on poor Masumi, my sweet girl didn't deserve that character assassination.
No buildup of any kind, it kinda just happened, how did it happen? Fuck if we know, because the mangaka decided to drop these huge ass plot development on the last chapter, even though a few of them didn't even make sense to begin with.
Fuck, I am mad
It's not that I am mad about Taichi and Touma ending together since the hints of Taichi being bi were in the manga from the beginning ,in fact when I started reading I was rooting for a relationship between them to begin, but the way it was handled was horrendous. First you establish him as maybe having feelings for his friend, that's alright, then you have him end up with a girl, that's fine too. What isn't fine at all is have him suddenly pull up a 180 AT THE VERY LAST SECOND and have him end with Touma anyways EVEN THOUGH WE JUST SAW HIM MAKE IT PRETTY CLEAR THAT HE WANTED TO REMAIN FRIENDS. And don't get me started on poor Masumi, my sweet girl didn't deserve that character assassination.
No buildup of any kind, it kinda just happened, how did it happen? Fuck if we know, because the mangaka decided to drop these huge ass plot development on the last chapter, even though a few of them didn't even make sense to begin with.
Fuck, I am mad
| @Pollomonteros, why are you mad? Taichi and Touma are together forever. |
MemoreAug 2, 11:44 AM
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Reply to Randyfinn1
This manga gives a lot of emotions, I have connected with all the characters and I think they are very well written, the plot twist surprised me and the ending is perfect 10/10
| @Randyfinn1, I absolutely agree! Ending is amazing for all of the characters and especially for our guys! They love each other so much!! |
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| I don't despise the ending, but it needed like several volumes of story to actually work. This manga was probably canceled and the author just had to wrap it up as quick as humanly possible. |
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