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| THIS IS A MANGA ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS ANYTHING BEYOND THIS CHAPTER. ---------------------------------------- The finale ! What an uneventful conclusion after some interesting chapters. It's like the manga just ran out of gas. 3/5 Overall: 3-4 years in the life of a young ESPer who loves a girl but likes to have a secured girlfriend. It's both too long when nothing really happens (or rather everythin keeps repeating itself) and long enough to come to like many of those c haracters without noticing it. The manga delivered several pretty good stories and some nice moments, the drawings gradually improved (the "pin-up" illustrations too), but it's obvious there was no roadmap, especially in the later tomes when you see a wave of new characters being introduced just to trigger one or two events and be almost inactive after that (when they're in the same school/classroom). Score: 6.5+/10 February 3, 2019 @ashketchum615 Yes, I didn't find the end rrally bad, just kind of... "here". I guess I was spoiled by the high quality of the theatrical finale. ^^" February 23, 2022 0451 said: Unlike the anime, it had real continuity of the characters moving on to different grades which was cool to see. There were so many cut chapters and characters. It should be noted that the anime actually progressed "in real time" during its one year original broadcast to preserve that aspect of the manga (that's also why they cherrypicked scenari within the pool available at the time). I appreciated that decision, as it makes the whole thing Ayukawa/hikaru thing feel less stupidly long. Another good thing with the TV series is that its episodic style goes quite well with school and teenagers life. (By the way, this adaptation decision makes all the characters have different ages in the two formats, or sometimes between the two versions of a same episodic story.) Anyways I feel a bit sad now for saying goodbye to KOR twice. But I think I'll be over it in no time. How sad... Orange Road has always stayed with me. ^^ (Maybe you could lengthen the experience with the three novels fusing the manga and anime continuities. The first one is decent (but gave a rather poor movie) and the two other ones are more anecdotal. |
Rei_IIIFeb 23, 2022 11:05 AM
| It was a good read. It sure felt so nostalgic, it’s been years since I was watching the anime on TV. |
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| The last chapter was very good. So this chapter comes off disappointingly short. Such a shame cause I was considering it to be on the same level as the movie but it's clear the movie is far better. I really enjoyed KOR manga as a whole. It's better than the anime in a lot of ways. The manga felt more episodic at the beginning like the anime. But then unlike the anime, it had real continuity of the characters moving on to different grades which was cool to see. There were so many cut chapters and characters. Like @TJQ15 says the most disappointing part was that some of the characters were left out like the tomboy childhood friend. But at least the story stayed as a love triangle instead of turning into a harem like so many modern romcoms tend to do. If the rumour of the series getting axed is true then it explains why the ending has a sort of rushed feeling. Can anyone clarify that? Anyways I feel a bit sad now for saying goodbye to KOR twice. But I think I'll be over it in no time. |
Rei_III said: Is that so? Well, I'm not a fan of this decision. It creates continuity errors with the OVAs and movies. In one of the OVAs Kyosuke was 17 and in the movie he's trying to get admitted into college. So it means the relationship with both Hikaru and Madoka still lasted around 3 years like in the manga.February 23, 2022 0451 said: Unlike the anime, it had real continuity of the characters moving on to different grades which was cool to see. There were so many cut chapters and characters. It should be noted that the anime actually progressed "in real time" during its one year original broadcast to preserve that aspect of the manga (that's also why they cherrypicked scenari within the pool available at the time). I appreciated that decision, as it makes the whole thing Ayukawa/hikaru thing feel less stupidly long. Another good thing with the TV series is that its episodic style goes quite well with school and teenagers life. (By the way, this adaptation decision makes all the characters have different ages in the two formats, or sometimes between the two versions of a same episodic story.) Rei_III said: I'll read the last two novels eventually. I just need to find the right mood (and time). Anyways I feel a bit sad now for saying goodbye to KOR twice. But I think I'll be over it in no time. How sad... Orange Road has always stayed with me. ^^ (Maybe you could lengthen the experience with the three novels fusing the manga and anime continuities. The first one is decent (but gave a rather poor movie) and the two other ones are more anecdotal. |
| Well, what a read✨ 156 chapters that flew by and weren't boring for a second. Honestly, I could read 100 more stories about Kyousuke, Madoka, and Hikaru, but the principle was probably to stop before it got boring. I was particularly impressed by the final panel in this chapter. The way that kiss under the sky was captured here was so moving – for me, that's truly great art. You can almost feel the dedication that must have gone into the drawing. Absolutely brilliant.🌆💖 In terms of content, I was particularly surprised by how Hikaru's story ended. That it would end with a happy ending for Kyousuke and Madoka was relatively predictable. But I wouldn't have thought that Kyousuke and Hikaru's relationship would fall apart like this. Will the past drive a lasting wedge between the two, or will another friendship on equal terms develop between them? That's probably left to the reader's imagination. Maybe Hikaru will end up with one of the two boys who wooed her towards the end, and she might even end up in a second love triangle. 😅 Generally, I also liked the supporting characters. The friendly shop owner, Kyosuke's sisters, Akane. A manga where you don't just have one favorite character. Absolutely brilliant. As someone who already loved "Maison Ikkoku," "Kimagure Orange Road" didn't disappoint me in the slightest. Makes me want to live in the 1980s ✨ Now it's time to watch the anime adaptation. 📺 |
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