Barakamon
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| THIS IS A MANGA ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS ANYTHING BEYOND THIS CHAPTER. ---------------------------------------- This is the final chapter, so I'm curious what the 135th is according to MAL, though I do know they tend to add the bonus/extra but in this case that woud be the "Danpo" chapters but there's one for each volume (excluding this one), although this volume has 2 or 3 small omakes inbetween chapters. Either way, 134 is the last story of Barakamon so don't be confused. If I had to be honest I would like to see more of Hiroshi in Tokyo, Handa having to deal with another Winter and some more of the other villagers, but this was a nice final chapter given that sometimes they end up being disappointing, this one was really good one. The wall of mediocrity has been climbed. |
tr25a3 said: Was there anything about Sei and that Ojou girl (the arranged marriage partner) in the last volume or did they drop that entirely? As far as I remember that was dealt with in the same volume that she appeared. She shows up when Handa goes to Tokyo with Naru but that's it. |
| That was such a nice ending. I am going to miss this manga so much. |
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| A great manga, been following for quite a while. Such a melancholic yet uplifting end. 10/10 |
| "Life is too bitter, so coffee, at least should be sweet..." - Hikigaya Hachiman (Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Come wa Machigatte Iru) |
| SOL comedy was it's peak, story continuation is not. 8/10. |
 "If taking responsibility for a mistake that cannot be undone means death, it's not that hard to die. At least, not as hard as to live on." |
| I don't often say this about manga, but I wonder if the ending might have been improved by having a time skip at the end so we could see where everyone ended up. Like Hiroshi working at restaurant, Tama as a manga artist, and Miwa doing... something. I'm also a little disappointed that we never learned anything about Naru's mother. I am glad that it ended with Handa getting back into calligraphy. |
orangeskull said: I wish there was more Handa-Ojou moments. And I couldn't agree more with the time skip ending cause I would love to see how much Handa's calligraphy school grows in couple of years, Naru, Hina and all the kids growing up and all. Nevertheless I loved the ending.I don't often say this about manga, but I wonder if the ending might have been improved by having a time skip at the end so we could see where everyone ended up. Like Hiroshi working at restaurant, Tama as a manga artist, and Miwa doing... something. I'm also a little disappointed that we never learned anything about Naru's mother. I am glad that it ended with Handa getting back into calligraphy. |
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| Eh, weak ending. I can't imagine any other way to end it though, except maybe a time-skip. |
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| I actually liked it more for not doing a typical time-skip ending. Just like Handa ended up on a different life path than the one he "should've" been on, it's possible everyone else ended up in different places than they wanted. I think a time-skip chapter would kind of defeat one of the themes of the manga: that something can happen that suddenly changes the path of your life (or makes you want to change it). It'd have been great to see more Handa/Ojou stuff. Kirie's reaction to both of them not-flirting was one of the funniest moments in the manga. |
| Ending felt a bit rushed but otherwise a great manga |
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| I'm also confused by the 135 chapters thing going on here on MAL as this was the end of volume 18. I just looked at volume 18+1 though which I plan to read next and that has 4 more chapters so if anything this should have 138 chapters total on here, but oh well. Ending as we began, with Naru and Handa-sensei staring out to sea atop the wall. Fitting, certainly. I honestly can't remember how I stumbled across Barakamon anymore. It took me many years to finally finish my physical collection. There were times where I figured I'd never get my hands on later volumes after missing out on the first prints, but reprints finally came earlier this fall and I didn't miss out again. I'm about as far removed as you can possibly get in regards to a target audience for this series. I really don't and won't ever get to know what it's like living near the goto islands or seto inland sea. I barely even know where they are. And yet, despite the significant cultural barriers present I found myself smiling while reading this. The series is pretty much what you'd want out of any slice-of-life. Calming, relaxing, light-hearted fun. At times I even got pretty emotional reading it. Almost wistful. I loved the anime adaptation, to this day it's my #1 anime of 2014, and only wish we'd gotten a complete adaptation. But oh well. I see Satsuki Yoshino, the author, has a new series that's begun getting releases. Maybe I'll check that out one day too. For now I'm looking forward to reading 18+1. Strong 9/10. |
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