| I'm surprised there isn't a thread for the final chapter, considering how moving the end of the series was. Most odd... It takes a lot to get me emotional. I had watery eyes by the end of Baby. I did find the focus to be rather... scattered at times, and certain bits struck me as being rushed (the Itagaki thing, for instance), but I can't find too many faults with it. It was supposed to be a story of growth; showing an immature guy slowly maturing as he built a relationship with a sweet little girl, and that's exactly what it was. When Kippei was forced to separate from Yuzu at the end, it hurt because, after reading all seven volumes and seeing how attached Kippei had become to her, I was able to feel his pain. The mangaka did a wonderful job of developing their relationship. My only REAL complaint is that Kokoro didn't get much time; her by far being my favourite character. I fell in love with early on because of how she kept a poker face; rarely wearing her feelings on her sleeves. Being a fan of romance stories, it left me feeling a little sad that, compared to Yuzu, she spent very little time with Kippei. Understandable when Baby was about a five-year-old girl, but still annoying when I found myself constantly thinking, "When will Kokoro reappear!? WHY DOES KIPPEI KEEP IGNORING HER!? GRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!11!" Overall, I'm glad I took a chance and ordered the first volume. I went on to buy the entire series; enjoying it immensely. Reading Baby, and enjoying it so much, has made me want to have a look at Bunny Drop for more 'motherxchild' goodness. :D |
| Yeah, I totally agree with you. Kokoro should had being given more time... And the end was so emotional, so pretty... Like how Kippei was the most attached to Yuzuyu and had the most reasons to keep her away from her mother, but still was the only one (except for Kokoro, obviously) who considered what Yuzuyu really wanted... Even though for legal purpose, a child's will is not really considered, cuz they are so naive and young... Aaaanyway, it's a shoujo, and it's not real, and it was everything ok in the end, soooo it doesn't matter legal reasons ^^. But what really bothered me was how rushed the manga became in their final chapters... They may had forced the autor to finish it, but still... It's too much... In my opnion, it should have been: a)more pages to Kippei's suffering, which was HUGE and had like 2 pages... and some space for him to get over his pain... maybe he never did, but we dont know that, do we..? b)more scenes at the closing scene... I think it should have more time for the family to appear, to kokoro to appear, more things like "what happened after"... c)the letter... it was a little randow, without a context... Well, that's all... It seems like I just talked bad of the end. Well, it kinda frustated me for lacking those things that are important (to me at least). BUUUT the good, excelent part was already exposed by Aironic-san, so I would be saying the same things over and over... No need too, she already did a great job ^^ |
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| i cried that is all TT_TT |
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| I really liked it overall, although i also would have liked kokoro to get more time. I agree that the end felt quite rushed and could have easily had another 5 chapters given the pacing of the rest of the manga, but it wasn't so rushed that i didn't still enjoy it. I would have liked to see more of the aftermath of Yuzuyu leaving though. |
| Kokoro's finale wasn't finished with awesome lines and overwhelming sense of security so that's a minus =[ |
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| Not impressed. I had no sympathy for the aunt (nor for any particular character). What kept me reading were the adorable interactions between Kippei and Yuzu. Bottom line: Aishiteruze is worth reading for the smiles but don't expect substance. |
| they should have 1.Longer ending 2. Conclusion with Kokoro love (because i find that this should be the main focus of the story not Yuzuyu) 3. Not rush the dam thing because it sort of end up like a cliff hanger (but no it ended ok....) |
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| It was a realistic ending I guess... but really rushed like everyone said, and quite anticlimactic.. Sudden change... I kind of groaned out REALLY loud when I saw Yuzuyu go after her mom.. like "Aw shit, I know where this is going." |
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| It was good and I enjoyed the ending. I wish it had shows a little more of the epiologe about what happened to kippei and kokoro also more about Yuzuyu. Glad Yuzuyu and Shou-chan could be together at the end again. |
| It was good, the manga is different from the anime. I wish it had showed more about Kippei and Kippei live living together in the end, also Yuzu grew into a cute girl, happy she and Shou could met again in the end. |
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| I cried... I was hoping that Kokoro and Kippie's wedding while Yuzuyu is the flower girl or something.. And Kokoro is the best heroine I ever seen... I just wished that they given her more screen time... Felt kinda rushed if you asked me... but All in All I think it's pretty good... pretty good to make me keep reading from night till morning... Though I was reading 4 other manga at the same time... |
My Grandmother Always said.. He who walks through the path of heaven will rule over everything.. |
| Yuzuyu's mom got it too easy, she didn't deserve to be a mother. Irl Yuzuyu's mom would have done moar abuse to her daughter if she got her back |
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| The ending felt too rushed but I'm actually satisfied even though we didn't see Kippei and Kokoro get married. |
"I have been wielding a blade since before your were swimming around your father's scrotum." - Kurou |
| Seemed to me that the end came out of nowhere. I didn't even know I was on the last chapter until I finished it. The ending was sudden but at least it wasn't a train-wreck like most other sped-up manga endings. I wish there was a little more involvement of the romance part as I really liked Kokoro and wished to learn more about her and her past. In all it was a good manga, above average. 7/10. |
| "When life gives you lemons, make orange juice, then sit back and watch the world wonder how you did it." |
| Dead thread, but I'll just write down my thoughts anyhow. It was very rushed, I don't understand why we couldn't have had another chapter here to flesh things out a bit. I have mixed feelings about the mother. What I really don't get it why she never gets any help. It's pretty obvious that she becomes depressed and unable to function after losing her husband, but being separated from her daughter sure as hell isn't going to help with that. She mentions that she hit Yuzuyu when she hadn't done anything wrong, and she worried it could get worse. I understand that she couldn't take care of Yuzuyu any longer in her condition, but running away by yourself and thinking you can fix that kind of problem on your own is downright absurd. If she hadn't ran away though, we wouldn't have a story, so that's where plot and logic move in opposite directions. Unrealistically speaking, I would have to say the mother did the best she could. She's quite weak and cries easily, so she needs someone to depend on. She keeps working and saving money while trying to find a husband and a father to help support her and Yuzuyu. She isn't facing the root of her problems, her helplessness, but she gets stronger the only way she knows how. The family (mainly Kippei's mother) telling her to go home and come back every day if she's really serious seemed ridiculous. We already know that trying to forget her mother and then remembering her is having adverse psychological affects on Yuzuyu, even causing her to faint. That would be incredibly cruel putting Yuzuyu through all that. At least Kokoro and Kippei seem to have some common sense. They made what they thought was the best decision for Yuzuyu. Kippei puts aside his own feelings and tells Yuzuyu to run to her mother, it's a bittersweet ending. I thought maybe it might be nice if Kippei and Kokoro adopted her in the future, but I think it's better she is reunited with her mother, so long as the mother still wants to have her back. |
| If you reply back to me and I never respond, I lost interest and don't care. Sorry about that. |
| I liked this and all, but....the whole plot with Yuzuyu's mom abandoning her was kind of dumb. Her mother was just a terrible person. So she was having a hard time after her husband died, it happens. But instead of abandoning Yuzuyu on her sister's family, why didn't the mother go with her to live with them? Kippei's family seemed to be alright with taking people in and since she was the mom's sister, they probably would have helped her. Seems like she would have gotten over her shit quicker if she didn't abandon her kid and just got help from the family. Seemed weird to me in all honesty. I like Kippei and Kokoro's romance though. I've read stories like this where the mother is usually forgiven for abandoning their child/children, but most of the time they are shallow bitches who only did with the simple excuse of "life's too hard". And usually those women randomly have new children and it makes you go "Oh, you abandon this child, but somehow that child is different?" (examples: Usagi Drops and Little House with an Orange Roof - both have mother characters who are terrible people that abandon their children who get forgiven for their shit in the end.) I want to see one where the mother is basically told to fuck off because she's a horrible person who did a horrible thing. Frankly, I would have rather seen Kippei and Kokoro become her parents because they did a lot better job. That or Kippei's older sister should have adopted her because they pointed out she was barren. |
| Hey anyone wanna tell me what happens in the manga ? havnt read it yet ? i want to knw .... plz tell me .. |
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| For everyone that watched the anime, do not read the manga. The rushed ending of the manga is one of the only ones to be able to kill my enjoyment of something so quickly. I honestly believe an open ending is far far better than what they gave us. What they gave us completely trashed what the whole show was all about, all in favor of some meaningless idea that mothers are always superior and right... I hated it. |
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