Now that I finished the whole series, I feel totally wrecked, and there is no other ending that I would have preferred. I feel that the author did all 3 characters justice by ending the way he did. This story is the truest representation of A Love Triangle. If you ever felt frustrated at the denseness of Raku in Nisekoi, the complete inability of Onodera, Chitoge and Raku to take any actions or express themselves; or if you wished Oregairu had taken a different turn if 8man was not as jaded as he was of the world, and that perhaps Yukino and Yui was
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more willing to take things into their own hands and not be as hampered by their own images of how they should act or by their feelings for one another; then WA2 completely
went ahead to finish the race and left both of them in the dust. WA2 was where each character did what they believed in the most and to the truest of their feelings.
Setsuna - At first glance, one may harbour hatred towards Setsuna for what she did - knowingly and purposefully stepping in between Touma and Haruki to be the 3rd party, but in realityn would you really condemn what she did? All she wanted was for the 3 of them to be together forever and in order not to be left behind, she did the only thing she believed was possible. And that is to tie down Haruki while forcing Touma to be together too because she knew neither Haruki nor Touma would be able to reject her. Both of them would willing put her feelings before their own, because that's the kind of people they are. Of course she could have just let them be and it was only a matter of time before Touma and Haruki got together since both of them had feelings for each other, but where would she be in that picture? No where, and so she chose the path which would bring her the most happiness. You could call her selfish or evil for stepping in, but if you were in her shoes, would you have done it otherwise and let her love go? Would you not applaud her courage for going after what she wanted?
Touma - For being the Ice Queen and supposedly cold, she did a terrible job of hiding her true feelings. For Haruki to not notice was entirely reasonable, since Haruki was THE person she was trying to hide her feelings from, but Setsuna, standing at the side could see everything clear as day. There were multiple instances throughout the story where Setsuna would
mutter things under her breath like 'yeah, right' when Haruki would describe her as cold and not expressing herself, because all Setsuna could see was Touma placing herself where Haruki would be. Be it noticing where he went, to his terrible guitar playing, to helping him get better, all Touma did was literally 'all action no talk'. Seeing Setsuna confess to Haruki, yet
also knowing how kind Haruki was, and unable to reject Setsuna, she did all she could to act aloof and as if she didn't care at all. Multiple times she denied knowing what Setsuna was talking about when she apologised, but in her heart she never forgave Setsuna did she? For her to do that with Haruki, she was in her own words, 'the worse betrayer'
Haruki -As the supposedly smartest person in the school for acing subjects, he was led in circles by both Setsuna and Touma. Unable to reject Setsuna, unable to see through what Touma was going through. Not that I blame him though. He was just trying to be kind to the people around him - by accepting Setsuna, and trying to be true to himself - never really letting go of Touma. Could you really blame him for his persistence in going after Touma? Afterall, that is who he truly loved. You could say he was a two-timer, but he could never bring himself to reject Setsuna, neither could he bring himself to forget Touma. Love never had a black or white answer, it all depends on where you stood. And where Haruki stood was at a pitchblack concrete
crossroad with snow falling all around him.
届かない恋 - Todokanai Koi, or A Love That Cannot Be - The last song the trio sang together might be the best one-liner summary of WA2. All 3 did what was in their mind the best course of action, but yet that resulted in an ending where none of them could be happy. A love that cannot be. Wonderful series. Half way through I was pretty doubtful if WA2 could be a 10 in my heart. But how the author masterfully concluded the series made it a 10 for me. Never mind it was not a happy ending, never mind that it was not entirely conclusive; because isn't that the most realistic representation of real life too?
Oct 1, 2015
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Now that I finished the whole series, I feel totally wrecked, and there is no other ending that I would have preferred. I feel that the author did all 3 characters justice by ending the way he did. This story is the truest representation of A Love Triangle. If you ever felt frustrated at the denseness of Raku in Nisekoi, the complete inability of Onodera, Chitoge and Raku to take any actions or express themselves; or if you wished Oregairu had taken a different turn if 8man was not as jaded as he was of the world, and that perhaps Yukino and Yui was
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