So...this should have a tragedy tag on it, right?

Read this originally, then with the bonus, then tried to forget it. Since it came up again in the featured anthology, just wanted to say, pretty much +1.

Wait why is this tragedy? I feel like people read an entirely different story

I'm... more than mildly confused? I get that the last few pages were added a long while after most of the story was already up and so invalidates the comments to some degree, but I feel like I missed a whole lot of comments because things quickly escalated from "this was pretty cute" to "stupid yuri fans and their victimization" and "friendzoning" and "the ending was horrible" and "Matsuri was straight" despite the obvious cues and...? Page 22 is more than enough in a yuri publication to point to good end, and even without the extra last pages, I don't think there was much to complain about besides it not being super conclusive (which is more of a matter of taste and preferences)?...

Although, in a different note about the "yuri fan's paranoia", I HAVE been treated to the "miracle" that is a boy being in only two or three pages and showing romantic interest and then not popping up again until the yuri manga just stops at the bad end wherein one of the two main characters dates/marries him after time skip... It was pretty terrible.

Wait why is this tragedy?

I admit thinking about that Tragedy may not be the most fitting tag. Just something along the lines. Like Drama rather than Romance, as well as Aaaaaangst and/or Yuri crush rather than plain Yuri. My reasoning is that while the original ending left space for wishful thinking about Matsuri coping with the situation without much damage, the extra pages appear to depict more of an unspeakable rejection than embarrassment or guilt. How Koyuki sees it depends heavily on the interpretation of her last lines, but I can read into it that, after their earlier relationship was permanently ruined, things may stay like that until either she has to give up on Matsuri for any chance of not being avoided, or she'll be pushed away completely. I'm glad because it seems people can interpret it differently, with a positive outlook. Personally, the tags don't matter to me that much I'd insist on changing them. I came to expect seeing something mutual in Romance stories, but I have no intention of arguing about whether or not it can be found in this with anyone, just expressed my own opinion, possibly too plainly earlier.

Although, in a different note about the "yuri fan's paranoia", I HAVE been treated to the "miracle" that is a boy being in only two or three pages and showing romantic interest and then not popping up again until the yuri manga just stops at the bad end wherein one of the two main characters dates/marries him after time skip... It was pretty terrible.

You're talking about "Happy End"? Cause if not I'm curious about what manga you're talking about.

The major conflict of the story is her inability to get Matsuri to take her protestations of love seriously. By the end of the story this is clearly no longer the case; it's been resolved in a positive direction. In no sense is this a tragic arc.

If you think the point of the extra is "rejection," all I can say is you misread it.

Its awfull to leave things this way... The Author is just too cruel( coz its not that obvious that the love is requited after all ((( damn. I'm depressed

Gulf

If you think the point of the extra is "rejection," all I can say is you misread it.

Shion

Its awfull to leave things this way... The Author is just too cruel( coz its not that obvious that the love is requited after all ((( damn. I'm depressed

It's been a while since I've re-re-re-re-re-read this and I don't think there's any rejection; there's no conclusion at all. I thought so earlier, but the last comments leave it fairly vague, she's aware of her, and maybe afraid of her(?) but her actual intentions or inclinations aren't shown from her perspective. It could go either way. It ends on a wistful note, but it doesn't show anything about there being no hope.

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You're talking about "Happy End"? Cause if not I'm curious about what manga you're talking about.

Yep. That's it. That's the one. There it is.
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Man, fuck Happy End.

And I've thought about it again a bit more.
While this one is entirely open-ended, there's not much reason to say that they necessarily didn't get together, and even less reason to say that their relationship was any more than probably temporarily strained.
Think about it for a second. There's no end on the manga. Matsuri didn't pick up the boy's letter again (or at least it wasn't shown) and at no point did it suggest she thought about the boy again. Matsuri is evasive from Koyuki and tends to blush heavily when they do actually interact. Matsuri doesn't seem to be rejecting or denying Koyuki and, unless wham sudden curveball additional part and character development with no previous hints, she doesn't seem to have any sort of condition or anxiety that would actually cause her to be (nearly) unable to tell Koyuki that she's not interested. This is a yuri publication, filled with yuri girls and yuri in general, to be sold to an audience that likes yuri and probably doesn't like getting teased and then heavily rejected/denied of yuri.

While it could theoretically end up not being yuri, I think it'd be a bit silly to consider it such, and it'd be even sillier (or maybe just stupid) if it really did end as something other than yuri.

PaperCrease posted:

While it could theoretically end up not being yuri,

It is Yuri. W/e Matsuri accepts or rejects Koyuki, it is still Yuri. Yuri doesn't mean (as some seems to think) "story that ends with lesbian couple". Yuri is story focused on 1 or more lesbian characters, usually containing romance. According to your post, all those drama and annnnnnnnnngst manga we have here aren't yuri, because it ends with girl being rejected/never confessing her feelings.

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Koyuki's adorable~
The ending thou- >.>
Sigh.

It is Yuri. W/e Matsuri accepts or rejects Koyuki, it is still Yuri. Yuri doesn't mean (as some seems to think) "story that ends with lesbian couple". Yuri is story focused on 1 or more lesbian characters, usually containing romance. According to your post, all those drama and annnnnnnnnngst manga we have here aren't yuri, because it ends with girl being rejected/never confessing her feelings.

Right, right, sorry. I just end up getting so bored and annoyed with that kind of thing cuz' 's not in my tastes so I only end up reading it when I'm caught off guard because tags. Lemme correct myself.

While it could theoretically end up without the two main characters being a yuri couple, I think it'd be a bit silly to consider that as a decently likely possibility, and it'd be even sillier (or maybe just stupid) if it really did end up that way.

I also forgot to mention something else in my comment. The tone of the manga. Does the general tone of the manga really lean towards sad or tragic? Is it really so heavily drenched in misery that there's no way they could've become a couple at the end there?

It's been a while since I've re-re-re-re-re-read this and I don't think there's any rejection; there's no conclusion at all. I thought so earlier, but the last comments leave it fairly vague, she's aware of her, and maybe afraid of her(?) but her actual intentions or inclinations aren't shown from her perspective. It could go either way. It ends on a wistful note, but it doesn't show anything about there being no hope.

Imagine you are the main character girl. And love of your life's avoiding you, when talking its two words and cute reaction - sweet but painfull. And stay all hanging up without uknow "final release" in this uncertainty is unbearable (
oh I'm taking it too close to my heart :< sequel I need sequel

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well, it is sad but it's not like she's saying "ew" or "gross" or telling their friends, oh heck how many times have I seen that in yuri manga? but, I do feel like it needs a continuation

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Blushing! :D

Blushing! :D

Way too much blushing! >:(

I for one believe they would end up together later. And I'd very much love to see it happen.

I love it. I like that it leaves the nature of the conclusion up to the imagination, and I'm definitely confident things will work out, but I would definitely enjoy a sequel, just to see more of these two.

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that credit page though

the conclusion (mostly) is hopeful as it feels to me like Matsuri is soo adorably embarrassed whenever she gets close to Koyuki now (her actions suggest to me that she's developed a fluffy and possibly lewd train of thought) however the absolute lack of communication seems to be giving Koyuki a potentially wrong idea. The non-conclusive ending is a bummer because of that.
It feels to me like they got half way or so through doing this story then decided (for whatever reason) not to properly finish it to a decent conclusion

i dont mind a longer version with extended unnecessary plot arcs etc THATS SO CUTE

I really like this one, but it should have a second part! I've seen this kind of thing before, they're supposed to dance around each other for a bit until Matsuri realizes she's hurting Koyuki and is forced to confront her feelings and then they kiss. Where is it!

I hate open ended endings (ESPECIALLY when there's no "The End" on the page)

This isn't a satisfying end, nor does it come off as a "good end" to me

If I confessed to someone and in response they turn our 1on1 Christmas Hangout into a group thing, I'd take that as rejection

If they actively start avoiding me, id also take that as rejection

If her being flustered by the guy confessing doesn't mean she's interested, why isn't it the same mindset applied when the girl does it?

Once feelings are processed, it could easily lead to rejection.

P22 was a much more satisfying end, cuz as far as we know, her crush is still just avoiding her. Imo it'd be a much more satisfying end if she got her to stop running away, confessed once more with all her heart, and asked for a response of any kind (Yes/No/Maybe so/I need some time to think)

Because she's essentially in the same situation as before; she's in a limbo between herself and the girl, at first it was her feelings not reaching her friend, now it's her not even being able to talk to her friend.

It's completely understandable why ppl aren't satisfied with an ending like this, because not responding to a confession is also a response; it's not a good one. And I feel like when the end game is obvi them getting together, an open ending is supposed to make us the reader, question whether or not they actually do— if this was a clear cut case, they would've gotten together.

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Y’all overthinking it, theres a pretty obvious difference between her sudden case of full-face-blushing leave-the-room-immediately shyness and the awkward confrontational blush with that other guy. And what that’s “intended” to communicate should itself be pretty obvious? Whether they actually get together IS still open ended but to interpret this other than her being at the very least woo’d feels in bad faith. (A bad faith fostered by other stories having hurt us in the past with this shit, it IS “learned” but just because a fear is reasoned doesn’t make it reasonable IMO.) Which, yes, in a story about trying to get the girl to take her feelings seriously this IS a success, and one that does still leave the possibility of full requitement open (its not exactly a rejection….) but also more importantly i kinda get what its going for but IMPREGNABLE?!?