This ending is the essence of FeelsBadMan

weird ass ending? eh? can someone explain?

weird ass ending? eh? can someone explain?

nope. we had a hard time even understanding what they were talking about while translating. even native japanese speakers could not understand it.

The author had absolutely no idea where she wanted to go with this. Is this what quick axing saves us from, and we just didn't know?

The author had absolutely no idea where she wanted to go with this. Is this what quick axing saves us from, and we just didn't know?

i don't think that is the case. in the first chapter she introduces Sae as Extra C. I think this was the planned ending, just not a good one.

If I had to guess, Sae realized Riko was the only person that would ever look at her in any meaningful way (at least in school), but she also realized that the only reason Riko looks acknowledges her is because Sae hates her, which is different from everybody else. Sae decides that she doesn't want the only person in her life to be someone she hates, so she forces herself to find something to like in Riko, which in turn makes Riko lose interest in her...maybe. That shot at the end with the magazine and Sae's picture of Riko could have been Riko's copy, since Sae didn't seem to be with it and would have no reason to leave it behind. I read that as Riko still not being sure how she feels about Sei, even though it previously showed her looking at Sei as just another extra. Anyway, interesting read overall.

That shot at the end with the magazine and Sae's picture of Riko could have been Riko's copy, since Sae didn't seem to be with it and would have no reason to leave it behind.

I hadn't thought of it that way. Maybe she left it on Riko's desk.

Big ol' wut from me.

Good end. Moving on.

I feel like the ending was just the end of an unhealthy cycle. Sae wanted somebody to make her the center of attention, and Riko wanted somebody to see her from a different perspective from everybody else. When Sae realized she was the center of Riko's attention, she realized why she hung out with her without realizing how much she hated her until the end of CH. 1. So, she no longer hated Riko, but she also realized she'd be just like everybody else to Riko. So, Sae forcibly took Riko's picture to express to her the new perspective/image of Riko she had. Then Riko was unable to see Sae as anybody special, anymore. It's a bad end, because both characters are thrown into worse situations than before. Riko no longer has anybody special, and Sae is COMPLETELY alone as far as we the readers know. The conflict of the story only got worse, but maybe that was the intention.

I guess I can say it ended better than I expected following the disappointing second half. The art is fantastic and I think the ideas were there, just not executed satisfactorily.

At the very least I'll follow the artist to see what they do next

It was weird. I don't want to say it was bad, just very introspective and hard to dissect

I guess a sad ending to a sad time

I found it kinda creepy and cool. Looking foward to seeing more from the author.

And that's it? Why photography club related stories always end so shitty? Remember that manga where girl was so indecisive and didn't want to ruin the love between her and two other girls that she decided to be with both of them and the other two agreed? This is basically the same.

Should have checked the tags properly, I'm at the point where I assume everything is yuri even if it's not tagged that way. But I thought this was a cool work. Abstract and confusing. Not the best storytelling but an interesting one, which I value.

Oh and for the question of the magazine placement, it would appear it is on Riko's desk if you compare these two classroom layouts. Morinaga's desk and magazine location.

uhhh i'm dumb can someone explain what the ending means??

Yeah, I uhhh feel like it was an interesting series
But yeah that ending
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6VjPM5CeWs

Well, Sae. At least you tried.

Loralei posted:

And that's it? Why photography club related stories always end so shitty? Remember that manga where girl was so indecisive and didn't want to ruin the love between her and two other girls that she decided to be with both of them and the other two agreed? This is basically the same.

I think it's basically the opposite where the MC had 2 chances but lost both ... and the worse part is that she was just being herself but 90% of the class didn't like that.

Ugh, teenagers. Ending was like house music, it builds like there's going to be a drop....... but it just doesn't happen..... but maybe that's why it's good right?

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No one died! I feel betrayed. To live up to Inio Asano, characters cannot make it to the end!

Loved the art on this one, and the story was a wild ride. The ending was just as fun as the rest

Nonetheless it was interesting

And in a weird way I actually empathize with Sae wanting someone to hate her, that really got me hooked, but media which requires a lot of brain power is wasted on me

The art alone makes it worthwhile read in my opinion

I liked the ending

surprised that the response to the ending has been about 50% positive on here and MD. didn't expect it, but I'm glad people enjoyed it. <3

im really excited to see if the art style in her next thing is different, or if she'll use the same style again. pretty impressive for a first work to have so much character in the art though. usually that takes time to develop.