I hope to god there is an epilog for this cause that ending was not satisfactory what so ever. Yea cool they are together but what about all those feelings built up that just felt like it flat lined!! I need more scenes of uta and kaoru together so I can feel satisfied. Not even a fluffy sex scene or intimacy wth. That ending left me feeling empty...

This title has always been a fanfic-as-literary-criticism magnet anyway—every time I would bring up (what I saw as) a plot hole or some unexplained question, people would push back with elaborate theories about how it did or would eventually make complete sense when the whole panorama was revealed.

Now it’s perfect fanfic fodder, ripe for further expansion/transformation/development (perhaps by readers who may actually pay attention to consistency of characterization and plot) exploring such issues as:

• How did Reiichi come to live in the same building as his sister and ex-wife? What are their connections like today?

• Who “liked” Uta in college, and how did she respond?

• What made those fucking books fall on Karou’s head?

• What did Uta and Reiichi’s mom do that caused her to lose her license?

• Why did Reiichi’s dad call for the first time out of the blue and interrupt Karou’s confrontation with her apparently cheating husband?

• The Wonderful World of Risako—Closeted Lesbian or Robotic Plot Device?

• Where is Konatsu, and don’t they have sunscreen there?

• Do Kaoru and Uta lie awake in the dead of night, listening to each other masturbate?

I could go on and on, but now it’s up to the fanfic community to carry the ball.

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This kind of amuses me, like, there was all this grumpiness here in the forums about the prospect of a time skip?

WELL HAVE TWO OF THEM, YA WHINY BASTARDS.

I know it's probably not a direct reaction, but it honestly kind of feels like one. ;p

(Edit: Oh, but srsly my hot take is that this has "canned by the publisher" energy.)

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^^the last one is uneeded since they sleep in the same bed and have sex together lol- but I will give you the rest.

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This Manga was wild I'm glad it's ended now tho the buildup was so weird lol

Bruh I slogged through the story for this ending?

That was... unexpected? To a degree with all that build up it just kind fizzles out like a balloon farting instead of flying wild.

I've been with this series from day one of it's translated release and this is the ending? Should have just been 20 chapters long with less drama and a finished, more polished ending. I know this was probably axed but wth was that ending? Two time skips and idk what to say that hasn't already been said in the comments but just wow. I'll just stew and pout in the corner until I can come to terms with this ending (sigh).

Wait…WHAT?!

Seriously?! THATS IT????

Nope.

It feels like when the author was told to axe it, they just condensed 2 or 3 arcs into one chapter rather than attempt to craft a satisfying ending out of what space they had left. Like this was just an outline built to get as many of those ideas on paper as possible without considering the resolution

Like this was just an outline built to get as many of those ideas on paper as possible without considering the resolution

This sounds like most of the series in a nutshell T B Q H

It feels like when the author was told to axe it, they just condensed 2 or 3 arcs into one chapter rather than attempt to craft a satisfying ending out of what space they had left. Like this was just an outline built to get as many of those ideas on paper as possible without considering the resolution

Yeah, I got the same feeling with it, especially with that plot line of someone liking Uta in college, that probably could have been an arc by itself. Honestly can’t believe that all that buildup was completely demolished with this ending, but it suits the manga, I guess.

This was bad and ended bad. Omedetou.

This was actually PRETTY BAD, I was not rooting for Uta-Trashoru's route, but this resolution actually accomplishes nothing, we have started from nothing and reached no where, will echo some of Blastaar's sentiments, and wrap-up saying I'm scratching tMnR's works from my reading list forever, he/she struggles to develop plot as much as struggles to draw anatomy's, anyone with a more clinical eye should have caught that too.

to be honest, and I might be the only one here, but instead moving to live with Trashoru again (like no growth whatsoever, right?!), I wanted Uta to moved on completely, and actually dated someone else (like Sayaka in Bloom Into You - we only learned later on she was dating someone else), that would mean something to me. Like I tried and did my best, but you know what? Sometimes in life you just gotta learn to move on, that would be more meaningful to me, this resolution right here, alongside the several plot holes/unsolved conflicts, ain't it!

Uta's all grown up. Q~Q

Thank goodness this hot mess of whatever-the-fuck it was is over. This was a torturous read.

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I think this last chapter would have been better off without pages 22-26. There was no reason to even hint that adult Uta would still live with her crush several years after the fact, because there's no real context to it.

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6 volume and not even a kiss.

Ok

Least I can assume Uta had sex with Kaoru every night

I think this last chapter would have been better off without pages 22-26. There was no reason to even hint that adult Uta would still live with her crush several years after the fact, because there's no real context to it.

It's already pretty questionable for the author to do double time skip.
Kaoru hanging out with Uta during college is nice especially if the author can dig more about Risako during timeskip along with Reiichi.

Yet we got fucking double timeskip and the author didn't even show Uta face on 2nd timeskip.

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Well, TMNR managed to sucker everyone into reading this... good luck finding an audience with the next manga.

Well, TMNR managed to sucker everyone into reading this... good luck finding an audience with the next manga.

Luckily I only started reading this about the time the previous chapter came out, so I didn't invest years of my life into it the way some people did. The sheer rage from people who read from the time the first chapter was posted has to be able to be felt across the planet as a temperature shift.

Well now, that was abrupt. Makes me feel like I'm going to forget this in no time even though it went on and on and on for so long. At least, Uta and Kaoru got there....eventually....I think?

Aww the rushed ending is a shame. Feels like the author had to abruptly end it. But I still enjoyed it.

I think the thing that annoys the most is the fact that after 4 years, there was literally no kiss or demonstration of romantic love from Kaoru to Uta. And then suddenly at the ending they’re… living together?

Based on the “II’ll stay in love with her forever” that Uta says in this chapter, I can only assume she KNOWS it’s stupid to love Kaoru romantically but she’ll do it anyway bc woah true love!! While Kaoru is just… there.

to be honest, and I might be the only one here, but instead moving to live with Trashoru again (like no growth whatsoever, right?!), I wanted Uta to moved on completely, and actually dated someone else (like Sayaka in Bloom Into You - we only learned later on she was dating someone else), that would mean something to me. Like I tried and did my best, but you know what? Sometimes in life you just gotta learn to move on, that would be more meaningful to me, this resolution right here, alongside the several plot holes/unsolved conflicts, ain't it!

I’ve got to agree, and I believe several people here made that argument, especially as the chapters wound down to the end and Kaoru still showed not the slightest evidence of being sexually attracted to women generally nor to Uta in particular.

I’m sure there have been real-life examples of “woman pretends to be/convinces herself she is a lesbian because she is emotionally dependent on another woman,” but I don’t expect many of us think of that as a “happy ending.”

Wow, this one was so bad, i had to login and comment, lol.

I really like TMnR, i enjoy all of those Love Live doujinshi. It seems like she did great when she did stuff at her own pace, on her own passion.

I was excited at first for this manga, the art was great, and the story seems interesting. But ever since then, the art devolved and the plot turned into convoluted mess. Im no expert, but it seems to me that she isnt ready with serialization, and all of the limitation that comes with it. Fuck, everything was so unbelievably bad and unsatisfying, plot resolving in the stupidest way possible. I'd honestly feel bad for her, but man, there is no way i would be excited for her next serialization. So bad.