Forum › Who Decided That Blues Had To Be Cool!? discussion

Internet_lied
joined Jul 15, 2016

Endings are hard to write well and even more so with a slice of life type series like this one where there isn't really a perfect ending point. I feel like a lot of people are just upset there wasn't a clear confession, when I think it would have been even more (pleasantly) surprising if they actually had a serious confession since the whole time they were playing it off for laughs and subtext without any sign it was gonna be anything more.

My problem wasn't the lack of a confession, but extremely short build-up to the final arc. The series has effectively wrapped up in 3 chapters, published within 2 weeks of each other, with little warning that this was coming. Chapter 24 was the big whammy where Harumi and Azusa's identities got revealed out of the blue (harhar), and even then, the way it was written was ambiguous as to whether this was the finale, or just the start of an new arc. In hindsight, it is clear that the identity reveal had been the author's intended endgame all along, with the title drop obviously planned from the very start. However, the skip in pacing between chapter 23 and 24 is breakneck, with little in the first 23 chapters indicating whether the series would last for another 3 or 100 episodes.

As I mentioned before, the author seems to be an explorer-type writer, so he simply wrapped up the series with a pre-planned conclusion when he ran out of ideas (or, more likely, decided to work on something else). I get why he would do that, but it doesn't make the story's ending in itself any less abrupt.

last edited at Jun 2, 2021 4:53AM

Soralaylaff
joined Oct 16, 2013

^ All fair criticisms and I agree with all your points. I think for me that since there wasn't any particular pacing or story (besides Azusa hiding her dorkiness) with the previous chapters and it's always felt like a random idea of the week sort of manga, that the abrupt ending didn't really affect me much. We all had an inkling that it would end soon after the identity reveal, but still hoped it wouldn't. I do think an epilogue chapter would help it out a lot though.

Heihtzz
joined Oct 16, 2016

man

Ewe
joined Jan 22, 2017

Why can't subtext just be a straight thing only. ;w;

Nightmare_DL
joined May 20, 2021

It was good.
Honestly i was expecting a kiss and i thought it would last like 10 chapters more but it is fine.

Imgonline-com-ua-compressed-x85kp90svyulj
joined Jul 21, 2017

That was a good ride.

last edited at Jun 2, 2021 8:58AM

Lumg21
joined Jan 6, 2020

So it is a bad ending because they didn't get together? Ugh.

Thought was good and quite fitting.

Facepalm%20godzilla
joined Dec 15, 2016

That was a good ride.

Absolutely sad to see it go also the romance was a bit lacking but what to expect of a comedy series like that.
Still very enjoyable read would definitely recommend this one

Internet_lied
joined Jul 15, 2016

That was a good ride.

The best.

NightmareWeeb
Shiro
joined Oct 12, 2020

No
Noo

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

WHY IT MUST END LIKE THIS??

Man, I’ll miss this series so much...

NightmareWeeb
Shiro
joined Oct 12, 2020

No
Noo

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

WHY IT MUST END LIKE THIS??

Man, I’ll miss this series so much...

(y)
joined Jan 9, 2017

so i found this https://i.pximg.net/img-original/img/2021/05/02/00/46/02/89527800_p18.png
i dont know how to suggest image uploads though

MeiLangSakalam
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joined Mar 26, 2021

oh its end. im back to being lonely

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joined May 28, 2020

This is the end? That's absolutely heartbreaking. I fell way too in love with this series.

けやき坂46
Original
joined Jan 30, 2019

there's a limit to abruptness

joined Nov 22, 2019

so i found this https://i.pximg.net/img-original/img/2021/05/02/00/46/02/89527800_p18.png
i dont know how to suggest image uploads though

I got a 403 :(

57e011396781cdc3308f5aefac880571
joined Feb 19, 2016

Haha called it. Sasuga Watagiri Saya. I love this series and unfortunately was totally prepared for the ending punchline.

Still love it tho

joined Apr 8, 2021

"Today was not great... oh, a new chapter of Blues! Reading this before I go to sleep should cheer me up a little!"

...

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joined Feb 21, 2019

Don't know why everyones so down and out they made out like 5 chapters ago

(y)
joined Jan 9, 2017

so i found this https://i.pximg.net/img-original/img/2021/05/02/00/46/02/89527800_p18.png
i dont know how to suggest image uploads though

Lets try this again https://twitter.com/hiwonoafu/status/1388528453050269697

Hotyangicon3
joined Jun 6, 2013

Don't know why everyones so down and out they made out like 5 chapters ago

Really? Damn my memory is bad af.

I'm glad I'm not the only one heartbroken to see it end. I think ending it there is fine, especially given the whole tone of the series to begin with. I just didn't want it to end.

Is there a fanbox or something we can donate to? It's so good this author deserves to get paid big time.

joined Apr 1, 2014

better to burn out than fade away

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joined Jun 13, 2012

I'm sad that we reached the end. I really really really loved this series and was always looking forward to new chapters! It was really refreshing to see a manga that critically tackles the Magical Girl genre and is not only well written but also very funny. A huge thank you to the author and translators for providing us with such a cool series. It will always have a place in my "Master Piece" folder :)

And on a side node, I really liked how Minami confessed her feelings to Azusa. At least that's how I interpreted it. In my point of view, she straight out confessed and Azusa realized it, but did not know how to respond. I'm really impressed that Minami did not pull the "let's be friends forever" strategy like Ruby did but went all the way out. But again, that's how I interpreted the story :) For me, the story ends with Azusa being loved by two adorable girls.

last edited at Jun 4, 2021 6:37AM

Eterna%20rinebow%20small
joined Oct 20, 2017

Don't know why everyones so down and out they made out like 5 chapters ago

fake news!

last edited at Jun 4, 2021 6:45AM

Internet_lied
joined Jul 15, 2016

Don't know why everyones so down and out they made out like 5 chapters ago

fake news!

I think they referred to this.

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