Aya is just the fucking cutest.

the fact she over heard it all make it hilariously cute

YO JOE!

I think Joe would be my favorite character if it weren't for the two main goofballs taking first place.

SrNevik posted:

If Joe leaves, I doubt he's going to just sell his shop. And Mitsuki would surely want to keep running it (and she knows how to do it). So... Mitsuaya living together and running the shop together while Aya goes to college and Mitsuki pursues music domestic storyline, yes? YES??

Sounds perfect. So all the major hangups have been cleared now. I wonder where we go from here.

Couple life.

Oh god yesssssss I crave it

SrNevik posted:

If Joe leaves, I doubt he's going to just sell his shop. And Mitsuki would surely want to keep running it (and she knows how to do it). So... Mitsuaya living together and running the shop together while Aya goes to college and Mitsuki pursues music domestic storyline, yes? YES??

Sounds perfect. So all the major hangups have been cleared now. I wonder where we go from here.

Couple life.

That would be sweet, but it would need something more than that to build towards, so I'm wondering if they'd focus on her music or taking care of the store. What other goals do they have that I am missing? Maybe some new issues that come from navigating college/adult life (similar to Kase san)?

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SrNevik posted:

If Joe leaves, I doubt he's going to just sell his shop. And Mitsuki would surely want to keep running it (and she knows how to do it). So... Mitsuaya living together and running the shop together while Aya goes to college and Mitsuki pursues music domestic storyline, yes? YES??

Sounds perfect. So all the major hangups have been cleared now. I wonder where we go from here.

Couple life.

That would be sweet, but it would need something more than that to build towards, so I'm wondering if they'd focus on her music or taking care of the store. What other goals do they have that I am missing? Maybe some new issues that come from navigating college/adult life (similar to Kase san)?

We still have the album that Mitsuki is making to be covered ...

There's still the plot thread about Hasegawa's father producing Mitsuki's music too.

Perfect? Perfect!

Bro the uncle is leaving, should have been mitsuki. She could do so much more music wise

I think Joe would be my favorite character if it weren't for the two main goofballs taking first place.

When this series finishes I would love the adventures of Joe-san in the US honestly

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the hand and marriage approval from Joe to Aya have been acquired. Mitsuki being embarrassed, priceless.

I know this is a work of fiction because it says there's a song on MTV

It's MTV Japan, they are still running

MTV is "still running" here. But the joke is that Music TeleVision is notorious for never playing any music. in the 80s, you could turn to MTV and it would be running banks of music videos with occasional music industry news and commentary programming. You had a better-than not chance that if you jumped to MTV, you could just, y'know, listen to music.

Over the years, they started including more and more programming that was only tangentially music related, and then eventually not at all music related, until it just became a punchline.

That all said, as I understand it MTV Japan is closer to the original mission statement than MTV is here. They actually still run music programming instead of shitty reality shows.

If Joe leaves, I doubt he's going to just sell his shop. And Mitsuki would surely want to keep running it (and she knows how to do it). So... Mitsuaya living together and running the shop together while Aya goes to college and Mitsuki pursues music domestic storyline, yes? YES??

cottage core... but rock

I want to believe that Mitsuki and Aya will end up running the store together and also they rename to MITSUTAYA. I think it would be very funny, if they did that. The name.

I love how there's no unnecessary drama, no one is dying, no "will they, won't they" until the very last chapter, just two idiots in love going through life, it's perfect.

Does anyone get the ominous feeling the author is wrapping stuff up to end the series?

Was cute tho

^ Volume 4 should end in 10 or so chapters so it would have to all be wrapped up by then. I don't think that's likely, but we'll see.

Bro the uncle is leaving, should have been mitsuki. She could do so much more music wise

Like what? She already has shop full of gear, contacts in music industry and access to a professional studio. What else would she have if she went to US?

And what sense would it make for uncle to stay in Japan when his whole arc culminated in him wanting to go live with Kanna

Bro the uncle is leaving, should have been mitsuki. She could do so much more music wise

Like what? She already has shop full of gear, contacts in music industry and access to a professional studio. What else would she have if she went to US?

And what sense would it make for uncle to stay in Japan when his whole arc culminated in him wanting to go live with Kanna

Has Mitsuki even said she wants to chase the music industry in that way? It's been a while so maybe I've forgotten.

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Has Mitsuki even said she wants to chase the music industry in that way? It's been a while so maybe I've forgotten.

No. Thus far she's only been making music for herself and lately for Aya. She only decided to go to the Christmas party at Hime's house to meet her music producer father after being pushed by Aya, uncle Joe and Kanna, and she ended up ditching it anyway. It's very likely she'll eventually go that route since she did end up meeting Hime's father later and he noticed she's a diamond in the rough, but as of now she hasn't expressed the wish to go pro yet.

Something just occurred to me ... it's never been said where Aya is going to be attending Uni.

It could be a long way away - so her promise to look after Joe's "precious niece" may have been made without thinking of the repercussions if the Uni is not somewhere within easy commuting distance.

This chapter really hit me with a feeling of the series wrapping up, maybe it's only this part of their lives though? Maybe we'll see what comes after high school for them along the likes of Kase & Yamada. I'm curious.

I know this is a work of fiction and all the rest, etc., etc., but I'd REALLY love to get a listen to that album she made. Hell, Mitsuki's musical choices would give incredible insights into her personality and really let us get to know her as a person.

This is very “ending coded” oh no

I know this is a work of fiction and all the rest, etc., etc., but I'd REALLY love to get a listen to that album she made. Hell, Mitsuki's musical choices would give incredible insights into her personality and really let us get to know her as a person.

Albums for fictional works are very much a possibility, one example being band anime such as Bang Dream that make music for the series. Bang Dream even has concerts that the VAs behind the characters perform. So I think it's very possible to get an official album for this series, that would be an album that Mitsuki would make. Especially with the anime adaption in the works and that increasing the likelihood of official music being made for the series.