this epilogue after Kino finally sang her love song to Himari at chapter 15, end of the final third volume is starting to get a bit long... because 47 chapters worth of extra scenes, after the manga has actually ended, is a bit too much

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I really don't like this plot development in chapter 62. The letter feels like a forced way to clear the path for Hajime and Momoka to get together, it also makes Kyou feel like a bad person like was she really gonna break up with a letter?
Also even with this forced letter if Hajime and Momoka get together it will still have that lingering feeling that Momoka see's Hajime as a Kyou's replacement.. Dating ur dead girlfriends sister just feels bad idk...

I think we're jumping ahead a little too quickly and focusing on the ship more than the drama this letter causes. There's a lot that this letter can be used for and it's finding doesn't feel forced yet to me, it's been one chapter. I'm sure what would make it forced anyway?

It seems appropriate that she would find something which shakes up her understanding of her sister, after discussing their complex relationship during the chapter. I think this letter will be used for a lot more than getting two people together. The chapter focused on her relationship with her sister and the inferiority complex she's put on, along with her life feeling on rails. There's also what this might do to Momoka emotionally and how this will affect the band's sudden chance at stardom. Does Hajime even tell everyone at first? Would she? I imagine those things will be more of the focus, even if eventually those two do end up together somehow. That all seems like really interesting stuff. Either way, it's too early to tell. We don't even know what the letter says yet. Personally, this feels like a potentially really interesting setup.

If we are focusing on the couple: we don't actually know what Momoka's feelings are about Hajime now. We have the assumptions from Hajime, but as we have seen, she is not a reliable narrator regarding her sister. I'm assuming we'll learn a lot more about these things now and they must be complicated. Also, these two have been extremely close since even before the sister's death; it's not abnormal for them to fall for each other after all this time has passed (if it does go in that direction). It wouldn't be out of nowhere; they've had interactions that could lean that way and are tied together in a band. It's a pretty normal phenomena and as long as they talk out the situation (which they might have to now) I don't see the issue really.

Exactly; I had a similar idea in my previous post.

I'm also interested in seeing the implications this will have for Laureley, as hearing something about this about the person who ultimately inspired the band's creation will likely be hard on all three of them (possibly even Shiho), but may lead to them reexamining why they're doing music and deciding to do it for their sake, rather than Kyou's.

I also suspect that the letter ties in to what is implied to be one of Kyou's flaws: a lack of courage, or at least initiative. After her funeral, Hajime says that she felt bad about how things ended between her and Shiho, but wasn't able to bring herself to reach out to Shiho(unlike Aki). If Hajime is trustworthy about their parents, they probably opposed Kyou's interest in a band (which may be why she suddenly changes her mind in a flashback). Since Shiho says in this chapter that that Kyou and Hajime's parents are strict, it's possible that they wanted Kyou to break up with Momoka for some reason, which is why Kyou wrote the letter.

I'm also interested in seeing the implications this will have for Laureley, as hearing something about this about the person who ultimately inspired the band's creation will likely be hard on all three of them (possibly even Shiho), but may lead to them reexamining why they're doing music and deciding to do it for their sake, rather than Kyou's.

I hadn't even thought about what this could do to Shiho (and by extension Aki). That's a good shout. I'm actually the most interested I've been in a while with this (and I've always enjoyed the series). There's just a lot of potential, plus this really means the series is full steam ahead rather than slowing down. Anything concerning this band and their history has carried some of the manga's best narrative arcs for me, so hopefully this continues that streak.

I'm wondering if Yori will get involved somehow (nonsense theory: maybe there's a universe where she takes someone's place in the band?). Himari is always in the mix but often Yori feels like the oddball out of the cast. I struggle to think of ways she could be included and I wonder if Takeshima feels the same. Unless she's doing typical romance stuff, her personal narrative hasn't felt that impactful to me. What are her goals now outside of the relationship?

We know Himari is tied to the band and wants to improve as manager. (Another reason why Shiho and the band's inclusion really helped give the story direction and a needed second wind. What would the story be doing without them?). What's Yori doing? I want something with her too. I'm sure she'll be included because she's the girlfriend of the manager but she is more than that. I want her to do something that doesn't have to do with her romance.

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What would the story be doing without them?

Sex. Lots and lots of sex.

What would the story be doing without them?

Sex. Lots and lots of sex.

You're right, my bad.

kyou was in love with shiho

i’m calling it now

I really don't like this plot development in chapter 62. The letter feels like a forced way to clear the path for Hajime and Momoka to get together, it also makes Kyou feel like a bad person like was she really gonna break up with a letter?
Also even with this forced letter if Hajime and Momoka get together it will still have that lingering feeling that Momoka see's Hajime as a Kyou's replacement.. Dating ur dead girlfriends sister just feels bad idk...

I think we're jumping ahead a little too quickly and focusing on the ship more than the drama this letter causes. There's a lot that this letter can be used for and it's finding doesn't feel forced yet to me, it's been one chapter. I'm sure what would make it forced anyway?

More to the point we haven't read the letter. One line at the end doesn't tell us all that much about it's content, so any speculation about what should happen with it, what effects it might have, etc, etc, is pretty baseless at this point. At least wait until we have the full text of the thing before coming to conclusions.

It does feel a bit '' I need to get the story from point A to point B'' gimmicky from the author, but yeah, lets wait until we've seen the actual letter. It might be more complicated than that.

And so the thick plottens!

I can't recall exactly which chapter this was, but one line has managed to stick in my mind for quite a while now.

"They said it was an accident."

I could just be reading too much into things, it could be a translation quirk throwing me off, but part of me can't help wondering if we're about to take a particularly dark turn here.

Nee-san really was too smart.

Page 39: was Hajime already looking at Momoka that way even before Kyou died?

Pages 46-47: "I'm so jealous. It makes me feel like you have everything that I want." More like had, but yeah. She had the talent, the attitude, the "magic", she even had the girl.

Pages 46-47: "I'm so jealous. It makes me feel like you have everything that I want." More like had, but yeah. She had the talent, the attitude, the "magic", she even had the girl.

Heck she has the girl now too, given how devoted Momo is to her still.

The outcoming possibilities of the letter is just too many. I just wonder if they are going to sing wolfish on the big stage

I really don't like this plot development in chapter 62. The letter feels like a forced way to clear the path for Hajime and Momoka to get together, it also makes Kyou feel like a bad person like was she really gonna break up with a letter?
Also even with this forced letter if Hajime and Momoka get together it will still have that lingering feeling that Momoka see's Hajime as a Kyou's replacement.. Dating ur dead girlfriends sister just feels bad idk...

I think we're jumping ahead a little too quickly and focusing on the ship more than the drama this letter causes. There's a lot that this letter can be used for and it's finding doesn't feel forced yet to me, it's been one chapter. I'm sure what would make it forced anyway?

More to the point we haven't read the letter. One line at the end doesn't tell us all that much about it's content, so any speculation about what should happen with it, what effects it might have, etc, etc, is pretty baseless at this point. At least wait until we have the full text of the thing before coming to conclusions.

I agree, though it really does seem like it’ll be one of those things.

So I gave up on this series during the long dragging on Manager/festival arc and decided to finally catch up... I didn't expect an incest arc right after. I'm kinda glad that's not the main focus but more of the side focus looks like this is gonna be at least love wise focused around Kyou/Haji/Momo. And after that letter this is gonna be very messy. Very curious to know the contents of the entire letter. Shiho has at least warmed up for the most part I can at least tolerate her now before I wanted her just out of this entire manga.

Very interested to see where the rest of this volume goes, glad I reread and got caught up on this.

Chapter 62.5 is out in English. Given the decimal point, it isn't all that major.

Some people are talking about how Shiho and Aki didn't quite get to kiss before Aki's mom got home, but the part that stuck out most for me is Miki's role in it. Judging from Miki's reaction to seeing Shiho, she's still not entirely comfortable with Shiho being in a relationship with Aki, but she's trying to be considerate of them, which is a nice bit of character development.