Massive ups to Arata Iri for finally getting to finish a manga on her own terms (I hope). That said, I really wanted to like this, but I don't think it's good. The intertwining narrative stuff in volume 2 and early volume 3 is cool and quite unusual. Otherwise, so much of the content can be chalked up to "re-framing events already told last time," "massive new plot threads that won't be meaningfully developed," and "they run away from each other a lot." I don't think the serious turn was helpful at all to these characters, and I don't think the lost content was replaced by enough to make me appreciate them any further than I already did.
I'm also so sad we didn't even get more Tsubaki / Nekozaki moments. Chapter 13 in the OG was so unique and fulfilling, and, like, emotional kabedon is justice. Then, sort've confused and disappointed by Nekozaki's character in general. Her backstory and actions are so much over-the-top than they were originally, yet the responses she gets from other characters are significantly more muted. Very few times were any of Nekozaki's issues really addressed or confronted by other characters in a way that made sense to me. As Lilification said previously, real people don't act like this (and no, neither do well-written manga characters).
benja posted:
i´m really happy that arata iri was finally able to finish a manga, her art and panel lay out improve a lot and the manga had some great moments but i really feel like it was such a missed oportunity, with some minor changes uchoten had the potential to be as good as school zone . I really dont get why they decided to go on a completly different direction
Yeah, I figured we'd agree again...
Still, I'm happy for her! I'm glad she finally got her sex scene ending, and I'm glad that she seems happy with her results. I also liked this a lot, lol.