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Fishy
joined Oct 19, 2020

Cute extra, but it just feeds the hunger for more chapters, since major development since to be right around the corner. At least it's not bi-monthly...

Fishy
joined Oct 19, 2020

I mean, one of the most important plot points in the story was the thing with Ookuma's parents

I don't agree that it was particularly important. Ookuma is already shown to be breaking out of the protective cocoon when she invites Kanda to her place and in the latest chapter when she says to herself that she doesn't care anymore that her parents are angry at her for missing curfew. I don't think it's necessary to the core of the story to expand on that plotline and what would be necessary to expand on it, meaning some kind of major conflict/drama, would not really fit the tone of the story.

And I don't really see her parents as conservative. Overprotective - sure. But she obviously has 0 issues with dating another girl, even less than a regular person. Maybe she is just an airhead, but I don't think that is something she would be taught in a conservative household of a wealthy family.

I'm not saying it's impossible it was axed, but it also feels fairly self-contained.

last edited at Oct 26, 2020 4:34PM

Fishy
joined Oct 19, 2020

A damn didn't even notice it was Completed. Wouldn't mind one more volume of just SoL, but I guess it's still better than overstaying its welcome.

glad1983
Fishy
joined Oct 19, 2020

Even if I can agree that those feelings could have been expanded upon, I don't think I agree that nothing has been said about it either.

Considering all the events (at least how I see it):
- they stopped being family after the divorce, scene at the grave also states rather directly that their time as a family is over,
- Kaoru moved away and they didn't see each other for at least a year,
- Kaoru is shown dedicated to living for her own sake and working to build her own happiness,
- Kaoru came back after a long time and end up living with Uta as adults,
I think that pretty much the only conclusion one can get out of the story is that she explored the feeling and came to the conclusion that, with her familial obligation gone and, presumably, feelings for Uta remaining, she can love her for her. Not because of the obligation of loving a family member or fear of being left alone etc. Love her for the sake of being happy.

There is also a much smaller probability, that Kaoru is a sadist and willingly jumped into a situation where she drains Uta's affection for her own happiness, while not reciprocating her feelings, but she was not portrayed as that kind of person, so I don't think it makes sense.

I also don't think that Kaoru remained unshaken in interpreting her love for Uta as loving a family member until the very end. The end of ch 35 IMHO shows that she at least might consider Uta's love as what she longed for romantically. A "genuine" love, not based on any obligations or other factors.

And even if I agree that open-ended conclusions are usually a way for the author to avoid commitment to a specified ending, I think this one works rather well, even if it leaves some space for interpretation.

last edited at Oct 21, 2020 12:12PM

glad1983
Fishy
joined Oct 19, 2020

I think it was a pretty well put together ending. The only thing that's not completely clear is whether they are just living together or are together, but that's not necessarily a key point.

Kaoru found herself while living for herself, which was necessary to show that now she will do what she wants, not what she feels she should, or what her mother would want her to do.

Uta went to uni, seen more of the world, met more people, and with new knowledge reforged her conviction of waiting for Kaoru, giving those feelings more legitimacy and maturity.

Within a few more years Uta and Kaoru met again and are, presumably, together.

I don't see any need to expand on gap years, it's mostly self-explanatory as to what happened from other dialogue. I'm honestly at a bit of a loss as to what more people would want to see. I think being more explicit in unnecessary points would be to the detriment of the story.