"Pineapple konnyaku?" Ewwww. Nanoha, what is wrong with you? XD Who picks a beverage that proudly advertises itself as "Thick!"?

"Pineapple konnyaku?" Ewwww. Nanoha, what is wrong with you? XD Who picks a beverage that proudly advertises itself as "Thick!"?

I love the idea of drinking pineapple jello out of a juicebox. It's just so funny.

"Pineapple konnyaku?" Ewwww. Nanoha, what is wrong with you? XD Who picks a beverage that proudly advertises itself as "Thick!"?

I love the idea of drinking pineapple jello out of a juicebox. It's just so funny.

I must admit that Asian snacks/snack drinks sometimes look unutterably appealing on TV, even though I expect that few of them would actually live up to expectations.

For a while I would watch Kdramas and get a craving for strawberry milk or banana milk. But even though both are available in the US I've never tried either for fear of disappointment. (And I'd never make it at home because then it wouldn't be Korean.)

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"Pineapple konnyaku?" Ewwww. Nanoha, what is wrong with you? XD Who picks a beverage that proudly advertises itself as "Thick!"?

I love the idea of drinking pineapple jello out of a juicebox. It's just so funny.

I must admit that Asian snacks/snack drinks sometimes look unutterably appealing on TV, even though I expect that few of them would actually live up to expectations.

For a while I would watch Kdramas and get a craving for strawberry milk or banana milk. But even though both are available in the US I've never tried either for fear of disappointment. (And I'd never make it home because then it wouldn't be Korean.)

I used to drink strawberry and banana milk a lot in school as a teen. 's good stuff. One of those things where you could easily make it yourself but somehow it just never tastes like the stuff you can buy. Got that specific "processed food" quality to it that sometimes is just so comforting xD

So nothing groundbreaking for sure but tasty nonetheless~ Doubt the stuff we got here in Germany would be vastly different in taste from some anywhere else either really

Separation

I feel like it would be a break from cliché to have them actually go to school in different cities and successfully maintain a long-distance relationship. We've got the "Wait I'm going with you!" trope already with Yamada and Kase-san, so it would be a cool change of pace to see "Yeah, no, I gotta go where the education is" but still have it all work out anyways. Long-distance relationships are tough, but they don't have to be the death of a relationship.

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Damn—I just knew with that title this series would end in tragedy.

[Narrator: The series will not end in tragedy.]

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That was surprisingly mature.

While I love this couple of airheads, I think it would be an interesting twist if they were to break up during Univ.
If anything, for a change.

This might my inner asian speaking but I wouldn't mind a bittersweet ending with them breaking up in favour of their education.
As long as there's no time skip where one of them is marrying a dude...

It's good that they're actually talking about this stuff and being pro active, it's kind of a rarity in manga (^^) I don't think it's such a big issue FWIW, plenty of people can make a long distance relationship work, especially nowadays. I'm sure everything will turn out fine either way ^_^

This might my inner asian speaking but I wouldn't mind a bittersweet ending with them breaking up in favour of their education.
As long as there's no time skip where one of them is marrying a dude...

Not to be culturally insensitive or anything, but fuck no.

Get their education, sure, but I’ll settle for nothing less than science babies.

Nanoha finally learned the bitter truth. Growing up sucks.

This might my inner asian speaking but I wouldn't mind a bittersweet ending with them breaking up in favour of their education.
As long as there's no time skip where one of them is marrying a dude...

Not to be culturally insensitive or anything, but fuck no.

Get their education, sure, but I’ll settle for nothing less than science babies.

That's a bold demand lmao

Ah, bittersweetness. You were by my side all along.

I have a feeling Nanoha is going to choose a school in Tokyo anyways though, the agonizing over the choices in the meantime is going to be deliciously bittersweet.

This might my inner asian speaking but I wouldn't mind a bittersweet ending with them breaking up in favour of their education.
As long as there's no time skip where one of them is marrying a dude...

Not to be culturally insensitive or anything, but fuck no.

Get their education, sure, but I’ll settle for nothing less than science babies.

That's a bold demand lmao

It’s not just me—Nanoha is the one who brought it up:

https://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/hana_ni_arashi_ch99#2

I am become anxiety. Destroyer of worlds.

"My romantic partner isn't a good reason to choose a school so I'll go to school somewhere else if it's a better school"

Unless every confectionary school in Tokyo is hot garbage, choosing a slightly better school elsewhere just because it's slightly better when you have a REALLY good reason to want to study in Tokyo would be nothing short of moronic.

It's not like you're trying to get on Kitchen Nightmares with Gordon Ramsey, any decent confectionary school is totally fine and throwing your relationship away just for a slightly better school that won't really make any meaningful difference in the end would be PEAK useless lesbian, fookin' hell. I would actually quit this story if it goes in that direction, because that's exactly the cheap forced-in drama I hate in storytelling.

Well, consider this practice for when you have to be even farther apart after graduation. And don't worry too much, you'll still have your time together in club.

I kind of have to agree that because Nanoha's career isn't exactly super-specialized, there doesn't seem to be any reason to not just try to stay close to Chidori, if she's actually serious about her. It's not like she wants to be a marine biologist and has only one school in entire country that makes any sense.

I was starting to get worried that I was the one with the weird mindset when I thought to myself "But isn't your relationship part of your future too". I'm also not so sure if this is a proper way to talk things out. I mean it all boiled down to "yolo this is an issue for us in the future".

Tbh I'm not sure what to think. This manga was always about those two having issues to "find a moment" for themselves. So it wouldn't be that odd if they ended up separated again. Which they did class-wise already. The same goes for a distant relationship or even a breakup, I don't think this is the kind of manga that would do that. Mostly because I uh... I don't really think the side characters are THAT interesting. I don't mind them, but uh... Yeah.

With all that in mind, I just gotta assume this is a bait moment, especially with the different classes they got. I mean, I don't wanna throw in the "maybe it's a cultural thing" but that "school picking" thing is also pretty unreasonable. I dunno, all this is just head scratching.

Talking by experience, living in the same city as your significant other doesn't necessarily mean being close to them. Unless you decide to live together, we always have to consider things like living expenses, possible tuitions, etc. So, let's say, even if your significant other has the means to provide for you all, (part-time) jobs will be a reality, and it's not all sunshine and rainbows as media try to depict.

Depending on the path you're pursuing for your life, even living together may become a long-distance relationship. Sorry to break the bad news, but life itself is bittersweet, and I daresay more bitter than sweet.

Talking by experience, living in the same city as your significant other doesn't necessarily mean being close to them. Unless you decide to live together, we always have to consider things like living expenses, possible tuitions, etc. So, let's say, even if your significant other has the means to provide for you all, (part-time) jobs will be a reality, and it's not all sunshine and rainbows as media try to depict.

Depending on the path you're pursuing for your life, even living together may become a long-distance relationship. Sorry to break the bad news, but life itself is bittersweet, and I daresay more bitter than sweet.

This is all arguably true of real life, but kind of irrelevant to anticipating the plot of this particular manga series.

Looking at the narrative patterns of conflict and resolution that have been established over more than 100 chapters, it’s beyond unlikely that this story will end up with Nanoha and Chidori’s relationship crashing and burning or with the two them living physically in the same apartment but only barely truly existing within an emotional void, a harsh psychic desert laid waste by onerous jobs and grinding responsibilities.

I still predict a happy home with aprons and science babies.

I still predict a happy home with aprons and science babies.

Chidori comes home in a suit, finds Nanoha in a naked apron, both melt into gay puddles. The End.

I do expect them to end up both in Tokyo similarly to Kase-san, even if only because it makes it easier to write. Personally I wouldn't mind at all the next storm our flowers need to weather to be going to school in different cities, and them coming out of this with an even stronger relationship.

That was surprisingly mature.

While I love this couple of airheads, I think it would be an interesting twist if they were to break up during Univ.
If anything, for a change.

That manage to get back together, would be fun.