That color intro with Ayaka talking about school days and looking at an album feels like the future... I think this might actually finally be the final volume.

I cannot freaking believe we got 6 volumes of this. This feels like it should have ended ages ago, but we were blessed with even more, and it's all been great. God bless this manga.

It’s absolutely the future given it was an album and her hair is noticeably shorter…I didn’t think it meant this would be the final volume though and now I’m sad if true….all good things have to come to an end though

Please please please don’t be the final volume yet I need this to make my days brighter. The colored page scares me.

Lmfao with that opening I thought we suddenly jumped to the final chapter

Is it just me or did that cliffhanger feel like the Unforgettable Truck is about to make a cameo?

Ooh, you mean Truck-kun? Yeah they would’ve never had to point out the light and the sign if something wasn’t about to happen. And her walking in the dark? Naaaw. Idk here’s to hoping it’s only like that kiss scene in the Alice anime, where the truck passes by right when Seri kissed her friend.

Why did they take a whole panel to show the walk signal? WHY DID THEY TAKE A WHOLE PANEL TO SHOW THE WALK SIGNAL?

Truck-kun about to have a field day

Fucking stop talking about Truck-kun pleaaaseee

Nice chapter as usual.

Also, like, I did get a little concerned with the coloured pages. I really hope this isn't the last volume. Several flags have been risen suggesting some events that hadn't happened yet, and I'm not sure one volume is enough to fit those AND the regular stuff.

please don't be the final volume please don't be the final volume please don't be the final volume please don't be the final volume please don't be the final volume please don't be the final volume.

Why y'all so worried...

Truck-kun? This isn't Walk to Death, and while drastic things could happen, I think there's plenty going on already.

I think another five chapters (if the volume has six like the previous) could probably be enough to wrap it up well enough, though naturally I'd rather have eight volumes like some other rather well-regarded Yuri series (even though that series also only really had one volume after properly getting together). As Kashikaze-sensei seems to be well aware, there's plenty of story to be told beyond the chase.

I'm still not over how good this one is turning out. Seriously, we're on the third volume after they got together properly (and IIRC they still haven't done the deed hehe).

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If I had to wager a guess, I'd say that sensei's plan is to run the story all through highschool, maybe end with graduation, possibly put a timeskip epilogue chapter of them in college or as working adults behind that. Would feel right.

If this really is the last volume, i concur that there's enough to wrap things up naturally but of course I hope for the former.

That is an Adachi feel chapter, since she had a similar issue when she couldn’t spend time with Shinamura even after end in the same classes, but Sora is similar as her but with kiss initiative

It is the case that sometimes “final panel Walk signal” just means a personal transition for a character who is forging ahead with their life (I distinctly recall such a one for Sayaka in YagaKimi).

Children chant: “Truck-kun stay away, come again some other day.”

It is the case that sometimes “final panel Walk signal” just means a personal transition for a character who is forging ahead with their life (I distinctly recall such a one for Sayaka in YagaKimi).

Children chant: “Truck-kun stay away, come again some other day.”

At first I thought Chapter 14, Intersection, but you're probably thinking of Chapter 36, Someday in the Future...
Pretty much the same metaphor in both chapters, though with "inaction/stagnation" in the first case and with "taking action/moving forward" in the second.

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It is the case that sometimes “final panel Walk signal” just means a personal transition for a character who is forging ahead with their life (I distinctly recall such a one for Sayaka in YagaKimi).

Children chant: “Truck-kun stay away, come again some other day.”

At first I thought Chapter 14, Intersection, but you're probably thinking of Chapter 36, Someday in the Future...
Pretty much the same metaphor in both chapters, though with "inaction/stagnation" in the first case and with "taking action/moving forward" in the second.

The latter, of course--it was really hard not to imagine rounding off that Sayaka sequence with a nice big classic BOOM! truck wipeout, but that clearly was not how that series rolled, and I suspect this one one doesn't either (although I'm not as totally sure this time as with YagaKimi).

Well, one can always escape Truck-kun only to be run over by a bike...

I hope this ends tactfully soon. A big mistake that authors can make is dragging on stories longer then the idea lasts, which can make the story end sour. A great example of this NOT happening is the manga Lilies, Voices, Wear Wind, which ended quickly and beautifully. I'm worried of this story growing stale, so I hope it ends well as soon as the author is finished.

I hope this ends tactfully soon. A big mistake that authors can make is dragging on stories longer then the idea lasts, which can make the story end sour. A great example of this NOT happening is the manga Lilies, Voices, Wear Wind, which ended quickly and beautifully. I'm worried of this story growing stale, so I hope it ends well as soon as the author is finished.

Idk, we've moved way beyond what the story used to be on the outset.
It started as your typical blackmail-based will-they-wont-they scenario about a designated couple that seemed like it'd be a chase full of conveniently inconvenient setbacks. I felt that it was a bit mediocre in that regard, but then things changed.

This is now the third volume that takes part post confession/couple formation. We've moved way into Uncharted Territory, if you will. I don't even know what "the idea" would be, right now. Sure, the coming-out is the next big step, but I don't think that'll be our conclusion.

If you name your child Ayaka, you are guaranteeing she will be a driven, somewhat neurotic, high school lesbian. If there's even one blonde with short or bobbed hair, they will gravitate to her, and that will be that. The jury's still out on what sort of lesbian Kannas grow up to be - they can be like Ayakas, or be kept as a child by drunken OLs.

Also, I agree they're wrapping up the story, but the way Ayaka's so distracted, and the light just changed ... well I hope Truck-kun has an attentive driver who won't run lights.

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I hope this ends tactfully soon. A big mistake that authors can make is dragging on stories longer then the idea lasts, which can make the story end sour. A great example of this NOT happening is the manga Lilies, Voices, Wear Wind, which ended quickly and beautifully. I'm worried of this story growing stale, so I hope it ends well as soon as the author is finished.

We’ve been way past the idea, and it’s been arguably way better since it settled down into basic slice of life and exploring a first relationship. I do get your point in something ending sooner than later for the sake of overall quality, but there’s frankly an endless amount of story to be told about two young people just exploring life

I hope this ends tactfully soon. A big mistake that authors can make is dragging on stories longer then the idea lasts, which can make the story end sour. A great example of this NOT happening is the manga Lilies, Voices, Wear Wind, which ended quickly and beautifully. I'm worried of this story growing stale, so I hope it ends well as soon as the author is finished.

We’ve been way past the idea, and it’s been arguably way better since it settled down into basic slice of life and exploring a first relationship. I do get your point in something ending sooner than later for the sake of overall quality, but there’s frankly an endless amount of story to be told about two young people just exploring life

Thing is, you can go so far without adding some new drama here and there. I agree with first post, it's better to end on a good note than continuing and possibly getting into a bad one.

Is it just me or did that cliffhanger feel like the Unforgettable Truck is about to make a cameo?

I came to the comments section to see the tension around Ayaka crossing the street, because I can never unsee truck-kun on its way

I wouldn’t mind seeing this manga go until their graduation of college and even early career to really show their dedication and growth as individuals and as couples

Unless the series is extremly popular, nothing will ever happen because of the sheer time it will take to go to it. Look at Futaribeya, it's a 4-koma and it take 9/10 volumes to go to post college graduation. Here we're in 2nd year at start of volume 6, if it ever wanted to even go to college, it need to skip a lot of the highschool year or it will take at minima 3 volumes of content to go to it.
Very few yuri out there even go past highschool graduation and some are just some timeskip last chapter like Bloom into You or little sequel doujin like Sakura Trick. The only two yuri i have in mind who did go post Highschool and to college are Futaribeya (which are even actually at Adult Life) and Kase-san, which you may know is not the best example.
I don't say this one shouldn't go past graduation but it's up to the author to know if they can manage to write it or not.

PS : Forget to mention Whisper me a Love song for relation going after confession but given the current arc, i don't think it's a good example either.

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Look at Futaribeya, it's a 4-koma and it take 9/10 volumes to go to post college graduation.

Probably not the best example, though, few series actually follow the real life flow of time like this one does.

To those worried about (or eagerly anticipating?) an imminent encounter with Truck-kun: Given that the future Ayaka is clearly alive and well, I think we can safely rule out the possibility of a fatal accident.

Although... We don't see whether or not she still has her legs...