Damn, I felt the Ending too & that made me sad too.
When the manga ends, the anime will follows afterwards. It's bittersweet ╥﹏╥
I know!! There's the possibility that they *could* continue it with some sort of focus on their 2nd and 3rd years + a new cast of villains, but I'm worried that 1) that might be a forced direction, and was never the intention of Horikoshi and 2) that dragging it out, whether intentional or not, will actually bring down the quality.
Every character so far has had tremendous impact and it's hard to beat them or bring in a new cast to rival the same level in a *new* way. New personalities, new motivations, new depth...it's hard to create characters like that. If they aren't able to go Plus Ultra lol, then it might be better to just end it here.
But...I also want that wish fulfillment to happen. Make it longer, introduce new characters, give Shinsou his time to shine in A-class without the life or death scenario (this boy was robbed, lmao).
In any case, I'm looking forward to the anime adaptation. I'm certain they can get 2 seasons out of this (season 7 and 8).
With each passing chapter, I get a little more sad. Of course, because characters i like are dying or at least seriously injured, but also: Everything that's been set up in the series so far has been answered, or is in the process of finding its conclusion... So what comes next?
I'm certain the series will end after this arc (after some sort of conclusion to the future of the characters who survive), so we'll have to say goodbye soon. I'm horrible at goodbyes!!!!!
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