i started reading this years ago because my cousins were collecting this manga. i even bought two-three books of it myself, but i never got close to reading the ending. i think the latest chapter i read years ago was the part where carl died, when yura hadnt died.
so here's my thought;
it was really good, to be honest. hirose was an asshole right until the end, i dont think he has a redemption arc besides him erasing the nuke and asking to be taken away--and him erasing the nuke wasn't even his own wish, i believe. it was megu's words, that she loved the world as it is now, that made hirose protect them. well he did cry, but i'm not sure it was enough to forgive him-or at least symphatize him-in the end.
the story revolves around megumi being useless, but at the same time, megumi is just THAT useless they don't even mention it. at first, kanou's wish was to bring both hirose and megumi back, but after the lake, his thought was full on catching hirose. meeting megumi was only an extra accident. honestly, her name being mentioned over and over is actually useless. after all, hirose still attacked kanou; and kanou defeated hirose before megumi reached the school. so, i guess that's pretty much pointless. she's only somewhat important in the beginning. honestly, when she said "there must be something only i can do" i was hoping for something big, for example, hirose snapped to reality when megumi called him. but he was already defeated when she came.
yes this is a megumi-hating review LOL i hate that she was the one who ended up with kanou. yes, megumi had been with kanou from the start, but what they lived through was mundane. nami, on the other hand, met him only for a short period of time, but has been with him through high and low. she fought for him, she helped him, and what she did weren't some mundane things. it's honestly surprising how kanou didn't even think he loved nami at all, with how much they went through together. and the fact that nami confessed at the battleground lol. ok girl.
it's not megu's fault she was useless - she even realized it herself. but that doesnt mean she wasnt useless LOL.
also, somehow it felt like there was too much gap between chap 81 and chap 82, like there should be a chap between them to somewhat explain things before we can see them being alive.
and i miss all of them. i miss all the characters who died (well except katsumata lol). i was especially sad to see yura died. he was dead and forgotten. he survived the lake event alone and left, and he went through a journey alone, just to die alone. he survived the heart just to be killed by heart alone.
i'm glad mcpherson and the girl didnt die. i like them so much. i like their group, but it's very warm to see mcpherson and d4's relationship. they are like father and daughter and it makes me so warm seeing them, even when they lost two of their allies.
but all in all, it was a great story. the gaps were large between the start of the finish - feels like a long time since i read the first chapter (actually, yesterday). the last chapter left my heart very warm too - but i still hate how kanou ended with megu lol (they should have made it ambiguous for kanou's relationship lol) - and i felt surreal reading it. it was hard to read, painful but warm. the fact that the author finished the last chapter in his deathbed gave me a far and empty feeling.
and i'm glad i actually finished it!
it's fluffy and i only want it to stay fluffy with no unnecessary conflict or drama. i want fluff
i'm still wondering how riku and his dad, and the baldy were in the end, tho. i mean, the only ones we got to see were the cell 4 guys, while the other two were nowhere. well, hiro's friend at the last chapter did have a thicker eyebrow, but he looks nothing like riku. his name wasn't even called there. and what about hitotsukabuto and daisy? did he manage to save her? dk they survive? what about the other inmates? how did they manage to build civilization when the infected are still roaming? post-apocalyptic endings have always made me questions these things. but other than thar, this was such a great story!
oh, also, it makes me wonder; is it the END end, or just a temporary end? i mean, yes maeda killed the two F virus carrier at the end, but are they the only F carriers? i mean, there was maeda, the husband, noiman (is he F carrier too?), the long haired F carrier at the start, the female one, and the bulky guy. but were they the only ones? and also, did the long haired F carrier actually die when they attempted to kill him? because when he was beheaded, he still bit off maeda's finger and it looked like he was growing back a baby head. honestly im still confused
when natsune smiled, i cried so hard. he's just a baby, why does he have to go through that much. the ending was very sad tbh, but it was wrapped pretty nicely. it was great except for me crying so much
this second chapter got me shaking so hard and i feel numb but my heart is beating so hard. i want the guy to KILL EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM INVOLVED in the most painful, most humiliating, and slowest way possible while reminding them of every second of their sins. including the asshole that tells the girl to drop the charge. this girl deserve justice and if the law cant do it, my guy SHOULD
oh well, i didnt word it the way i wanted to before but here's what i feel so far.
i do get why leon decided to put a slutty front, using his oppression to step on his oppressor. it is pretty admirable that he did that rather than blaming himself or stuff. but that doesnt change the fact that what he did is wrong. just because someone treated you wrong, doesnt mean you have to treat others wrong too.
i feel like the depiction of him in the last few chapters is a poor attempt from the author to do, like, a redemption arc for leon. he was literally really rude and ugly on the previous chapters, and suddenly we see him all meek but still putting up a strong front. it feels very forced, and honestly cringy, how things progressed between leon and naoto. it feels like naoto is only used to "save" leon. i mean, yeah, naoto could maybe save him, but at what cost? why does naoto have to do that? he's really kind, it's easy to use him for leon in pretense of "helping" leon.
it feels like the only reason he's with leon is bc there's the brewery guy for miyuki idk.
but ngl tho, i feel hypocrite for calling on out leon while not calling out on chiharu. chiharu also did assault ikumi at the start, but because he was the seme in the relationship, his actions weren't frowned upon as much as leon's action.
perhaps the only decent couple here is miyuki and the brewery guy lol. but lets see how it progress
well i do kinda understand leon's behavior and all, but still it's hard to sympathize with him. he needs a big slap first
the they/them pronouns for every single one is so confusing.
It's bc Korea doesn't really have gender specific pronouns. It can get kinda confusing tho lol
yes, but a lot of time it refers to only one specific person and it's not hard to guess who the pronouns refer to, so translating it to they/them when not needed all the time is making it very confusing instead
I guess the translator just wants to be as close to the original as possible? Or maybe they aren't a native english speaker