
Personally, I don't enjoy mangas or books after the couple got together. The goal is completed for a romance story such as this, why continue and make it boring? This was a good story overall but I think the author should end it before it got dull.

I actually prefer long established couples. Like one of my all time favourites (Haru wo Daiteita) is perfect since they get together early on and the real story is about them facing various different challenges and working through them together. I'd prefer you as a reader stop reading once you get bored, since if all authors catered to you I would never get any of the relationship goodness.

I, too, quite enjoy stories about established couples. Sadly however, not all those stories are as well written as Haru wo Daiteita (such a masterpiece!) - so I get how some readers get bored. I totally agree, though, that once a reader gets bored - just drop the story then. However - you may miss out on a really great story - about how the couple face the challenges that's hurled their way, making their relationship stronger and the characters mature more because they have each other.

I can understand how you feel. But, for me, the fun starts after the confession, not before. Love requires work. It isn't something that just falls into your lap and stays there. How a person handles maintaining a relationship is equally fun and more important than how they got into a relationship. I guess it comes from being married for 23 years and also having had many short relationships before. The short relationships were fun, but my, and my husband's, characters were built while we were together. All the good and bad we faced together made us who we are together and as individuals. So, while I understand the fantasy and escapism aspect, I don't agree that that is the only good part.

Agree. I knew that title looked familiar. It's been too long AND I haven't finished reading it yet, but it's a great example.
Personally, I like BOTH the focus on the couple before getting together and after they are together, although, not every author can pull it off. With due dates, rushed releases, dry spells, forced or lack of unique ideas ╮( ̄▽ ̄)╭ you can't really blame them.....well all of them.
Some authors COULD focus on the beginnings and development for one volume or title, then come back if the couple was well received and supply readers who enjoy the 'newlywed' and beyond stages.
**Not a new idea but maybe it should be voiced to more creators to properly pace through the process to bring back the rainy day readers and still satisfy the fair weather ones.**
PLUS -It's sad when a story suddenly stops right after most couples get together.
OMG this is so soft