As some of you may or may not know, this series previously had a 4-year gap (hiatus since late 2012 and returned in 2016) due to the decline of sensei's health physically and as a result also mentally. Due to overworking, sensei had tendonitis, sleep deprivation, eye strain, and had also become very frustrated with her declining art quality.
The reason why I am bringing this up is that the next chapter (chapter 63) is going to be the last chapter and I already know that most if not all people are going to feel that the manga is very incomplete because I also felt that way. But this is why I wanted to note that this is due to sensei's tendonitis worsening to the point where she could no longer draw and thus had to end the series quickly (the last volume was released in 2017 and sensei had quit as a mangaka after that).
It is regretful as this is one of my favourite series (the first series I ever brought in a physical copy) so I really hoped to see it to the end and read the proper ending that sensei had planned but sadly that was unable to happen. However, I really hope that people do not turn away from this series because of such an ending or seeing people put down this manga due to its ending as sensei worked really hard on this series. Wishing sensei the best and thank you for creating this treasure!
Thanks so much for sharing this! I remembered waiting so long then almost forgetting this manga until year's later it updated again. Sad that it will be a rushed ending but I can't imagine all that pain the mangaka must have gone through - how sad she won't be able to see this through the end she wanted. It'll probably be one of my all time favorites.
I am really crying ;-; hope she gets well though won't wish for her to return to being mangaka but gotta wish for her to get well and live her life! It hurt's to see them suffer ;-; Gotta love her for this beautiful work like this was one of my first anime and manga that I have seen and loved so much <333
I know because of Japanese Traditions that mangakas are the director, although they have editors, as well as the artist of their craft. Also, mangas took years to finish.
I hope this kind of practise be changed. It is not good for Mangakas since they are put in a lot of stress. Longer series does not mean a better one. (This is one of the reason I am more into manhwa nowadays because I know I don't have to wait 5-10 years before the story will end or sometimes never because the mangakas are either dead or sick)
I just wanna ask if she's okay now? Any news from her account on twitter or any account? I feel a little bit sad how it ends but yeah hopefully she regains her healthy lifestyle.
I don't know much Japanese but from the looks of her twitter, she still experiences stress and quite a lot of physical pain. But ultimately, she is working towards recovery and just moved to Kyoto early this year in hopes to change her lifestyle, build her self-esteem and etc. She also posts drawings every once in a while, such as this one last November:
https://twitter.com/odagirihtr/status/1194592091650703360/photo/1
Thanks for letting us know. I tried to figure out why the end was done like this , but that makes so much more sense. Really wish it had a better end but with the author's circumsyance it makes sense.
Thanks for writing this! It will help in appreciating the her work and updates more.
Honestly, I like the whole open ending thing. It leaves room for the reader's imagination to decide what happens next. I'm proud of the author for making it this far despite their health issues. And I hope their health greatly improves as they are able to rest more. And hopefully one day they can do what makes them happy again.
Just read the chapter 29 raws and I'm literally crying. The last line Azusa says before the chapter ends（/TДT)/
Also, I really wanna believe that dude who helped Tatsumi was Senzaki!!!
PLEASE give me spoilers!!!!
PLEASE give me spoilers!!!!
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What was the last line he said !?!?!?
Spoil it for me ><
Me toooo
He said in the end : my heart hurts more than my body...
why am i still here reading this...
I am sorry, I mean to like ╥﹏╥
lol thats all of us reading this shit xD
Same same smh
The first story literally went from 0 to 100....and then 100 to 1000 lol.
The most basic/ literal summary of the entire plot is just:
younger bro likes older bro, older bro gets a "girlfriend", dad gets remarried and BOOM turns out older bro actually likes dad. Then another BOOM turns out that older bro is adopted so no incest anymore. Then BAM older bro likes younger bro.......oh, and the girlfriend was a fake cuz older bro knew of younger bro's feelings and everything that he was doing the entire time (￣∇￣")
Idk how I feel about this...his boobs are literally bigger than mine Σ( ￣□￣||)
*sighs* I'm kinda jealous and it's so sad lol ╥﹏╥
http://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/hard_x_heat_x_heart/mi/8bd2f8e84ded3ec2edae2b09ddf8a1db_chapter-3/9/
Doesn't this mean that the 'actual' mom and dad (married couple) never had a child considering they were all born from affairs.... (￣∇￣")
Ups... I wanted to click tumbs up and clicked down... and yep... they never has children!!!!
The development between Kyon and Lucaon is probably one of the best, and my favourite thing to read. It just felt so natural while reading, like it wasn't forcefully expressed that the feelings were developing for both of them, but you could just feel and see it through their actions.
To be honest, I didn't start loving Royal Servant right off the bat and even thought that it was boring/ not that interesting (at the time, What Lies at the End kinda just stole all my attention and I think I do still like that one more). But damn, I think this is going into my Top 5 BL webtoons, or even Top 3.
Ughhhhh really wished there was more closure with some other elements though (Ryan and Christopher, Edward, etc. Maybe even some more about Sihan and Karis). However, I actually do enjoy the ending with Kyon and Lucaon. I don't know if I can say it's 100% satisfying, but I do think that it was a really good ending and can't exactly think of a better way to end it while not making it seem way too ideal/ unrealistic. Definitely hoping for a whole bunch of extras though
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I get that people don't approve of rape and I'm sure that those who like this are not people who approve of rape either, myself included. Although it is a work of fiction, it doesn't mean that it's acceptable in reality. A lot of things happen in works of fiction that people are not ok with in reality, and a lot of things in fiction works hardly make any sense or are realistic in any way. But that's because they're just a work of fiction that stems from the imagination. Why is it that people can't accept the fact that it's just a plot device a lot of yaoi have and that just because authors write about it doesn't mean that they're ok with it, or that what they're writing about is right. I get it, it's cliche, they're everywhere and you don't like it. But if you don't like it, you have the choice not to read it.
People just need to take some chill pills.
It's not that I'm not happy about this being updated...but I want to see Ryoma playyyyyy TT__TT
This is not done yet but I am -.-
Maybe I'll come back when it's complete and just skim through it but I am so finished with this right now. How the heck did I manage to read up to chapter 205...