The ending seems a little anticlimactic and slightly rushed, especially compared the 130 chapters of build up we had. To defeat the big boss and have the happy ending all within 10-15 chapters seems out of proportion to rest of the story. I don’t have any real complaints regarding the ending itself, but it definitely throws off the entire balance of the story so far. If the creator couldn’t think of a better ending then fair enough, and I’m not saying all big boss fights need to be 30 chapters long, but i think we needed at least 15 chapters for the actual defeating of our villain, and then another 10 for rounding off the story, dotting the ‘i’s and crossing the ‘t’s, etc.
I wonder if the story got axed or if the creator was facing external pressures because it’s been an enjoyable and well-paced story the entire time. The acts felt to be around 40ish chapters long, with the story building a lot more by 80ish chapters, so I think the ending should have been more around 155-160 chapters.
It’s such a shame to have this sort of rushed ending for a story that managed to be rather unique despite it being filled with various tropes, with a refreshing main character and a surprisingly realistic take on love.
Hopefully we’ll have some sides…. T_T
Never read the novel but the art looks amazing!
Reminds me of The Foul.
I have a feeling this will def be a guilty pleasure of mine
So I’ve always really liked this manga, and I’ve been following it since it was like 10 chapters or something, and I liked the characters. Kurose always got a lot of hate, but I understood him and didn’t expect him to warm up to Mugi and change who he is immediately.
Now, we’re 64 chapters in, and to quote another person’s comment who described what I felt very well - “Kurose’s lines are always unsatisfactory…”
I don’t dislike him, I actually rather like all our characters, but lately it feels like the mangaka is not doing a good job of displaying character growth and helping us as readers connect emotionally with the characters. Their love and affection feels so shallow, I can’t put my finger on it as to why that is. Maybe it’s because the arcs are too short and feel rushed, but I don’t know really.
I’m not seeing any growth in Kurose, and Mugi is growing too much, past independence and into the territory of having no respect for herself. I really hope we start seeing some better treatment for Mugi soon, and for the two to really connect, not just with each other, but with us readers. Somehow, it almost feels as if they lack chemistry together. I think she had more chemistry with the piercing senpai at this point.
Anyway, I’ve always really liked this manga, although it definitely is more of a guilty-pleasure cliché shoujo manga for me, so I don’t want to see it fail to live up to my expectations. It still has potential, so I’m hoping the mangaka will really start giving us the connection and relationship Mugi and Kurose deserve to have.
The story is so frickin good I’m so invested! I really want to see how the plot unravels! To be honest this doesn’t even feel like a romance, and to be honest, I’d be fine even if it wasn’t a romance, because that’s how good the plot and characters are looking so far!