Lovable's Favorite

This is good, already read raw to 6 chapter and im currently reading the novel (≧∀≦)d

This summary is not all the content of chapter 9. Neither English nor Russian is my mother tongue, I can just describe what I understand.

Chapter 9 begins with Fin staring at the image that has appeared in chapter 5 with a shocked and traumatized look on his face, I think it probably bears a strong connection to Fin dark past, then Apollo comes in the room and calls him out for a trip to the beach with others from Shangri La. The owner of Shangri La then appears and also invites a man (I can't figure out if he is also a foreplay man), they then have a chat about same sex relationship, long-haired guy says that he envies it, Apollo thinks for a while and also agree with that. The next scene is when Fin does his job, as always.

After that, Fin comes back to his room, asking Apollo to prepare a bath for him. Apollo worries about Fin, about how he always put up on a strong look and recalls the sentence Fin said "I may have killed a man".

The next scene (OMG, I love it so much) Apollo wakes up with Fin on his side and still sleeping. Apollo looks at him sleeping so peacefully, wondering why he has so much on his mind (I don't understand this very clearly, I add some myself, the native please help me!!), striking Fin's hair and face, which is exactly what every gentle man does for their partner.

Suddenly Fin wakes up, Apollo gets caught red handed (hehe). Fin asks Apollo to keep doing that, saying that he likes it. Then, he teases Apollo about what he did the night previous. He says Apollo hugged him, let him lay on his hand, that Apollo is a direct caring husband, being in the same bed before a spa with a woman.

Fin asks Apollo to tell him more about the story about him and his wife. Apollo tells him about his previous job, how he and his wife met and got to married, how he caught her cheated on him and why he couldn't do anything when she refused to divorce. After many disputes he decided to stop everything by taking off the ring but it seems that he still can't get over her. Fin understands then touches Apollo chest, asking him if his heart still has a place for someone else. Apollo is taken aback by that, staring straight into Fin's eyes then makes an excuse to go outside.

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I think this chapter makes a great leap their relationship. I love it so so much, love how slowly but so spontaneously those two come to love. As for me, love is more than just romantic feelings or the act of kissing, making love. Love is when you both care for each other, willing to accept your partner's weaknesses and help him/her overcome that, which is exactly the way Fin and Apollo are doing and will do for each other.

Am i the only one who’s happy by the fact that the people who raped and the reason why Kirin’s sister died, also died in a very crucial way which is i really love and the other one’s in jail? One mistake cannot be justify with another mistake, but im glad Kang Moo killed those stupid idiot rapists. They deserved it tho, they just get away from the death of Kirin’s sister because they are crazy rich asians, and the justice system there sucks so lets expect that without kang moo, that death of his sister will be in vain. They will never achieve the proper way to get the justice and i bet they will never achieve it, they left them no choice. An eye for an eye. Again, they deserved their deaths.

What is this Hannibal season 4 ?

Have you all noticed how Asami used his body as a shield to protect Akihito when Sodou started firing? That gesture killed me. Our man was already all hurt and could barely get on his feet yet he did not hesitate one second to turn his back to the gun shorts and receive them all instead of Aki. That single action is more valuable to me than a million "I LOVE YOU". I am still happy he verbally declared his love thou, haha! ヾ(☆▽☆)

Pirate King, I love your #7 idea about A&A surviving and the next volume focusing on Asami's mysterious background. My plot bunnies are jumping in anticipation. :)
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Speculating further on your idea:
If Asami's father is still alive and is still a powerful mafia boss somewhere abroad, he could indeed return to avenge his son (and take over) + ensure his son receives best care possible. If his father kept a close eye on Asami all this time and looked after his wellbeing from the shadows, this could sort of explain how Asami survived the fall (i.e. father's goons were close by and immediately shipped A&A to the hospital instead of letting them bleed out).

Whether father would allow Aki to be with Asami, whether he would attempt to pressure Asami to marry+produce an heir, leave Japan and return to his side... could be another batch of drama for several volumes to come. :D

To answer Jade's post below I am posting here because for some reason i cannot reply under other member's posts! Anyways, regarding eventual scenarios here are my thoughts:

It is possible one of them would like to break up in order to protect the other. Two options:

- Akihito will finally understand Asami's point and will choose to distance himself in order to protect Asami and no longer be involved with Mafia stuff. Asami will accept and give him back his freedom. Akihito will move to a whole new city or even a new country! Few years later, he becomes a successful reporter but he could never forget Asami. He was secretly hoping Asami will go back after him but he never did. A dark and dangerous affair will pop up and it will make them meet again and ignite the flame of passion *-*

- Asami, in order to protect Akihito, will make him believe that he died from their accident. Akihito is devastated but has no other choice than moving on. Few years later, Akihito becomes a successful reporter but is still quite bold. He will put himself in serious risky shit and Asami has no other choice than to appear again and save his ass. All this time, he was still keeping a discreet eye on Aki to keep him safe but that new affair it is too serious so he has to step in in person and they will meet again. Akihito is shocked to find out Asami never died. He gets really mad at him since he considers his act as a betrayal. Asami will have to fight again to gain Akihito's trust and affection. All while dealing with another dangerous mafia affair that involves Akihito's new enemies and not Asami this time.

SPOILERS FROM THE GAME DONT READ BELOW IF DONT WANNA BE SPOILED
want to mention that the manga covers like 5% of the story so i highly prompt you to try the game!!









JJ is a plane crash survivor. When a kid with his parents went on a trip but some guerrillas in the jungle shoot the plane everyone died except JJ. JJ was forced to become a child warrior and fight on the battlefield and he was raped every day by the leader. Afterward, everyone died on the battlefield but JJ survived he was rescued and returned back to japan. Master the owner of the bar wanted to adopt him but JJ suffered from amnesia and psychological trauma and understood that the only thing he can do is kill so he becomes an assassin.

Years later jj is a famous assassin called death scythe and one day he is hired by mafia group king ceaser to kill a politician involved with the notorious mafia group Dragon Head. But instead he goes to a wrong room where he finds azusas parents dead and they frame him. Azusa comes to and sees jj and thinks jj killed his parents. JJ is unable to kill him and takes him with him well Azusa says he will go with him bc he wants to kill him blah blah. Now each route is 5 years after the incident.

Azusa (uke) : Azusa all these 5 years believes jj is the killer blah blah lives with JJ where he rapes him and they have a love hate relationship. Azusa one day joins DH and leaves jj so he can become stronger and kill JJ. In good end they end up together realizing how much they love each other bad endings they either kill each other.

Youji (seme) : He and JJ have a love hate relationship too Youji has a dark past (he used to be drugged raped by his gang boss and afterwards a host where he lived with other hosts but one day killed them all bc he found them doing drugs and he still suffers from ptsd bc of his past. Anyway together with JJ youji fell in love with JJ 5 years ago.

Master (seme) : He is the owner of the bar used to be a king ceaser executive with Lucas dad in Italy but his wife and daughter got killed by mafia. He returned to japan became bar owner and he is also an informant and sells guns and he is also an sniper smth like that. He cooperates with king ceaser. (he and youji used to be lovers) In his route he and JJ save Azusa from DH and then they are together.

Kiryuu (uke) : He is executive of king ceaser. He is in love with luca but luca just has sex with him but isnt serious about him and he suffers from one sided love. He is very bastard in the beginning in dead ends kills jj once he joins king ceaser and in the beginning he treats jj like shit bc he is jealous bc luca flirts him and trust him. But later he warms up to jj and falls for him (he is tsundere) and he becomes very cute and adorable rest of route is full of fluff. Not bad the good ending but the fandisk route was epitome of fluff.

Luca (seme) : The boss of king ceaser he is a fuckboi with daddy issues. In his route he flirts and fuck around but he has huge daddy issues bc his mafia dad let his mom die by a group attack and was forced to become mafia boss. He loves his surbodinates in his route he goes to save kiryuu DH abducted him and then becomes serious with JJ and leave for Italy together.

Ugajin (seke) : He is the executive of DH. He killed azusas parents. He is very cold and selfish and drugs and records raping his subordinates. Thats what he did with JJ. In his route he forces jj to join DH by abducting Azusa. He drugs and rapes jj and also records him. He wants jj to kill his boss and deep down he is not a bastard but he is forced to do all these bc Liu his boss abducted his dad 10 years ago and threatened him to follow him otherwise he will kill his dad. Also Liu was ugajins first and all these years he rapes him. JJ then becomes seme and there's also a 3some in that route with Liu ugajin and JJ. anyways they kill Liu save ugajins dad but then kill him bc he was tortured beyond repair blah blah ugajin shows his soft side and JJ becomes his bodyguard. (i liked the fandisk better route)

Liu (seme) : The DH boss real kichiku bastard rapist in his route he is pretty possessive doesn't care about anyone he wants everyone to think he is immortal he is not though or is he?! anyways in his route he rapes jj with a gun and then in front of Azusa and kills everyone that goes against him afterwards he rarely shows some soft side to jj then jj kills him but he doesn't die he goes to jail and then frames jj so they are safe together in jail cell wtf he has really good sense of humor i must say and he isn't that bad..? cant explain much worth to play his route!

Fandisk also has tiger the guerilla leader in jjs past he survived and is a playable character and seme
Fandisk is sequel with jj having amnesia and being in prison and trying to find his lost love and fight some terrorist together? not bad fluffier routes and also has extra story with omerta gakuen

Let's speculate theories on what could happen:

1. If the plotline were semi-real, both A&A would break their spines/necks upon impact with the ground + have numerous internal injuries and die within seconds/minutes from falling from such height. However, this comic has barely anything to do with reality, which means both characters should not die.
*1.1 The only scenario where I could imagine Yamane-san killing off A&A is if she is utterly bored with the storyline and both characters, where she just wishes to move on from Viewfinder and start something new. This would be a perfect 'dignified' way out to end the story quickly. If she is financially secure and is willing to risk a solid income from her 'golden goose' - this could be a logical step to do. The story started with huge dramatics and would end so.
But in the end I'd be surprised if Yamane-san would choose this option in face of global pandemic and economic uncertainty/recession.

2. A&A would miraculously survive with some rehab in the hospital and smexy R&R time to start their happily ever after. <3

3. A&A would miraculously survive, however one of them would either stay in a coma for some time or lose his memories, thus starting another round of drama and hardships requiring to be overcome.

4. A&A would miraculously survive, however they would be separated from the beginning. Akihito, upon waking up days/weeks after would find out that Asami had to be shipped to another hospital or even overseas to treat consequences from his 3 gun shots + fall. Another round of drama would start with Aki trying to find Asami, while dodging police and Asami's rivals.

5. A&A would miraculously survive, however: upon waking up days/weeks after Akihito is explained that Asami didn't survive his injuries. Aki goes through grief stages for months until one day a healed Asami contacts him. For example, turns out Asami was an undercover cop all along and was just playing the role of the underworld king to bring the bad guys and corrupted politicians to justice. Asami offers Aki to join him and live their happily after in another country (witness protection) where nobody would recognize Asami.

...other speculations? :)

I'mma seriously going to Japan and murdering Ayano Yamane if she kills Asami as she thought it would give thrill to us... No it is not thrilling...it will be depressing for us and mostly for long time fans like me(7 yrs) I have waited a long time for them to say "I love you" and I will not let an old mangala ruin everything... I am warning you Ayano Yamane don't try anything stupid (you are my favorite mangaka but if you betray us by killing them then we will never forgive you)... Keep them alive and make them happy... They are now certain about their feelings don't mess it up... We are believing in you

Sensei declared clearly in a fan meeting which held on 15th Feb of this year in Japan, that the Finder Series will never be a tragedy, none of any main characters will die, Asami, Akihito, Fei, Mikhail, none of them. Sensei even ask suggestions about their future life from readers. If you've followed Sensei's twitter you will find the Japanese readers they don't worries too much coz they know, this is just a climax plot of the story.
Now you just have to worry that there won't be any episode of amnesia in the next, to be honest, that's kinda cliche. ╮(￣▽￣)╭

I just wanted to say (this is more so for the reviews on the anime but are still relevent to the manga) this is NOT BL therefore you can't EXPECT ROMANCE between Richard and Seigi. While I do agree there are some really strong moments that I don't blame you for thinking they are in a relationship/like each other romantically, however the word they used for like towards each other was 好き (at least in the anime; I haven't read the novels so I cannot say for that. If they did use words that explicitly indicate romantic feelings in the novel then I would gladly take back my words) which does mean like/love, but it's a very general word for like/love. You would use 好き when saying you like your friends, parents, favorite food, favorite book, etc. and yes you can use it to confess to someone, but when interpreting the words you have to also take the other possible connotations it carries as well. When Richard and Seigi said they like (好き) each other, they may have meant it in a romantic sense but they may have just meant as a human being they like each other the same way you can really like your friends but not necessarily have a crush on them. Had they used 愛してる that would be different, because that has a deep romantic connotation tied to that like/love that is non-negotiable (恋をした／する would also represent romantic like/love but it's more of a "first love" kind of fluffy, innocent feeling that would not make much sense in the case of this story. If we were to give an example of a relationship that fits this it would be Seigi's feelings for Tanimoto)

Here's a good example of two boys who really really care about each other but do not have romantic feelings for each other. I believe Richard and Seigi also have a relationship which is similar.
http://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/nanohana_boys/
Maybe because a lot of people who go read this manga or watch the anime have been exposed to a lot of BL and so when they see two guys (I'm hoping just in fiction and not onto real people because that's disrespectful) being rather friendly with each other they just think "oh they might be gay" (or something along the lines of that), however it's not right to insist that is the intention of the authors and producers when creating this story. Just like how a girl and boy can be friends without having a crush on each other, there's no excuse why that can't be so between a guy and another guy (or a girl and a girl). So the people complaining "why is this not BL" or "Why didn't they show their relationship more explicitly", first of all this story is categorized in the BL or shounen ai genre and secondly you're assuming that their relationship is more than what is shown. It's fine to hope or to speculate relationships deeper than what they are presented but you can't make an assumption and say it as a fact.

If you interpreted the story as Richard and Seigi having romantic feelings for each other, that's fine. If you interpret them as being soul mates (note that soul mates don't have to be lovers) that is also fine to. There is no one true answer and it's normal to have multiple interpretations of a story, but let's all be understanding of the fact either interpretation is equally acceptable

Since people were asking where to read the novels, here are some links on where to buy them:
This site has a few sample pages for each book at the beginning
http://orangebunko.shueisha.co.jp/book/series/%E5%AE%9D%E7%9F%B3%E5%95%86%E3%83%AA%E3%83%81%E3%83%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89%E6%B0%8F%E3%81%AE%E8%AC%8E%E9%91%91%E5%AE%9A
This is the first book (the rest can be found by clicking on the publisher underneath the cover art)
https://www.amazon.co.jp/%E5%AE%9D%E7%9F%B3%E5%95%86%E3%83%AA%E3%83%81%E3%83%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89%E6%B0%8F%E3%81%AE%E8%AC%8E%E9%91%91%E5%AE%9A-%E9%9B%86%E8%8B%B1%E7%A4%BE%E3%82%AA%E3%83%AC%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B8%E6%96%87%E5%BA%AB-%E8%BE%BB%E6%9D%91%E4%B8%83%E5%AD%90-ebook/dp/B01BOF7LVA
This is for the manga
https://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/B0861VMTFK/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i11