...i was kinda hoping i can get an ending for tsubaki and despite knowing this was tagged as ongoing, i went ahead and read it... i hope somebody completes this manga... it's just heartbreaking to end it here... esp since the drama cd doesn't even give me a good ending for tsubaki either... and after reading his back story, i wish he could find somebody to heal/save him...
Yes, exactly. I read tons on manga here but there are amazing novels and other manga out there that are left untranslated. thankfully, they're adapted to drama cd. I'm not really that confident with my jap but I understand it better when i listen to them than when i read them.
And against my better judgement, i went ahead and skimmed through dousei ai (raw) and it left a bitter hole. You just don't see this kind of bl with this much drama and emotion in the most recent stuff i come across anymore. I still hope for a brighter future for tsubaki though.
I know that feel ;___; BLs in the 90s were really different. Idk but they were more realistic, and that's why it hurts much more.
The ending could be considered as a happy ending for all the characters, esp Mahorin; though I dont think sooooo. There are still so much left unresolved...but I guess relationship irl is like that, problems could never be resolved completely.
I still prefer drama cd over manga! Sometimes I find it's easier to listen to a drama cd than reading long dialogues in English~~
...that ending though just, i don't know, make me want more but i'm afraid of more hurt. But judging from sensei's other works, i kinda figured it's gonna hurt. Tsubaki x kaoru ending was a bit of bittersweet. I'm glad he sorted stuff in his hometown and i guess i kinda agree with his logic with his thinking about his relationship with kaoru, but i still hope a birght future for them. Koutarou's ending is abit open ended too, and with mahorin's, i don't know.
Sry for a very late reply. I just re-read the whole series again.
Koutaru and Chisato's ending gave me so much pain. Like they left every problems as they were...I guess those issues were something that couldn't be solved. I wish they could sit back, be honest and talk over things though. So much feels every time re-reading this series
... i thought only yamaoki (shinshi to norainu) will appear in this manga but there's kandori (akira) and takamura of critical lovers too. Wonder who's gonna showy up next.