GraPara! - Ch. 134 - By Strip, You Mean…?

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Kanojo no Tomodachi anime dropping in Oct, wonder how much of a trainwreck it'll be. Haven't read it int a while but I remember the MC really pissed me off with how indecisive they were and FMC's were pretty dumb too, particularly MC's gf
 
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I just looked at him through this chapter and thought

"Wow. This dude really does suck with romance"
At least he admits to it. If they were going steady there's a chance Sakura just accepts this part of him but with the finale needing to wrap it up in 2, I think writers will just have Sakura split from him at a high chance.

It would be absolute cathartic if they throw in a flashback to 129 aftermath where Sakura actually rejects him, and this contradicts 130/131 but atp the manga's done enough offscreen inconsistent bs that I'd let this slide gladly.
 
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I just looked at him through this chapter and thought

"Wow. This dude really does suck with romance"
But there was 0 romance there. If they are dating then it's because after all that talk with Shinobu, fuccboi is too proud to just dump her and she doesn't want to look like someone who was pumped and dumped by the first guy that grabbed her after Shinobu. They are both cringe af.
 
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The Shinobu and Fumi case is away easier to solve because Shinobu only has to reasure her that he moved on from Sakura and he didn't want her to do that because he is important to him.

In Fuckboi and Sakura's relation looked more like coworkers than lovers(i know they're dating),and fuckboi has failed in his promise to make her happy.To get worst he really belittled the gravature model work that was where she started and reduced her journey to be a actress.So right here is a big probability to a break up happening.

About Shifumi ending with Sakura being friends with them would be a nice ending for the story.
Your ending is all three main characters become single. It's fair and satisfaction.

But it will make Airi Katsura (sensei) be in trouble. People will ask whether the love between Sakura and Shinobu that lure the readers for over 100 chapters had to be thrown away in chapter 129 like a waste? We must let Airi Katsura (sensei) do whatever she wants with her customers (readers), right? Could readers gather to sue the author for the fraud to mislead readers of a rom-com story? LOL

Grapara will be the first rom-com manga that the FMC was raped at then separated from the MC and end of the story with mystery. No one is happy but suffer from unrequited love. Again, did Grapara deserve "rom-com" tag? LOL

So, after swindling money from readers for three years, Airi Katsura (sensei) faces absolutely no punishment? She's just going to lie back and comfortably enjoy the money she cheated them out of? LOL
 
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Kanojo no Tomodachi anime dropping in Oct, wonder how much of a trainwreck it'll be. Haven't read it int a while but I remember the MC really pissed me off with how indecisive they were and FMC's were pretty dumb too, particularly MC's gf
The characters were eh but the lewd scenes in the beginning were great. Even if its NTR since the dude is basically cheating on his girlfriend.

The big chested girl is hella hot though. I think the girlfriend knows at some point but does nothing to stop it.

....then again I mostly just skimmed through it to see the nudity and sex. So I don't fully remember.
 
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Please read "Haimiya-senpai wa Kowakute Kawaii" and see you happiness go to the sky.Another recomendation is "Osoraku Kanojo wa Ore no Aniki wo Neratteru".

Leave Grapara for a bit and be happy right here.
 
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The characters were eh but the lewd scenes in the beginning were great. Even if its NTR since the dude is basically cheating on his girlfriend.

The big chested girl is hella hot though. I think the girlfriend knows at some point but does nothing to stop it.

....then again I mostly just skimmed through it to see the nudity and sex. So I don't fully remember.
They broke up after gf catches MC cheating, MC tries to get into med school and fails a few times last I remember (still sleeps around with big booba girl here and there). The Blu ray sales for this one will be good I bet.
Your ending is all three main characters become single. It's fair and satisfaction.

But it will make Airi Katsura (sensei) be in trouble. People will ask whether the love between Sakura and Shinobu that lure the readers for over 100 chapters had to be thrown away in chapter 129 like a waste? We must let Airi Katsura (sensei) do whatever she wants with her customers (readers), right? Could readers gather to sue the author for the fraud to mislead readers of a rom-com story? LOL

Grapara will be the first rom-com manga that the FMC was raped at then separated from the MC and end of the story with mystery. No one is happy but suffer from unrequited love. Again, did Grapara deserve "rom-com" tag? LOL

So, after swindling money from readers for three years, Airi Katsura (sensei) faces absolutely no punishment? She's just going to lie back and comfortably enjoy the money she cheated them out of? LOL
We'll have two chapters left before we throw in the towel, I believe these chapters will focus on the relationship between Shinobu and Sakura and whether or not there are lingering feelings between both sides and go from there, hope I'm not wrong because it would be sad if this is glossed over for a different type of rushed ending.
 
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Your ending is all three main characters become single. It's fair and satisfaction.

But it will make Airi Katsura (sensei) be in trouble. People will ask whether the love between Sakura and Shinobu that lure the readers for over 100 chapters had to be thrown away in chapter 129 like a waste? We must let Airi Katsura (sensei) do whatever she wants with her customers (readers), right? Could readers gather to sue the author for the fraud to mislead readers of a rom-com story? LOL

Grapara will be the first rom-com manga that the FMC was raped at then separated from the MC and end of the story with mystery. No one is happy but suffer from unrequited love. Again, did Grapara deserve "rom-com" tag? LOL

So, after swindling money from readers for three years, Airi Katsura (sensei) faces absolutely no punishment? She's just going to lie back and comfortably enjoy the money she cheated them out of? LOL
This world is contained within the confines of one of her manga, and made herself the FMC.:finnawoke:
 
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They broke up after gf catches MC cheating, MC tries to get into med school and fails a few times last I remember (still sleeps around with big booba girl here and there). The Blu ray sales for this one will be good I bet.
Aren't both girls also in the AV industry? Or is the big booba girl a regular actress?

I know the (I know now) ex gf tried to get into the AV industry. Far as I know they both still like him but he's basically absent for a good chunk of the more recent chapters last I see.
 
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Como Que Kodansha no permitira que eso ocurra??' Si son los mismo que permitieron cosas que sucede en Juujika, Destiny Lovers y Guilty Circle. Obviamente va a permitir eso...
I mean that manga received more hate than expect so probable that they don't want to destroy even more that crap manga again.
 
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Solid maybe.

Fumi might have been trying to take Sakura's place. Feeling guilty for causing their breakup, she decided to become his girlfriend and an actress to help him fulfill his dream, and confessed her feelings to him. She agreed to the love scene, thinking, "I have to do it for the sake of his dream," but when Shinobu said, "You're not an actress," she thought, "I thought I was accepted. But to you, I'm still just an assistant director. If I were an actress, it would be okay. After all, the actress Sakura is still in your mind..." That's why she made those comparative lines. Shinobu's words were meant out of concern for Fumi, but what will happen next time?
18 minutes ago


No, no, no way, no way. It's too late now. Sakura's lips and expression are drawn beautifully in the close-up, but it's just so creepy.

26 minutes ago

Don't do this.

I was feeling uneasy about the recent developments, so I reread the series from volume 1, but it made me sad...
1 hour ago

Ok I could see the first part happing

Judging from past works, Sakura and Shinobu talk things out and resolve their misunderstandings → they don't get back together and decide to do their best → the three go their separate ways and that's the end. Personally, I think Shinobu breaks up with Fumi, who becomes a successful AV actress out of desperation, and soon after, Sakura and Shinobu get back together and have a shotgun wedding, and Sakura retires. In the final scene, Shinobu is holding the baby and Sakura is waving with a smile. However, the baby's face looks like Nakanishi's...fin


2 hours a
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A reconciliation is out of the question. This film might be a story about Shinobu and Sakura's meeting and parting. Their intimate scenes were like that too.
4 hours ago

If Sakura had talked to Shinobu, he'd be a saint so they'd repair their relationship right away, so I guess the only way to make it work was for them to break up. If they talk in the next two episodes, Shinobu will probably be on Sakura's side. His stance of supporting Sakura hasn't wavered even after the breakup. Will it end without a discussion, or will he talk and support Sakura again? Fumi is also there, so they'll probably skip over a lot of things to wrap things up in the next two episodes. They could all move to Mio's agency, gather in their gravure outfits, and have Director Shinobu shoot a movie called a gravure party. Plus, since they all like Shinobu, a harem ending might make it a happy ending. Getting back together would cause trouble, so let's all NTR Shinobu.

6 hours ago
 
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Aren't both girls also in the AV industry? Or is the big booba girl a regular actress?

I know the (I know now) ex gf tried to get into the AV industry. Far as I know they both still like him but he's basically absent for a good chunk of the more recent chapters last I see.
Ohh right, TL stalled but I think big booba girl last I checked ii also getting NTR baited with some actor guy whose just horny af with his delusions atm
 
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Wait really? Pay good?
Pay is hella good. I work 12 hour shifts.
3 days one week, 4 days the next. It switches. Last 4 hours is garunteed OT pay and I often work OT anyway.

I be smart n stuff and talk about hentai. Life.
Ohh right, TL stalled but I think big booba girl last I checked ii also getting NTR baited with some actor guy whose just horny af with his delusions atm
I did see that much, from what I recall from a Spanish translation, her whispering was so good it causes the dude to cum in his pants lol he couldn't hold it cause he was too excited.
 
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Solid maybe.

Fumi might have been trying to take Sakura's place. Feeling guilty for causing their breakup, she decided to become his girlfriend and an actress to help him fulfill his dream, and confessed her feelings to him. She agreed to the love scene, thinking, "I have to do it for the sake of his dream," but when Shinobu said, "You're not an actress," she thought, "I thought I was accepted. But to you, I'm still just an assistant director. If I were an actress, it would be okay. After all, the actress Sakura is still in your mind..." That's why she made those comparative lines. Shinobu's words were meant out of concern for Fumi, but what will happen next time?
18 minutes ago


No, no, no way, no way. It's too late now. Sakura's lips and expression are drawn beautifully in the close-up, but it's just so creepy.

26 minutes ago

Don't do this.

I was feeling uneasy about the recent developments, so I reread the series from volume 1, but it made me sad...
1 hour ago

Ok I could see the first part happing

Judging from past works, Sakura and Shinobu talk things out and resolve their misunderstandings → they don't get back together and decide to do their best → the three go their separate ways and that's the end. Personally, I think Shinobu breaks up with Fumi, who becomes a successful AV actress out of desperation, and soon after, Sakura and Shinobu get back together and have a shotgun wedding, and Sakura retires. In the final scene, Shinobu is holding the baby and Sakura is waving with a smile. However, the baby's face looks like Nakanishi's...fin


2 hours a
go


A reconciliation is out of the question. This film might be a story about Shinobu and Sakura's meeting and parting. Their intimate scenes were like that too.
4 hours ago

If Sakura had talked to Shinobu, he'd be a saint so they'd repair their relationship right away, so I guess the only way to make it work was for them to break up. If they talk in the next two episodes, Shinobu will probably be on Sakura's side. His stance of supporting Sakura hasn't wavered even after the breakup. Will it end without a discussion, or will he talk and support Sakura again? Fumi is also there, so they'll probably skip over a lot of things to wrap things up in the next two episodes. They could all move to Mio's agency, gather in their gravure outfits, and have Director Shinobu shoot a movie called a gravure party. Plus, since they all like Shinobu, a harem ending might make it a happy ending. Getting back together would cause trouble, so let's all NTR Shinobu.

6 hours ago
JP fans are something else,they are special(sometimes not in a good way)
 
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Solid maybe.

Fumi might have been trying to take Sakura's place. Feeling guilty for causing their breakup, she decided to become his girlfriend and an actress to help him fulfill his dream, and confessed her feelings to him. She agreed to the love scene, thinking, "I have to do it for the sake of his dream," but when Shinobu said, "You're not an actress," she thought, "I thought I was accepted. But to you, I'm still just an assistant director. If I were an actress, it would be okay. After all, the actress Sakura is still in your mind..." That's why she made those comparative lines. Shinobu's words were meant out of concern for Fumi, but what will happen next time?
18 minutes ago


No, no, no way, no way. It's too late now. Sakura's lips and expression are drawn beautifully in the close-up, but it's just so creepy.

26 minutes ago

Don't do this.

I was feeling uneasy about the recent developments, so I reread the series from volume 1, but it made me sad...
1 hour ago

Ok I could see the first part happing

Judging from past works, Sakura and Shinobu talk things out and resolve their misunderstandings → they don't get back together and decide to do their best → the three go their separate ways and that's the end. Personally, I think Shinobu breaks up with Fumi, who becomes a successful AV actress out of desperation, and soon after, Sakura and Shinobu get back together and have a shotgun wedding, and Sakura retires. In the final scene, Shinobu is holding the baby and Sakura is waving with a smile. However, the baby's face looks like Nakanishi's...fin


2 hours a
go


A reconciliation is out of the question. This film might be a story about Shinobu and Sakura's meeting and parting. Their intimate scenes were like that too.
4 hours ago

If Sakura had talked to Shinobu, he'd be a saint so they'd repair their relationship right away, so I guess the only way to make it work was for them to break up. If they talk in the next two episodes, Shinobu will probably be on Sakura's side. His stance of supporting Sakura hasn't wavered even after the breakup. Will it end without a discussion, or will he talk and support Sakura again? Fumi is also there, so they'll probably skip over a lot of things to wrap things up in the next two episodes. They could all move to Mio's agency, gather in their gravure outfits, and have Director Shinobu shoot a movie called a gravure party. Plus, since they all like Shinobu, a harem ending might make it a happy ending. Getting back together would cause trouble, so let's all NTR Shinobu.

6 hours ago
An ending with all being single would suck but it's interesting how someone broke down Fumi's potential reasons for throwing herself at Shinobu right outta the time skip like that, this could be dangerous for ShiFumi. A reconciliation is still possible, Sakura hate is still off the charts here and they need to keep pushing for a redemption which they've already laid the setup for in this chapter a bit (sort of).
 

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