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

[A.Tanakaaa]

After Nishikida Keishi-sensei tweeted about "Kachiwari," I felt a sense of familiarity and wondered if he was dropping a hint. I went back to re-read the material and discovered that this character actually appears twice—across two different volumes.
1. It first appeared in Volume 5 as a character cartoon that Shiko and Sakura loved. Shinobu intended to buy a doll of this character as a Christmas gift for Sakura, but ultimately did not give it to her because a malicious fan had hidden a camera and a GPS tracker inside the doll.
2. The second instance occurs in Volume 12, when Sakura and Fumi bump into each other and Fumi’s "Kachiwari" keychain falls. Sakura picks it up and returns it to her, leading to them getting to know one another. I believe the Keishi Nishikida-sensai, intends to show that Sakura and Fumi will meet, and that Fumi will reveal the truth:
Shinobu did not cheat on her—it was all a misunderstanding.
Fumi declares, "I won't lose to you—let's compete to see who can win Shinobu's heart." In the end, the two of them compete to woo Shinobu, but he remains unable to choose between them, ultimately resulting in a harem ending.

 

[diphuc1]

After Nishikida Keishi-sensei tweeted about "Kachiwari," I felt a sense of familiarity and wondered if he was dropping a hint. I went back to re-read the material and discovered that this character actually appears twice—across two different volumes.
1. It first appeared in Volume 5 as a character cartoon that Shiko and Sakura loved. Shinobu intended to buy a doll of this character as a Christmas gift for Sakura, but ultimately did not give it to her because a malicious fan had hidden a camera and a GPS tracker inside the doll.
2. The second instance occurs in Volume 12, when Sakura and Fumi bump into each other and Fumi’s "Kachiwari" keychain falls. Sakura picks it up and returns it to her, leading to them getting to know one another. I believe the Keishi Nishikida-sensai, intends to show that Sakura and Fumi will meet, and that Fumi will reveal the truth:
Shinobu did not cheat on her—it was all a misunderstanding.
Fumi declares, "I won't lose to you—let's compete to see who can win Shinobu's heart." In the end, the two of them compete to woo Shinobu, but he remains unable to choose between them, ultimately resulting in a harem ending.

For what the tweet intended the comments are unwarranted and disgusting. Save those for KA and even then it needs to just stop at this point. Thanks for the additional analysis and predictions, I had totally forgotten these details. Coming from the artist I'm more inclined to feel a bit more hopeful for the ending somehow I suppose. It was a nice tweet, unexpected but probably the best person to hear from regarding the state of GraPara! heading into the into it's finale this coming month.

 

[box2024]

After Nishikida Keishi-sensei tweeted about "Kachiwari," I felt a sense of familiarity and wondered if he was dropping a hint. I went back to re-read the material and discovered that this character actually appears twice—across two different volumes.
1. It first appeared in Volume 5 as a character cartoon that Shiko and Sakura loved. Shinobu intended to buy a doll of this character as a Christmas gift for Sakura, but ultimately did not give it to her because a malicious fan had hidden a camera and a GPS tracker inside the doll.
2. The second instance occurs in Volume 12, when Sakura and Fumi bump into each other and Fumi’s "Kachiwari" keychain falls. Sakura picks it up and returns it to her, leading to them getting to know one another. I believe the Keishi Nishikida-sensai, intends to show that Sakura and Fumi will meet, and that Fumi will reveal the truth:
Shinobu did not cheat on her—it was all a misunderstanding.
Fumi declares, "I won't lose to you—let's compete to see who can win Shinobu's heart." In the end, the two of them compete to woo Shinobu, but he remains unable to choose between them, ultimately resulting in a harem ending.

While the beginning is very interesting this doesn't end in a harem ending. So shionbu and sakura connected over this thing? Oh I miss read it's fumi and Sakura that is the connection here so fumi and Sakura may end up talking which would cement Sakura x shinobu by the way.

 

[diphuc1]

While the beginning is very interesting this doesn't end in a harem ending. So shionbu and sakura connected over this thing?

then Fumi and Sakura too later on apparently, this tracks going by the ending page this chapter lol.

 

[hugorito420]

The points that both girls have here:

Fumi:

Good points:

1.Fan favorite

2.Her ending with Shinobu is what major part of the readers want(Kodansha can consider that)

3.She was responsible to help him in his weakest moments.

4.She was very supportive of him when he had the script problem

5.She really would do anything for Shinobu's sake

6.Her feelings for Shinobu was very well developed and we see that Shinobu was really atracted by her.And i think he is not guy that has sex with anyone so i think he has some feelings for her.(and we saw that with Nagi and Mio)

Negative points:

1.In the same way she would anything for Shinobu.It would lead her to take unecessary risks for his sake.

2.Her insecurities about Sakura also can make her doing something really stupid here.

3.Her screen time is way shorter than Sakura so her relantionship with Shinobu is a little bit under developed.


Sakura:

Good points:

1.She is the FMC so the plot can be always with her side

2.We have seen her realtion being developed with for over 120+ chapters so it can be a factor for some fans being attached to their relation.

3.She was with Shinobu when he started his journey and they lived the major part of their growth in their careers

4.We can see that both has lingering feelings for each other.And her relarion with Fuckboi won't last

5.They both value their moments when they were together so is not like is impossible to them get back together or renconcile as at least friends.

6.I think Airi won't destroy her anymore so she can make a gap to make them back together even if big part of the readers hate it.


Negative points:

1.Like i said about Sakura is the opossite direction from Fumi because she is the most hated character by miles

2.The public seens to prefer much more Shinobu x Fumi than Shinobu x Sakura.(Kodansha can consider that)

3.Even if we saw the growth in their careers and relantionship since the start,we also see a character that made so many mistakes and was very guillable about everything aroud her and she was the biggest responsible to make their relantionship be finished.So is not easy to make them back together.


I'm doing my analysis without being bias towards some character.Yes Sakura has a big potential to be the winner but you are underestimating how Fumi can be impacful in the end.

So for me BOTH GIRLS can win right here and i see that 50/50 being plausible.

 

[diphuc1]

The points that both girls have here:

Fumi:

Good points:

1.Fan favorite

2.Her ending with Shinobu is what major part of the readers want(Kodansha can consider that)

3.She was responsible to help him in his weakest moments.

4.She was very supportive of him when he had the script problem

5.She really would do anything for Shinobu's sake

6.Her feelings for Shinobu was very well developed and we see that Shinobu was really atracted by her.And i think he is not guy that has sex with anyone so i think he has some feelings for her.(and we saw that with Nagi and Mio)

Negative points:

1.In the same way she would anything for Shinobu.It would lead her to take unecessary risks for his sake.

2.Her insecurities about Sakura also can make her doing something really stupid here.

3.Her screen time is way shorter than Sakura so her relantionship with Shinobu is a little bit under developed.


Sakura:

Good points:

1.She is the FMC so the plot can be always with her side

2.We have seen her realtion being developed with for over 120+ chapters so it can be a factor for some fans being attached to their relation.

3.She was with Shinobu when he started his journey and they lived the major part of their growth in their careers

4.We can see that both has lingering feelings for each other.And her relarion with Fuckboi won't last

5.They both value their moments when they were together so is not like is impossible to them get back together or renconcile as at least friends.

6.I think Airi won't destroy her anymore so she can make a gap to make them back together even if big part of the readers hate it.


Negative points:

1.Like i said about Sakura is the opossite direction from Fumi because she is the most hated character by miles

2.The public seens to prefer much more Shinobu x Fumi than Shinobu x Sakura.(Kodansha can consider that)

3.Even if we saw the growth in their careers and relantionship since the start,we also see a character that made so many mistakes and was very guillable about everything aroud her and she was the biggest responsible to make their relantionship be finished.So is not easy to make them back together.


I'm doing my analysis without being bias towards some character.Yes Sakura has a big potential to be the winner but you are underestimating how Fumi can be impacful in the end.

So for me BOTH GIRLS can win right here and i see that 50/50 being plausible.

Thank you for the organized breakdown and analysis without bias! Your %'s is now similar to @box2024 so welcome to the darkside.

 

[hugorito420]

Thank you for the organized breakdown and analysis without bias! Your %'s is now similar to @box2024 so welcome to the darkside.

I still think is 60/40 to fumi but i can see the 50/50 as plausible too.

 

[box2024]

I still think is 60/40 to fumi but i can see the 50/50 as plausible too.

Well if what the artist posted has a hidden meaning then the one person I keep saying can get threw to sakura will meet fumi. Granted it could mean a lot of things or nothing it could just be a piece of artwork the artist likes.

 

[hugorito420]

Well if what the artist posted has a hidden meaning then the one person I keep saying can get threw to sakura will meet sakura. Granted it could mean a lot of things or nothing it could just be a piece of artwork the artist likes.

Sakura will meet Sakura?You meant Shinobu or Fumi right?

 

[hugorito420]

Well if what the artist posted has a hidden meaning then the one person I keep saying can get threw to sakura will meet sakura. Granted it could mean a lot of things or nothing it could just be a piece of artwork the artist likes.

I don't know,i think that is just a draw without meaning anyhting here.

 

[VuongOuki]

The points that both girls have here:

Fumi:

Good points:

1.Fan favorite

2.Her ending with Shinobu is what major part of the readers want(Kodansha can consider that)

3.She was responsible to help him in his weakest moments.

4.She was very supportive of him when he had the script problem

5.She really would do anything for Shinobu's sake

6.Her feelings for Shinobu was very well developed and we see that Shinobu was really atracted by her.And i think he is not guy that has sex with anyone so i think he has some feelings for her.(and we saw that with Nagi and Mio)

Negative points:

1.In the same way she would anything for Shinobu.It would lead her to take unecessary risks for his sake.

2.Her insecurities about Sakura also can make her doing something really stupid here.

3.Her screen time is way shorter than Sakura so her relantionship with Shinobu is a little bit under developed.


Sakura:

Good points:

1.She is the FMC so the plot can be always with her side

2.We have seen her realtion being developed with for over 120+ chapters so it can be a factor for some fans being attached to their relation.

3.She was with Shinobu when he started his journey and they lived the major part of their growth in their careers

4.We can see that both has lingering feelings for each other.And her relarion with Fuckboi won't last

5.They both value their moments when they were together so is not like is impossible to them get back together or renconcile as at least friends.

6.I think Airi won't destroy her anymore so she can make a gap to make them back together even if big part of the readers hate it.


Negative points:

1.Like i said about Sakura is the opossite direction from Fumi because she is the most hated character by miles

2.The public seens to prefer much more Shinobu x Fumi than Shinobu x Sakura.(Kodansha can consider that)

3.Even if we saw the growth in their careers and relantionship since the start,we also see a character that made so many mistakes and was very guillable about everything aroud her and she was the biggest responsible to make their relantionship be finished.So is not easy to make them back together.


I'm doing my analysis without being bias towards some character.Yes Sakura has a big potential to be the winner but you are underestimating how Fumi can be impacful in the end.

So for me BOTH GIRLS can win right here and i see that 50/50 being plausible.

The only way Sakura can win now is simply because she was the female lead from the start of the story, and Airi might do something stupid to force her and Shinobu back together. Other than that, Sakura completely falls short compared to Fumi; she is inferior to Fumi in every single way.

 

[hugorito420]

The only way Sakura can win now is simply because she was the female lead from the start of the story, and Airi might do something stupid to force her and Shinobu back together. Other than that, Sakura completely falls short compared to Fumi; she is inferior to Fumi in every single way.

I agree with you tnat must a big plot convinience to win right here but i don't see that being impossible here.

I think it is for now 60/40 to Fumk win but the 50/50 that @box2024 brought here is plausible for me because of the
circunstances and Airi being unpredictable.

 

[box2024]

Sakura will meet Sakura?You meant Shinobu or Fumi right?

I meant fumi sorry I fixed it.

 

[box2024]

The only way Sakura can win now is simply because she was the female lead from the start of the story, and Airi might do something stupid to force her and Shinobu back together. Other than that, Sakura completely falls short compared to Fumi; she is inferior to Fumi in every single way.

Thing is fumi genuinely cares for and loves shinobu if she gets it in her head that the best thing she can do is tell Sakura shionbu never cheated on her and what he was doing that night. It changes the meeting between shinobu and Sakura she will know how bad she hurt shionbu and that she is the one who cheated in other words that tearful apology we all want will have a reason to happen.

 

[box2024]

So I'm going to go stare at the back of my eyelids until my brain shuts up.

 

[Ballsmahoney13]

Thing is fumi genuinely cares for and loves shinobu if she gets it in her head that the best thing she can do is tell Sakura shionbu never cheated on her and what he was doing that night. It changes the meeting between shinobu and Sakura she will know how bad she hurt shionbu and that she is the one who cheated in other words that tearful apology we all want will have a reason to happen.

This is actually something coherent so we know it won't actually happen.

Remember when we were talking about Nagi talking some sense into Sakura? that made some sense but look how that turned out.

 

[baabaaboo]

Has anyone noticed that in chapter 133 when sakura coming into her office to meet the manager she was carrying a shoulder bag? Then in chapter 134 when she went out from yumas place bumped into mio she was empty handed. Where is the bag now? Probably she left it in the office...yeah right.

Thus my ideal harem route i wrote before is the best offer possible for sakura redemption.
Cheating on yuma to be with shinobu, but before, sit on that cuck chair for ten night straight, before she gets forgiven, reconciliation, and first insertion. If not, shinobu should just say to her "it pained me to say this but please for gods sake just go away"

May for grapara! ending never crossed sakuras mind she still has kotonoha option for the last 2 chapters

 

[SS-2010]

https://x.com/nishikidakeishi Surprised you didn't follow them, I guess their activity is even lower than Airi's which is why this tweet really surprises me. I understand the artist can't be blamed for KA and Editor messing around but this still comes off a bit tone deaf since this is a break week and it looks like the axe has come down so intersting time to do a promo for GraPara. Since it's relevant to the tweet every comment is about GraPara and it is all negative, this is not good.

Found it and for fucks sake it's three guys bitching about the story for fucks sake I see two of them on Arir's x posts they don't even post that much on Arir's posts there is an essays worth of stupid there.

They copy pasted some of their comments over from KA so it's low effort, no point calling out the artist, they're just there to draw. I wonder if this mean the finale is actually going to get dragged out for a month and we're getting another 2 week break between 135 and 136. If the page count isn't significant it's going to be rough.

I had to rush over and check it out. All because of you two ! LOL

But I didn't see anything out of the ordinary. They were just complaining because they felt Keishi Nishikida sensei, unlike Airi Katsura (sensei), would listen to them. That's all !

I’m certain they don’t hate KN sensei who is the artist but they absolutely loathe AK (sensei) for sure. LOL

The point is the editor is on AK (sensei)'s side and also the editor must have some mental illness judging by the title of the chapter 129 which AK (sensei) said it's named by her editor all along. So, KN sensei can't resist AK (sensei) because the right to approve the final work is in the hand of that sicked editor.

I’m glad Grapara has come to an end because KN sensei will be finally free from that author and editor who have mental issues. I say this sincerely, not being sarcastic.

IMHO, complaining to KM sensei won't help unless that editor gets fired and replaced right now. And that is quite a possibility, since the editor must be responsible for allowing the problematic chapter 129 to be released to the public.

As far as I know, changing editors midway isn't particularly complicated and it happens behind the scenes all the time. Editors themselves generally prefer not to be reassigned or have the writers they take care switched around. But if it becomes necessary, the change has to be made.

I just learned that one of my favorite mangaka changed her editor for a period (but didn't tell us) by the publisher without giving a reason. She just discovered the reason that her previous editor was fired from lying to both the publisher and her.

So, changing the editor is not a big deal if the editor did not serve as a Kodansha's representative but instead collaborated with AK (sensei) to cause damage. Maybe the editor was fired already.

Because if I were Kodansha, I must change the editor immediately and send someone who I can trust to replace him/her and start the damage control. I can't trust that editor anymore.

Please take care of your mind and body.

 

[SS-2010]

After Nishikida Keishi-sensei tweeted about "Kachiwari," I felt a sense of familiarity and wondered if he was dropping a hint. I went back to re-read the material and discovered that this character actually appears twice—across two different volumes.
1. It first appeared in Volume 5 as a character cartoon that Shiko and Sakura loved. Shinobu intended to buy a doll of this character as a Christmas gift for Sakura, but ultimately did not give it to her because a malicious fan had hidden a camera and a GPS tracker inside the doll.
2. The second instance occurs in Volume 12, when Sakura and Fumi bump into each other and Fumi’s "Kachiwari" keychain falls. Sakura picks it up and returns it to her, leading to them getting to know one another. I believe the Keishi Nishikida-sensai, intends to show that Sakura and Fumi will meet, and that Fumi will reveal the truth:
Shinobu did not cheat on her—it was all a misunderstanding.
Fumi declares, "I won't lose to you—let's compete to see who can win Shinobu's heart." In the end, the two of them compete to woo Shinobu, but he remains unable to choose between them, ultimately resulting in a harem ending.

Thank you for your useful notification.

And I love your ending too. Wish it happens.

So, Shinobu forgives Sakura but he's not going out with anyone. Then the other girls come and say they also have a chance to win his heart. The ending panel is Shinobu running away from girls with a funny face. LOL

 

[SS-2010]

Is anyone notice that in chapter 133 when sakura coming into her office to meet the manager she was carrying a shoulder bag? Then in chapter 134 when she went out from yumas place bumped into mio she was empty handed. Where is the bag now? Probably she left it in the office...yeah right.

The bag had gone before meeting with her manager and never came back. She likely left it in her workplace locker before that meeting. I suspect it contained the dress she used to meet Nagi and Mio in the morning. Perhaps brought it to wash at the office which likely has a laundry area. She might have washed them and stored it in her locker. That's why she visited the fucboy's room very late.