GraPara! - Vol. 14 Ch. 136 - Grapara!

[Jhon1617]

It's not a manga, it's a series of illustrations he's been releasing on his X. Maybe he'll serialize it in the future. This is the diabolical panel:

What manga was this? And I hate when an author gets death threats some people take this shit to seriously.

 

[diphuc1]

Man I hope Arir gives us an extra chapter when the last volume comes out one that clears the air between to mc and fmc.

In a way, the air has already been cleared off screen between Shinobu and Sakura. That meeting on-set that we get wasn't their first, also why we see Shinobu takes the camera himself and goes to hold her hand which also doubled to get a better performance out of Sakura and we see the producer's comment on what Shinobu said to him...

Optimistically I want to say 30%~40% (realistically maybe ~10%) the bonus that comes with the final vol 14 will be something relevant showing more between Shinobu and Sakura since the time skips. The Chicho bonuses we've already gotten so many of but if its a love scene between her and Ryusei it's a bit understandable. Won't say no to one final Mio one.

Wait Arir doesn't have the grapara banner anymore link her x account.

It's still her banner I believe (or whatever you call the thing behind the pfp), what she did do is remove the pinned announcement that showed some panels from the 1st chapter with ShiKura staring at each other. Man they had such a fun chemistry throughout their journey....

 

[diphuc1]

It's not a manga, it's a series of illustrations he's been releasing on his X. Maybe he'll serialize it in the future. This is the diabolical panel:

Almost getting Mizuki Mikuni vibes with the way they do this so hopefully it goes the same route as Shokuba Senpai. The usual sites have some of the spicier pages and the artist has 1 prior work on the usual site... Although with threaths now it might not happen sadge, who knows.

 

[diphuc1]

@diphuc1 said she may not be involved with Grapara anymore and volume 14's creation belongs to Keishi Nishikida sensei.

This comes into question when we scrutinized some of the inconsistent writing which could also just be attributed to the axing rather than a writer change. The overall ending though does feel a bit too happy for Airi-sensei imo, although it's not like we have enough similar works of hers to make a proper comparison (Karami being an ero doujin), in the end this will just be a funny thought we can think about because of the well Airi tanked GraPara!'s ending in the final months.

 

[Jhon1617]

In a way, the air has already been cleared off screen between Shinobu and Sakura. That meeting on-set that we get wasn't their first, also why we see Shinobu takes the camera himself and goes to hold her hand which also doubled to get a better performance out of Sakura and we see the producer's comment on what Shinobu said to him...

For me, this is the biggest problem: so many things happen off-screen, leaving so much to our imagination, all because of those stupid time jumps. I also think that after her conversation with Fumi, Sakura must have felt guilty and sought out Shinobu, and they resolved things, but they wouldn't have ended up as a couple.

 

[Jhon1617]

Optimistically I want to say 30%~40% (realistically maybe ~10%) the bonus that comes with the final vol 14 will be something relevant showing more between Shinobu and Sakura since the time skips. The Chicho bonuses we've already gotten so many of but if its a love scene between her and Ryusei it's a bit understandable. Won't say no to one final Mio one.

My opinion is that if Keishi is in charge of the extra chapter, she'll show us Shinobu and Sakura's reunion and how they resolve things, including having a lot of sex. Sakura will demonstrate that she genuinely enjoys it and realizes how different it is from when she slept with that fuckboy. This will show that she truly loves Shinobu and lessen her hatred towards her. But if Katsura is in charge, she'll probably write chapter 129.5 or another chapter about chico

 

[diphuc1]

For me, this is the biggest problem: so many things happen off-screen, leaving so much to our imagination, all because of those stupid time jumps. I also think that after her conversation with Fumi, Sakura must have felt guilty and sought out Shinobu, and they resolved things, but they wouldn't have ended up as a couple.

A 5 year time skip will do that. Hard to say definitively on whether they reconnected as a couple (probably eventually if not yet), but working together again is a good start and Sakura was walking around wearing the necklace before any of this, while Shinobu looked happy at the chance to work with her again.

While the use of time skips was excessive, and the ending poorly paced, ultimately it's because of them breaking apart that Shinobu ended up becoming a successful director. As her manager/boyfriend he was reaching the limits of what he could do for Sakura as she continued to grow.

My opinion is that if Keishi is in charge of the extra chapter, she'll show us Shinobu and Sakura's reunion and how they resolve things, including having a lot of sex. Sakura will demonstrate that she genuinely enjoys it and realizes how different it is from when she slept with that fuckboy. This will show that she truly loves Shinobu and lessen her hatred towards her. But if Katsura is in charge, she'll probably write chapter 129.5 or another chapter about chico

Well a reunion would be more than enough for some because the ending really didn't give us any real ShiKura interactions other than "look they're working together again and still have feelings for each other". As for the tons of seggs part its a 50/50 since seggs scenes are notoriously tedious to draw but since it is the final volume there's maybe a chance but I'd just take it as a bonus if it's there (inb4 ChicoXRyusei).

Sakura walking around with the necklace after 5 whole years is all that's needed for where her feeling are at in present, which makes it all the more dumb how things were written out because not enough time was left to show the important things.

The hate for Sakura didn't die down much. Fucboi disappearing, and her finding out the truth plus reconnecting with Shinobu do help a bit, but the lack of a proper ShiKura interaction hurts that idea, and Sakura's weak ahh 1 panel death stare reaction to the truth bomb isn't much of a payoff for the months of waiting.

If it is a 129.5 it really would feel like Katsura putting up the middle finger as she exits stage left, a very low chance, but it will have a positive impact on sales imo, maybe even more than a wholesome bonus who knows.

 

[hugorito420]

It's not a manga, it's a series of illustrations he's been releasing on his X. Maybe he'll serialize it in the future. This is the diabolical panel:

I think it has a manga if i not wrong.

 

[hugorito420]

For me, this is the biggest problem: so many things happen off-screen, leaving so much to our imagination, all because of those stupid time jumps. I also think that after her conversation with Fumi, Sakura must have felt guilty and sought out Shinobu, and they resolved things, but they wouldn't have ended up as a couple.

I think they will eventually end as a couple in my opinion.(If it not happened in the last chapter in offscreen)

 

[hugorito420]

While the use of time skips was excessive, and the ending poorly paced, ultimately it's because of them breaking apart that Shinobu ended up becoming a successful director. As her manager/boyfriend he was reaching the limits of what he could do for Sakura as she continued to grow.

Well a reunion would be more than enough for some because the ending really didn't give us any real ShiKura interactions other than "look they're working together again and still have feelings for each other". As for the tons of seggs part its a 50/50 since seggs scenes are notoriously tedious to draw but since it is the final volume there's maybe a chance but I'd just take it as a bonus if it's there (inb4 ChicoXRyusei).

Sakura walking around with the necklace after 5 whole years is all that's needed for where her feeling are at in present, which makes it all the more dumb how things were written out because not enough time was left to show the important things.

The hate for Sakura didn't die down much. Fucboi disappearing, and her finding out the truth plus reconnecting with Shinobu do help a bit, but the lack of a proper ShiKura interaction hurts that idea, and Sakura's weak ahh 1 panel death stare reaction to the truth bomb isn't much of a payoff for the months of waiting.

If it is a 129.5 it really would feel like Katsura putting up the middle finger as she exits stage left, a very low chance, but it will have a positive impact on sales imo, maybe even more than a wholesome bonus who knows.

129.5 would literally hurt the sales because it is not what the kind of thing the public from Grapara want.(Romcom fans)

I think the only characters who was safe from hate until now is Shinobu and Fumi.(i'm not including the support characters)

The execution of this whole thing was bad,fast paced and bad developed.The only thing it can be implied is that Shinobu and Sakura probably will be back together or they're already back together and all things were made offscreen.

And we don't even know if we will ever receive a bonus or special chapter for this one.

 

[SS-2010]

This comes into question when we scrutinized some of the inconsistent writing which could also just be attributed to the axing rather than a writer change. The overall ending though does feel a bit too happy for Airi-sensei imo, although it's not like we have enough similar works of hers to make a proper comparison (Karami being an ero doujin), in the end this will just be a funny thought we can think about because of the well Airi tanked GraPara!'s ending in the final months.

IMHO, chapter 132–133 were unrelated to chapter 129–131 and seemed to milk the misunderstanding for another 10 chapters.

Then chapter 134–136 did not connect with chapter 132–133 again (how Mio knows about cucboy so well as chapter 133 told us Sakura didn't meet Mio for a long time?).

And even though it said Grapara would end in 3 chapters, it brought back the cucboy who chapter 132-133 made us feel he'd no role anymore to waste pages JUST to show his deteriorating relationship with Sakura (no need to draw but they're drawn especially the extravagant and repulsive conversation with the blonde who says rape is "so cool") !

So it's like Grapara changed its direction three times. I guess Airi Katsura (sensei) just told Keishi Nishikida sensei how to end Grapara in chapter 136 but let him created chapter 134-135 by himself to reach that point.

 

[diphuc1]

IMHO, chapter 132–133 were unrelated to chapter 129–131 and seemed to milk the misunderstanding for another 10 chapters.

Then chapter 134–136 did not connect with chapter 132–133 again (how Mio knows about cucboy so well as chapter 133 told us Sakura didn't meet Mio for a long time?).

And even though it said Grapara would end in 3 chapters, it brought back the cucboy who chapter 132-133 made us feel he'd no role anymore to waste pages JUST to show his deteriorating relationship with Sakura (no need to draw but they're drawn especially the extravagant and repulsive conversation with the blonde who says rape is "so cool") !

So it's like Grapara changed its direction three times. I guess Airi Katsura (sensei) just told Keishi Nishikida sensei how to end Grapara in chapter 136 but let him created chapter 134-135 by himself to reach that point.

When you frame it like this it's noticeable, 132~133 was it's own story direction before 134~135 just went in a completely different path bringing fucboi back into the picture, and the two chapters wasted so many pages it effectively doomed 136 into using a five year timeskip in order to show a resolution while destroying Fumi's character.

Well Artist tried their best if it was a solo effort, if it was Airi writing until the end, I guess the ending was better than her usual endings for her male MC's but that's the only positive that's also somehow really hard to stomach given the presentation choices for the finale few panels.

 

[jonasadan]

129.5 would literally hurt the sales because it is not what the kind of thing the public from Grapara want.(Romcom fans)

I think the only characters who was safe from hate until now is Shinobu and Fumi.(i'm not including the support characters)

The execution of this whole thing was bad,fast paced and bad developed.The only thing it can be implied is that Shinobu and Sakura probably will be back together or they're already back together and all things were made offscreen.

And we don't even know if we will ever receive a bonus or special chapter for this one.

Well, I think the sales of volume 14 are doomed. If we had just had a decent ending for Shikura, there might have been a way to save it, but no, volume 14 starts badly and ends badly, so I don't think a 129.5 will really affect the sales.

 

[Jhon1617]

Then chapter 134–136 did not connect with chapter 132–133 again (how Mio knows about cucboy so well as chapter 133 told us Sakura didn't meet Mio for a long time?).

And even though it said Grapara would end in 3 chapters, it brought back the cucboy who chapter 132-133 made us feel he'd no role anymore to waste pages JUST to show his deteriorating relationship with Sakura (no need to draw but they're drawn especially the extravagant and repulsive conversation with the blonde who says rape is "so cool") !

Exactly, there are many inconsistencies in these chapters that don't make sense. As you mentioned, how does Mio know about the fuckboy if just two chapters ago Sakura saw him again? They stayed in contact and kept meeting up, and Sakura probably told him about the fuckboy? So Mio would have found out that Sakura was unfaithful, that she let herself be seduced and slept with another man, and that she was a coward who didn't have the courage to face him, that she broke up with Shinobu via text message, and didn't care?

On the other hand, that completely unnecessary conversation between the fuckboy and the blonde where he admits to raping Sakura and the blonde congratulates him was the worst and enraged the fans even more. I'm sure that Katsura, Keishi, and the editor couldn't agree on these last few chapters, which is why after chapter 131, the other chapters feel disjointed.

 

[diphuc1]

Well, I think the sales of volume 14 are doomed. If we had just had a decent ending for Shikura, there might have been a way to save it, but no, volume 14 starts badly and ends badly, so I don't think a 129.5 will really affect the sales.

The "sex sells" will be the big contributor here and there is plenty of it.

132~133 exists, and I imagine there are some who will take it in a vacuum. I do agree that the actual sales numbers will not be great because of the story itself, but in terms of whether it'll help the sales, a 129.5 could have a bigger increase than say another Chico (unless it's seggs with Ryusei ig) bonus or random side character bonus if I think about this cynically enough.

Exactly, there are many inconsistencies in these chapters that don't make sense. As you mentioned, how does Mio know about the fuckboy if just two chapters ago Sakura saw him again? They stayed in contact and kept meeting up, and Sakura probably told him about the fuckboy? So Mio would have found out that Sakura was unfaithful, that she let herself be seduced and slept with another man, and that she was a coward who didn't have the courage to face him, that she broke up with Shinobu via text message, and didn't care?

On the other hand, that completely unnecessary conversation between the fuckboy and the blonde where he admits to raping Sakura and the blonde congratulates him was the worst and enraged the fans even more. I'm sure that Katsura, Keishi, and the editor couldn't agree on these last few chapters, which is why after chapter 131, the other chapters feel disjointed.

Mio and Nagi just accepted Sakura's side of the story and this was maintained for 5 years. The only explanation is that this was needed to setup Fumi to be the one breaking the truth to Sakura in a way she could believe it, but the payoff we see in 136 was rather weak to understate it lightly.

Shinobu is a hot director now but apparrently some of his shared friends/acquaintances with Sakura think he was the unfaithful one for 5 years until Fumi came out with the truth off of a chance run-in with Sakura. There are so many loose ends, the manga didn't have time and all Airi could manage was tying up the biggest one in minimal fashion.

 

[master-34]

I heard Their is a pornwha were the mc gets ntred because he first betrayed his girlfriend, he then gets blackmailed by the female mc and he falls in love with the female mc said female mc is the leader of a blackmail rape ring, Then the mc betray's the female mc and join's a group that is trying to stop the female mc, Then a Woman in the resistance group falls in love with the mc, and then the mc wanting to start a relationship with the female mc betray's the resistance group.

 

[CraneBrane]

My opinion is that if Keishi is in charge of the extra chapter, she'll show us Shinobu and Sakura's reunion and how they resolve things, including having a lot of sex. Sakura will demonstrate that she genuinely enjoys it and realizes how different it is from when she slept with that fuckboy. This will show that she truly loves Shinobu and lessen her hatred towards her. But if Katsura is in charge, she'll probably write chapter 129.5 or another chapter about chico

Nobody wants to see this shit. Most people just want to see Sakura suffer, not be happy wtf

 

[CraneBrane]

129.5 would literally hurt the sales because it is not what the kind of thing the public from Grapara want.(Romcom fans)

I think the only characters who was safe from hate until now is Shinobu and Fumi.(i'm not including the support characters)

The execution of this whole thing was bad,fast paced and bad developed.The only thing it can be implied is that Shinobu and Sakura probably will be back together or they're already back together and all things were made offscreen.

And we don't even know if we will ever receive a bonus or special chapter for this one.

No character is safe from hate. Everyone is an idiot and my headcannon is that their town got invaded by aliens and the characters were replaced by non communicating, inhuman aliens wearing their skin. Its the best way to explain how their actions stop making any sense.

 

[box2024]

In a way, the air has already been cleared off screen between Shinobu and Sakura. That meeting on-set that we get wasn't their first, also why we see Shinobu takes the camera himself and goes to hold her hand which also doubled to get a better performance out of Sakura and we see the producer's comment on what Shinobu said to him...

Optimistically I want to say 30%~40% (realistically maybe ~10%) the bonus that comes with the final vol 14 will be something relevant showing more between Shinobu and Sakura since the time skips. The Chicho bonuses we've already gotten so many of but if its a love scene between her and Ryusei it's a bit understandable. Won't say no to one final Mio one.

It's still her banner I believe (or whatever you call the thing behind the pfp), what she did do is remove the pinned announcement that showed some panels from the 1st chapter with ShiKura staring at each other. Man they had such a fun chemistry throughout their journey....

Ya but I want an on screen clearing. Not an implied one.

 

[Jhon1617]

Another female author ruined her romantic comedy manga by including unnecessary NTR. The manga, "Kakkō no Iinazuke" (English: "A Couple of Cuckoos"), had a two-season anime adaptation. Context: The mc brother invited the fmc on a date, tricking her into thinking the male lead would also be there. The fmc wanted to leave, but the brother insisted and invited her to dinner on a luxury cruise ship. At the end of the meal, the fmc said her goodbyes, but the mc brother stole a kiss from her. Having watched both seasons of the anime, I feel very disappointed and angry.