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

[erintesden]

I agree that it's by Airi, the ending felt similar to Megami to Ichinen (this one much better developed).

Did that other series also had NTR?

 

[Cross-21-]

You guys want another decent NTR manga? Unfortunately it's not translated past 2 ch, but you can check out the raws, it's got 29ch. The cheating GF is extremely dumb and gets what she deserves... Very satisfying IMO!

Underdog and Lion

The plot so far:

• MC and his childhood friend GF move to Tokyo, but she changes here and dumps him for a rich guy
• MC meets his neighbor who is a rich guy with a bunch of sex friend, the Lion from the title
• Lion starts to look out for MC and even share some of his girls with him
• MC starts changing, becoming a better and more successful person, makes a bunch of friends
• MC finds out his ex GF was set up with a huge debt and has to sell her body
• He shares the info with his crew and they decide to help him save her
• They save her, ruin the fraud rich guy, and MC and GF end up back together
• Lion leaves city, and MC continues a good life with GF, but...
• The GF starts to work in a nightlife club and strings along a rich guy again
• MC noticed she again changed but this time he won't do anything about it and let her go
• The rich guy starts overspending and gets ruined somehow while GF is secretly dating a lazy playboy
• MC speaks with his crew and decides to dump GF for good
• GF enjoys a date with her new BF but someone attacks then and stabs both of them several times.
• It was the ruined rich guy, he got talked into it by the other girls who worked with GF and hated her
• BF dies on the spot, GF barely survives
• Few months later GF and her Mom visit MC to apologize and leave back to the countryside
• MC is over her and lands a dream job while his crew is happy for him

So yeah, the point is "cheaters will always be cheaters"... But a big WARNING before you begin!
MC is a huge simp for most of the story, i mean, he SUCKED A DICK at one point to save GF! But it's all a process for him to grow and become the next Lion...

 

[box2024]

Kodansha website has pushed back the release date for volume 14 to December 4th. https://www.kodansha.co.jp/comic/products/0000435237

So she must be adding more shit that will just really piss me off then.

 

[Jhon1617]

So she must be adding more shit that will just really piss me off then.

My theory is that Kodansha didn't like the final version of volume 14 and forced Katsura to rewrite it. Perhaps there were extra scenes in chapter 129.

 

[Jhon1617]

Did that other series also had NTR?

It doesn't have NTR, incredibly it's an erotic romance, with a good ending written by Katsura, possibly before her ex-boyfriend cheated on her and she developed that NTR fetish 😂

 

[jonasadan]

Did that other series also had NTR?

No, what it does have is almost a rape, what it has in common with Grapara is that the FMC is "dumb” but in this case, I think there are arguments for the fmc being dumb, unlike in Grapara.

 

[whorainzoneeee]

So i read we talked about mikage and honestly its crazy that a ntr artist goes vanilla and its pretty good and a vanilla artist goes ntr lmao fuguta should take notes...

 

[diphuc1]

So she must be adding more shit that will just really piss me off then.

Either that or the Artist needs more time...

Best not to think too much about it, but a 129.5 while it does make sense, I don't think will happen because there are many other things that could be added to the ending that we got rather than going back to the dramatic high engagement moment in the manga just to further rage bait a chunk of the audience that may or may not be around anymore. The flipside is that this might please NTR bros and open their wallets wider, but that really shouldn't be the goal here.

My theory is that Kodansha didn't like the final version of volume 14 and forced Katsura to rewrite it. Perhaps there were extra scenes in chapter 129.

Solid theory, though it's a bit forboding if true.

The writing can't be that hard at this point to patch the million different holes left with the ending (if that's the intention) and I'd like to imagine it's just the process needing more time...

 

[Jhon1617]

Solid theory, though it's a bit forboding if true.

The writing can't be that hard at this point to patch the million different holes left with the ending (if that's the intention) and I'd like to imagine it's just the process needing more time...

The fact that Katsura and the artist are very quiet on their X accounts, and the complete lack of mention of the final chapter, along with the lack of promotion for the previous volume 13 on the official Grapara X account, makes me think there were creative differences between Katsura, the artist's sycophant, and Kodansha.

I believe Kodansha wasn't happy with the final version of volume 14 and forced them to rewrite the scenes. It's not normal for a final volume to be delayed by a month, especially since four months will have passed since the end of Grapara; that's a long time between the end of a manga and the release of the final volume.

 

[diphuc1]

The fact that Katsura and the artist are very quiet on their X accounts, and the complete lack of mention of the final chapter, along with the lack of promotion for the previous volume 13 on the official Grapara X account, makes me think there were creative differences between Katsura, the artist's sycophant, and Kodansha.

I believe Kodansha wasn't happy with the final version of volume 14 and forced them to rewrite the scenes. It's not normal for a final volume to be delayed by a month, especially since four months will have passed since the end of Grapara; that's a long time between the end of a manga and the release of the final volume.

Some questions I'd have then is are both Airi, Keishi, and the same editor still working on whatever is left to be done, or if they actually bothered to bring on a new set of hands just for some extra pages?

The thing is, I can't see any major changes happening, the ROI just won't be there (but I could be wrong), and my expectations are either one final rage bait as an "f you" to the readers (doubling as bonus for the NTR bros) that got angry and harassed Airi after ch128~129, or just some light hearted Shinobu Sakura moments in an epilogue+ that were absent the entire volume outside of flashbacks.

 

[erintesden]

No, what it does have is almost a rape, what it has in common with Grapara is that the FMC is "dumb” but in this case, I think there are arguments for the fmc being dumb, unlike in Grapara.

But does FMC in particular gets raped (which I also count as NTR adyacent) or just bait?

Also, I wonder I remember this manga, I think that was interesting and involved NTR with the characters I assume we're the main couple (I didn't watch it whole, just the chapters with NTR because it was dumped on 4chan).

I think the series was supposed to be some sort of noir series, not sure if it also had science fiction mixed in. But basically this guy (who I think was MC, but I could be wrong) was dating this girl who seemed to be older and more experienced than him (I think both were college aged).

But on one chapter it turns out some random guy that seemingly was their friend walks to the girl and not sure if he drugged her or used some power or just blackmailed her in some way, or if they were simply sex friends from before, but he goes and forces her to have sex or something.

Whatever resistance/reluctance she seemed to have seemed to leave after a while... And then MC arrived, dragged the other guy by his hair off the girl, and beat the shit out of him.
I think he also got pissed at the girl but didn't touch her.

The relationship pretty much feel after that, but apparently some armed guys were after them, so MC and the girl were forced to leave together and, after hearing her side, he was beginning to forgive her.... But then one of the bad guys goes and kills her.

Any of you knows the name by any chance?

 

[erintesden]

You guys want another decent NTR manga? Unfortunately it's not translated past 2 ch, but you can check out the raws, it's got 29ch. The cheating GF is extremely dumb and gets what she deserves... Very satisfying IMO!

Underdog and Lion

The plot so far:

• MC and his childhood friend GF move to Tokyo, but she changes here and dumps him for a rich guy
• MC meets his neighbor who is a rich guy with a bunch of sex friend, the Lion from the title
• Lion starts to look out for MC and even share some of his girls with him
• MC starts changing, becoming a better and more successful person, makes a bunch of friends
• MC finds out his ex GF was set up with a huge debt and has to sell her body
• He shares the info with his crew and they decide to help him save her
• They save her, ruin the fraud rich guy, and MC and GF end up back together
• Lion leaves city, and MC continues a good life with GF, but...
• The GF starts to work in a nightlife club and strings along a rich guy again
• MC noticed she again changed but this time he won't do anything about it and let her go
• The rich guy starts overspending and gets ruined somehow while GF is secretly dating a lazy playboy
• MC speaks with his crew and decides to dump GF for good
• GF enjoys a date with her new BF but someone attacks then and stabs both of them several times.
• It was the ruined rich guy, he got talked into it by the other girls who worked with GF and hated her
• BF dies on the spot, GF barely survives
• Few months later GF and her Mom visit MC to apologize and leave back to the countryside
• MC is over her and lands a dream job while his crew is happy for him

So yeah, the point is "cheaters will always be cheaters"... But a big WARNING before you begin!
MC is a huge simp for most of the story, i mean, he SUCKED A DICK at one point to save GF! But it's all a process for him to grow and become the next Lion...

Okay sorry but please tell me in what kind of situation he ended doing THAT you mention in the end? XD

 

[Jhon1617]

But does FMC in particular gets raped (which I also count as NTR adyacent) or just bait?

Also, I wonder I remember this manga, I think that was interesting and involved NTR with the characters I assume we're the main couple (I didn't watch it whole, just the chapters with NTR because it was dumped on 4chan).

I think the series was supposed to be some sort of noir series, not sure if it also had science fiction mixed in. But basically this guy (who I think was MC, but I could be wrong) was dating this girl who seemed to be older and more experienced than him (I think both were college aged).

But on one chapter it turns out some random guy that seemingly was their friend walks to the girl and not sure if he drugged her or used some power or just blackmailed her in some way, or if they were simply sex friends from before, but he goes and forces her to have sex or something.

Whatever resistance/reluctance she seemed to have seemed to leave after a while... And then MC arrived, dragged the other guy by his hair off the girl, and beat the shit out of him.
I think he also got pissed at the girl but didn't touch her.

The relationship pretty much feel after that, but apparently some armed guys were after them, so MC and the girl were forced to leave together and, after hearing her side, he was beginning to forgive her.... But then one of the bad guys goes and kills her.

Any of you knows the name by any chance?

If you're referring to the other manga written by Katsura, it's just bait. The fmc is a goddess and very naive and innocent, but there's no NTR. As for the other manga you mentioned, I don't know it, but it intrigues me. 🤔

 

[jonasadan]

Does anyone still read Dame Ningen? I remember some people mentioning it here and saying that the fmc was shit hahahaha, how does that manga continue?

 

[Cross-21-]

Okay sorry but please tell me in what kind of situation he ended doing THAT you mention in the end? XD

It's been some time, but if i remember correctly it was during the period he was helping EX GF clear her debt. He had to get rid of some Urn i think for a Yakuza guy, so while he was searching for someone he approached a fancy looking guy who was probably into art. And the dude made him do it in order to take the Urn lol

Does anyone still read Dame Ningen? I remember some people mentioning it here and saying that the fmc was shit hahahaha, how does that manga continue?

It has just 2 ch left (they will be split in 5 parts), and the last ch will be a longer one. It's going to have a happy ending for sure, this is just a bit of break up drama now to boost views and probably sales.

 

[Jhon1617]

Does anyone still read Dame Ningen? I remember some people mentioning it here and saying that the fmc was shit hahahaha, how does that manga continue?

In the last few chapters, the author ruined the FMC's character by revealing her past, which included an ex-boyfriend whom she treated with great affection (unlike the MC, whom she constantly belittled and humiliated throughout the manga). It was also revealed that she only became the MC's girlfriend to use him as a replacement and forget her ex-boyfriend who had cheated on her and was also a loser. Furthermore, it was revealed that she gave her virginity to her ex-boyfriend so he wouldn't leave her. All of this enraged fans, who then flooded the author with hate on her X account. In the last chapter, their relationship ended because of the FMC's mother.

 

[CraneBrane]

The fact that Katsura and the artist are very quiet on their X accounts, and the complete lack of mention of the final chapter, along with the lack of promotion for the previous volume 13 on the official Grapara X account, makes me think there were creative differences between Katsura, the artist's sycophant, and Kodansha.

I believe Kodansha wasn't happy with the final version of volume 14 and forced them to rewrite the scenes. It's not normal for a final volume to be delayed by a month, especially since four months will have passed since the end of Grapara; that's a long time between the end of a manga and the release of the final volume.

Lmao Airi hasn't posted on Twitter in like a month and they pushed the release date back to December? I dont think she learned shit from the backlash and the publisher is forcing changes to her stupid writing. She may have hindered that artists career, I'd be pissed if I were the artist and she was trying to dig deeper.

 

[box2024]

In the last few chapters, the author ruined the FMC's character by revealing her past, which included an ex-boyfriend whom she treated with great affection (unlike the MC, whom she constantly belittled and humiliated throughout the manga). It was also revealed that she only became the MC's girlfriend to use him as a replacement and forget her ex-boyfriend who had cheated on her and was also a loser. Furthermore, it was revealed that she gave her virginity to her ex-boyfriend so he wouldn't leave her. All of this enraged fans, who then flooded the author with hate on her X account. In the last chapter, their relationship ended because of the FMC's mother.

Shaping up to be a disappointment now isn't it?

 

[box2024]

Lmao Airi hasn't posted on Twitter in like a month and they pushed the release date back to December? I dont think she learned shit from the backlash and the publisher is forcing changes to her stupid writing. She may have hindered that artists career, I'd be pissed if I were the artist and she was trying to dig deeper.

I really doubt that she has been reposting things including today anywho I bring confusing news I suppose.

Kodansha's website lists the release date as December 4th, but MagaPoke still says November 6th. Which is correct? If it's December, the final volume will be released four months after the final chapter, which seems like too long a gap.

2 days ago

 

[CraneBrane]

I really doubt that she has been reposting things including today anywho I bring confusing news I suppose.

Kodansha's website lists the release date as December 4th, but MagaPoke still says November 6th. Which is correct? If it's December, the final volume will be released four months after the final chapter, which seems like too long

I find the radio silence the most shocking thing for her.