It could be both. This was always planned to be the final arc but had the manga sold better, the author would have gone through a few more Karin before kicking things into high gear.
Where’s my grandkids?!
But seriously, these kinds of stories just goes so well with “Flash forwards to MC on their deathbed surrounded by descendents waiting to be reunited with their lover”.
Wow, didn't think the serialized version would get its own characters albeit she looks like a reuse of the insurance sales girls from the Twitter Weekly
@Rozzak
I’ve never denied that the Japanese military were evil bastard that left a trail of atrocity wherever they went. That is historical fact. What I’m disputing is the idea that EVERY SINGLE Japanese soldier is somehow a fanatic that would always banzai to their death or randomly rape and...
@aedrian9, Most of the people who died to the bombings aren't the people decided to start the war. The Japanese people (which our characters are representative of) suffered for the greed of the wannabe samurai that is the Japanese Military. That's why modern Japan is so (mostly) pacifist...
@Kaarme
Depends on where they live. Most of the major cities like Tokyo manages to offsets their decline by sucking up the population of neighboring provinces leading to overcrowded cities.