Kimi to Nara, Ashita o Utaeru no - Ch. 5 - Begin Again

[MangaDex]

 

[Vixen5290]

Am I the only one who feels like this is a little abrupt?

 

[freyj_certified_ila_fan]

Am I the only one who feels like this is a little abrupt?

not really, it does feel like it took a turn a bit too abruptly

 

[shinmera]

what the fuck is going on

at first it felt like it was wrapping up due to an axe, and now suddenly we're back from the time skip that was apparently real?

 

[BreadBunny]

honestly thought the story was ending for a second lmao. but instead it's time for LOOP 2!

Can we save her this time

 

[UdenEmpati]

I suspect Hinata's time travel is on a timer, so she can only be by Yuzuki's side for a limited duration. She "went overseas" as a result, with the hope that she'd done enough to keep Hinata from taking her own life as shit invariably hit the fan for her.
And, it didn't work, and the way Hinata phrased it at the end, this is not a "do-over until you succeed" sort of situation. She got one chance, and she's only hoping she gets another.

What is a bit confusing is why she's suddenly found the stuffed toy she had made, but not Yuzuki. I could see it being as Yuzuki had dropped it prior to jumping, and Hinata happened along well after Yuzuki's body was taken away and the scene had dispersed. Can't be certain that's what happened, but it's the only way I can immediately make sense of the ending.

That said - hopefully we get more from Hinata's side in short order, though. We only know that the ten years between her re-appearing in Yuzuki's life (in the past, before she'd "officially" met her) had Yuzuki's life take a horrific turn to the point she took her own life; and she'd done it the first time around, prompting Hinata to jump back in time in the first place.
So finding out where they met and under what circumstances for Hinata to go to these lengths for Yuzuki is an important point in the narrative that needs to be unveiled to make sense of why Yuzuki's so important to her. Was it a "your song saved my life" situation, or did they actually know one another in adulthood, and Suzuki "saved" Hinata in some fashion at that point? And that's why she went back in time to high school, as there was a chance she could head off the start of all the trauma that would compound into Yuzuki taking her own life in adulthood?

Right now it feels a bit disjointed, but hopefully next chapter we'll get something from Hinata's side of things to help fill in the gaps.

And, thanks for the TL as always.

 

[Theinfinitepet]

Am I the only one who feels like this is a little abrupt?

I very literally had to back up a few pages to make sure I didn’t miss something. Felt extremely abrupt.

 

[Amerine]

So she just leaves and doesn't see her again? Where in this timeline do they even meet for real?

 

[flowsthead]

At this point I'm genuinely impressed that this continues to have just such poor pacing.

 

[Hyacyon]

poor pacing or not, the story continues to hook me so I'm here for the ride lol. need a happy end pls

 

[darkniter123]

Damn, I understand all this, but a little help with the rescue would be nice. Are you telling me that the moment Hinata left, Yuzuki collapsed like a broken glass jar and became—again—a puppet until she couldn't take it anymore?

Nobody's telling me, but I bet she went back to her shitty friends and her equally shitty ex-boyfriend, and then everything fell apart until she couldn't take it anymore.

 

[faaresemo]

Hinata has never heard of relapse I guess
then again, not like cheating is the same as domestic abuse

 

[faaresemo]

wait lmao
rereading quick and we totally got foreshadowed on this

Ch2Pg4
"if this was Cinderella, the magic would wear off at midnight, right?"
Hinata you should've given that line more thought. you left overseas or to the future, and the magic wore off