After School Mate - Vol. 2 Ch. 13

[southaccel]

Disappointing, they could have done more with the cunt mom

 

[SpencerSDH]

While there were romantic elements, the story was never a romance. At it's core it was a story about a trans boy and his journey to acceptance

I guess half the story just doesn't exist then. No there was no story about a boy discovering and coming to terms with his sexuality and learning to love someone for who they are on the inside. Absolutely not. Didn't exist. Who's that one the cover? Oh it's just the character whose story goes absolutely nowhere; who's personal journey doesn't even get brought up once in the final chapter of the manga.
Like, he has no personality in the last chapter at all. Every single bit of his internal struggles and how they influence his behavior are just nonexistent. Like, they see each other at the end, and they even go to a festival, and he's just a blank slate. It's so thoroughly disappointing that I can't even recommend it to people.
Love me For Who I Am has a rushed ending also, but at least it ends how the author wanted it to. I'll recommend it to anyone who wants a far better story.

 

[Trostishere]

Wtf, i was so hyped about this series too and they just straight up dropping it? Why cant i keep my favorites

 

[LucidDayDreamer]

I guess half the story just doesn't exist then. No there was no story about a boy discovering and coming to terms with his sexuality and learning to love someone for who they are on the inside. Absolutely not. Didn't exist.

You're right, it doesn't exist, because the story was never about one's sexuality and romance. I think you're confusing sexual identity and gender identity.

At it's core it was a story about a trans boy and his journey to acceptance

Rika is transgender, meaning he isn't the gender he was born as. Rika's story was about coming to terms with himself and finding people who accept him. Never was it about romance, and honestly I don't remember him ever bringing up the topic of his sexuality.

While there were romantic elements, the story was never a romance.

Satsuki's story was about him finding people who appreciate him and lowering his walls. Which did end up with him falling for Rika, but in the end he decided to not push it because he wasn't completely sure what these feeling meant in regards to how he see's Rika, and wanted to keep being Rika's friend.

I can agree with the story having a rushed ending, and overall how Satsuki's story wasn't really resolved, but you're getting disappointed over something that never existed. The story was always about two kids accepting themselves and trusting those around them, and really, there was never a hint of anything romantic going on between them until Satsuki realized he had feelings for Rika.

 

[the_blip]

learning to love someone for who they are on the inside.

You expect him to turn gay for the dude? That isn't how sexuality works. Satsuki was attracted to Rika as a girl, but Rika doesn't want to be a girl and Satsuki wants to respect that. He can't just start liking Rika as a man if he doesn't find men romantically or physically attractive.

 

[majorarcanas]

aw. abrupt ending but still sweet

 

[UnvalidUserName]

I wonder if Satsuki's feelings for him changed? Kinda abrupt ending but it's ok