Boku no Kokoro no Yabai Yatsu - Ch. 198 - On the Day We Depart

[Jayinator]

As sad as it is to see this manga end, remember tissue there's still Kana's version of this story in her manga. Even if it's timeline if behind this one and we didn't know how much longer it's gonna last; at least this story isn't truly over yet.

 

[kucingmaung]

wtf, are they really planning to end the series without a seggs scene??

 

[punpunpun]

it's been a privilege

 

[MsW0lf]

Give me my high school sequel you cowards.

I know you’re being only semi serious here but once again: a high school sequel wouldn’t work. Ot at least not in the satisfying way many people would want. The entire group has been broken apart and Yamada and Ichi are no longer at the same school. Whilst that would be okay if they were all going to college, the high school setting puts far too many constraints on their autonomy to be able to get together in a cohesive narrative centred on them all. And the inevitable introduction of new characters and gasp potential love interests would go against what most sequel desirers want: more of the same.

Now a flash forward sequel to college era or beyond, with flashbacks to events in high school? That could work! But again, it wouldn’t be the same feeling that this particular series gave us.

 

[Daymare]

I know you’re being only semi serious here but once again: a high school sequel wouldn’t work. Ot at least not in the satisfying way many people would want. The entire group has been broken apart and Yamada and Ichi are no longer at the same school. Whilst that would be okay if they were all going to college, the high school setting puts far too many constraints on their autonomy to be able to get together in a cohesive narrative centred on them all. And the inevitable introduction of new characters and gasp potential love interests would go against what most sequel desirers want: more of the same.

Now a flash forward sequel to college era or beyond, with flashbacks to events in high school? That could work! But again, it wouldn’t be the same feeling that this particular series gave us.

I was being a jokey jokester but I would point out that there are a decent amount of romcoms(Futari bus immediately comes to mind) about two characters who don't go to the same school, you just need the setting framed around their interactions outside of school

 

[nightshine]

Are we seriously ending at 199??? COME ON!!

 

[harmonixxxx]

Thanks for all the translations anonymous! Really great of you to do it all this time 👌👌👌

 

[Kaito57]

YAMADA TAKE MY ENERGY

Meanwhile, Kyoutaro giving her his support :

 

[RC1138Boss]

Dont be sad it is ending, be happy it happened.

 

[Raizo56]

Hope this gets the Takagi-san treatment

 

[Eycaj]

With the next chapter being the final, I really hate to say this, but I'm not a fan of the last half of the manga. It's not like I wanted any big drama or crazy twists, but so many of the chapters felt like they were just kind of... filling space?

There's a series called "Stop! I'm Falling For You", which manages to deliver on what I feel Dangers neglected in the last half of its run. There's a lot of illustrated physical and verbal intimacy between the lead pair that's impactful but subtle, so you're constantly convinced of their chemistry, despite being very different people.

In contrast, ever since the Song Lyrics arc, I've grown less interested and fond of Ichi and Yamada as a couple, despite initially adoring them together. To me, it seems like the mangaka got so focused on showing us the turbulence of their relationship, that the intimacy aspect got greatly weakened.

In fact, I feel like you could sum up the entire last half of this manga as, "One of them is busy with something, so the other is trying to not get in their way. Ichikawa then finds a way to give Yamada some affection that resolves an overstated minor conflict related to them keeping apart."

I just wanted to see them be more of a couple, man. They got way too focused on these overarching plot points, like the exams. It stopped being as fun to read. Obviously, it's all subjective, but I really needed to discuss this after following this series from damn near chapter 1.

 

[Liam.A.R]

Where sad to Yamada. It’s ok you’ve been strong for too long. 😭
This manga has such a grate way of relating the emotions to the audience. 👏

 

[Frostisss]

I wonder what the next generation‘s tall girl short boy romance manga will look like.

 

[Frostisss]

With the next chapter being the final, I really hate to say this, but I'm not a fan of the last half of the manga. It's not like I wanted any big drama or crazy twists, but so many of the chapters felt like they were just kind of... filling space?

There's a series called "Stop! I'm Falling For You", which manages to deliver on what I feel Dangers neglected in the last half of its run. There's a lot of illustrated physical and verbal intimacy between the lead pair that's impactful but subtle, so you're constantly convinced of their chemistry, despite being very different people.

In contrast, ever since the Song Lyrics arc, I've grown less interested and fond of Ichi and Yamada as a couple, despite initially adoring them together. To me, it seems like the mangaka got so focused on showing us the turbulence of their relationship, that the intimacy aspect got greatly weakened.

In fact, I feel like you could sum up the entire last half of this manga as, "One of them is busy with something, so the other is trying to not get in their way. Ichikawa then finds a way to give Yamada some affection that resolves an overstated minor conflict related to them keeping apart."

I just wanted to see them be more of a couple, man. They got way too focused on these overarching plot points, like the exams. It stopped being as fun to read. Obviously, it's all subjective, but I really needed to discuss this after following this series from damn near chapter 1.

I haven’t read all of what you said but I mostly agree.

the problem romance mangas run into often is stories are driven by conflict and I guess a lot of mangaka don’t know how to create conflict past when the characters get together. That’s also why most of them immediately end. You can definitely see the writer of this manga struggling with conflict, specifically regsrding the band arc and plot beats phasing In and out of the story like Yamada’s job restrictions.

overall, I think this could’ve been something special if it was much shorter but that’s not how the manga/anime industry works. Something like Lovely Complex was much more flawed but it’s short length, good dynamics and constant conflict made it leave much more of an impact on me.