Break Blade - Vol. 20 Ch. 104.2 - Final Chapter: Unreturned Soldiers (Part 2)

[xannha]

a nice ride, at least.

 

[damadicius]

The sewer duel was done so well that I could hear SFX and imagine the camera work if this got animated. Finally, a closure to this ever-underrated story.

 

[PimpToad]

OTP ship sailed safely in the end. Good enough I guess.

 

[ClothoBuer]

Honestly it was obvious the Author wasn't sure where to go quite a few chapters(years!?) back. He probably simply lost the desire for the story. He still sat down and tried to make a clear cut ending (though with many mystery's unsolved) so I give him credit for pulling through.
Still I'm gonna miss it. It was one of my all time favourites for a long time.

Health issues primarily, but I remember reading on another aggregator around the time the anime released that he despised the serialized release schedule and came to hate working on the series. I wanna say somewhere around halfway it gets pretty obvious that the quality just isn't the same.

That being said, this is all rumor and hearsay from the internet, so take it with a very large lump of salt.

 

[Doomroar]

Totally not worth all the years following this, mid way you can taste the author just winging it as he goes, and it resulted in this

I read some of you giving him props for continuing the series and ending it after he clearly gave up, i feel the complete opposite, after he gave up, he should have called it quits and move on towards something he actually enjoyed, instead of the spiraling downfall that we got

 

[Antinomy]

Thanks for the TL

 

[nmphuong91]

Should have ended at chapter 50.

 

[Maplefield]

TL;DR The blade breaks because it's axed. Fin.

 

[MatrixM]

Thanks for translating the ending. I haven't read this for literally a decade (last was ch69) so maybe I'll check it out again. Thanks again.

 

[Bel-Shug]

Totally not worth all the years following this, mid way you can taste the author just winging it as he goes, and it resulted in this

I read some of you giving him props for continuing the series and ending it after he clearly gave up, i feel the complete opposite, after he gave up, he should have called it quits and move on towards something he actually enjoyed, instead of the spiraling downfall that we got

I guess you will like this guy better. https://www.mangaupdates.com/author/p6i8vtg/lim-dall-young

 

[DNChaos90]

Abrupt ending. Still have plot holes and lose end.

 

[tokichiroaoi]

Oh my God!
Thank you for the release!

 

[Doomroar]

I guess you will like this guy better. https://www.mangaupdates.com/author/p6i8vtg/lim-dall-young

Zuygoya already has me covered for the "echii manga that are dropped midway genre", also Zuygoya every now and then revives old series whenever he manages to get things off his system

Waiting for an author on the mecha genre to cover that spot

 

[Kendama]

I'm sad that the author gave up on this series in the end.

I like that Broken Blade is about the only contemporary mecha around whose main characters are actual adults facing adult issues, and not power-tripping teens. At least, I know no other example of it, though I have no interest in franchises like Gundam.

This series also had elements of political intrigue, military strategy… and I actually believe the author gave up on it only very recently. Till the chapter before this one, in fact, I could see the narrative lines flowing smoothly: Zess' plan to attack Mizram, the machinations of Orlando, even the Assam campaign was just a cog in the plot wheel. So I was shocked when I learned this chapter was the last one. It's like Yoshinaga decided to throw in the towel because this manga wasn't putting bread on the table or something.

I had grown to care for many of the characters in all sides here. This ending is wholly unsatisfactory.

Oh, well. I guess it's gonna be a while till another mecha manga that breaks the mould comes around. Bokura no: Ours doesn't quite make the cut as it's still teenagers and too philosophical.

 

[geistchevalier]

Honestly I lost track of what happens in the story for the last 15-20 chapters

 

[Xamdiz]

It's finally over. Thanks a lot.

 

[zalagires]

after 2 years gap. final translation finally here. tysm
i remember the artis's interview say :
he glad ,can draw ending phase 2 out of 4.
either he burn out, sick, axed or magazine ceased publication i don't know.
Break blade was one of my favorite manga.
Completely new Sequel (like Negima -> UQ HOLDER) will be good for main mystery like delphine past history, zess story, etc

 

[SkyNEET]

thank you for the translation regardless of the ending im more than satisfied to see that it have an ending so once again thank you for the chapter

 

[m6514309]

Thanks for finishing this. It's a shame that the author lost the plot part way through and left so many threads hanging.

 

[HakaishinAndroid616]

Thank you for translating the last chapter. It's unfortunate that the author lost interest in writing Break Blade.