GraPara! - Ch. 134 - By Strip, You Mean…?

[A.Tanakaaa]

After Nishikida Keishi-sensei tweeted about "Kachiwari," I felt a sense of familiarity and wondered if he was dropping a hint. I went back to re-read the material and discovered that this character actually appears twice—across two different volumes.
1. It first appeared in Volume 5 as a character cartoon that Shiko and Sakura loved. Shinobu intended to buy a doll of this character as a Christmas gift for Sakura, but ultimately did not give it to her because a malicious fan had hidden a camera and a GPS tracker inside the doll.
2. The second instance occurs in Volume 12, when Sakura and Fumi bump into each other and Fumi’s "Kachiwari" keychain falls. Sakura picks it up and returns it to her, leading to them getting to know one another. I believe the Keishi Nishikida-sensai, intends to show that Sakura and Fumi will meet, and that Fumi will reveal the truth:
Shinobu did not cheat on her—it was all a misunderstanding.
Fumi declares, "I won't lose to you—let's compete to see who can win Shinobu's heart." In the end, the two of them compete to woo Shinobu, but he remains unable to choose between them, ultimately resulting in a harem ending.

 

[diphuc1]

After Nishikida Keishi-sensei tweeted about "Kachiwari," I felt a sense of familiarity and wondered if he was dropping a hint. I went back to re-read the material and discovered that this character actually appears twice—across two different volumes.
1. It first appeared in Volume 5 as a character cartoon that Shiko and Sakura loved. Shinobu intended to buy a doll of this character as a Christmas gift for Sakura, but ultimately did not give it to her because a malicious fan had hidden a camera and a GPS tracker inside the doll.
2. The second instance occurs in Volume 12, when Sakura and Fumi bump into each other and Fumi’s "Kachiwari" keychain falls. Sakura picks it up and returns it to her, leading to them getting to know one another. I believe the Keishi Nishikida-sensai, intends to show that Sakura and Fumi will meet, and that Fumi will reveal the truth:
Shinobu did not cheat on her—it was all a misunderstanding.
Fumi declares, "I won't lose to you—let's compete to see who can win Shinobu's heart." In the end, the two of them compete to woo Shinobu, but he remains unable to choose between them, ultimately resulting in a harem ending.

For what the tweet intended the comments are unwarranted and disgusting. Save those for KA and even then it needs to just stop at this point. Thanks for the additional analysis and predictions, I had totally forgotten these details. Coming from the artist I'm more inclined to feel a bit more hopeful for the ending somehow I suppose. It was a nice tweet, unexpected but probably the best person to hear from regarding the state of GraPara! heading into the into it's finale this coming month.

 

[box2024]

After Nishikida Keishi-sensei tweeted about "Kachiwari," I felt a sense of familiarity and wondered if he was dropping a hint. I went back to re-read the material and discovered that this character actually appears twice—across two different volumes.
1. It first appeared in Volume 5 as a character cartoon that Shiko and Sakura loved. Shinobu intended to buy a doll of this character as a Christmas gift for Sakura, but ultimately did not give it to her because a malicious fan had hidden a camera and a GPS tracker inside the doll.
2. The second instance occurs in Volume 12, when Sakura and Fumi bump into each other and Fumi’s "Kachiwari" keychain falls. Sakura picks it up and returns it to her, leading to them getting to know one another. I believe the Keishi Nishikida-sensai, intends to show that Sakura and Fumi will meet, and that Fumi will reveal the truth:
Shinobu did not cheat on her—it was all a misunderstanding.
Fumi declares, "I won't lose to you—let's compete to see who can win Shinobu's heart." In the end, the two of them compete to woo Shinobu, but he remains unable to choose between them, ultimately resulting in a harem ending.

While the beginning is very interesting this doesn't end in a harem ending. So shionbu and sakura connected over this thing? Oh I miss read it's fumi and Sakura that is the connection here so fumi and Sakura may end up talking which would cement Sakura x shinobu by the way.

 

[diphuc1]

While the beginning is very interesting this doesn't end in a harem ending. So shionbu and sakura connected over this thing?

then Fumi and Sakura too later on apparently, this tracks going by the ending page this chapter lol.

 

[hugorito420]

The points that both girls have here:

Fumi:

Good points:

1.Fan favorite

2.Her ending with Shinobu is what major part of the readers want(Kodansha can consider that)

3.She was responsible to help him in his weakest moments.

4.She was very supportive of him when he had the script problem

5.She really would do anything for Shinobu's sake

6.Her feelings for Shinobu was very well developed and we see that Shinobu was really atracted by her.And i think he is not guy that has sex with anyone so i think he has some feelings for her.(and we saw that with Nagi and Mio)

Negative points:

1.In the same way she would anything for Shinobu.It would lead her to take unecessary risks for his sake.

2.Her insecurities about Sakura also can make her doing something really stupid here.

3.Her screen time is way shorter than Sakura so her relantionship with Shinobu is a little bit under developed.


Sakura:

Good points:

1.She is the FMC so the plot can be always with her side

2.We have seen her realtion being developed with for over 120+ chapters so it can be a factor for some fans being attached to their relation.

3.She was with Shinobu when he started his journey and they lived the major part of their growth in their careers

4.We can see that both has lingering feelings for each other.And her relarion with Fuckboi won't last

5.They both value their moments when they were together so is not like is impossible to them get back together or renconcile as at least friends.

6.I think Airi won't destroy her anymore so she can make a gap to make them back together even if big part of the readers hate it.


Negative points:

1.Like i said about Sakura is the opossite direction from Fumi because she is the most hated character by miles

2.The public seens to prefer much more Shinobu x Fumi than Shinobu x Sakura.(Kodansha can consider that)

3.Even if we saw the growth in their careers and relantionship since the start,we also see a character that made so many mistakes and was very guillable about everything aroud her and she was the biggest responsible to make their relantionship be finished.So is not easy to make them back together.


I'm doing my analysis without being bias towards some character.Yes Sakura has a big potential to be the winner but you are underestimating how Fumi can be impacful in the end.

So for me BOTH GIRLS can win right here and i see that 50/50 being plausible.

 

[diphuc1]

The points that both girls have here:

Fumi:

Good points:

1.Fan favorite

2.Her ending with Shinobu is what major part of the readers want(Kodansha can consider that)

3.She was responsible to help him in his weakest moments.

4.She was very supportive of him when he had the script problem

5.She really would do anything for Shinobu's sake

6.Her feelings for Shinobu was very well developed and we see that Shinobu was really atracted by her.And i think he is not guy that has sex with anyone so i think he has some feelings for her.(and we saw that with Nagi and Mio)

Negative points:

1.In the same way she would anything for Shinobu.It would lead her to take unecessary risks for his sake.

2.Her insecurities about Sakura also can make her doing something really stupid here.

3.Her screen time is way shorter than Sakura so her relantionship with Shinobu is a little bit under developed.


Sakura:

Good points:

1.She is the FMC so the plot can be always with her side

2.We have seen her realtion being developed with for over 120+ chapters so it can be a factor for some fans being attached to their relation.

3.She was with Shinobu when he started his journey and they lived the major part of their growth in their careers

4.We can see that both has lingering feelings for each other.And her relarion with Fuckboi won't last

5.They both value their moments when they were together so is not like is impossible to them get back together or renconcile as at least friends.

6.I think Airi won't destroy her anymore so she can make a gap to make them back together even if big part of the readers hate it.


Negative points:

1.Like i said about Sakura is the opossite direction from Fumi because she is the most hated character by miles

2.The public seens to prefer much more Shinobu x Fumi than Shinobu x Sakura.(Kodansha can consider that)

3.Even if we saw the growth in their careers and relantionship since the start,we also see a character that made so many mistakes and was very guillable about everything aroud her and she was the biggest responsible to make their relantionship be finished.So is not easy to make them back together.


I'm doing my analysis without being bias towards some character.Yes Sakura has a big potential to be the winner but you are underestimating how Fumi can be impacful in the end.

So for me BOTH GIRLS can win right here and i see that 50/50 being plausible.

Thank you for the organized breakdown and analysis without bias! Your %'s is now similar to @box2024 so welcome to the darkside.

 

[hugorito420]

Thank you for the organized breakdown and analysis without bias! Your %'s is now similar to @box2024 so welcome to the darkside.

I still think is 60/40 to fumi but i can see the 50/50 as plausible too.

 

[box2024]

I still think is 60/40 to fumi but i can see the 50/50 as plausible too.

Well if what the artist posted has a hidden meaning then the one person I keep saying can get threw to sakura will meet fumi. Granted it could mean a lot of things or nothing it could just be a piece of artwork the artist likes.

 

[hugorito420]

Well if what the artist posted has a hidden meaning then the one person I keep saying can get threw to sakura will meet sakura. Granted it could mean a lot of things or nothing it could just be a piece of artwork the artist likes.

Sakura will meet Sakura?You meant Shinobu or Fumi right?

 

[hugorito420]

Well if what the artist posted has a hidden meaning then the one person I keep saying can get threw to sakura will meet sakura. Granted it could mean a lot of things or nothing it could just be a piece of artwork the artist likes.

I don't know,i think that is just a draw without meaning anyhting here.

 

[VuongOuki]

The points that both girls have here:

Fumi:

Good points:

1.Fan favorite

2.Her ending with Shinobu is what major part of the readers want(Kodansha can consider that)

3.She was responsible to help him in his weakest moments.

4.She was very supportive of him when he had the script problem

5.She really would do anything for Shinobu's sake

6.Her feelings for Shinobu was very well developed and we see that Shinobu was really atracted by her.And i think he is not guy that has sex with anyone so i think he has some feelings for her.(and we saw that with Nagi and Mio)

Negative points:

1.In the same way she would anything for Shinobu.It would lead her to take unecessary risks for his sake.

2.Her insecurities about Sakura also can make her doing something really stupid here.

3.Her screen time is way shorter than Sakura so her relantionship with Shinobu is a little bit under developed.


Sakura:

Good points:

1.She is the FMC so the plot can be always with her side

2.We have seen her realtion being developed with for over 120+ chapters so it can be a factor for some fans being attached to their relation.

3.She was with Shinobu when he started his journey and they lived the major part of their growth in their careers

4.We can see that both has lingering feelings for each other.And her relarion with Fuckboi won't last

5.They both value their moments when they were together so is not like is impossible to them get back together or renconcile as at least friends.

6.I think Airi won't destroy her anymore so she can make a gap to make them back together even if big part of the readers hate it.


Negative points:

1.Like i said about Sakura is the opossite direction from Fumi because she is the most hated character by miles

2.The public seens to prefer much more Shinobu x Fumi than Shinobu x Sakura.(Kodansha can consider that)

3.Even if we saw the growth in their careers and relantionship since the start,we also see a character that made so many mistakes and was very guillable about everything aroud her and she was the biggest responsible to make their relantionship be finished.So is not easy to make them back together.


I'm doing my analysis without being bias towards some character.Yes Sakura has a big potential to be the winner but you are underestimating how Fumi can be impacful in the end.

So for me BOTH GIRLS can win right here and i see that 50/50 being plausible.

The only way Sakura can win now is simply because she was the female lead from the start of the story, and Airi might do something stupid to force her and Shinobu back together. Other than that, Sakura completely falls short compared to Fumi; she is inferior to Fumi in every single way.

 

[hugorito420]

The only way Sakura can win now is simply because she was the female lead from the start of the story, and Airi might do something stupid to force her and Shinobu back together. Other than that, Sakura completely falls short compared to Fumi; she is inferior to Fumi in every single way.

I agree with you tnat must a big plot convinience to win right here but i don't see that being impossible here.

I think it is for now 60/40 to Fumk win but the 50/50 that @box2024 brought here is plausible for me because of the
circunstances and Airi being unpredictable.

 

[box2024]

Sakura will meet Sakura?You meant Shinobu or Fumi right?

I meant fumi sorry I fixed it.

 

[box2024]

The only way Sakura can win now is simply because she was the female lead from the start of the story, and Airi might do something stupid to force her and Shinobu back together. Other than that, Sakura completely falls short compared to Fumi; she is inferior to Fumi in every single way.

Thing is fumi genuinely cares for and loves shinobu if she gets it in her head that the best thing she can do is tell Sakura shionbu never cheated on her and what he was doing that night. It changes the meeting between shinobu and Sakura she will know how bad she hurt shionbu and that she is the one who cheated in other words that tearful apology we all want will have a reason to happen.

 

[box2024]

So I'm going to go stare at the back of my eyelids until my brain shuts up.