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

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Given the rushed situation like this, it seems Sakura finding out the truth will be fast-tracked in just a few pages. Who knows, maybe Sakura mentioning Shinobu will make Mio think about giving him a call to check in. Shinobu picks up, and Mio starts with, 'I have something to tell you about Sakura-chan.' Then, the conversation unfolds through two small, wordless panels—one showing Shinobu speaking, and the other capturing Mio's shocked expression (all taking place on just a single page). After that, it cuts to the scene where Mio meets Sakura, which will also feature wordless panels, and Sakura will show a completely devastated face...
This would be fire.
 
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What was it supposed to be?

I just want to clarify I'm not looking for conflict; I am genuinely curious about your opinion :glee:
It was supposed to be the dark side of Gravure modeling, hence why every arc some guy wants to fuck Sakura or one of the girls ends up fucking the producers. The MC just happens to save Sakura from doing the deed or shinanegans happens. It was inevitable that Sakura was gonna get swept away by the industry and the seeds were planted after she blew the last guy and almost got double teamed. The fact people are shocked or upset that Sakura cheated clearly weren't paying attention to the story. It's ridiculous. I don't think it was rushed our Fuckboi just happened to be at the right place at the right time.
 
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It was supposed to be the dark side of Gravure modeling, hence why every arc some guy wants to fuck Sakura or one of the girls ends up fucking the producers. The MC just happens to save Sakura from doing the deed or shinanegans happens. It was inevitable that Sakura was gonna get swept away by the industry and the seeds were planted after she blew the last guy and almost got double teamed. The fact people are shocked or upset that Sakura cheated clearly weren't paying attention to the story. It's ridiculous. I don't think it was rushed our Fuckboi just happened to be at the right place at the right time.
You have a unique take, I like that. Since it looks like they're trying to "fix" an ending in two chapters, do you have any particular thoughts for how things wrap up from your perspective?
 
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What happened with this Akasaka?

Edit: looked it up. Didn't know it was the love is war/oshi no ko dude.
Akasaka went through a divorce just right after school festival, you can pin point the moment the mangaka goes FUCK IT ALL and starts crashing out on the manga and the primary victim was Ishigami who went from having the best arc to the worst arc in the series, it didn't help he wanted Miko Iino to be popular and instead became the least liked character in the franchise so Aka went butcher on every female character that fan shipped with Yuu and at the end Miko and Yuu don't even in up together :meguusmug:
Then went full contradictory with Oshi no Ko with turning Ruby into Ai 2.0
The fans were so dissapointed on Akasaka brand name they entirely gave up on his works, Renai Daikou work got cancelled and the current Märchen Crown is a walking zombie that likely is still publicating because it's in the contract with the publisher becuause sales wise even Grapara does better :smug:
 
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It was supposed to be the dark side of Gravure modeling, hence why every arc some guy wants to fuck Sakura or one of the girls ends up fucking the producers. The MC just happens to save Sakura from doing the deed or shinanegans happens. It was inevitable that Sakura was gonna get swept away by the industry and the seeds were planted after she blew the last guy and almost got double teamed. The fact people are shocked or upset that Sakura cheated clearly weren't paying attention to the story. It's ridiculous. I don't think it was rushed our Fuckboi just happened to be at the right place at the right time.
You know why it was hated, not because it happened but how it happened, it was cheap.
 
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It was supposed to be the dark side of Gravure modeling, hence why every arc some guy wants to fuck Sakura or one of the girls ends up fucking the producers. The MC just happens to save Sakura from doing the deed or shinanegans happens. It was inevitable that Sakura was gonna get swept away by the industry and the seeds were planted after she blew the last guy and almost got double teamed. The fact people are shocked or upset that Sakura cheated clearly weren't paying attention to the story. It's ridiculous. I don't think it was rushed our Fuckboi just happened to be at the right place at the right time.
I'm not upset because Sakura cheated, it just cheap NTR done poorly.

All it take is just one kiss, no question ask no confront no face-to-face talk, Sakura should know better than anyone how much Shinobu has done for her. And she was afraid he would abandon her, so she decided to abandon him first? What an ungrateful bitch
 
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Did anything happen in that manga you mentioned?
It pretends to be dark but fails to go all out and hands out free good endings or ambiguous endings for free, no stakes, no interest, the series is dark horror, dark fantasy? a parody? a dark comedy? isn't taking any direction so what it wants to be I wonder?

The pacing is so slow you can literally fall sleep while reading a chapter, pretty good if you have insomnia tho.
A wattpad user has more consistent writing a novel than Aka writing Marchen Crown..
 
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So it really got axed, huh? I guess that explains a lot in retrospect. Looks like chapter 129 was a last-ditch Hail Mary to save the series, but it totally backfired. It feels like they were banking everything on that one big twist, hoping it would generate enough buzz to keep the series alive, but clearly it didn't work.

And Airi going on about writing something unique? That was just empty talk. There's no way they can wrap things up satisfactorily in just two chapters. That's barely enough time to resolve one subplot, let alone give the whole story a satisfactory conclusion.

Thanks for the chapter!
I think I got in the wrong series, where are the usual black boxes? :meguuusad::meguuusad::meguuusad::meguuusad::meguuusad::meguuusad:
 
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Whenever a manga gets axed, does their X account or the publisher's website post any announcement? I still haven't seen any official announcement up until now.
 
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Whenever a manga gets axed, does their X account or the publisher's website post any announcement? I still haven't seen any official announcement up until now.
Well, airi posts a previous chapter on Twitter; this week she posted chapter 133, so I think we'll probably have the announcement in about two weeks or a week.
 
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Random thought I shouldn't be having but I wonder in doujinshi-verse which creator would be considered the NTR "goat", a prestigious title that nobody wants. For me it'd be Arakure vs Terasu, Terasu's art is a little inconsisten sometimes so I give Arakure the edge.
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Come to think of it, it would be pretty funny if the next chapter ended up being another version of Chapter 129, but with the roles completely reversed.

Sakura and Mio would spend the entire night searching for Shinobu, while Shinobu and Fumi would spend the night together and become intimate, staying together until morning.

In the following chapter, Fumi happens to see a message from Sakura asking where Shinobu is. She then arranges to meet Sakura at a café and tells her,

Fumi : Me and Shinobu-san had sex several nights. Shinobu-san doesn't want to see you again. I will make him happy

Sakura : Understood

Grapara has come to an end
There you go—exactly two chapters.
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