GraPara! - Vol. 14 Ch. 136 - Grapara!

[A.Tanakaaa]

I guess it fits, what's missing is the lack of a "normal" interaction between Shinobu and Sakura. It's safe to say they've likely met off screen prior to showing up on set but given the huge time skip, off screening their reunion is a choice....unless they really haven't met before Sakura showed up on the day of the shoot there at the end, I don't know how these things go but I imagine Sakura and her current manager would've met with Shinobu and his team at some point before.

I’m also curious to know if Shinobu is aware yet that Sakura knows the truth—that he didn't cheat on her. And more importantly, has Sakura broken up with Yuma yet? (If not, that would instantly stress me out.) Also, did Sakura only start wearing that necklace in Chapter 136, or has she been wearing it all along without us noticing?

 

[SS-2010]

Has anyone read the manga "Secret Mission: Sennyuu Sousakan wa Zettai ni Makenai!"? In it, the female protagonist is abused in every way imaginable, but there's no penetration; she only has sex with the male protagonist. I honestly thought that in "Grapara," Sakura would be the same—she'd receive oral sex, she'd perform oral sex, and other things, but never sex. The plot worked well for 100 chapters; the NTR happened with the secondary characters, the NTR was bait, and the romantic comedy revolved around Shinobu and Sakura. But it all went down the drain with the introduction of the fuckboy. I honestly thought that chapter 129 would be the biggest bait in manga history, which is why I felt so much frustration, anger, and helplessness when I saw Sakura, the female protagonist of a romantic comedy, having sex with a guy who wasn't the male protagonist!

Everyone who is not mentally ill feel the same as you. You are not alone. (At least you can see @Alsatia and me)

Literally this. Whatever they wanted to do with Sakura I would have been fine with when it comes to sexual acts AS LONG AS there was no intercourse. She could suck dicks, be licked, etc. Just no penetration! That's what I was expecting but no. It went all the way.

It may have been okay if there was more buildup and an actual connection between Sakura and fuckboi but no one was rooting for the guy. How can you when we've spent all these chapters with Shinobu? It was pointless and used simply to boost up rankings. It had no reason to happen plot wise when Sakura and Shinobu literally explained misunderstandings to each other before.

And I would have been fine if Fumi told Sakura about it all. Yet the key difference here is that it happened after 5-6 years simply because she was assassinated in "wanting Shinobu for herself". We got Sakura learning the truth but that's it. No resolution. Hell, the last person we see Fumi kiss isn't even Shinobu. Just some actor for a movie. That's just as bad to me as Sakura and Shinobu having their last sex scenes be with different people instead of each other.

Rom-com manga readers whether Japanese or international share the same view, simply because it is a mainstream NTR rom-com manga, not a NTR hentai doujin!

Looking at the Japanese comments that haven't been deleted, it is clear that fans cannot accept the chapter 129 that dragged Grapara to current situation.

For selling volume 14, not only chapter 129 needs to be revised but also a conversation scene between Sakura and Shinobu should be added like Japanese fans want. This is feasible since this volume contains only 9 chapters (normally 10 chapters excluding a bonus Chico's chapter).

But I have to apologize to Chico that if chapter 129 is converted into chapter 129.5 and a chapter 136.5 is included, there will no space of her funny bonus chapter. LOL

 

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I personally think in the end they won't change anything and just take what they can get from the sales. I'm sure there will be no significant loses for them, everything else can be swept under the rug like they were doing until now...

As for an epilogue, it's a 50/50 for me. I wouldn't be surprised if we don't get it just out of pure spite... Slapping a Chico bonus is the safest play, as it gives an excuse that this manga is still a "com" just by having that.

 

[hugorito420]

I’m also curious to know if Shinobu is aware yet that Sakura knows the truth—that he didn't cheat on her. And more importantly, has Sakura broken up with Yuma yet? (If not, that would instantly stress me out.) Also, did Sakura only start wearing that necklace in Chapter 136, or has she been wearing it all along without us noticing?

It is pretty safe to say that she is single.The ending really confirmed that she is single.And i don't think the Fuckboi woud like to see Sakura wearing the necklace when he knows that Shinobu is the one who gave it to her.And she wasn't even wearing it in the entire NTR arc so that is another BIG signal that she is single in the moment.

And Airi always made parallels with them so if Shinobu was single,that makes Sakura single too.

 

[jonasadan]

It is pretty safe to say that she is single.The ending really confirmed that she is single.And i don't think the Fuckboi woud like to see Sakura wearing the necklace when he knows that Shinonu is the one who gave it to her.And she wasn't even wearing it in the entire NTR arc so that is another BIG signal that she is single in the moment.

And Airi always made parallels with them so if Shinobu was single,that makes Sakura single too.

I might be overthinking it, but it doesn't make sense for her to wear the necklace, no? When she has it on, she still doesn't know that Shinobu hadn't cheated on her. I'm not saying it's wrong, but I think it's strange for her to wear it.

 

[hugorito420]

I might be overthinking it, but it doesn't make sense for her to wear the necklace, no? When she has it on, she still doesn't know that Shinobu hadn't cheated on her. I'm not saying it's wrong, but I think it's strange for her to wear it.

It is Airi's logic so you only have to follow it but is not strange because she is single and i think she didn't move on towards Shinobu too.

And in a logic way Fuckboi wouldn't like or accept her using the necklace because he knows that is a gift from Shinobu.So it confirmed that she is single.

And i think she made her use the neckclace to symbolize that she still hold feelings for Shinobu.

It might be a little bit of overthinking but with that analysis,i think that makes sense if that is the mensage she wants to convey the readers.

 

[diphuc1]

I’m also curious to know if Shinobu is aware yet that Sakura knows the truth—that he didn't cheat on her. And more importantly, has Sakura broken up with Yuma yet? (If not, that would instantly stress me out.) Also, did Sakura only start wearing that necklace in Chapter 136, or has she been wearing it all along without us noticing?

This is what makes the ending so "awkward" and bad. All the things that we needed to see were potentially offscreen-ed while things we didn't need were shown instead.

My take is that Shinobu at some point in their off screen discussions before the shoot we see notices Sakura wearing his necklace gift and knows without a direct confrontation that Sakura isn't seeing anyone in the current time. I imagine that whatever fucboi had with Sakura was broken off in the earlier half of the time skip once Sakura started doing as she wanted considering he wasn't able to take blonde advice and "look in the same direction". As for when Sakura started walking around with the necklace it probably was fairly early on at some point because I imagine when fucboi stopped hanging around her, blonde also dropped her nice girl act because her whole thing was to help fucboi crack Sakura since the start...

Keep in mind that at this point Shinobu is about to hit his 30's while Sakura is somewhere around 24/25 so the two of them are much more mature now given the insane time skip we got slapped with. While it was left as a very open and very awkward ending, the two of them will more than likely rekindle what they had 5 years ago.

It is Airi's logic so you only have to follow it but is not strange because she is single and i think she didn't move on towards Shinobu too.

And in a logic way Fuckboi wouldn't like or accept her using the necklace because he knows that is a gift from Shinobu.So it confirmed that she is single.

And i think she made her use the neckclace to symbolize that she still hold feelings for Shinobu.

It might be a little bit of overthinking but with that analysis,i think that makes sense if that is the mensage she wants to convey the readers.

Man I hate Airi logic sometimes.

 

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I was a bit bored these days so i decided to sort my library a bit and update some manga with ratings that were completed recently. While doing that i had a dumb idea... "Why not sort out the worst endings and rank them?"

This is what i got:
1. Grapara
2. Oshi no Ko
3. Someone's Girlfriend
4. Six People on Crosses
5. Inside the Dregs
6. Even So, I Still Want to be Your Boyfriend Tomorrow
7. Super Ball Girls
8. The World that Becomes Wet at My Touch

There is probably a few older ones i didn't even bother to add on mangadex, that i can't remember (which is a good thing lol). All of these have really garbage endings, but as expected, Grapara for me is by far the worst...

I did add a link to all of them, but i wouldn't recommend reading any of these unless you want to ruin your day/week lol

 

[hugorito420]

This is what makes the ending so "awkward" and bad. All the things that we needed to see were potentially offscreen-ed while things we didn't need were shown instead.

My take is that Shinobu at some point in their off screen discussions before the shoot we see notices Sakura wearing his necklace gift and knows without a direct confrontation that Sakura isn't seeing anyone in the current time. I imagine that whatever fucboi had with Sakura was broken off in the earlier half of the time skip once Sakura started doing as she wanted considering he wasn't able to take blonde advice and "look in the same direction". As for when Sakura started walking around with the necklace it probably was fairly early on at some point because I imagine when fucboi stopped hanging around her, blonde also dropped her nice girl act because her whole thing was to help fucboi crack Sakura since the start...

Keep in mind that at this point Shinobu is about to hit his 30's while Sakura is somewhere around 24/25 so the two of them are much more mature now given the insane time skip we got slapped with. While it was left as a very open and very awkward ending, the two of them will more than likely rekindle what they had 5 years ago.

Man I hate Airi logic sometimes.

I think her using the necklace again could be the way that Airi and the artist found to symbolize that she still hold some feelings for Shinobu.I think neither of them moved on from each other when they were with the other partners.

 

[hugorito420]

I was a bit bored these days so i decided to sort my library a bit and update some manga with ratings that were completed recently. While doing that i had a dumb idea... "Why not sort out the worst endings and rank them?"

This is what i got:
1. Grapara
2. Oshi no Ko
3. Someone's Girlfriend
4. Six People on Crosses
5. Inside the Dregs
6. Even So, I Still Want to be Your Boyfriend Tomorrow
7. Super Ball Girls
8. The World that Becomes Wet at My Touch

There is probably a few older ones i didn't even bother to add on mangadex, that i can't remember (which is a good thing lol). All of these have really garbage endings, but as expected, Grapara for me is by far the worst...

I did add a link to all of them, but i wouldn't recommend reading any of these unless you want to ruin your day/week lol

One ending that i hated was Hima-ten.That one was bad.

 

[900samm]

That's why many Japanese people said that Grapara is the worst manga they've ever read or the worst in the century, etc.

Everyone agrees that its only redeeming quality is the beautiful artwork by Keishi Nishikida sensei and they encourage him to work with someone other than Airi Katsura (sensei). LOL

I've mentioned it a couple times before but this really is the Illicit Love of manga, little makes sense, the author is 100% willing to tank the characters in the story for the sake of blondie in IL/Sakura in Grapara and worst of all the author couldn't help themselves at the end when it came to the indulges, even at the cost of the story. Is Illicit love the worst manhwa ever? No, you can certainly find worse if you try, but it's bottom barrel, makes you question how seriously the writer is taking things. They both even drew discussion like crazy lol but more in the sense of how a guy about to jump off a building will draw a crowd.

 

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One ending that i hated was Hima-ten.That one was bad.

So your girl didn't win? Same here... Team Kanna
But i wouldn't call that ending bad, not even close. It's like somewhere in the middle, "forgettable" is a good description.

 

[hugorito420]

So your girl didn't win? Same here... Team Kanna
But i wouldn't call that ending bad, not even close. It's like somewhere in the middle, "forgettable" is a good description.

So it was bad because it lacked build up.The girl who won was the least developed one and didn't have much improvment in the end,i understand the concept of MC loving her but even there backstory lacked something really romantic.But don't totally hate it,because i like all the girls here.(I was team Himari)

 

[Cross-21-]

So it was bad because it lacked build up.The girl who won was the least developed one and didn't have much improvment in the end,i understand the concept of MC loving her but even there backstory lacked something really romantic.But don't totally hate it,because i like all the girls here.(I was team Himari)

I get you, but with that logic i'd have to expand my list to TOP 30 min

Remember the Quintuplets? That was way worse than Hima-ten! Yotsuba was the one that had the least chance to win, her development was the worst from what i remember.

Just look at the official votes for best girl... Dead last. It's not even comparable to Miku!

And what did we get? She somehow won!


Btw i was Team Miku from the start till end

 

[hugorito420]

A list of Vanilla romance for you peverts to have a pure love moment.

1-More Than a Married Couple But Not Lovers

2-Haimiya is Scary Cute

3-She's Likely Aiming For My Older Brother(the name would be NTR name but is a pure cute romance,don't be scared)

4-The Wakaba Home's Blue Love

5-The Rumor is I'm Easy Man if You Ask in a World of Reversed Chastity(this one has some erotic moments but is pure harem romance without NTR)

6-The Girl Who Can Properly Say "I Love You" Is Unstoppable

7-Learning to Love My Cat-like Classmate.


8-Hochiya-san is a Handful

9-I Thought I'd Be Popular in a World Where Chastity is Reversed.

10-Please Go Home, Miss Akutsu!

11-My first Sex Friend

Enjoy cute romances and forget about those suffering ones!

 

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6-The Girl Who Can Properly Say "I Love You" Is Unstoppable

7-The Girl Who Can Properly Say "I Love You" Is Unstoppable.

You might want to fix this...

Here is a recommendation what to add, My First Sex Friend. It's a pure rom-com but with erotic content and top tier art

 

[hugorito420]

I get you, but with that logic i'd have to expand my list to TOP 30 min

Remember the Quintuplets? That was way worse than Hima-ten! Yotsuba was the one that had the least chance to win, her development was the worst from what i remember.

Just look at the official votes for best girl... Dead last. It's not even comparable to Miku!

And what did we get? She somehow won!


Btw i was Team Miku from the start till end

I supported Yotusba so i was happy.I think it made sense because of what was showed that she was supporting Fuutaro since the start of the story,like she was the only one who didin't not go against him being their teacher or giving up her love to see them happy.And she is the first love of Fuutaro so is something special.

In Hima-ten it was different because the one who helped him improve the most was Himari and after that was Kanna who give him a big support.She was literally the one who least helped him and lacked moments with him.She is not even a childhood friend because they met in middle school.

She literally by the help of almost everybody around her and that is way the opposite of Yotsuba.

 

[hugorito420]

A list of Vanilla romance for you peverts to have a pure love moment.

1-More Than a Married Couple But Not Lovers

2-Haimiya is Scary Cute

3-She's Likely Aiming For My Older Brother(the name would be NTR name but is a pure cute romance,don't be scared)

4-The Wakaba Home's Blue Love

5-The Rumor is I'm Easy Man if You Ask in a World of Reversed Chastity(this one has some erotic moments but is pure harem romance without NTR)

6-The Girl Who Can Properly Say "I Love You" Is Unstoppable

7-The Girl Who Can Properly Say "I Love You" Is Unstoppable.

8-Hochiya-san is a Handful

9-I Thought I'd Be Popular in a World Where Chastity is Reversed.

10-Please Go Home, Miss Akutsu!

11-My first Sex Friend

Enjoy cute romances and forget about those suffering ones!

If you have of pure romance/romcoms you can it here too.

 

[joshalper]

A list of Vanilla romance for you peverts to have a pure love moment.

1-More Than a Married Couple But Not Lovers

2-Haimiya is Scary Cute

3-She's Likely Aiming For My Older Brother(the name would be NTR name but is a pure cute romance,don't be scared)

4-The Wakaba Home's Blue Love

5-The Rumor is I'm Easy Man if You Ask in a World of Reversed Chastity(this one has some erotic moments but is pure harem romance without NTR)

6-The Girl Who Can Properly Say "I Love You" Is Unstoppable

7-The Girl Who Can Properly Say "I Love You" Is Unstoppable.

8-Hochiya-san is a Handful

9-I Thought I'd Be Popular in a World Where Chastity is Reversed.

10-Please Go Home, Miss Akutsu!

11-My first Sex Friend

Enjoy cute romances and forget about those suffering ones!

Don’t forget Hensuki. Always Hensuki. Especially dubbed hensuki.

 

[hugorito420]

Don’t forget Hensuki. Always Hensuki. Especially dubbed hensuki.

You're fan of Sweet Home Alabama?Aren't you?