Houkago Kitaku Biyori - Ch. 61 - Let's Listen to the Sound of the Waves

[yurimakesmeuglycry]

Man, I love Bloom Into You, but this might actually be the best romance manga. There's a mixture of honesty and aspiration here that is hard to ignore.

 

[Lord_Kuat]

So how hard will the rage be if all the kings horses and all the kings men can't get these two to actually get together? It would be masterful trolling.

Chokki thinking that the most powerful romance isn't in actually having it, but always thinking "what might have been" and having a thousand and one fantasies about the outcome instead of committing to one reality. It would be fitting for her character.

 

[peachiestkeen]

Its totally fine if this series ended within 70-80 chapter ...story pace actually good and you don't need to reach 3 digit of chapter as long story quality was great

i very much agree here. comics like this really should end before the get a chance to get really contrived. i feel like 70-100 chapters is the sweet spot. and this one in particular has resolved most of its internal character conflicts so will probably be on the shorter side

 

[Hikineet]

Thanks for the chapter.

 

[Septazia]

The idea of not sharing phone for romance feels once again, too flimsy and arbitrary, the writer is falling in the same pits of many romcoms, where he acts clever by having other characters call out the dumb behaviour of the protagonists without much changing.

 

[hentako]

Based onii-chan!
Girl's fantasies going crazy just hearing his voice after a few days of Shun-kun withdrawal...

 

[arcosapphire]

So how hard will the rage be if all the kings horses and all the kings men can't get these two to actually get together? It would be masterful trolling.

Chokki thinking that the most powerful romance isn't in actually having it, but always thinking "what might have been" and having a thousand and one fantasies about the outcome instead of committing to one reality. It would be fitting for her character.

Seems reasonable for a fakeout ending. Chokki says that the ephemerality of their crossing is what makes it romantic, and now they're going their separate ways...Shun is depressed and tries to get used to his lonely life again, accepting Chokki's whimsy as just the way she is, and he was foolish to think it would work out long term.

Then two weeks later Chokki shows up in front of him on the sidewalk, saying with tears in her eyes that she found something more important to her than her sense of "romance". Good end, everyone claps.

 

[Haydrion101]

I love how Chokkk's imagination mixes with her pining for Shun.

 

[scragglyisback]

I NEED MORE

 

[Septazia]

Seems reasonable for a fakeout ending. Chokki says that the ephemerality of their crossing is what makes it romantic, and now they're going their separate ways...Shun is depressed and tries to get used to his lonely life again, accepting Chokki's whimsy as just the way she is, and he was foolish to think it would work out long term.

Then two weeks later Chokki shows up in front of him on the sidewalk, saying with tears in her eyes that she found something more important to her than her sense of "romance". Good end, everyone claps.

That sucks and is not a fun twist, if you gotta do something that has been a million times before at least make it more interesting than this.

Is not smart or original or hard to write "they get separated and reunite in the last page".
Is more interesting to write how their relationship changes once they are together, the consequences, the new things they find.

 

[Septazia]

Seems reasonable for a fakeout ending. Chokki says that the ephemerality of their crossing is what makes it romantic, and now they're going their separate ways...Shun is depressed and tries to get used to his lonely life again, accepting Chokki's whimsy as just the way she is, and he was foolish to think it would work out long term.

Then two weeks later Chokki shows up in front of him on the sidewalk, saying with tears in her eyes that she found something more important to her than her sense of "romance". Good end, everyone claps.

That sucks and is not a fun twist, if you gotta do something that has been a million times before at least make it more interesting than this.

Is not smart or original or hard to write "they get separated and reunite in the last page".
Is more interesting to write how their relationship changes once they are together, the consequences, the new things they find....but that's harder.

 

[SirArthurIV]

It must be wierd, hearing someone you like right next to your ear for the first time. I think she might be on to something with the romance of not sharing contact info right away.

 

[Snovember]

That's the other series Pingas is working on. The losing heroine one. The story behind the hiatus is pretty awful. For those that don't know, the artist and author basically got screwed over by their editor who shirked a bunch of his work and lied to them about the series' sales figures. After getting dicked around for a while they went to the magazine's editor in chief and tried to get something worked out, but then the EIC scheduled a meeting that was supposed to involve everyone only for the artist/author to show up and find out that their editor was told by the EIC not to come, basically negating any chance to solve the problems.

So they quit the magazine and have hooked up with another one to continue working, but are getting the rest of the year to plan and prep to try and get things back on track.

Thank you for the succinct summary of the backgrounds. It’s also helpful to name names, in particular of that Editor as well as the Editor in Chief. The former for dickery, and the latter for being a cunt about resolving everything.

 

[arcosapphire]

That sucks and is not a fun twist, if you gotta do something that has been a million times before at least make it more interesting than this.

Sheesh, harsh critic. Obviously it comes down to the execution.

The unique aspect is how much has been built up over the series about Chokki's pursuit of romance in the world. That's why it would feel more natural and less of a simple trope.

If you abstract everything away, there are only a handful of kinds of stories out there. But they can engage us because the details matter.

 

[Septazia]

Sheesh, harsh critic. Obviously it comes down to the execution.

The unique aspect is how much has been built up over the series about Chokki's pursuit of romance in the world. That's why it would feel more natural and less of a simple trope.

If you abstract everything away, there are only a handful of kinds of stories out there. But they can engage us because the details matter.

You are right, I have been burned out so much I have become harsh, is also because I had higher expectations and most of all I hoped the author had managed to make them fall in love without needing all the people around them telling them so, without having them to go through multiple chapters of internal monologues questioning it, I thought we could have a show don't tell romance for once.

I'd like to see Chokki realize that she needs to come back to Earth a bit if she doesn't want to live alone.

 

[profroche]

Seems reasonable for a fakeout ending. Chokki says that the ephemerality of their crossing is what makes it romantic, and now they're going their separate ways...Shun is depressed and tries to get used to his lonely life again, accepting Chokki's whimsy as just the way she is, and he was foolish to think it would work out long term.

Then two weeks later Chokki shows up in front of him on the sidewalk, saying with tears in her eyes that she found something more important to her than her sense of "romance". Good end, everyone claps.

This is basically what happens, except Shun dies and and all of the stuff you just wrote happens between Chokki and that friend of Shun's.

This manga is the prequel to Murakami's Norweigan Wood

 

[VINT64]

What is this bittersweet feeling? Why does it squeeze my chest so hard? I wish I had the same youth. But I couldn't. Not with my personality. Only pure adolescents can be like that. Those with kind souls. What a shame, honestly

 

[Closetweeb53]

Not having exchanged contact info really is crazy work