Kono Koi ni Mirai wa nai - Vol. 2 Ch. 12.5 - Extra
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I'm so beyond impressed that they didn't ended up together, yes yes yes! I think is one of the few yaoi's where they don't necessarily have to be together, god bless this author.
If anyone disagree let's all remember everything:
1. The mc was figuring out his sexuality and identity and was very conflicted, about it, he as far as we know may be transexual, anyway he has so much to live,and he can have other loves, because he has a platonic love with Masaki wich is fine.
2. Masaki is straight and even if he is not prejudiced about homosexuality that doesn't make him pansexual or something else, he is very problematic and has a lot of issues, besides he just ended up a relationship, so if the relationship with the girl he loves didn't work (for any reasons) is stupid to assume that they can get together and be fine.
3. I really enjoyed the drama and all the characters are very special in their own ways, specialty the mc with his past, and how he grow as a person, and learn to accept himself for who he is, whatever he is.
4. So at the end they weren't meant to be and is fine, both are very different and they need someone that can understand them and accept them, like they both have their own hands full of issues for them to have a nice and sane relationship.
If anyone disagree let's all remember everything:
1. The mc was figuring out his sexuality and identity and was very conflicted, about it, he as far as we know may be transexual, anyway he has so much to live,and he can have other loves, because he has a platonic love with Masaki wich is fine.
2. Masaki is straight and even if he is not prejudiced about homosexuality that doesn't make him pansexual or something else, he is very problematic and has a lot of issues, besides he just ended up a relationship, so if the relationship with the girl he loves didn't work (for any reasons) is stupid to assume that they can get together and be fine.
3. I really enjoyed the drama and all the characters are very special in their own ways, specialty the mc with his past, and how he grow as a person, and learn to accept himself for who he is, whatever he is.
4. So at the end they weren't meant to be and is fine, both are very different and they need someone that can understand them and accept them, like they both have their own hands full of issues for them to have a nice and sane relationship.
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Yuji's unrequited love of Masaki not working out made sense and felt right. However, Yuji not transitioning after all of that buildup (not to mention it being part of the premise of the manga) feels like a copout and kind of fucks up the whole story on some level. Yuji just deciding to live as a guy feels like a rejection of any character growth or reflexivity. It may be somewhat realistic in a homophobic/transphobic society that they'd stay closeted, but narratively it makes no sense, especially after so many chapters where they find people that can accept them as a woman.
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@808bee Yeah. I think the abrupt ending is what doesn't sell it for me. It just felt like they got to the point where they could actually start to self-actualize and then 'welp the manga's over nevermind, I guess all these feelings I've been expressing for most of the narrative don't mean anything because if I can't be with the dude I like I guess that means all my dreams and hopes are unattainable'. It's just jarring.
I’d like this manga much more without this “he’s my first love so I’ll love him forever and never move on to somebody else” troupe. I was actually rooting for MC to move on and find someone he could be truly happy with. This ending actually made me think even less of this manga than I did after the last chapter.
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I just wanted to say thanks to all the commentors here for leaving their comments! I was hedging on reading this since I don't like reading LGBT stories without knowing if they're handled well. Sucks to know about the ending but I'm glad I didn't read this then.
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It's obvious the mangaka had more to make but felt cut short. I wonder if they told the mangaka that they were only planning to make two volumes....
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mmm bittersweet but kinda tasty... not my fav story but i dig it alright.
although the ending wasn't very happy, at least the tension settles into logical conclusions.
Yuji's arc of acceptance reflects an essential tempering of expectation that I personally gained during my transition. Sometimes the world is not kind. Even though I myself have the privilege of medical transition, I had to accept that I'd never look exactly like a cis woman. That I'd never be fully rid of my gender dysphoria. That there's some places (like work or the airport— learned the hard way) where it's simply impossible for me to present as my genuine self. Maybe someday, some generation will get there. Maybe soon. It's certainly worth fighting for— but I can't move the world myself, and tomorrow doesn't wait.
Consequently, accepting this actually allowed me to move past my grief. I no longer dream of waking up as a cis woman. Getting dysphoria from a photo is just a flicker of insecurity. It no longer matters how others see me, I will always be a woman— and I'm the only one who gets to decide that. I take pride in myself, and I keep moving.
Yuji may not medically transition, perhaps due to lack of access or simply a cost-benefit analysis where the subjectively insufficient potential of medical transition is weighed against loss of support from her rich parents and larger society. Could you really blame her? Still, she takes hold of her presentation in the ways she's able. She grows out her hair, ignoring the strangers' comments whose opinions never mattered to her. She is true to her feelings, which she had bottled up for so long. She even found a niche where she can present fully feminine and not only be accepted but also rewarded with pay. A position reserved for people like her by people like her. I think Yuji might have the most hopeful ending out of any character here.
although the ending wasn't very happy, at least the tension settles into logical conclusions.
Yuji's arc of acceptance reflects an essential tempering of expectation that I personally gained during my transition. Sometimes the world is not kind. Even though I myself have the privilege of medical transition, I had to accept that I'd never look exactly like a cis woman. That I'd never be fully rid of my gender dysphoria. That there's some places (like work or the airport— learned the hard way) where it's simply impossible for me to present as my genuine self. Maybe someday, some generation will get there. Maybe soon. It's certainly worth fighting for— but I can't move the world myself, and tomorrow doesn't wait.
Consequently, accepting this actually allowed me to move past my grief. I no longer dream of waking up as a cis woman. Getting dysphoria from a photo is just a flicker of insecurity. It no longer matters how others see me, I will always be a woman— and I'm the only one who gets to decide that. I take pride in myself, and I keep moving.
Yuji may not medically transition, perhaps due to lack of access or simply a cost-benefit analysis where the subjectively insufficient potential of medical transition is weighed against loss of support from her rich parents and larger society. Could you really blame her? Still, she takes hold of her presentation in the ways she's able. She grows out her hair, ignoring the strangers' comments whose opinions never mattered to her. She is true to her feelings, which she had bottled up for so long. She even found a niche where she can present fully feminine and not only be accepted but also rewarded with pay. A position reserved for people like her by people like her. I think Yuji might have the most hopeful ending out of any character here.
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