I will say I've like this manga overall. It's had its ups and its downs but overall it was refreshing in a lot of ways. But seeing how things turned out in the end, makes me so upset. Maybe it's because of personal reasons, but this idealizing of moving away from everyone to get a "broader experience" is something I hate. I've seen within my own family people moving all over the place to try to find something better, and just ending up isolated and lonely with no connections to anyone else.
This relationship is presented as being so "cute and wholesome" but as other people have said it's just so unfair. Oogami has put so much effort into this, she has cared so much, and Yaginuma barely tries. I was hoping in the earlier chapters that we would see him grow as a person, and learn how to be supportive to her like she was to him. Instead him "growing up" is presented by him leaving her and all of these friends that he apparently cherishes for the nebulous shit reason of, "gotta broaden my horizons."
I get that some people are saying this manga got axed and that's why the ending feels bad, but I don't think that's true. Even if it was axed, that doesn't change the fact that this whole moving away arc is completely contrived. It doesn't arise naturally from the behavior of its characters, it actively clashes with them. The whole fucking story has been about Yaginuma learning to form connections with people, and Oogami learning to express herself. So we end with him cutting ties with everyone and Oogami not getting a chance to express how she feels, then just changing her mind to go along with his decision rather than actually stand up for herself.
Maybe I'm overreacting to the details of this story. It just feels like so many of my own personal insecurities and major issues come up in this story and some of the behavior that has most hurt me in the past is seen as perfectly fine here. It's shit and I don't know if I could recommend this story with the level of disappointment I've felt over this ending.
Edit: I will note, none of this frustration is to the translators and editors for that here. You all have done a great job as best as I can tell. Thank you for your hard work.
