Osananajimi wo Erabenai! - Ch. 16 - I Love You

[Astraexxv]

ok so i know its not getting axed and im pretty sure it wont end in 1 chapter but where will the story go next? Seems like if they continue the main idea will be very different to what we've seen so far.

 

[Xical]

You are unfortunately also forgetting that the scanlator had already explained in the endnote page of chapter 15 that this manga is getting an official English translation, with no hint that volume 3 is the final volume. I don't know about you, but I don't think a manga that's about to be axed would end up getting such a privilege as being officially translated into another language, least of all English (which targets a massive international demographic).

You are overestimating the meaning of getting an official English translation, as an example - Spider-Man: Octo-Girl - got an early announcement of english official release and a Good traction in the international fandom and all of that didn't prevent it to be cut at 4 volumes.

Is uncommon for a mangaka to make direct appeals to the readers, the last one I remember was the creator of the manga about the Bunny boy and the Wolf girl and he asked for the help of the international readers because readers in Japan (the ones that really mean for the editorials) weren't buying it.
The most common thing is mangaka making an announcement in the last or before the last chapter announcing the end of the series.

At the beginning of my post I put a big "IF it ends" because I still have a little hope for it to continue amd shows all that was foreshadow in chapter 01 but it simply seems like Japanese readers aren't that invested as the overseas ones.

 

[koga88]

You are unfortunately also forgetting that the scanlator had already explained in the endnote page of chapter 15 that this manga is getting an official English translation, with no hint that volume 3 is the final volume. I don't know about you, but I don't think a manga that's about to be axed would end up getting such a privilege as being officially translated into another language, least of all English (which targets a massive international demographic).


From the author's reply to me on the matter, it seems that this current trajectory has always been their plan from the beginning. And I should note that "we can't go back to the previous status quo, it's disrupting the world too much, so we must remerge Karin into a single individual" doesn't necessarily mean that we'll no longer see her myriad personality facets; in fact, I suspect that Karin will become a personality-swapper, switching between her various facets (with corresponding appearance changes) in a manner similar to the female protagonist of Change 123.

Well of course the author is going to say that the story is continuing in public. What are they going to say? Oh sorry, my editor is telling me to rush the story through so they can axe me at the end of this volume, and tank their readership or anyone that would buy current volumes?

And as others have said, an official English translation means nothing in the long run unless the series is already going steady. Series have gotten English translation announcements and have literally ended the very same month or long before the first volume ever hits the presses. I'm pretty sure I've seen one or two that literally ended the same week their English licensing was announced.

 

[TGN]

I'm sorry, are you talking about this series? How did it "kill its main premise"? I've been out of the loop for years despite wanting to get back to reading it.

The first few chapters all have a similar premise: Shikimori and MC are doing something together, fate tries blasting his ass, and we get a large panel of Shikimori saving him while looking badass. Formulaic, but sweet and to-the-point. Eventually, the series got longer chapters that dropped that formula. While I was initially excited, the series started to devolve into a generic rom-com, fall into the same pitfalls as, say, Kubo, and just stopped with the shots of Shikimori... not just being a cutie. Unpopular opinion, but I would have preferred a shorter series that kept the formula than what we got.

I see this series in a similar boat. Theoretically, there should be loads to write about the girls getting along and trying to work through their split minds. Practically? I have little faith in rom-com writers to write romance, not drama. And it seems the author had the same thought, since they're pulling the plug here instead of trying to keep writing.

 

[CapnAndy]

Sooooo, ending next chapter, huh.

At least it’s getting a proper climax.

 

[CapnAndy]

No explicit statement in the magazine that the next chapter's final, but yeah. Gonna miss scanlating this one either way.

If it isn’t the last chapter, please don’t stop. Screw the official release.

 

[Nivek]

It was very telling the other manga damage this one badly,we still got more content at least for 30-40 chapters but a shame next one will be the end

 

[Nivek]

If anyone is forgetting why we are thinking that this manga is getting the axe, it is because (IF) it ends in the next one or two chapters is because the double page spread in chapter 01 showing the Karins that will appear in the story.
In first plane we have Himeka, Galka & Kumaka, with Himeka and Galka presentation and development running in parallel, then Kumaka getting her mini arc.
Those are 3, then in the spread we have 4 more clearly visible, Aika who gett her own arc (it may be me but it feel a little longer than our main 3 girls) the Karin that seemed to be the main one in this multiple Karin-at-once arc (Bro-Karin?), the Children Karin and the Karin (Karin?) with short hair facing backwards (and don't forget the speculation about a Karin (hidden Karin) behind Galka because the arm linking with Karin? doesn't seems to be from Bro-Karin).

That's what make us think about an axe over the planed story development in this moment, because we didn't get to see property every Karin showed in the beginning, but there is one more day ans who knows what can happen on it

Like in the devil kiss the Rosario

 

[Drey]

Yeah, this is ending. Lesbian Karin was teased at chapter 1, and her gimmick of not being interested in the MC could be an entired arc on its own. But instead she came and went in a couple of pages.

 

[Friendly-Sentence710]

I mean we could've done this like 100 Gfs and go through every single personality trait that Karin could have, but we got what we got. It sucks that it is axed but I'm glad what we got.

It sucks this got axed, but I'm happy with what we've been given. And Yuu did well, from start to finish, so.

This is 100% "don't cry because its over, smile because it happened" for me.

I don't want to say goodbye to Yuu. I want this manga to continue.

This but Bearin.

 

[Baddtraxx]

... Are you guys allergic to reading previous posts? I already explained that the author blatantly nixed the very notion that this is being axed. Don't believe me? Just ask him on Twitter; you don't even need TLing, they don't mind talking in English; either they're conversationally fluent or they use a translator of their own.

dont be a dipshit.
shrimple as that.
I just made a funni comment, you jump to "conclusions".
go touch grass or sum shid jfc

 

[homerman87]

Yeah, this series was kinda doomed to a short run from the start. The only other option was doing was Shikimori did and kill its main premise, which is obviously a bad idea. The manga had its run, and while it could have been a bit longer, it's fine like this.

It really is an unfortunate truth for a series like this, there's only so big the bubble can get before it bursts, though it seemed like the author had a couple more arcs they wanted to do first before either deciding otherwise or being told to wrap it up. We may not want the magic to end, but sometimes things just reach the limit for how much the premise can stretch before it has to become something different to avoid everything falling apart, at which point the series become the Ship of Theseus where you begin to wonder how much can change before it's not the same series anymore 🤔

 

[TransPanda1]

It's the former, almost certainly. Nothing else about this title speaks to mental health, including the resolution we've been given. Even axed, I'd expect some more-explicit indicator of mental stuff was the aim by the mangaka.

People of all stripes have all manner of sides to them, and more so during puberty when trying to "find themselves / determine their identity".

This was a title that explored that literally by taking those facets of Karin and manifesting them as individual people via Shrine Magic.

And Karin hating herself, was due to her being alone without her best friend in a strange new place, dealing with anxiety and uncertainty, and all the expectations and pressures of adolescence in school pushed her to spiraling until her Wish manifested and she fractured before seeking out Yuu to fulfill his side of the wish, and the events of the manga play out.


**I'll edit to add on that - it is dealing with mental health, but the kind that probably almost everyone who goes through puberty goes through - the social & developmental stressors and events that coincide with that part of life. But I'm very, very confident that it's not dealing with the type of mental health that involves psychiatric assessments and intensive medical intervention.

Speaking as someone with OSDD 1B (D.I.D. with no memory loss), we think it's just that inherent space that it'll overlap with the condition regardless. There's actually a great statement our non plural friend tends to say a lot, that plurality treated healthily in media is ALSO a good lesson for people who aren't multiplicative in nature. A lot of media depicting systems tends to have this problem that emphasizes isolating a part of yourself you consider a problem and "killing it". That only one person should be in control of the body and anything else should be heavily repressed.

But, if you were paying attention, you'll notice what we just described is also what Karin was trying to do in her (supposedly) singular mind. Any parts about herself she wasn't happy with she wanted to slice off like trimming the fat. While inherently fantastical and extreme in nature, Karin forcibly dissociating herself into multiple people who personify the different conflicting aspects of who she is... is already close enough to the real divisions of a plural mind, that does it really matter?

It's kind of like how cis people will describe that they felt more comfortable in their gender identity once they saw and understood experiences of transgender people. Despite the differences, in a funny way, we're still experiencing variations of a similar problem?

Our own partner recommended us this manga because, intentional or not, someone being multiple people from one brain is... plural. In a sense. Honestly, they (nonbinary not plural) saw themselves in Yuu because they love each and every part of us too. We get to be their Karins, 32 at the moment. And we don't see any need to "heal" ourselves because, well, we're stable and happy. And Maybe Yuu and Karin can be happy like that too, guess we'll just have to see.

 

[SpartanNinjaDragon]

I hope on that "final" day Yuu and all the Karins wish so strongly on their charms they can all stay together that it gives the charms enough strength to make it fine true.

 

[tuckerr]

Deadass i legit created a account at 5am in the morning just to comment but. THIS IS THE WRONG TIME TO REACH THE MOST CURRENT CHAPTER AFTER BINGE-READING IT. GOD I WISH I READ THIS AT THE TIME THAT ITS FINISH BECAUSE THIS IS PEAK.