Otona ni Narenai Bokura wa - Ch. 27 - Tuesday

[Grye]

WHERE'S MY CLOSURE

 

[Wyou]

so.. to sum this up

 

[Sempiternal]

Thanks for your work on this series

 

[RTHz1]

"Have Sex"
-Shinzo Abe to Author, probably.
But seriously, is sex the answer to every time loop manga?

Its more like author didn't get to cook more story, "sex" is just a small part of them became crazy in the loop hole, althrough the story should reach the climax soon, its not the way the author intended i guess? Its just bland ending with no taste and whatsoever leaving a huge plot hole why and how did they leave the loop, at the previous chapter they do bunch of thing instead of "Sex" like overdoses, killing themself at the bath and some other thing, maybe the cause of loop is lingering feeling that one of them or the two of them want this thing to last forever, hence the loop exist. Or they want to try all the thing that they haven't done before, their feeling pile up and can't take it anymore that she wants it to end already and kill herself, at the ends i guess the trigger is both of them can't take it anymore and the loop cease to exist, if you check the previous chapter i think at the end he standing in his umbrella alone and she break free from the loop leaving him alone for a few days like the first time she's alone for a few days or weeks, just my opinion tho.

 

[Trevoga]

What's with people needing everything explained in detail like it's a hard science/magic manga like FMA? Sometimes things happen. Them having sex OBVIOUSLY had nothing to do with the loop, as evidenced by the slideshow showing many fuckings and suicides. The time loop started without explanation, and that was fine, wasn't it? It could've ended independently from them, or maybe they did do something, but won't know it because they forgot about the loop. The manga has very clearly not been about solving the loop, it's an exploration of how such a thing would affect you. A slice of life in an existentially terrifying situation.
And how can this ending be more happy than it is? They're out of the loop, they don't remember any of the insanity and trauma they went through, yet they still have some residual attraction to each other, which is likely to blossom into friendship and romance. What more could you want in terms of happy endings?

 

[isaperv]

What's with people needing everything explained in detail like it's a hard science/magic manga like FMA? Sometimes things happen. Them having sex OBVIOUSLY had nothing to do with the loop, as evidenced by the slideshow showing many fuckings and suicides. The time loop started without explanation, and that was fine, wasn't it? It could've ended independently from them, or maybe they did do something, but won't know it because they forgot about the loop. The manga has very clearly not been about solving the loop, it's an exploration of how such a thing would affect you. A slice of life in an existentially terrifying situation.
And how can this ending be more happy than it is? They're out of the loop, they don't remember any of the insanity and trauma they went through, yet they still have some residual attraction to each other, which is likely to blossom into friendship and romance. What more could you want in terms of happy endings?

My God, I think you're right. I took the filmstrip as a retrospective, but it could also very well be a preview of the future iterations they have to go through, until something finally breaks the cycle, and the whole point of the series is "Who knows what sparks teen romance? Could be a time loop in an entire alternate universe that you never even know about!"

Welp, I need a drink.

 

[Hardik_7547]

Thanks a lot for the translations.

 

[Friendly-Sentence710]

Honestly, the reason why this ending is unsatisfactory to me isn't because we don't know how they got out of the loop but because the axe made the story rush what made it unique.

To me, this story was never explicitly about the loop itself. Sure I was curious about how she initially got into the loop, how he was able to join her in it etc., but all of that took a backseat to the "mundane" content we got. A peer into their bleak, repeated days. The story was predicated on their feelings/growth (or rather regression) within the time loop. And there was something so compelling about the two of them being stuck together and not really trying to work out why the loop is a thing, investigative style (as most loop stories do), but rather focus on trying to feel and experience as much as possible despite their situation.

The degeneration of their mental state was what made this so good, and to not be able to see it carried out to the very end, to see what happens after Mashiro "got what she wanted", to see why they supposedly drifted apart... and instead having to see it as some film strip panels we have to guess from, that's what makes this sucky for me.

If we saw everything they endured up until the breaking of the loop, I don't think an unexplained breaking would've been that bad (though I'd still have some complaints), and it would've definitely made the ending a lot more emotional to see them go through so much only to thankfully not remember any of it.

Agreed there were so many peak moments.
Chapter 18 was so fucking great for showing how detached they both had become. "Change a flat? Fuck that, just reload from save by killing ourselves" to her annoyance at dying slowly in a fire.

And the wrap up to the band chapter. Holy fuck did that last page hit.

Sort of like you, the manga until the end did exactly what they needed with the time loop:
No one knows how it started, it doesn't matter. It had clear and concise rules (as soon as you lose consciousness you wake up again that morning). I just wish we'd gotten a better clarity on the end conditions, though it was hammered into us pretty hard.

 

[mackone1]

According to twitter, the author plans on writing a bonus chapter. My assumption it will be with the 3rd volume.
The author's quote:
"ありがとうございます…！！ おまけ漫画も描く予定なので、もう少々お待ちください！！"

It looks like he changed his mind:

https://imgur.com/QnLCGc9

 

[Dragonliger]

I think the reason it feels unsatisfying is that breaking the loop was such a BIG point of this story and yet it just... happened for no clear cause.

There was no fanfare, no action from our protagonists or even anything to do with them that broke the loop.

 

[jrocker]

I'm thinking the point of the loop was to connect the 2 which was finalized by them having sex (or more importantly recognizing the actual importance of each other after they both watched the other die). Up until that point it was showing all the different possibilities but it ended because they reached the right one where they were so important to each other even going out of the loop with no memories would keep them connected.

 

[Lewd_Beast]

I'm enjoying reading all the theories offered in this thread. One point that has not been covered is how detrimental was his death by the sleeping driver? It sends her over the edge with her repeated suicides until they have sex and apparently spend some worthwhile time together in a relationship. How long was that time? weeks? Years??
My current theory of what ends the time loop is when they have both had enough. The film strip shows him unravelling after she gives up. He has some good times with other girls, but in the end he just realises that without her, none of it matters and he gives up. I also wonder about what she was doing all those days after she stopped showing up? I mean, I'm sure he tried to find her, so was she waking up and killing herself quickly. or did she just get up, go out and avoid him? Or did she get out of the loop before him?????

 

[mackone1]

I'm enjoying reading all the theories offered in this thread. One point that has not been covered is how detrimental was his death by the sleeping driver? It sends her over the edge with her repeated suicides until they have sex and apparently spend some worthwhile time together in a relationship. How long was that time? weeks? Years??
My current theory of what ends the time loop is when they have both had enough. The film strip shows him unravelling after she gives up. He has some good times with other girls, but in the end he just realises that without her, none of it matters and he gives up. I also wonder about what she was doing all those days after she stopped showing up? I mean, I'm sure he tried to find her, so was she waking up and killing herself quickly. or did she just get up, go out and avoid him? Or did she get out of the loop before him?????

So many questions, so few answers.

Sadly, it doesn't look like the author will make an epilogue chapter and try to explain the ending. Which is unfortunate imo, I would like to know what caused the loop to stop.

Overall, the manga was very good, I liked it a lot, but the ending was so-so, yeah, I'm glad that it was somehow a "good" ending, but it was way too "open".

 

[Bearman851]

I dont think it's this. At least its not what's implied in chapter 26. They drifted apart and he was going nuts alone

Chapter 25 and 26 were SO depressing that I feel the 27 out of nowhere...

Damn, I was too hopeful.

 

[mangasquirrel]

It looks like he changed his mind:

https://imgur.com/QnLCGc9

To me that doesn't necessarily mean there won't be a bonus chapter, just that it won't be about explaining the loop further.

 

[mackone1]

To me that doesn't necessarily mean there won't be a bonus chapter, just that it won't be about explaining the loop further.

I hope you're right.

 

[Haru_2]

I read a comment from a different language chapter that offered an interesting interpretation. That person suggested that the characters didn’t actually escape the loop. Instead, the couple we see in the final chapter is from a different timeline, one where they aren’t trapped in the loop. However, they still experience a sense of deja vu, which helps explain the events and feelings shown in the very last pages.

 

[Farsi]

Total shame it got axed. I'm satisfied with the ending but it would've been better with more story behind it.

What we have is nice but it would definetly be better to have a bit more. Still, great manga; shame it got axed.

 

[zairaner]

Thanks for translating this series! It was a great ride, even if I don't like amnesia endings. But the callage at the end of alst episode was sucha great way of doing that that it was worth it for sure.

 

[Musaho]

We won't become adults then they just did in last chapter...Hmmm tf? Sex? that's it? not maturity or anything? oh well, good manga.