I liked this manga, but NGL I sort of hated the ending because I can't turn off my brain.
Twelve years. He tracks down Lou (based) during this time but not the girl he loves. Over a decade and makes no serious moves to locate her and reconnect.
Well. Better than C O M A S T R A T S at least.
Me too, this reunited lovers trope Japan loves to do is one of the worst things about romance manga, I can't stand it.
The rest of the manga was incredible, and the actual proposal scene was perfection, but why did it need to be 12 years of them not speaking to each other at all? this isn't the 1890s it was set in 1999, it could have easily left them in contact those years?? the internet age is when long distance relationships became POSSIBLE AT ALL
I sort of like the reunited lovers/second chance at your first love when its done right.
I do like the bookending of the "apocalyptic predictions".
But you cover the big glaring problem: they don't talk. I don't care if he turned off his cell, or was in areas with limited communicaton for 6 of those 12, there would have been some way of finding each other. He found goddamn Lou. Kamou was famous and he could have dropped her a "Hey, you still talk to Emi?".
I'd have much rather they had a very sad, post-college graduation "We are moving in different directions" scene then them both realizing that had been a terrible mistake than the sort of wetfart of their separation.
