warning, big ol' heap of text,
so right
-We never see firsthand if Ueno ever succeeds in getting with Tanaka (though i agree with Yamashita saying "dating," tugeneko's implying it)
-We never really see how her feelings for him develop, like the "just us two after the 3rd years leave" line in the anime implied something, but in the manga flashback she just got pissed at him. I can only assume he had constant enthusiasm for the safety of the club & believed in her, which made her like him?
-Never see how Yamashita & Ueno eventually got along (though i guess it just started as one girl helping another with a crush)
-We completely skip the year it was just Tanaka & Yamashita in the science club
-Don't know how Ueno continued to go after Tanaka after she moved to highschool, if she gave up for a year, or if she ever reunited with Tanaka in the same school (my headcanon)
-Minamine's potential crush on Tanaka goes who-knows-where
-The inventions I get, but is UeNo.13 just gonna stay at the school until the power-producing-spats break? though i guess Ueno could just fix a visit. Also I'm genuinely wondering if she's OK given she loved Tanaka but he already graduated. The in-between year we didn't see with Ueno not around..man I wonder if Tanaka was ok lmao
-literally 4th to last page ever tugeneko says Tanaka had a 3rd older sister all along (they have to be having fun adding characters last second lmao)
stuff resolved
-Tanaka PROBABLY have feelings or, imo, was in the process of developing feelings for Ueno, he just didn't realize his admiration could be romantic given he was a late bloomer (mentally I mean)
-Ueno's initial worry of the science club being forgotton was resolved, as her inventions could keep entertaining new members in a revolving fashion, or maybe even inspire them. Also UeNo.13. Hard to forget with her around.
Goddamn I love these characters but man so much went nowhere or was unresolved (definitively) it really hurts the manga. If tugeneko's next work isn't a sequal ill just suck my thumb throw a fit i guess
Still, personal 8.5/10 but wouldn't reccomend it to people who care about resolutions, will always remember this one.