Wake Ari na Kanojo-tachi - Ch. 20 - The Girls' Departure

[MangaDex]

 

[Ninoren]

Not gonna lie, rather than a happy end, that's more of a bitter'sweet' end since its implied that, if they don't end up finding some titans she'll still get down for Remilu, which in my eyes do be yucky, don't call it GL when leaving the possibility of it ending up being non GL and her getting preggo by some dude she doesn't even love + that'd be super ruthless towards Vivi 😐

 

[Siklaws]

3 years passed and no sequel sad.
The first ~14ish chapters were pretty nice but it's not Neji best work, the last 4 chapters were pretty clunsy. I prefer to headcanon that all ended well for our girls, they had a lot of cool adventures, the titans united, sesbian lex etc etc But i guess we will never realy know.

A big thanks for all the work from everyone involved on the translation!

 

[Lowfyie]

Ehhh, you couldve ended with a confirmation that things would be fine.

Im sure they will though. I, Lowfyie, hereby state that if things did not turn out well for them and Kasa had to marry that guy, I will murder (yes, kill) the mangaka.

Also, I hate this trope of "Im not sure if my love is the same as ur love" when it so clearly is. Especially when it ends on that note, thats dumb. Maybe because Ive read so many yuris with this exact same trope. Even then, just feels dumb

 

[PurpleHazez]

Could have been an amazing manga :/

 

[Omega_Keiichi]

An open ending with potential in so many possibly great or horrific directions makes the ending feel weak. That alongside the divisive situation the titans brought a few chapters before the end made this series destined to be disliked. I like the conflict to be honest, especially the, "Maybe we should try something else instead of ruining someone's happiness under the assumption and pressure that the term 'duty' brings." The hate for Kara and Rumilu was vastly overblown, and the open mindedness brought to the titans from this situation will be beneficial to all... If there was a proper conclusion to say for sure.

My biggest gripe is that Vivi doesn't and might not ever like Kara in the same way (which may or may not mean romantically to any degree??) While I like the results of their relationship, the vagueness makes things feel too... cowardly? It's like Neji-sensei had a planned story but didn't want to deal with the horrific lash back from the unruly readers; the best way to avoid that is to make EVERYTHING vague and then say, "Here, you fuckers make the ending you want. I'm done."

It's good, but not great. Enjoyable, but not phenomenal.

 

[Myretix]

I, for one, thought this was a pretty competent way to wrap up the story. I'm used to way worse from less competent authors.

The Owl Tribe's laziness in finding solutions led them to further rely on Kara, who, fearing Vivi only saw her as a friend, reluctantly resigned herself to her fate. Kara, after Vivi confessed that she is starting to love her that way, stood up for herself against her "duty" to the Owl Tribe. After Kara (temporarily) turns down Rumilu, he, already peeved by having his desires disregarded by the elders, agreed to find alternative solutions. Importantly, these alternative solutions are twofold, they don't have to both find titans on earth and unify the titan tribes for Kara to be left alone (because, remember, the problem here is the Owl Tribe's low population, not the entire species.)

So here's their likely futures:
1: Kara and Vivi convince the canyon titans to agree to join the Owl Tribe and repopulate it. Yuri lives.

2: Kara and Vivi can't convince canyon titans to join the Owl Tribe, and Rumilu successfully unites the remaining tribes (that most likely have women in them). Rumilu no longer needs to bother the couple. Yuri lives.

3: Kara and Vivi can't convince canyon titans to join the Owl Tribe, and Rumilu can't unite the remaining tribes. Rumilu, having already denied his elders and not wanting to further rely on Kara, continues to find other solutions out of respect. Or maybe he just leaves the tribe to be lazy and wither away. Yuri lives.

This is a Neji story. Vivi isn't going to be demoted to the queen's extra special friend while Kara is forced to pop out kids like a broodmother. Neji's stories can have tragic endings, but they're not that tragic.

I liked the "Im not sure if my love is the same as ur love" trope here, too. If you look at it from the lens of Vivi wanting to return Kara's feelings, it makes sense she would slow down the relationship until she can fully recognize and return her love. She had some deep trauma surrounding accepting love, so expecting her to jump straight into Kara's arms and make out after she accepts it ignores the juicy opportunity for some sappy sapphic healing. There's no doubt they'll grow into each other.

Or maybe it's a 20 chapter webcomic and I'm reading too deep.

Regardless, I feel like I got the giant x vampire yuri I wanted. Solid 6/10.