Yofukashi no Uta - Vol. 20 Ch. 196 - The Ocean Rocks

[Outflanks10]

This chapter has the same kind of double suicide energy as No Longer Human

Thanks everyone that worked on the translation

 

[Shortstos]

4 chapters left and these last few are not giving me any hope of any kind of happy ending. please let them be happy thats all i want.

 

[RogerZero]

Nah, we're getting the same ambiguous "Lets hang out again!" ending like we did before, author-sensei has no idea how to end.

 

[Gem-Bug]

I'm reading this like "Wow, what a cute chapter. Why the fuck are we here, though?", not realizing I missed the previous goddamn chapter.

 

[Goose0810]

I ain’t a religious man, but even I’m gonna pray for these 2

 

[unfilteredjw]

Why did this make me sad?

 

[catsdontsmile]

They are 100% gonna fuck

 

[catsdontsmile]

Unfortunately the photographs (a moment of the past frozen in time) plus the comment about 10 years can pass and you'll still be friends, PLUS the artwork of grown up kou with piercings are all pointing to a shitty time skip. I hope I'm wrong. Timeskip is the laziest garbage ever

 

[dowiet]

that be a real mood

 

[TanyaTheEvil]

That was one of my favorite chapters. They are just enjoying life. Thanks for the translation

 

[Labucay_san]

At this point in the movie I'm half dead in the ground and just whisper, do it now

 

[AkodoRyu]

I think they are laying the doom and gloom a bit too thick. Smells like a setup for subverting expectations.

I think that it would be fitting for the series, for them to go through all the prep, have fun, make final memories, prepare mentally for the end, and then the sun rises... and nothing happens. Everyone is extremely confused. The End.

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[VinylAT]

Something about this panel, with all the context leading up to it, really strikes a chord with me. Probably my favorite panel in the entire manga tbqh.

This shit is either a red herring, or a foreshadow that Kou is going to be alone

 

[Runa1506]

This is the long goodbye 🫂 I can see it. It hurts but so far it have been beautiful. I can wait to see how it goes and how it ends 🥺🥺🥺🥺

 

[rodrigoelp]

This is sweet and depressing. Like fluffy cotton candy wrapped around a granite fist.

More like fluffy fairy floss given to a diabetic kid. It is kind of sweet until you stare at the face of the child.

 

[gearoi92]

Screencap this i am not coping: This is the biggest bait&switch in recent history. There is no fucking way it will end in anything but a happy end. Kotoyama is just trolling at this point.

 

[JohnCtm]

Fuck I'm feeling so sad knowing that probably this will break my heart, but I still laugh and smile to this chapter

 

[DarkeLourd]

Something about this panel, with all the context leading up to it, really strikes a chord with me. Probably my favorite panel in the entire manga tbqh.

I can't imagine why Nazuna would be taking photos if they're going to do a lovers' suicide but I really can't figure out what else they're up to.

 

[rodrigoelp]

It would be so incredibly tragic if they took all the wrong lessons from Mahiru and Kiku.

I don't think Kotoyama is going to take it in that direction, but I love her ability to surprise me. One thing that always bothered me was a remark that one of the vampires made after she learned about Kiku's death. The one who works at a maid cafe and has the otaku lover. She said that dying with your lover sounded romantic - or something like that.

I always wonder what Kotoyama meant by including that offhand remark. Was it a show of that vampire's ignorance to tragedy? An acknowledgement that there is indeed something romantic about it, tragic though it is? Is it meant to be a statement that average people in some level want that sort of dangerous, firey romance? Or was it completely innocuous?

Of course I could also be completely overthinking it.

Death can be lonely... dying with the person you love isn't, it means your feelings and emotions remain pure, unspoiled to other eventuality. That's what makes it romantic.
If you study the definition of love by people like Shakespeare: love is the union of true minds, unaffected by external forces, it can not be severed (not even by death)... an example of it is Romeo and Juliet.

Now think about what Kou said, if he is turned into a vampire it would mean their love is one sided, or that he is meant to eventually forget his past like any other vampire has done. Their kin will eventually move on, like the relationship between parents and children (someone said that and I can't remember who was). We do have a few exceptions to that, there are a few still in love with their progenitors thought out the series, but not the main vampires... not the old ones. Could you say under that definition they had true love?

Mahiru's and Kuki's death is an example of this. Two individuals that are so desperately in love that even the concept of death doesn't deterred them from seeking such love. In their particular case, Kiku was on her way out either way, Mahiru staying with her is beautiful because, he actively chose to stay with her.

 

[rodrigoelp]

I can't imagine why Nazuna would be taking photos if they're going to do a lovers' suicide but I really can't figure out what else they're up to.

She could be capturing a photo to keep him close when they are far apart.