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#581
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I think the concept of growing up is reasonable and I think Haruto needed to grow up before being able to raise a family, but ya, all the dramatic fireworks necessary to make it happen have been a bit much. Adachi was a good teacher though. Like Asuka, she was someone to get him ready for the next step. Asuka healed his heart while Adachi strengthened his spirit. These are decent life lessons. The execution of the past arc was rather abrupt and unrefined though.

 

If it does end with Yuzuki hiding her pregnancy, well, that's par for the course but kind of crappy (especially since it means that friends and family will have to have also agreed not to tell him, there is no way that Yuzuki could have avoided bumping into a mutual friend with large belly and then a baby). I consider Yuzuki an essential part of the franchise--I mean she's the whole premise really, the outsider girl who disrupts Haruto's easygoing life and changes him. So if he doesn't actually end up in a permanent relationship with her, one will wonder what the heck the last 250 chapters were for...



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Plot Twist: Haruto marries eba's sister while already having a baby with her.



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Five bucks says we're going to have another arc of eba's dieing boyfriend.



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please be pregnant

please be pregnant

please be pregnant

 

but not from haruto >.>



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I KNEW IT!



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BARF



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Yes! Unless Seo pulls the biggest troll ever, I guess we are getting a happy ending after all. I like it, and I also think he did a good job picking the cherry blossom motif for their encounter. He always had a knack to make these kind of scenes work really well. Anyhow, in the end it does seem like the time they spent together ended up meaning something. I remember Yuzuki telling Haruto after they got together again (post-Asuka) that, this time around, she'd be the one to follow Haruto anywhere he goes and what not, so it's definitely nice to see that she lived up to her word.

 

We'll see how Seo actually explains it, or if he explains it at all, but as for me I'm just happy that the Haruto x Yuzuki "way of dealing with things" has evolved to such a level where Yuzuki seems to understand him full well, and that's why she still decided to wait. Since she's been keeping in touch with Akari and what not, I imagine she also had some idea of whatever was going on with Haruto's life, and since he never "moved on", so didn't she? I don't know.

 

Anyhow, bring on that final chapter, Seo, and make it "incredibly touching" as the editor said! haha. Also, I do have to wonder if there even is a daughter now, or if the "girl" will be Fuuka, since the series starts on the same chapter. No clue how the hell he'd bring her up, though.



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I also think he did a good job picking the cherry blossom motif for their encounter. He always had a knack to make these kind of scenes work really well. Anyhow, in the end it does seem like the time they spent together ended up meaning something. I remember Yuzuki telling Haruto after they got together again (post-Asuka) that, this time around, she'd be the one to follow Haruto anywhere he goes and what not, so it's definitely nice to see that she lived up to her word.

 

 

I agree, the cherry blossom motif was good.  The only thing as good would have been the "ice flowers" from Hiroshima.  As to her "living up to her word," that was really nice as well.  Glad Seo pulled this one off so well.


Edited by Comadrin, 02 February 2014 - 02:15 AM.


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And it's over. Man, this was a ride. The last chapter was pretty sweet, definitely felt safe, but after 260 chapters of these two, it kinda had to be. They've gone through far too much in life already, and I don't think Seo could probably come up with a bigger proof of their love than what happened last week, with Yuzuki waiting for almost 2 years, so... yeah. I'd have liked to see a bit more of their reencounter scene, but I get it that there's only so much one can cram into 30 pages. Since the OVA will be adapting the finale, maybe they'll expand on that? Here's hoping.

 

In the case of Haruto and Yuzuki, between all the lack of communication, distance has indeed brought these two together stronger and stronger every other time. As such, I think it's only fitting that they're finally able to settle down after what must've been their biggest probation yet. Marriage scene was pretty good, and I confess I started laughing when Takashi said it was time to line up "all the girls who Haruto had ever been interested in. Bit after that, with the restaurant, also hit right home, and again I gotta say that aside from the Haruto x Yuzuki moments, Takashi once again stole the scene with the reveal that Kiyomi took "the kids". With a bombshell like that by his side he's definitely not wasting any time getting that football team ready! hahaha.

 

Anyhow, Seo sure likes to have people on the edge of their seats, but I appreciate in him that he genuinely seems to care about his characters and goes the extra length to give them a happy ending. It's okay if they'll suffer throughout the story, but once you get so invested in it, unless there's some really strong reason, I think I like happy endings the best. Onwards to Fuuka, now, and I hope Haruto's restaurant and/or Yuzuki can do some cameo appearances in it, haha.



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I liked the way it tied up the loose ends and got a bunch of things that I wanted to see happen - he repaired the relationship with her dad, and finally decided to get off the exec track and open his own restaurant. Yes Seo did troll us a bit with the helmet but I actually liked that one it was fitting. Much better chapter than the ones with the break up and got all those issues resolved. Pretty good ending to this one.



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It was a good ending.  As to the reconciliation with her father, I was proud of Yuzuki and Haruto.  Haruto apologized to him and Yuzuki apologized for being so difficult to raise and thanked him for raising her.  I definitely felt a sense of poetic justice that her Dad's flashbacks then were of him promising his late wife that he'd take care of Yuzuki, and then memories of him hanging her out to dry in the wind over and over again.  I think Seo handled that really well.  

 

I was also really pleased that Haruto ended up with his restaurant with her helping out when she wasn't teaching.  Both of them achieved their real ambitions and were together.  



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The ending was really good. Seo may have trolled a lot throughout the manga but when it comes to finishing it off he did a pretty good job. Also, loved that Haruto actually opened his own restaurant, nice one Seo. And it was nice that Asuka had some shine in this one. And who would've thought that Seo could bring up Kazama and not make it feel rage inducing? Nice little part there. Also, it was great to see the whole gang together at the end. 

 

It was definitely a ride, this one. Thanks Red Hawk Scans for scanlating and of course thank you Seo for making the manga. It was nice discussing the manga here in the forum. See you guys next time :) (In Fuuka hahaha)


Edited by imran013, 08 February 2014 - 06:12 PM.

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Yeah.  I was thinking that all us KnIM "latest chapter posters" would probably move part and parcel over to the Fuuka forums after this.  It's kind of like seeing all the "H2" and "Cross Game" posters moving to Adachi's latest "Mix."


Edited by Comadrin, 08 February 2014 - 06:17 PM.


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I'm guessing the last two or three chapters were something that most readers have been expecting all along...

Like it was a surprise birthday party that you saw coming from a mile away...

 

I do admit it was a good read despite the unnecessary and blantant "twists".

Cheers to its completion.

 

Now let's just hope Seo-sensei doesn't pull something out of thin air to annoy us in regards to the plot on Fuuka...

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Now let's just hope Seo-sensei doesn't pull something out of thin air to annoy us in regards to the plot on Fuuka...

 

 

Well, If the majority of people posting on KNIM (including me and some of the more die-hard fans) have any say, I'm guessing that Seo- sensei is going to annoy the hell out of us on numerous occasions.  It seems to be part and parcel of his writing to do that to us.  Is it bad? I don't know, but probably not.  He keeps us coming back for more, and not just because of his hot babes in totally compromising positions (warning -- guy type hormones talking here).  His stuff actually does have a plot.  Said plot may annoy the hell out of us readers, but we (and even a bunch of the "haters") keep coming back again and again.  We'll probably be annoyed again and again if Fuuka goes on for a long time, but I'll probably keep on reading and following it, as will most of the rest of us.  Seo seems to be kind of a genius in the "love to hate this manga" genre.


Edited by Comadrin, 16 March 2014 - 02:27 AM.


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I'd have liked to see a bit more of their reencounter scene, but I get it that there's only so much one can cram into 30 pages. 

 

 

 

I think Seo heard you for the last of his "first-time" bonus chapters (although it wasn't a first time, per se).  Erotic and touching; something not often seen in manga.



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I think Seo heard you for the last of his "first-time" bonus chapters (although it wasn't a first time, per se).  Erotic and touching; something not often seen in manga.

 

Haha, so he did! I'm not sure how much of it is supposed to be canon/fantasy, since the "one year" doesn't quite fit in the regular story, but you could imagine something similar happening so that's what I'm going with here! It was indeed pretty cute, and I enjoyed it quite a bit. High point was definitely Haruto's completely random proposal, though, and how Yuzuki reacted to it. Very good stuff!

 

Also, the latest Fuuka chapter had something written about the OAD that will be bundled with the last BD/DVD being the finale as seen through Yuzuki's point of view, so I'm hoping we'll get even more new stuff of their reunion, as well as other details of what went on with their life after the marriage.


Edited by burucchi, 04 March 2014 - 11:29 AM.


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Well.  I don't know about the rest of you, but I was glad to see Nagato in the "first time" omake chapters.  I really liked her as a character, and was sorry at the speed that she appeared, fought with Haruto, fell for Haruto, and then disappeared.  She wasn't an obsessive moron (except when it came to "succeeding"), or a blackmailer, a devious manipulator, or any of the other characteristics that have been the main persona trait of so many of KNIM's female characters.  I liked her a lot.