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[Conrehearsal]

Those who've forgotten Beck, read the arc summary below.

Chapter 86 page 58
What does Maho's roommate mean by," She went to perform with Baby Sister in Dartford"?
Who is Baby Sister?
Chapter 87 page 16 and ahead
How come Maho forgave Koyuki without clearing the misunderstanding? She was angry at him and thought that he was already hooked up with another girl. However when she met him, she immediately hugged Koyuki. According to her, Koyuki was cheating on her, so why did she rush over to him when she didn't even know the truth and if she had already accepted things then why didn't she try calling him? And later they even kissed...something like a sece where she learns about Sayako not being Koyuki's gf seems missing.

The story goes this way...

Maho and Koyuki are busy so they aren't able exchange mails regularly and Maho lies to Koyuki about not being able to attend their London show. But she secretly does attend the show and on the promise day both of them wait for each other although unfortunately being on different roads. Koyuki gets angry at Maho for not coming to meet up with him and decides to pay her a visit. When the door opens, he sees Maho with Norman in the background. He assumes that she forgot about him and has some sort of relationship going on with Norman and immediately runs away. Maho was angry at Koyuki for not coming to meet her hence she doesn't follow him or tries to contact him for the rest of Beck's UK tour. Afterwards, Ryusuke contacts Maho and tells her that Koyuki was actually waiting for her the entire time in the rain. Maho(knowing the truth is happy that she wasn't forgotten) immediately packs her bag, cancels her plans with her friends and immediately leaves for Japan. Upon reaching Japan, she first visits Koyuki(cancelling her class reunion and not resting after jet lag). Since Koyuki wasn't there, she bides her time in a hotel. There, she sees Koyuki and Sayaka together and notices the Dionne Kaufman shirt the girl was wearing. She immediately realizes that Koyuki had lied to her the other day and has in fact forgotter about her. Afterwards she goes to a pub and drinks and cries a lot. Koyuki on the other hand finds out(through Ryusuke) that on the promise day Maho wasn't alone with Norman and that she came to Japan just for him(though he still didn't know that Maho never broke her promise). However he is unable to find her. For the rest of her stay in Japan, Maho is shown wo be extremely depressed.

Later she goes to New York along with Ryusuke to distract herself from her melancholy. In New York, she gets angry at Norman for mentioning,"Men like girls with glasses" showing that she was still angry/depressed. Norman later mentions that he broke up with his girlfriend and tries to get intimate with Maho in the VIP room of a club. Although his advances only have him getting beaten up pretty bad by Maho and later ignored. This shows that Maho is still firmly in love with Koyuki and there's no replacement for him. In the same way, Koyuki dodges Sayaka's advances as he's still in love with Maho(though he thinks Maho has forgotten him and is with Norman).

One day before the Avalon fest, Koyuki meets with with Norman who mentions about Sayaka(as the girl with glasses and Kaufman T-shirt) and has a bandaged arm. He mentions Sayaka being Koyuki's gf to which Koyuki clears the misunderstanding. It is in this page where Norman laughs and says,"I must've mistook her for Maho". Koyuki finds out about Maho's secret attendance at his performance and her keeping her promise. He immediately runs off to find her. Maho's friend tells him in this chapter that Maho has gone to perform with Baby Sister in Dratford. Koyuki meets Maho in the railway platform. She is surprised at first but immediately is filled with joy and rushes over to hug Koyuki. She later kisses and has sex with Koyuki. Sex is obvious as Koyuki is shown shirtless at first and when he was wearing his shirt, his pants were shown to be unbuttoned not to mention the hints Maho's friends was giving.

Both of them were similarly depressed, Maho being more sad though but still they firmly loved each other. As is visible in the last 10-20 chapters, many pages have been cut off and many things aren't mentioned to reduce the number of chapters. I believe...this is what makes the ending kind of agonizing.

[Conrehearsal]

I found the answer to my first question, it was actually translated wrongly.

Answer 1:  Maho went to watch a show featuring Baby Sister and not perform one. Baby Sister is most probably the pseudonym of a performer or the name of a song.

 

Now, all I need to know is whether Maho was angry at Koyuki or was she angry at her own self ? Anyhow, why did she just rush for a hug without an explanation? I mean, she thought Koyuki was already with another girl...as she said that to Norman.

Edited by Conrehearsal, 19 November 2016 - 06:19 AM.