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[Revassin]

So I quit reading during the TV comedy arc, I mean when he is with NMB, because the translation kinda stalled. But I was still interested what happend to our favo crossdresser so I started rereading it from the beginning when I saw that translation were ongoing. So after restarting this serie I still ended up being so disappointed with a lot of things that happend after the &jewel/maya arc. 

So I am curious I am the only on that felt that the author could have done things better after &jewel/maya arc? All the excitement I felt in the first few arc's was just lost in later ones. I just didn't feel the tension or amazement at what they achieved during those earlier arcs in the new ones. The arcs after &jewel/maya were just stale. I never actually felt that there was any progressing towards them becoming beter idols except for that one moment when Minori & Yoshinaga learned to dance beter. They also focused on other AKB members with a few short chapters but those members aren't relevant after those chapters so why introduce them to the story at all? Atsuko, Takamina & Yuko were obviously the most prominent and interesting side/supporting characters and the focus should have stayed on them or on our main characters Minori, Yoshinaga & Okabe.

 

I also felt that the finale battle for top 8 spot was really weird.

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I mean Yoshinaga just had a major scandal happen to her and also didn't have the same charisma/popularity that Minori/Minoru has (he obviously had more fans then her throughout the serie). Yet somehow she got more votes then him It just doesn't make any sense. It also doesn't make sense that the author would make him a double center. Seriously why not make Minori/Minoru win and center from the start this way he can be on top before passing the baton to Yoshinaga. Instead he gets 9th place and becomes a double center with Yoshinaga which is kinda dumb seeing he is going international  (why make him double center at all). And apparently they get him on a airplane without his passport? Or did they figure out he was a boy already and just didn't care?

Overall I felt the author drop the ball on the main storyline, I love the characters but the overall story just went downhill. I also read through a few posts on the Final Chapter Discussion (without spoiling myself too much) I see that a lot of ppl were disappointed with the ending (Ending spoilers follow:). 

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Because from what I gathered he goes back to a mundane life (not even a normal life as he has hardly any skills/education for a proper job) as convenience store clerk after spending 4,5 years as a Idol. This freaking feels so sad for him as he kinda wasted 4,5 years of his life as he doesn't even get the girl (or is able to use the skills he learned with regards to being an idol)  .

So I kinda feel conflict whether I should finish reading this now once the last chapters are out

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as this doesn't seem to be a real happy ending.

Also wanted to remark that this is still one of my favo mangas (from what I read so far ) but I just feel like it could have been beter thought out.
Curious to know the thoughts of other readers so plz comment.

 

EDIT: Just noticed from around chapter 230ish Minoru & Yoshinaga have Elf ears??? whats up with that :S
 

Edited by Revassin, 13 December 2017 - 06:10 PM.