Recently
Broccoli who also possesses all 4 volumes of Koikaze manga doubted whether Koikaze really ends at the end of volume 4 and asked me to check "Evening," a fortnightly manga magazine where Koikaze had been serialised whether the story would still continue there. I told him the followings.
1. The story could not be elaborated further.
2. Short extra manga following the last chapter of each volume from volume 1-3 was missing from volume 4.
Which implied that it should definitely ended. Therefore the story should end at the last chapter of volume 4.
I later took a look at Evening No. 11 (05/25) and Koikaze was not there. The longest pause between each volume was 3 issues between the last chapter of volume 3 and the first chapter of volume 4. The last page of volume 4 was published in Evening No. 6 this year which means Koikaze has been absent for 5 issues and now can be safely confirmed that the story ends at the last page of volume 4. Besides, the anime is now at 7/13 episodes and episode 7 ends at the end of volume 2, half way already.
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Someone including the fansubbers, have referred to Koikaze as an incestuous show which is quite irritating. Let take a look at the meanings of "incest."
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Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary
incest, n.
1. sexual intercourse between closely related persons.
2. the crime of sexual intercourse, cohabitation, or marriage between persons within the degrees of consanguinity or affinity wherein marriage is legally forbidden.
[1175–1225; ME < L incestus (n.) sexual impurity, deriv. of incestus (adj.) profane, sexually impure (in- IN-3 + -cestus comb. form of castus CHASTE), by analogy with v. nouns derived with -tus]
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Longman - Dictionary of Contemporary English
incest, n. [U] a forbidden sexual relationship between close relatives in a family, e.g. between brother and sister or parent and child
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Incest is sexual activity between close family members. It is a taboo in most societies and a criminal offence and an impediment to marriage in most countries, as well as being opposed by most modern religions.
But the exact definition of what is a "close family member" varies widely: some jurisdictions consider only those related by birth, others also those related by adoption or marriage; some prohibit relations only with nuclear family members and ancestors or descendants, while others prohibit relations with aunts and uncles, nephews and nieces, and cousins as well.
The term is also sometimes used metaphorically and legally, to describe relationships between an authority figure and a pupil, such as teacher-student or troop leader and scout, or between those who are closely related in some other nonsexual way, as in an "incestuous relationship" between stockbrokers and mutual fund managers.
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Sexual intercourse is clearly a main element of "incest." If you search the internet for incest then you can find a lot of pornography web sites leading to sex stories or photos of father XXX daughter, son XXX mother, and brother XXX sister, etc. and that represent the true meaning of incest.
Koikaze does present love and bond between siblings but not sexual intercourse between them.
The author has carefully done a great job in presenting the story to its beautiful side. If you do enjoy the story why not try to promote it to its true contents?
Siblings' love story is not incestuous in English meaning. Misjudgingly imposing incest on Koikaze is not only tasteless but also scares away some audience from this beautiful love story.