2011-01-18, 18:55 | Link #1961 |
Eye for an Eye
Join Date: Apr 2008
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When the big secret is revealed it usually means we're close to the end. Unless Utsumi develops super-powers and starts fighting crime, soon there won't be much to talk about.
I wouldn't mind reading a nice 10~15 chapters of him doing silly couple stuff with Yuki, though. Most mangas lack a good epilogue, IMO.
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2011-01-18, 19:00 | Link #1962 |
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I say I'll come close to the end once Tohru shows up again. We'll likely see/hear he's side of the story told to Yuki, some drama ensues when we find out that Tohru wasn't entirely the bad guy, she forgives him for whatever part he may have played in that incident. Leading to Yuki to choose either Utsumi or get back together with Tohru. Yuki chooses Utsumi thus finally moving on from her past. The End.
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2011-01-18, 19:00 | Link #1963 | |
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True, the endings are often short and lacking even for mangas that end naturally without getting the axe early on. And this genre in particular is susceptible to the "cheap drama - x year separation (study abroad, w/e, no mail or phone of course) - reunion in tears and joy" kind of ending. |
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2011-01-18, 19:04 | Link #1964 |
Wordy b@stard
Join Date: May 2006
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I can see a reconciliation between Yuki and Touru, creating a situation where we end up with the classic love triangle. Touru comes to plead innocence and old flames are reheated between Yuki and he, leaving Utsumi in the lurch once again.
For his part, having finally had a taste of love, Utsumi doesn't give up like the wimp he once was and works to sway Yuki back to his side. Only once Yuki realizes that being with Touru is bad old news for her and she comes to terms with his actions, will she move on to Utsumi, who will have been following her initial directions from the early chapters to properly woo her. 100 chapters. Bang! |
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2011-01-19, 04:31 | Link #1971 |
Tin Can
Join Date: Nov 2009
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The only beta males here, are the ones who actually buy the idea of a beta male. Who the hell peddled all this stupid ideas of alpha and beta males in human relaionships anyway? Oh yeah, probably guys who can't look beyond themselves when something goes wrong or when they can't get the girl.
If there is an alpha male, I suppose he is Yuki's dad huh? |
2011-01-19, 14:10 | Link #1973 |
Hei aka Li Xiansheng
Graphic Designer
Join Date: Feb 2008
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Hahaha, no worries. I can empathise with you there . I was re-reading it because the drawings are quite good, and I could learn a thing or two about expressing emotions without words in my drawings.
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2011-01-20, 01:11 | Link #1976 | |
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I'll show you the difference. I have one friend who is very good looking. He's funny as hell too and just a REALLY nice guy. Now at first the guy just seems to pull girls towards him. Like they all flock to him. But they never stay. So one day we sat down and had a chat over a bottle of whisky. So he proceeds to tell me about all his relationships. He was always telling me about how well he treated the girl. How he went out of his way to make the girls happy. I just let him talk. And it was clear, with no malice in him he had just let the girls do what they want, stamping all over him and his feelings. So when he was done talking I just said one simple sentence. "When someone sucks up to you and treats you like you are better than you what do you think?". The look on his face was priceless. Like his world has just been smashed into pieces. So he stopped being so nice. He started doing stuff only cause he wanted to. He did stuff on his terms 95% of the time. And you know what. His current girlfriend and him have the most stable relationship. He loves his current girlfriend, she loves him and this is the first girl that doesn't treat him like crap. |
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2011-01-20, 02:16 | Link #1977 |
Tin Can
Join Date: Nov 2009
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That's not a beta male, that is someone who is overeager to please, to the point where it gets on the nerves of targets of his affection. That kind of behavoir makes one look insecure. Regardless, perhaps the girl is not the type for him, nor were they that into him. Factors can be multiple and complex. Insecure or not, along with other compatibility traits, is too complex to be simplified into a alpha/beta labels. I have friends who are overeager to please too, and their girls like them because they are the way they are (along with being genuinely fine people).
Being genuinely nice, being nice to get into someone's pants and being a pushover are distinct categories. This is something most people seem to be unable to put their heads around. |
2011-01-20, 04:56 | Link #1978 |
Itadaki-nyaaa !!
Join Date: Apr 2008
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Point is that you can't apply the terms alpha/beta male to human beings. They refer specifically to animals only so if you don't want to reduce the story's characters to their natural drives and biological traits (or whatever you call that) you might want to refrain from using terms that could come right out of social darwinism.
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2011-01-20, 10:15 | Link #1979 | |
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2011-01-20, 12:27 | Link #1980 | |
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I really think Utsumi will get with Shou or Risa. |
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