Aki Sora

[Guido]

Originally Posted by for3ver

ok.. im confused as hell..

has the manga ended.. i read on wiki that after aki left..

both she and sora realise that they cant live without each other..

and then they rekindle their relationship..

however other sources say otherwise..

the hell is going on here.. also they arent really siblings right? why doesnt her mother just tell them that.. if its true..

Today, I read the whole last volume of the manga, and the ending left me unanswered doubts.

Spoiler:

First of all, Sora visited his mother's grave not his father's, because he never saw his father as close to their family at all.

He went to the graveyard to visit his mother's grave, and when he sensed Aki arriving he commented about their mother being fortunate now that she passed away, because she and their father will now be together forever in the afterlife.

Which opens questions:

Did Sora learned at all the truth about his mother not being his true mother, but his aunt?

Or Sora never learned at all the truth about his mother and went to her grave because she recently died, meaning that the one who died was the aunt, Aki & Sora & Nami's aunt (their real mother's twin sister)?

The thing is that I interpreted otherwise the last 4-5 pages of the manga's last chapter.

Spoiler:

My initial thoughts were after reading those last pages that Sora and Aki went their separate ways for good after paying their proper respects at their mother's grave.

I jumped to this conclusion based on two assumptions:
- The way how Sora turns to Aki holding such a serious and stern look on his face, though when he turns to see Aki she's greeting him with a smile on her face.

- The last line of the manga which he delivers to Aki, -"Aki-neechan, I wish your choice leads you to happiness".
I think it would be a good idea to check this line in the original kanji, because the translation might hold different meanings to interpret.

Based on that last line, I interpreted at first that Sora truly went separate ways from Aki and never came back to her.

However, the key word in that phrase is choice which can be interpreted to hold different connotations based on Aki being there.
- So, maybe she came to Sora of her own volition, and Sora, turning to see her standing both at their mother's grave, immediately grasped that she chose to return to and live together with him for all their life.
- Then, the stern look on Sora's face as he turned to Aki can now be interpreted that 1) Sora respects and consents to Aki's choice that he's also willing to return to and live with her, and 2) Sora's determination on his eyes lets out that he's willing as well to endure the consequences of them being siblings returning to each other and living together now that Aki makes her choice clear to Sora.

[Kanon]

Originally Posted by Guido

Today, I read the whole last volume of the manga, and the ending left me unanswered doubts.

Spoiler:

Did Sora learned at all the truth about his mother not being his true mother, but his aunt?

Or Sora never learned at all the truth about his mother and went to her grave because she recently died, meaning that the one who died was the aunt, Aki & Sora & Nami's aunt (their real mother's twin sister)?

Spoiler for Last chapter:

Sora said "sorry for taking so long", so I believe that was his real mother's grave and that's he's finally been told the truth. IIRC, the aunt resolved to tell the truth to Nami and Sora when they come of age (no reason to hide it forever).

The ending was alright. It leaves the readers free to believe what they want, so I choose to believe Aki found happiness without that manwhore Sora.

[Sumeragi]

Originally Posted by Kanon

Spoiler for Last chapter:

The ending was alright. It leaves the readers free to believe what they want, so I choose to believe Aki found happiness without that manwhore Sora.

Spoiler for My Choice:

I choose the opposite: Redemption through being faithful to Aki from now on

[NoemiChan]

The last chapter leaves me with the phrase..

" Huh? What happen? That ends it? But, that was? What?!"

[Miraluka]

Originally Posted by Sumeragi

Spoiler for My Choice:

I choose the opposite: Redemption through being faithful to Aki from now on

Weird for me but, yes, this one seems more likely. Maybe her twin keep raping him each time her friend aproachs him but.. oh well.

[Sumeragi]

Originally Posted by Wilfriback

Weird for me but, yes, this one seems more likely. Maybe her twin keep raping him each time her friend aproachs him but.. oh well.

Spoiler for Actually:

It's vaguely told that Kana had approached Sora because she actually loved Nami. I would say that particular piece wouldn't be a problem.

[Leon_Lelouch]

just recently read the manga till the end and just like other people I was left with many confusing thing

Spoiler for do we still need this tag:

So actually Aki and Sora is pure sibling right?
and just like others I don't really feel satisfied by the ending as it leaves me "what the hell happened after that?"
well maybe the author wanted to give us a feeling of 'imagine it by yourself', but I just don't feel satisfied by that kind of ending
So is there actually a news or something like that, that can be an epilogue of it

I've read Uwakoi too, but it disappoint me as it doesn't have incest feeling...

[Shinji103]

Originally Posted by Leon_Lelouch

just recently read the manga till the end and just like other people I was left with many confusing thing

Spoiler for do we still need this tag:

So actually Aki and Sora is pure sibling right?
and just like others I don't really feel satisfied by the ending as it leaves me "what the hell happened after that?"
well maybe the author wanted to give us a feeling of 'imagine it by yourself', but I just don't feel satisfied by that kind of ending
So is there actually a news or something like that, that can be an epilogue of it

I've read Uwakoi too, but it disappoint me as it doesn't have incest feeling...

Actually, I believe it was more like the mangaka was under pressure to finish it, with that new manga "ban" (not exactly a ban, but that's what most people call it) law coming into effect July last year.

[kk2extreme]

WTF is with the last chapter? At least leave us some nudity

[Ami-chan]

hmm...that last line put me under the impression that they were separating. Oh well, I read this manga for Satsuki anyway :P

[mystogan]

after completing the series i was also confused,
but looks like at the end aki and sora are seperate ,because aki refused to come with sora when he had asked ,so i guess that's the final end

[Azure-Priest]

Originally Posted by kk2extreme

WTF is with the last chapter? At least leave us some nudity

It's not the author's choice. He was forced to shut down the series because of the "anti-otaku" law in Japan.

I've read the law, translated, and it's both very confusing and ambiguous. So much so that a manga could be banned, and the mangaka arrested for portraying/ promoting ANY "criminal" activity in the story.

Incest (the primary point of the story Aki-Sora) certainly qualifies.

Of course, this law only applies to anime and manga.

"Artistic" novels are exempt. Otherwise the prime minister who proposed AND SIGNED the law would have to arrest himself and ban his own books, seeing as they have graphic depictions and real-life illustrations of rape, gang-rape, murder, and mutilation of underage girls.

Note: He continues to write these "artistic" novels while decrying manga and anime as ruining the "morality" of the country.

[MrTerrorist]

Uhhh.....Azure-Priest. The author of Aki-Sora is a woman.

[MAX_COLA_POWER!]

Originally Posted by MrTerrorist

Uhhh.....Azure-Priest. The author of Aki-Sora is a woman.

Ah, that does explain the femdom in many of her series including this one and Uwakoi.

[Wigwams]

Originally Posted by MrTerrorist

Uhhh.....Azure-Priest. The author of Aki-Sora is a woman.

azure priest is talking about the governor of tokyo. the dude is a ero novelist, and more importantly the "champion" of the "incest ban" on anime/manga... the whole thing is so ridiculous.

[MrTerrorist]

Originally Posted by Wigwams

azure priest is talking about the governor of tokyo. the dude is a ero novelist, and more importantly the "champion" of the "incest ban" on anime/manga... the whole thing is so ridiculous.

I was actually pointing out this part in his reply below.

Originally Posted by Azure-Priest

It's not the author's choice. He was forced to shut down the series because of the "anti-otaku" law in Japan.

[mystogan]

may be it was because of the law that we got such a rushed and confusing ending, because the series had to be stopped

[Key Board]

It had an AneDoki ending

which was also cut short, but for different reasons

[Azure-Priest]

Originally Posted by MrTerrorist

Uhhh.....Azure-Priest. The author of Aki-Sora is a woman.

Sorry, but in English, when the gender is not known "he" is normally used, and I did not know.

[Solace]

Originally Posted by mystogan

after completing the series i was also confused,
but looks like at the end aki and sora are seperate ,because aki refused to come with sora when he had asked ,so i guess that's the final end

She gave him the chance to tell her not to leave, but he was afraid of doing that. When he finally did, it was too late and she was on the train. The time skips to autumn, and he's visiting his mother and father's grave. Aki shows up, probably to do the same.

If you look at the dialogue from the previous chapter, and combine it with the afterword about the authors friend, you understand what the author was trying to say. Her friend died of cancer, living his last moments to the fullest he could for the sake of his dream of being an author. She had a dream after his passing, about him leaving for the next life and her wanting to say something, but not being able to. The point is that we leave life with so many things undone, unsaid, and unknown. Time is precious, and you should fill it with as much as you can, while you can.

With that, the ending of Aki Sora is that the characters get that second chance to meet, to finish that conversation that ended at that train.

Morality and character issues aside, I found the ending quite poetic. Without that afterward, the ending wouldn't have worked nearly as well.