Good Ending (GE)

[euclid]

any news for ch117.... I cant wait for the for he next chapter...

[Saber024]

that "being illuminated by the sun" photo will surely win. and IT will cause problems. again.

and yuki's really starting to show signs of "envy".

[Kirito]

Yuki doesn't deserve Seiji. She's just too damn wishy washy for me to take.

[euclid]

Originally Posted by Saber024

that "being illuminated by the sun" photo will surely win. and IT will cause problems. again.

and yuki's really starting to show signs of "envy".

that's right, the one his teacher will choice is the picture of "yuki being illuminating by sunset" and utsi didn't expecting it... because he is planning to submit the pictures of shou for the exhibition and that pictures of yuki was not included in the item he wanted to to choose from...

[euclid]

Originally Posted by Deikan

Yuki doesn't deserve Seiji. She's just too dame wishy washy for me to take.

I'm not yukixutsi fan but for me this is the plot... why you will choose someone who doesnt deserve you but regardless of everything you still love him/her... that's the drama behind this plot...

[HayashiTakara]

Originally Posted by jzmagic

I've lost all emotional investment in this manga by now. I hope this ends soon, the story is just being dragged out. I don't care who Utsumi ends up with.

I think most people are in the same boat. I'm just reading it out of habit right now until its finally over. A lot of the girls are starting to look a like with different hair styles.

[KLGChaos]

Originally Posted by jzmagic

I've lost all emotional investment in this manga by now. I hope this ends soon, the story is just being dragged out. I don't care who Utsumi ends up with.

It's why the manga has joined KNIM on the dropped list for me. My interest started to wane after the whole "rape me or I dump you" angle and completely ended after Shou and Utsumi got together. Not because I'm against that relationship, because I was all for it, but because I know Yuki is going to ruin it somehow. That's always the lead girl's main purpose in any shounen romance it seems... to ruin everything.

I'm just so tired of shounen dramas. :P All rife with lame teenage angst and depression... to the point that I come to detest the characters. So, I've stopped reading them unless they're more laid-back slice of life mangas like Hoshi no Furu Machi. I'm just tired of character doing the most idiotic things imaginable all for the sake of "drama".

[Waven]

I think almost all fictional series get to the point where the readers' initial hype and excitement turns into habit, being attached to single characters / single aspects of the series (like ecchi) or just wanting to know how it ends to have completed something.

The thing is if there are enough people that regularly watch/read/etc. such series even out of these secondary reasons then from a business perspective there's no need for the creators to stop. I think we rarely see series ending just because the author/creator thinks it's not high quality anymore.

This ofc only applys to series that you follow while they are still running (e.g. weekly , monthly...) and it mostly applys to works that are relatively long-running - you probably won't have the mentioned effect during a single-cour anime.

That is also why I think you can't compare new, weekly series that are scanlated regularly to older series like Ichigo100%, which, I assume, none of us read on a weekly basis. I can only imagine how people would've raged at Manaka and Aya or gotten tired of the triangle if they read it weekly.

If GE and KNIM were to end next week and would make place for other shounen dramas then the same people would get tired of them at some point sooner or later, not because the series are necessarily bad but the format itself doesn't work for these people (anymore), as KLGChaos seems to have realized for himself.

[Xaturas]

Originally Posted by Waven

I think we rarely see series ending just because the author/creator thinks it's not high quality anymore.

That's why series get axed because Author are to self centered. But thanks to readers votes and editors/chiefs decision, shitty series get axed.
I cannot comprehend how people can enjoy such low drama, it is just sad how characters do whatever it takes to make more drama.
That's why I now mostly read seinen romances, if I see shounen title I think 3-4 times before I even touch it, because most of the time in the long run it will become some shit like KNIM or GE. KNIM dropped at beef strogonov chapter, GE dropped around Rape me or i dumb you chapter.
Both of those series aren't just worth the time invested, lowly drama and retarded characters decision on every point in the story, aren't worth wasting any more time, even if time already invested was significant.

[DragoZERO]

Originally Posted by Xaturas

That's why series get axed because Author are to self centered. But thanks to readers votes and editors/chiefs decision, shitty series get axed.

They're not self centered... they are making a living. There is no guarantee that they will get a new series or anything. The trick is for the axe to come down with enough time to finish the story off nicely.

[HayashiTakara]

I problem with a lot of shonen series is that they seem to not be planned out very well. A lot of times it kinda feels like the authors are making the story as they go along, which leads to poor writing and character development.

[DragoZERO]

Originally Posted by HayashiTakara

I problem with a lot of shonen series is that they seem to not be planned out very well. A lot of times it kinda feels like the authors are making the story as they go along, which leads to poor writing and character development.

Only after a certain point and for certain authors. So far, GE and Kimi have all had planned arcs. We've had foreshadowing and no real wtf moments, as in something comes out of no where for plot's sake (see Guilty Crown). Others just get into a rut with no progression and get a tad boring (see Pastel).

And GE is still very good. Everything has been progressing logically and most importantly, naturally. Seiji has grown considerably since the first chapter and he is progressing towards who he needs to be to free Yuki and live happily ever after with her.

[Xaturas]

Originally Posted by DragoZERO

They're not self centered... they are making a living. There is no guarantee that they will get a new series or anything. The trick is for the axe to come down with enough time to finish the story off nicely.

Yeah and that's why you have successful authors who can make a living with just 1 good series and goodies connected with it.
And you have shitty authors on the other side who spew out shitty stories left and right, and get axe foreshadowing just few chapters after starting the story.

Manga world is damn big, not everyone can be successful, sad part is that some shitty authors get another chances with their shitty stories, while young talents are pushed back.
If some mangaka is talented then his only worry is how to present his story and viewpoint as best as he can, and he doesn't need to worry about axe. Look at Oda and One Piece, even though I don't read it, I know that its damn successful, and know how a great mangaka Oda is. I know that we cannot compare romance to battle manga, but still there were damn better romance stories few years back.
Even if artwork wasn't the greatest those stories still had that *spark/thing* that made you want to read more. Now look at all those generic romances, each and every is same shit waiting for axe to come.
Where are the authors who can actually write a story??? Now only novels seem to have a decent story and plot. Romance mangas are just nice pictures with DAFUQ dialog between characters.

End of rant.

There still a lot of good titles on the market, but the quantity of shit still being published is astonishing.

Originally Posted by DragoZERO

Seiji has grown considerably since the first chapter and he is progressing towards who he needs to be to free Yuki and live happily ever after with her.

Thats another part that makes me stop reading GE. Can this damn girl do anything on her own. Its like looking at some princess waiting for her knight. Jesus I know the girl has had some traumatic experiences but for God sake Seiji is a masochist for trying so hard for such a lowly gem.

[Kirito]

I just wish that Yuki can just meet her ex and get it over with. I just hope that they don't continue to drag this further then it already is, because with the current chapters, it's becoming an KNIM scenario all over again.

[Lexxus]

As expected this will happen. Can't wait to see their reaction in the next chapter

[solomon]

Originally Posted by Xaturas

Yeah and that's why you have successful authors who can make a living with just 1 good series and goodies connected with it.
And you have shitty authors on the other side who spew out shitty stories left and right, and get axe foreshadowing just few chapters after starting the story.

Manga world is damn big, not everyone can be successful, sad part is that some shitty authors get another chances with their shitty stories, while young talents are pushed back.
If some mangaka is talented then his only worry is how to present his story and viewpoint as best as he can, and he doesn't need to worry about axe. Look at Oda and One Piece, even though I don't read it, I know that its damn successful, and know how a great mangaka Oda is. I know that we cannot compare romance to battle manga, but still there were damn better romance stories few years back.
Even if artwork wasn't the greatest those stories still had that *spark/thing* that made you want to read more. Now look at all those generic romances, each and every is same shit waiting for axe to come.
Where are the authors who can actually write a story??? Now only novels seem to have a decent story and plot. Romance mangas are just nice pictures with DAFUQ dialog between characters.

End of rant.

There still a lot of good titles on the market, but the quantity of shit still being published is astonishing.



Thats another part that makes me stop reading GE. Can this damn girl do anything on her own. Its like looking at some princess waiting for her knight. Jesus I know the girl has had some traumatic experiences but for God sake Seiji is a masochist for trying so hard for such a lowly gem.

Woah, ranty rant is ranty.

Dude, I think you are expecting WAYYYYY too much over here, aight. This is popcorn level shit ya know, like this is for kids age ioono 13-17 maybe? If you are older than this, I suggest you look for some seinen/josei type stuff.

And what's more just making a living with one series doesn't validate a series artistically (as if there is one set of standards for that) just commercially. Generally speaking, all these Shonen romances read the same and I don't expect anything else, it's halfway wish fufillment fantasy anyways, and as far as I am concerned things don't change drastically from one to the other.

[Merilyn Mensola]

Ok..i make a summary for 117

Spoiler for my Summary

Spoiler:

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Shou and Yuki meet to drink a tea together, Shou tell Yuki that she is concerned that Utsumi feel something for her(Yuki),Shou believe in Utsumi words, but she ask Yuki how she feel about Utsumi, Yuki tell Shou that she not need to worry, that they are just friends, and that is her fault that their break up..Shou feel happy after Yuki words

Utsumi and Shou go to see the results of Shou college test, Shou passed and Utsumi congratulates with her..,they go to see the result of the competition photo, Utsumi tell Shou that he decided that was the teacher to choose the pictures that would participate in the competition, and that if was for him,would choose the photo of their reconciliation..,they see that Utsumi win the second prize..they go to see the photo.........and..is Yuki photo...

[Kirito]

Nice summary, even though I've already predicted that something like this would happen... I definitely hate where this is going.

[HayashiTakara]

The lack of a cat fight disappoints me... but lol BURN! @ the end

[TooPurePureBoy]

Poor shou, gliding along on cloud 9 all day only to get the gut punch in the end.