Usagi Drops

[Darknemo2000]

Originally Posted by stuopidget

AWESOME ENDING IS AWESOME.

Spoiler for 56:

Daikichi you can finally drop your responsibility as a father and start being a husband (and father again after hahhahaha).

I DIDN'T TEAR UP AT THE LAST PAGE OR ANYTHING OK?!?!

Sorry but I dont see how it is awesome at all. I mean

Spoiler for 56:

They dont even kiss. I just cannot imagine them acting as a couple at all. Its just the family thing but I really see no sexual attraction or the possible romance between man and woman.

I cant imagine them having a kid together. I just can't. There has to be a sexual attraction between the couple and I utterly failed to see it in there. They are a faimily but they are not a couple.

[Om Nerabdator]

SPOLIER FOR ENDING

Spoiler for DONT READ UNLESS YOU KNOW THE ENDING ASWELL:

WTF THEY GET MARRIED!!?? how sick is that i was always hoping he''d end up with koukins mom...........now i dont want to watch the anime

[Darknemo2000]

Originally Posted by matty543

SPOLIER FOR ENDING

Spoiler for DONT READ UNLESS YOU KNOW THE ENDING ASWELL:

WTF THEY GET MARRIED!!?? how sick is that i was always hoping he''d end up with koukins mom...........now i dont want to watch the anime

Not really

Spoiler for Not:

They get married but there is nothing sexual in there, ironically. There was sexual tension between her and Koukin. But there is none between her and Dai. None. Zero. Nada. Null.

Thats why they still look like a family in the end, but not really a couple with a romantic interest in each other.

The only way I can imagine them having a kid is if they adopt one.

[typhonsentra]

Who the hell thought it was a good idea to pair these characters up? I come into a series for cute family fun and end up with the guy shacking up with his daughter..... what the hell is going on!?

[Darknemo2000]

Originally Posted by typhonsentra

Who the hell thought it was a good idea to pair these characters up? I come into a series for cute family fun and end up with the guy shacking up with his daughter..... what the hell is going on!?

Again, i Don't think its quite the same as say Koi Kaze where the romantic insterest was clearly strong. I dont see a romantic interest in there. Just the family. Maybe in a different setting than I originally imagined, but I dont really see anything sexual or romantic between them even in the end.

[Kunagisa]

Originally Posted by Darknemo2000

Not really

Spoiler for Not:

They get married but there is nothing sexual in there, ironically. There was sexual tension between her and Koukin. But there is none between her and Dai. None. Zero. Nada. Null.

Thats why they still look like a family in the end, but not really a couple with a romantic interest in each other.

The only way I can imagine them having a kid is if they adopt one.

Spoiler for last:

They didn't get marry in the chapter yet ... right?

I mean they were talking about it, then Daikichi went all I gotta tell mom and stuff. Then there's the part where she said she loves his smell, and he said isn't it's just cause they've been sleeping together since they're kids, then she said but it's better if it's washed, which prompt Daikichi to go WHEREEEE?!!? and she said it's still young while pointing at his body, which prompted the same response from Daikichi again.

So it's not like she's totally just not into him. They probably won't be having KY Intense commercial level of sex doesn't mean that she won't think him as the best thing that happened to her and want to carry his child.

Originally Posted by typhonsentra

Who the hell thought it was a good idea to pair these characters up? I come into a series for cute family fun and end up with the guy shacking up with his daughter..... what the hell is going on!?

Lol spoilers, but honestly why do people get so worked up about

Spoiler for 54 onward:

pseudo-incest. The only reason REAL incest s is shunned upon is the biological screwups for the next generation. Father-daughterLIKE relationships are great, if they take it to the next level then who the hell is to say it's a bad thing. Age gap should never be an issue as long as both parties are of age of consent to make mature judgments.

[Darknemo2000]

Originally Posted by stuopidget

So it's not like she's totally just not into him. They probably won't be having KY Intense commercial level of sex doesn't mean that she won't think him as the best thing that happened to her and want to carry his child.

Its only words really. They showed nothing with actions.

Spoiler for sp:

Thats why I am not convinced that they even can have kids. Nothing they do have anything close to romance between man and woman. Hell we dont even see them kiss. Thats why I can only imagine them having adopted children.

Maybe if author would have spent some effort expanding it and actually showing it rather than just telling, but she didnt thats why imagining them having a sexual relationship comes nearly impossible because nothing like that was shown during this whole damned manga and it wasnt even shown in the very last chapter of it.

They are the family, but they are not lovers, not couple, not two people in love with each other romantically. Author did well to show two poeple love each other like a family, but she utterly failed to show a romance.

[Sparvid]

Originally Posted by Darknemo2000

Spoiler for Not:

The only way I can imagine them having a kid is if they adopt one.

Spoiler:

And years later, one of them marries it.

[KLGChaos]

Originally Posted by matty543

SPOLIER FOR ENDING

Spoiler for DONT READ UNLESS YOU KNOW THE ENDING ASWELL:

WTF THEY GET MARRIED!!?? how sick is that i was always hoping he''d end up with koukins mom...........now i dont want to watch the anime

Spoiler:

Well, Koukin's mom screwed that up. Daikichi tried, but she rejected him. I'm also not a fan of them getting married, as he did raise her as a daughter-- some serious Woody Allen crap there. Though the fact that they aren't blood related does ease the squickiness a bit (but not by much).

[Proto]

Usagi Drop:

A manual on how to create a perfectly good series and ruin it by the last 3 chapters.

[Darknemo2000]

Originally Posted by Proto

Usagi Drop:

A manual on how to create a perfectly good series and ruin it by the last 3 chapters.

I think it was ruined by the last 4 volumes.

They should have kept with her being a child and Dai being main character. Starting from the time skip Dai became only a secondary character and she started to dwell into teen problems that drfted towards the weird direction in the end.

Its like a half-baked cookie.

Spoiler for hm:

Whats the point of them getting close to being married if all you show is the family love and affection, while no romance in soight? Then wouldnt be it better to be the family affection all the way? Or if you go to that territory then at least show the said romance between the two?

[Proto]

Although it was a dip in quality, it was still salvageable depending on what they did. Unfortunately the author utterly failed at this.

[KLGChaos]

I'm just wondering what the spin-off is going to be about at this point.

[User68604]

yea...still cant find this translated

been checking wow! scans main site over and over

[henwy]

I have a question I was hoping someone could answer and preferably someone who actually comprehends Japanese. I'm a bit confused about Nitani's actions. Make that a lot confused. The basic point is that Daikichi loves her and always harbored a torch for her over the years. He even made a proposal of sorts which she turns down. I always assumed she always liked him too but turned him down because she just didn't feel like she could do another relationship or didn't want to feel like he was sacrificing for her.

That being the case, I couldn't explain why the frack she started dating other men and even eventually married someone else. I keep thinking I must've missed something in the translation and that there were subtle undertones in the conversation between them that didn't come across. Did she really not care for him that way? Did she think he wasn't good enough? It just seemed stupid. I could see if she just didn't want to ever do relationships again or get married again, but to turn him down without even so much as a date only to go off with random other guys seemed to make no sense. If this was real life, I would say that she thought he was just too fugly to be seen with and so even if she was glad to be his friend, she had no interest in a relationship. That seems damn cold though and wouldn't have fit with my reading of her character.

So, what the hell am I missing?

[KLGChaos]

Originally Posted by henwy

I have a question I was hoping someone could answer and preferably someone who actually comprehends Japanese. I'm a bit confused about Nitani's actions. Make that a lot confused. The basic point is that Daikichi loves her and always harbored a torch for her over the years. He even made a proposal of sorts which she turns down. I always assumed she always liked him too but turned him down because she just didn't feel like she could do another relationship or didn't want to feel like he was sacrificing for her.

That being the case, I couldn't explain why the frack she started dating other men and even eventually married someone else. I keep thinking I must've missed something in the translation and that there were subtle undertones in the conversation between them that didn't come across. Did she really not care for him that way? Did she think he wasn't good enough? It just seemed stupid. I could see if she just didn't want to ever do relationships again or get married again, but to turn him down without even so much as a date only to go off with random other guys seemed to make no sense. If this was real life, I would say that she thought he was just too fugly to be seen with and so even if she was glad to be his friend, she had no interest in a relationship. That seems damn cold though and wouldn't have fit with my reading of her character.

So, what the hell am I missing?

The only thing I really got from it is that they never got together because of their kids. Because Kouki and Rin were so close, yet having problems, they couldn't advance themselves and she didn't want to be stuck in place waiting for the kids to finally grow up. Personally, I think it's a lame excuse and that it was Nitani's loss in the end.

[henwy]

Originally Posted by KLGChaos

The only thing I really got from it is that they never got together because of their kids. Because Kouki and Rin were so close, yet having problems, they couldn't advance themselves and she didn't want to be stuck in place waiting for the kids to finally grow up. Personally, I think it's a lame excuse and that it was Nitani's loss in the end.

I got that at the time he made the first proposal during middle school. Kouki was running wild at the time and I know Nitani didn't want to drag them into it. He seemed to have calmed down afterwards though and Dai made another shot at it and also got turned down. It just seemed completely unnatural. Like I said, if this were real life, I would have just thought she felt notta romantic'y for him because of one reason or another, but you can't help but get the impression she likes him.

I haven't read the last 2 chapters, but because of here and other places, I know how it churns out. I'm not sure that it's her loss. I just can't believe in 2 chapters the story can somehow add the romantic love between Dai and Rin that hasn't been there for 10 years and somehow make it seem believable. She doesn't seem to romantically love him as much as filial'y love him, wanting to stay with him and reciprocate all the years of care he gave her. If he deludes himself enough into buying into that, he'll just suffer for it in the end. I know it's not how it'll turn out with the obligatory happily ever after, but I think we all know that if this were true to life, one day she'd fall into real romantic love somewhere and either drop his arse or tear herself apart with conflicting needs. Not to mention, he'll be living a lie.

[Darknemo2000]

Originally Posted by henwy

I haven't read the last 2 chapters, but because of here and other places, I know how it churns out. I'm not sure that it's her loss. I just can't believe in 2 chapters the story can somehow add the romantic love between Dai and Rin that hasn't been there for 10 years and somehow make it seem believable. She doesn't seem to romantically love him as much as filial'y love him, wanting to stay with him and reciprocate all the years of care he gave her. If he deludes himself enough into buying into that, he'll just suffer for it in the end. I know it's not how it'll turn out with the obligatory happily ever after, but I think we all know that if this were true to life, one day she'd fall into real romantic love somewhere and either drop his arse or tear herself apart with conflicting needs. Not to mention, he'll be living a lie.

Yeah thats my problem with this. I wouldnt mind romantical love between Dai and Rin but only if it would have been portrayed, but it wasnt it just showed non-romantic love (family love). No kissing, no romance, no sexual attractiion. Thats why the author either should have played the romance love properly or simply keep them like a family without any implication to man woman relationship (which was only told in words but never in actual actions).

[Om Nerabdator]

Originally Posted by Proto

Usagi Drop:

A manual on how to create a perfectly good series and ruin it by the last 3 chapters.

yes mate you sumed up this perfectly..

[DanielSong39]

Spoiler for Ending:

Actually Daikichi and Rin ARE blood-related which only adds to the squick. The blood relationship is kinda reversed but it's still there...