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At least the mangaka didn't try to please the fans (...) but instead tried to tell something.

Sailor S wrote:

I just think that from what I've read thus far of Bunny Drop, that it was an unnecessary plot development.

But see, that's a large part of the problem. It's so directly contradictory to the tone of the series at the outset. People have come online trying to argue that it's all somehow a "coming full circle" since spoiler[Rin's mother had an affair with Daikichi's grandfather and there was a big age gap there], but that completely ignores the fact that spoiler[Daikichi's grandfather didn't raise Rin's mother]. That someone would spoiler[have a sexual relationship with their adopted child they raised from preschool age] is absolutely creepy and series-killing, at least to me, and certainly given how un-creepy and charming the series is as it begins.

NonoAsumy wrote:

At least the mangaka didn't try to please the fans (...) but instead tried to tell something.

And that "something" was...? To me, the crime is not even against morality per se but against the story itself. It's a complete thematic derailing. It would be as if George R.R. Martin decided his last three books of A Song of Ice and Fire were going to be spotless sunshine and optimism. It wouldn't matter if he was "telling something" or even if they were written, it would be a betrayal of the work to that point.

vashfanatic wrote:

Zac wrote: We're just not allowed to have nice things, are we? Good lord. Yeah, somebody posted that spoiler on another thread, and I have never been more happy to have been spoiled in my life. I double-checked around to make sure it was true, then decided I'd loved the series to this point, and I would just pretend that it ended some completely different. Hopefully the anime actually will.

I found the authors take on relationships too interesting and the art too fascinating as to consider to drop the manga at any point.

At least the mangaka didn't try to please the fans (I have yet to find someone who is pleased by this ending (my initial response was the obligatory "What the shit?")) but instead tried to tell something.

Oh and the entire post time skip arc is told from Rin´s perspective.

NonoAsumy wrote:

vashfanatic wrote: Zac wrote: We're just not allowed to have nice things, are we? Good lord. Yeah, somebody posted that spoiler on another thread, and I have never been more happy to have been spoiled in my life. I double-checked around to make sure it was true, then decided I'd loved the series to this point, and I would just pretend that it ended some completely different. Hopefully the anime actually will. I found the authors take on relationships too interesting and the art too fascinating as to consider to drop the manga at any point. At least the mangaka didn't try to please the fans (I have yet to find someone who is pleased by this ending (my initial response was the obligatory "What the shit?")) but instead tried to tell something. Oh and the entire post time skip arc is told from Rin´s perspective.

Just because the author tried to tell something doesn't make it good. I know a ton of series where the author or writer tries to tell the audience something, but the point they are making is either badly told, or incredibly stupid, that the story would have been better off if the author had simply tried to tell a fun story.

Anyone wonder why a convention should be given non-profit status?

Does a convention that charges $45 to $50 for a one day pass need to be given non-profit status?

vashfanatic wrote:

Zac, re: Usagi Drop not being creepy... we're all hoping the anime either ends at around volume 4, or goes with a different ending than the manga. Want to know why? Well... spoiler[after several volumes of realistic, touching drama about being a single dad, we get a time skip, Rin grows up, and they become a couple. Seriously. They get married. He winds up boning the little girl he raised. Yeah.] So I'm not so much looking forward to the anime as waiting to see what they decide to do with the manga.

We're just not allowed to have nice things, are we? Good lord.

Just to let the thread know, I totally have to check out Bunny Drop now... because of the spoilers.

I will also purchase the manga the next time a Yen Press sale comes around.