Mekakushi no Kuni Chapter 40 Discussion

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                        Okay, that’s not the ending I was hoping for.

But I’m still glad Arou and Kanade are together until the end.

The whole ESP setting screamed of 90s shoujo. There are a lot of things that could be addressed in regard to their abilities, but what I found awkward beside the translation effort were the character interactions, like, was the uncle really tempted to kill Arou (rhetorical), or how poorly fleshed out the important supporting characters were, most notably Ezawa and the student body president. Overall, an ok idea, but a mediocre execution.

A very sudden ending.  I was hoping for some sort of epilogue because we have confirmed that Arou and Kanade will be together forever over and over.  Great series, but I really wanted a little more.

Don't let the happy sparkle moments blind you from the fact that his own fucking uncle tried to kill him or at least hurt him quite badly for his own gain.



Some strong chapters here and there that stirred my heart but overall it's not the manga I hoped for.



corwinr is right, there's a lot of awkwardness here.  The series "emotional weight" is all over the place.



I kept feeling like it was sometimes pure doki-doki shoujo aimed at a very young audience but then suddenly the content and its themes spiked up in maturity. Never really seemed to reach a believable middle ground.



And you didn't need to reiterate that you can see the future but Arou can see the past ~40 times. (this is probably one of the reasons why it kept feeling immature)