Hey there mangaGAF, I'm new here, would like to vent my weekly frustrations in here.
And a quick and totally inacurrate Top-5 to introduce myself:
- One Piece (because it started my love for manga/anime over a decade ago and still makes me go fanboy every week
- Hoshi No Samidare (for having such an awesome cast and being all around badass)
- Welcome To The NHK (because friendship conquers all. and love)
- Solanin (simple and heartwarming)
- 20 Seiki Shonen (gutalala sudalala)
And now for the present:
Sankarea 56 [end]
I didn't care much for the manga after the plot got convulted somewhere around the introduction of Darin and all that research stuff. I liked the initial slice-of-life setting and simple romance with a twist. While the manga had its moments, it was nowhere near well paced and captivating. And then came chapter 55 where the calm scenery leading up to the bleak reveal even managed to surprise me and made me gasp inaudible. Even if the whole amnesia dumbness lessened the impact a bit, that was still a well pulled off moment. Not for shock, not illogical, but a consequential result of the story setup and an agreeable finale for the story.
And then chapter 56 ruined it. I mean, it was obvious, the somewhat happy ending was kinda a given, but still it frustrates me to no end. It wasn't quite as bad as the added scenes of MGS4, since that's a story I actually cared for somewhat, but Sankarea still left me feeling empty as any cop out ending has every done.