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Jun 17, 2016 9:41 AM
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Believe in Sakamoto lol

I love that classic quote at the end. And the Dead Leg technique is perfect.
Jun 17, 2016 9:57 AM
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Is this the final chapter?
Jun 17, 2016 10:44 AM
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That was a nice speech... Hope this is not a real 'ending' ... too little chapters for me ...
Jun 17, 2016 1:13 PM
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It's most likely Sakamoto is a martian but this chapter feels like it was the end but there is 27 chapters no.
Jun 17, 2016 2:21 PM
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This is the final chapter, but it's marked as 27 chapters on MAL because there were 3 special chapters in the series.

Good ending though. It was a little rushed, but it worked well. The ending was kinda sweet, and it's cool that we never get to know who Sakamoto really is, as it's up to the readers to decide that.

8/10
Jun 17, 2016 3:09 PM
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Gonna miss sakamoto. Wonder if another series with a character as charming and cool as this will pop up again
Jun 17, 2016 3:26 PM
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In the end it still wasn't revealed who he was or where he came from, I guess it's better this way, he took a pie in the face to hide his sad face. Goodbye you fabulous bastard.
The manga had it's ups and downs, 7/10.
Jun 17, 2016 3:52 PM
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Huhuhu... it really is the end. Swagmoto forever in my heart. T^T
Jun 17, 2016 9:07 PM
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Fuck, that face Sakamoto had as he left really got me. For once we saw a real human in the enigma. You'll be missed Sakamoto.
Jun 17, 2016 11:34 PM

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Ahh it ended. I wonder if he's really going to America or like Hayabusa said, that was just a lie? Good manga overall but I'd have like a few more chapters.
Jun 18, 2016 5:30 AM

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Sakamoto's expression kills me every time I see it. ;_;
Good manga, I laughed at so many panels and I think I prefer the manga more than the anime.
Jun 18, 2016 7:17 AM

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So that was the final chapter, huh... That ending and Sakamoto's face ;__;.... Really enjoyed reading this manga. Hope the anime will adapt this chapter well. 10/10.


Jun 18, 2016 8:06 AM
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there's a theory that sakamoto left because he's actually dying so he lied about going to america.

At the end of the chapter where the blonde dude ask sakamoto if he had any regrets in which sakamoto had one and said "It would be not knowing the exact number of holes in the infirmary's ceiling..i suppose" which i think implies that he had been going to the nurses office/infirmary room often.

Also the cover photo is sakamoto in a casket coffin thing which also implies sakamoto is dying.

There were other hints too but i forgot what they were i need to go back and read it again.

JUST A THEORY a very sad one :(
Jun 18, 2016 9:47 AM
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The subtle hints that Sakamoto is dying :
[1] The title "So long, Sakamoto-kun".
[2] Sakamoto laying inside the locker like a corpse in a casket.
[3] His reply to Fukase : "I'd jump into the sea RIGHT NOW" instead of "WHEN MY TIME COMES".
[4] Mars migration project is still practically impossible for now.
[5] He's still in high school. NASA or whatever could, should and would have taken him after he graduated at least.
[6] Hayabusa asking him if the transfer was a lie and Sakamoto didn't say no (which confirms the transfer is a lie).
[7] His reply to Hayabusa's question about regrets implies that he had spent a lot of time in the infirmary while he's in school.

Sakamoto is dying, and that explains why he is so fabulous all the time.
He lived the way he did because he doesn't want any regrets.

Sakamoto's sad face and this theory killed me.
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Jun 19, 2016 12:42 AM

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Why does MAL say it's 27 chapters when 24th was last?
Jun 19, 2016 1:29 AM

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bastek66 said:
Why does MAL say it's 27 chapters when 24th was last?
Chapter 17.5, an untranslated extra from volume 2, and a oneshot in volume one are part of the chapter count.
Jun 26, 2016 10:26 PM

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Aw, I'm gonna miss Sakamoto a lot.

This was a really fun series. I'm gonna watch the Anime a year later or so.
Jun 27, 2016 2:23 PM

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The last page of the manga really screws with my head...

Jul 2, 2016 6:39 PM

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UngodlyGod said:
The subtle hints that Sakamoto is dying :
[1] The title "So long, Sakamoto-kun".
[2] Sakamoto laying inside the locker like a corpse in a casket.
[3] His reply to Fukase : "I'd jump into the sea RIGHT NOW" instead of "WHEN MY TIME COMES".
[4] Mars migration project is still practically impossible for now.
[5] He's still in high school. NASA or whatever could, should and would have taken him after he graduated at least.
[6] Hayabusa asking him if the transfer was a lie and Sakamoto didn't say no (which confirms the transfer is a lie).
[7] His reply to Hayabusa's question about regrets implies that he had spent a lot of time in the infirmary while he's in school.

Sakamoto is dying, and that explains why he is so fabulous all the time.
He lived the way he did because he doesn't want any regrets.

Sakamoto's sad face and this theory killed me.


To add to that, he mentioned something about never seen or played in snow before. Snow isn't anything unusual in Japan, so it would make sense he spent most of his life indoors...maybe in hospital.
Mar 4, 2017 7:02 PM

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So this is the final chapter huh?
That was a nice ending.
May 12, 2017 3:40 PM

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Hmm, so we never figured out who or what Sakamoto was. I agree with some previous posters that Sakamoto is probably a Martian. Or something like that.

Either way, this was a good manga. Entertaining and decently funny. 7/10
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Jun 25, 2017 2:43 PM

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Yeah, probably dying. There's a whole reddit post that piles up evidence and, boy, let me tell ya it's uncanny...
Personally, I find the Christ hand gesture most unnerving.
Aug 18, 2018 8:47 PM

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damn, for a comedy manga to have a chapter that would make me tear up. and if it's really true that sakamoto is dying, that makes this chapter even much-much better
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A fun series, even if it was a bit hit-or-miss towards the middle of the series. 6/10.
Jun 11, 2021 7:34 PM
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The Ending Was Still Confusing.
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I can't cope up with all this theories saying he died. It'd be too heart breaking that way dammit, I love him T-T

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