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| THIS IS A MANGA ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS ANYTHING BEYOND THIS CHAPTER. ---------------------------------------- Oh wow, this was such a great series. The ending was kind of a cliff hanger. Hiroshi finally understood how is dad and mom felt and, why he left because Hiroshi was doing the same thing |
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| Good read but whats whit the ending was the friend a time traveler who help him out? |
| I love the manga and all but... THAT FUCKING CLIFFHANGER |
BlueKite said: I love the manga and all but... THAT FUCKING CLIFFHANGER DAMN IT ALL. WHAT THE HELL. IF ONLY NOT FOR THAT ENDING. But now we know what happen to Daisuke!! Really though, what an amazing manga. Makes me want to make put more effort in living my life to the fullest!! |
MirorinFeb 11, 2014 9:43 PM
| Really appreciate what you have..... But Wha happened with tomoko |
| Arrggghhhh I wished it wouldve been more conclusive. It was a good read tho, I liked it a lot. My only other complaint is why did daisuke choose now to send a book? Why didnt he do that when the wrestler was stabbed? And what happened to Tomoko? They never made up? I dont blame him for not stopping his father. Its selfish to not let others be selfish. If I was in his fathers position I dont know what I wouldve done, but I mightve chosen the same answer. |
| The ending is not a cliffhanger if you read in between the lines. I thought it was poignant. |
| Could you elaborate your thoughts? |
| I agree on @hellogoodbye's post, the ending is no cliffhanger. You can see, that there's no use to continue the story, since the message has been given. What would the next arc be? he problems with his youngest daughter? lol i don't want to look like a douche. Sorry. But the ending was so good, he time traveled and thanks to the package of Daisuke you know, that he really traveled mentally back to his 14yo self and wasn't just laying on a gravestone and just dreaming. With his visit to the past, things were running differently as he can remember, but with his actions he lead it to the same future he is now. I think, that he and Tomoko didn't made up, she listened to his advice and went to Tokyo, married a minister and is traveling overseas. The Ending was really good. |
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| It was a great ending. And his friend's book in the end was a nice addition to the story. Even though he travelled back in time, he realized he couldn't change much from his life, since the main events would happen similarly. Overall, a good story with a good message. |
| Was Daisuke aware of the fact that his friend indeed had been a time traveler, I'm not sure of that, but it was nice of him to dedicate his novel to Hiroshi. Mirorin said: what an amazing manga. Makes me want to make put more effort in living my life to the fullest!! Same here. |
| Good story, but IMO the author wasted too much time on Tomoko when at the end nothing became of the relationship. I get it that it was Hirsohi's way of running away from his own family by starting anew with another girl, but her character really was not as important as to have her take up so much time. The one thing I missed is Hiroshi not being able to save his mother, simply by giving her peace, thus avoiding the heart attack. Instead of Daisuke sending him a letter, that would have been an even better proof of Hiroshi doing actual time traveling. |
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| Good manga. I think it had some slight flaws (e.g. the unnecessary romance sub-plot) but all in all it was an emotionally loaded manga that drew me in. |
| your waifu is shit |
hellogoodbye said: Same thoughts. It was a very fitting ending to a heavy but short manga like this one.The ending is not a cliffhanger if you read in between the lines. I thought it was poignant. 8/10 or 9/10 |
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| This is probably one of the best short manga ever. Really beautiful story and I appreciated how much meaning it had behind it. Truly, a classic. |
| :3 |
| Wow. This manga was amazing. There were decent amounts of twists and all the characters were very realistic about their ideals, especially our MC. I think the time travel mechanism and Tomoko's present could have been explored to give a sense of completion but honestly the story was about delivering a message to its readers; which it delivered brilliantly. Beautiful story. 9/10 |
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| I would've liked one or two extra panels at the end where he sits back for a moment and chuckles. The ending felt a little abrupt, but the conclusion itself was fitting :) I also like to think that his father visiting his mother's grave, and that Hiroshi was able to support his mother better (in the remaining time he had with her) the second time around. |
| These faces are so cute that I might just leave them here (#`Д´)´∀`)･ω･) ﾟДﾟ)ﾟ∀ﾟ)･∀･)￣ｰ￣)´_ゝ`) |
| Such a simple story with a very deep meaning. Too bad it’s kind of short for a story this good. |
| What an amazing read, really immersive and hits you deep. This was very impactful. I really did wish they explored as to how Hiroshi's friends were doing in the future and that we had gotten to see them. The ending is something like an icing on the cake and it might seem like they put that for a dramatic effect but I think it's fine. 10/10, I'll definitely check out more of the author's works. |
| I don't agree with his father's decision, but I don't think the manga tries to justify it either. Hiroshi's conclusion is that he has to pay more attention to his own family, and get over the things that went wrong in the past. A really cathartic trip through time. |
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| Well, these last few chapters were a blast. Emotional yet beautiful at the same time. The ending, wow. What a gem of a manga this was. |
 Recommend me some short Manga! |
| Such a shame it ended so shortly. I loved every moment through this Manga, a melancholic read and it executed a perfect message to the readers. Hiroshi was able to reflect back through his memories, that the future would still be the same, but to take a life lesson from it. *thumbs up* |
  Autumn is a second spring, when every leaf is a flower...............................................................................................秋風が立つ |
| The ending could have been better, but overall it was a good experience. Btw, shouldn't this be tagged as a school manga as well? |
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| Great series, very poignant but at the same time it has a well written message. The ending panel made me smile. 8/10 |
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| We are free to decide our path Often we are stuck in our lives and just follow the flow as the time passes But in the end, the decision is in our own hand to accept the current state we are in and cherish the people around us or to start a new life that we usually wished to live to A really good manga |
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| In the end, you can't change your past whatever you do, so no point thinking about it. |
| I guess I don't get Taniguchi and the rave reviews he receives everywhere. He's fine and all, but that's it — he's the very definition of average. Most times I'll finish a comic of his thinking either "that could've been better" or "I've seen that done before in a better way". Haruka na Machi e is the latter. It does end in a interesting way, if not for the uncomfortably apologetic vibe for the father, but for the most part this was a very plain story that didn't really do anything with its concepts and ideas. |
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| God, I loved this one so much. This is just the kind of manga that leaves you with a sense of completion, joy and new-found wishes to live your life to its fullest, what a great story. The actions every character takes are reasonable and logical, that's what I liked about it the most. Like when the protagonist shouted at his sister because he was holding the pain and anguish of his father leaving, such a great scene. And my God, the scene where the father leaves is heartbreaking. I've never seen such a scene at any other piece of work. It's so unexpected, but yet unnstoppable. So good. Loved this thing to my core. |
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| So what was the point of this story? MC returns to his timeline and things are pretty much the same. The book in the end is the proof that the whole story was real and MC wasn't just dreaming; so what? It can be said that Tomoko (MC's gf - now ex.gf) likely became a wife of a diplomat or whatever thanks to MC teaching her. In other words he influenced the past, but MC didn't know he did that until now. So all the romance plot involving her amounts to nothing. He basically helped her in English, that's all to it. It was underwhelming to see how time-travel was treated so lightly. Butterfly effect again? There should've been more changes, considering how past MC was better in school. Are you telling me his mom also still died young, despite being less anxious knowing the husband's fate? And speaking of husband. He seemed to be living a boring life of a salaryman. What a shitty choice. Does he regret? Maybe, why should anyone care! And, MC didn't save his friend from dying in a motorcycle accident too? And Daisuke never approached MC about Yakuza-stabbing? Because apparently this was the moment he truly believed that MC was indeed time-travelling. At the end of the day, MC kind-of realized he shouldn't be a pos like his father who abandoned his family, but was the whole time-travel crap intended for this revelation? Disappointed. |
| Very decent manga, definitely is better than all of Asano works, mental struggles are represented in a more realistic way here than in Asano ridiculous manga ways, it's sad that pseudointellectuals just are so blindly following any work of the latter. Anyways, the manga had some flaws, the motives of the father arent reasonable, one of the main messages was that some thing in life are unchangeable because people beliefs will guide them to the same point, that true to be told can questionable to say the least, if he really wanted he could saved the guy who died in the accident or stop his father, he just choose not to but ok, I guess the manga decides to go that way, overall it was a good representation of the topics treated, not perfect but far above the average, it's a tragedy that people ignore this while going into reading other obnoxious melodramatic mangas, 7.4/10. |
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