Ruby would rather have her career ruined and her brother stuck in jail as opposed to having a career with her brother dead

>>282812108
he could have forgotten revenge and impregnated his sister

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He could've been a non-faggot and pounded this until his dick falls off but nooo.

>>282812108
Seeing Nino folding so fast makes me thing that there were other ways.

>>282812237
This but with Akane

I don't think there was even one thing he could have done that would have been worse than what he did.

>>282812675
He could have failed the kill

Ruby is so tight

>>282813194
Old man...

>>282812237
>>282812470
Unironically he probably could've had both simultaneously if he played his cards right, but unfortunately he managed to be the dumbest person in his bloodline.

>>282812838
Really it's a miracle that Aqua's dumbfuck 'plan' worked in any capacity.

>>282813194
Ruby's new manager...

>>282812159
There could've been an interesting look into how none of the main characters properly understood the people they idolized, but Aka was more interested in baiting readers with romance/incest plots that didn't go anywhere, followed by speed running his ending.

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>>282813236
Nobody wants the blue haired menace if they have a chance at 6/5 innate goodness.

Akaneschizo, whatever happened there?

>>282812108
>Kill him
>Don't kill himself
>Impregnate Ruby, Akane and Kana
Aqua is just retarded

>>282814010
Where exactly were Aqua and Kamiki during that confrontation? What was stopping Aqua from pushing Kamiki over the cliff without stabbing himself and just getting away with it, just like how Kamiki killed that other actress earlier?

>>282813236
>Really it's a miracle that Aqua's dumbfuck 'plan' worked in any capacity.
Which is why I hate forced bad endings even more than forced good ones. You're the author, you can pull anything out of your ass, and this is what you choose ffs.

>>282814029
>What was stopping Aqua from pushing Kamiki over the cliff without stabbing himself
Him wanting to preserve Ruby's idol career, her being a sister of a murderer is apparently worse than a daughter of one.

He should have tried to kill him and then just let Kaiki get his own stab in, in the scuffle, then he can throw both of them in the cliff. Hacka really didn't need to make it the stupidest way possible for a double KO, even if he did want Aqua to die. LITERALLY that fucking simple, but no, he made the most retarded ending ever just by including that little choice.

>>282814570
The problem is that Hacka wanted to present Aqua's murder suicide as a well thought, planned, and noble sacrifice, when it doesn't work diegetically or non-diegetically.

>>282814456
Forensic could easily tell that the wound was self inflicted, Aqua as a former doctor should know best about this. I think either the LN or the epilogue hinted that Akane's cop dad helped cover everything up, which made his decision to die alongside his dad even more retarded.

>>282815057
Aqua wasn't wearing gloves, and he was the only one to hold the knife. I can't recall if the knife dropped onto the ground, or fell into the ocean, but forensics should've ripped apart the 'Kamiki attacked Aqua' narrative pretty quickly.
I've skimmed through two translations of the LN, and couldn't find any indication of Papa Kurokawa covering up what happened, but to be fair it's a reasonable conclusion given that the LN randomly drops that he was a fucking senior detective in the Tokyo police the entire time.

I don't think it's that hard to murder someone you're familiar enough with to meet at a secluded location in private.

I'm thinking Arima Kana won

>>282815021
The problem is that people forgot it's a revenge manga and getting revenge was the only thing he cared for. Any other justification is nothing, but cope. The supernatural part of the manga didn't really help.

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>the character should've done X instead of Y
This thread is pure reddit

>>282815299
Revenge manga can also have a good writing.

>>282815890
not really

>>282815933
Aka...

>>282812108
...nigga please

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Excuse to post my wife: found

>>282815196
That's exactly how the Kamiki and Nino got away with murdering Yura. And while there's no indication Aqua is aware of how that played out, surely the scenario he found himself in with Kamiki wasn't that different beyond the lack of element of surprise.

>>282815299
Yet Aqua confesses to Kamiki about all these other non revenge things that he cares about, only to go through with the scheme 'out of love' for Ruby. Hacka didn't have the balls to actually stick with the revenge obsession.

>>282815393
My wife

>>282812108
I could accept Aqua death if it wasn't part of his plan screw up at

>>282812108
This ending would really great if Hikaru decided to pull Happy Sugar Life at moment and try to save his son

>>282813194
Aqua...

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>>282812108
I still love Ai a lot

Regardless if there was another way or not, Aka failed to convince the readers that how things played out made any sense. Aqua had some mental instability, but it’s clear that it didn’t come off as strong enough for him to do what he did.

Aka is a piece of shit.

>>282818573
yes, we all know
that's why one of his manga got axed and the new one he was releasing was forgotten immediately

>>282818506
This look janky

>>282812108
Maybe it's just the ending was rushed AF

>>282812108
I don't care anymore

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>>282818506
Great taste!

>>282822334
She is dead, John

>>282823880
I'll meet her on the other side

>>282812108
How is Aka's current manga?

>>282813236
sorry but aqua is only attracted to women
short red haired boys can settle for the famous director

>>282812159
that's just G-Senjou no Maou

>>282824693
who

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His obsession with Ruby made him retarded.

>>282813664
she won

>>282824930
....as a sister

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Reminder Nino is an antagonist.

>>282812108
>muh revenge
literally just suck and fuck that tight ass puss bro

>>282825301
Of which one?

>>282812237
That wouldn't have helped to deal with Hikaru.

>>282825301
the man died twice inside after losing Sarina and Ai
he never recovered from that, even if one came back to life in another body

>>282825319
it literally doesnt matter
they are all prime and tight af

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>>282825045
Yeah, sister...

>>282825411
oh do you want me to dump the whole finale where he treats her like a sister until the very end, too? i'm afraid that'll take a while, it's not convenient as a throw away panel like the one you posted

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>>282825488
The finale where the crow confirms that all of his feelings for Sarina were his own? That finale? The one where it's all about him obsessing over Ruby?

>>282825543
yesss the one where he accepts himself as aqua hoshino, her brother. The one where he breaks the wall between his former and current self and accepts his new identity with new memories and a new lifetime yesssss
the one where he has strictly family affection, that's the one

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>>282825603
Except the whole point was him trying to say his feelings for Sarina were separate from his new self. So, you just got BTFO by yourself.

Whatever happened to the AquRuby doujin Mengo wanted to draw?

>>282825898
She said she would only do it with Aka, so it's never happening. Plus, it wouldn't be like a lewd one, she meant just an extra one shot with them.

>>282825624
and his old self sank at the bottom of the ocean LMAO
only his new self remained, and that aqua is only her brother who loved her AS A SISTER

>>282823880
out of ten!