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What is the best way to finish a romance sub-plot?
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Can't say "Nobody wins" when nobody loses either.
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showing their children together obviously
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>>287843889
By having an explicit sex scene between the characters
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>>287843985
Edward wins once again
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>>287843985
/thread
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>>287843889
NTR
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>>287843889
cute
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>>287844096
is this wolf guy?
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>>287843889
Well, not in that way of course.
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>>287843889
Male character walks into a building and the next page reveals it's the WTC on 9/11.
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I know this is just another MHA shitposting thread, but ReLIFE did it well.
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>>287843889
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>>287843943
But what's the point when nobody cares?
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>>287844896
Kino
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>>287843889
sex
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>>287843889
I thought that was fem-Deku in the top left screen, goddamn Hes better off as a girl with longer hair and big tits
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>>287843889
A big climactic showdown between them, ending in earth-shattering sex.
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>>287843889
Not like this.
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>>287843889
With passionate hand holding
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>>287844187
this looks sad
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>>287843889
Marriage and at least three children. Please have sex, readers.
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>>287843943
Holy shit what even happened with Black Clover did that shit ever end
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>>287848809
Yes, the Black Clover manga officially ended on April 30, 2026, with the release of chapter 392 in Jump GIGA. After 11 years, the series concluded its final arc, featuring the final battle against Lucius Zogratis and resolving major story arcs, including the crowning of a new Wizard King
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>>287843889
>>287843943
what's with the current demoralization agenda affecting most jump titles?
>>287849755
thanks chatGPT
>>287846983
this anon knows what's up
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>>287848809
Yes. Asta became the Wizard King and Yami retired from the Black Bulls to avoid Asta being his boss. Yami also fucked Charlotte.
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>>287843985
>>287843943
>>287843889

dekuhan next gen series when
astaruto next gen series when
Edruto next gen series sequel when
its like they hate money
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>>287850102
More like they know when they've made enough money.
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>>287848809
Yes, it finally ended. After Asta and Yuno defeated Lucius, Julius spent the remainder of his life force to reverse time and undo all th4e damage and death Lucius did to the Clover Kingdom. Two months later the kingdom was split into two general factions supporting promoting either Asta or Yuno as the next Wizard King, so the Captains decided to hold a simple grudge match to decide it, keeping things simple. And regardless of who won, both of them were insanely popular, so the kingdom would accept either.

The match came down to Yuno's mana vs Asta's stamina, and Asta won out in the end with Demon-Slayer, his first sword. He was officially crowned the 29th Wizard King, the first peasant to ever receive the title. Yami didn't want Asta to be his boss, so he resigned as Captain of the Black Bulls, promoting Nacht as the new Captain, while he joined a special regiment of Magic Knights to be deployed when the kingdom is under threat: the Special Reserve Corps. He also married Charlotte.

Two years later Charmy married Rill and had 7 kids with him, and Noelle and Mimosa decided to finally compete to win Asta's hand in marriage.
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>>287844096
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>>287843985
>female mangaka
vs
>khhv scared to even show his face in public
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>>287844187
>Deku and Bakusperg in the ads parting ways and going in the opposite directions as actual Deku and Ochaco hold their hands
BKDK fujos on suicide watch
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One dies tragically and horrifically while the other watches powerless to do anything about it
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>>287843889
Public handshaking while the childhood friend/bully walks off screen to get his guts rearranged by the number 2 hero
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>>287843889
It's kind incredible how many battle shonen UU mogged despite never been particularly popular
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>>287851311
Who is number 2 by the end? I don't remember. Is it Todoroki?
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>>287851383
did they have sex
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>>287851417
It is.
By the end Mirio became number 1, Todoroki 2 and deku 4 after he got the suit.
baku started out as 4 and then dropped to 15 due to his personality, but at some point he reached the top 10 again.
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>>287851509
>baku started out as 4 and then dropped to 15 due to his personality
Kek, UA is such a shit school
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>>287851466
Yes that's them getting married, they lose their powers by the end so there is no danger anymore.
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>>287851466
Negation disappeared, they got married and Fuuko dreamed about their future kids so I don't see why they wouldn't have
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>>287851509
Thanks anon
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>>287844262
No, Baki
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>>287843889
Have the MC go for one of the supporting bitches instead of the girl he'd been chasing the whole time.
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>>287851509
>Becomes the number one without the modt broken quirk ever
All Might chose wrong
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>>287852550
Unironically it likely would’ve been better if he went for Melissa or Hatsume. Hori barely knew what to do with Ochako, she was only saved by faux yuri
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>>287843889
Like this
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>>287853492
kys haremfag
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>>287853492
Based
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>>287843889
A HANDSHAKE!?
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>>287843943
Just as pathetic, still fighting for Asta in the final chapter is not a resolution either, maybe the cope will run out if the volume epilogue chapter doesn't have any resolution either.
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>>287843889
DekuOchafags like OP are still seething
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>>287853822
I’ll bet you the battle will still be happening where it'll show the girls bringing Asta a homemade meal and him just thanking them both, calling them good friends as they laugh at his obliviousness.
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>>287853492
Too based for shonen jump mangaka's.
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>>287843889
By not writing one. Deku didn't get the girl. The End.
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>>287852550
Doesn't exist
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>>287844438
Good one, can't wait for years and years of handshake posting.
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>>287843889
at a bare minimum they should officially be a couple, but since these things are usually series wrapups anything less than the big event feels weak. Not sure how people can be satisfied with the broshake ending when they didn't really resolve anything besides maybe trying to go on a date and with hori's subversive ass writing there's nothing to really conclude from that
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>>287843889
Is Demon Slayer going to be last majorly successful Shounen Jump series where the protagonist had kids with his love interest? What the fuck is up with these recent nothing burger "romantic" resolutions?
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>>287843889
You got yugioh'd
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>>287851383
Undead Unluck actually had something like that with this guy marrying the two sisters.
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I notice the only people that complain are shippers, and the ones who want to capitalize on shippers. In a sense, I'm glad mangaka are having the balls not to patronize shippers at all.
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>>287843889
Wait, they are holding hands and /a/ isn't blushing like maidens?
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full penetration
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>>287855032
>oh no
>I can't choose
>I rather just take both of you!
>ha-ha sure!

wow
such a bad end for everyone who isn't them who are happy in story
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>>287855057
this is literally a thread about romance subplots and how they work out
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>>287855073
/a/ is composed of psycho fujos just like twitter.
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>>287855073
I was still a teenager when MHA first started airing, and this is all we get?
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>>287855073
that's not real hand holding! Their fingers aren't even interlocking
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>>287855090
What?
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>>287843889
Couldn't be more fucking simple.
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>>287852550
>Hinata directly confesses to nardo in a way that is impossible to misunderstand
>don't speak to each other for like 200 chapters
>nardo answers her confession in a movie that takes place years after pain
Naruto had two of the worst romantic subplots of any manga or anime.
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>>287855073
That's not handholding, is handshaking, knowing the difference might save yoru life.
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>>287853492
Very few mangakas had the balls to deliver an ending so based, you could practically count them on one hand and still have fingers to spare.
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>>287855431
I hate Yoru and I hope she dies.
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>>287855408
Sasuke x Naruto wasn't that bad if you pretend Sasuke is a female.
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>>287853492
If fucking only romance mangas had the balls.
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>>287855476
>if you pretend Sasuke is a female
Heresy. We only use Naruko.
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>>287843889
Domestic married life
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>>287855408
And there was a whole thread of dickriders just going "it's canon just role with it lol"
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>>287854879
How do you think Haru likes the taste of Lucia?
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>>287855574
Exactly
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>>287843943
You can actually; when the characters keep aging up until they're like 40 and they're "still playing around" its clear they all lost. You ain't having kids anymore. You would have ironically fucked your life up less if you committed to a harem thing, but if you're old and you're still playing Archie, Betty, and Veronica "Ohh I can't choose" then you all wasted your lives.

Old shounen heroes used to at least have a kid after awhile; Goku, Kinnikuman, do not fucking make the manga about the kid, don't make the mistake some of them make, keep the manga about goku, but yes you should have a kid.
Have a kid and then continue to go on adventures.
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>>287843889
The anime ended?
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>>287854110
Considering that romance is an actual plot point for multiple characters throughout BC, much more than other shounen, and a few ships were explicitly shown in the last chapter, I'd be very surprised of the volume epilogue doesn't just finalize whoever wins the Astabowl.
The "our fight starts now" page feels more like a "buy the volume to see the end" advertisement than the typical copout ending of other battle manga, at least to me.
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>>287854879
Shoulda posted pregnant Levy instead.
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>>287853492
You harem fags truly are pathetic losers
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>>287855841
Cringe, you are supposed to be subversive
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Where is the baby boom?
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>>287853492
worst ending.
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>>287856565
De
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>>287857127
I don’t know anon, it sounds like the author doesn’t really care how it ends/doesn’t want to commit to one winner and wants to leave it up to interpretation or something.
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>>287855390
>google pic
>older wife
I will now read your manga
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>>287859376
>AoT
>Get Rented by a Cuck
>Tengoku Daimakyo
What’s the last one? Is there a thread for the reaction?
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>>287853492
best ending
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>>287854977
There is a alternate take where they actually go for the kiss to match the build up.
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>>287843889
>>287844187
couldn’t even kiss??
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>>287859681
it's zom 100
here's the reaction thread:
>>255065206
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>>287855444
Why are the kids midgets
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>>287859845
Remember Zom 100?
>Be Haro Aso Mangaka of Zom 100
>Create popular series that receives recognition
>Anime Adaption gets announced
>Trailer goes viral
>Hype is through the roof
>Even a live action gets announced
>Anime releases
>Tons of people praise the first episode
>Some people find the NTR with the co worker a bit weird
>Be Haro Aso
>Release NTR Cuck Chapter the DAY AFTER the anime airs
>Internet goes wild
>Everyone is making fun of the chapter and roasting it
>Normies now find the NTR through TikTok and Twitter and see that both the first episode and latest chapter has NTR
>Gets the wrong impression and stays away from the series
>Mangaka Meltdown on Twitter
>Japanese Twitter roasting the mangaka
>Mangaka backs down from the tons of backlash and makes Akira and Shizuku get together
>Little Fanfare
>Zom 100 episodes are now being delayed due to bad management, licensing, and stupid reasons
>People still watching the show are getting aggravated by the constant delays
>Many people by now have dropped the show
And now we looking back when the anime was delayed till Christmas killing all hype that was left.
>The first episode had some NTR elements that could have been overlooked as quirky Japanese humor but then people thought the entire show was cuckshit.
>So now Zom 100 will be remembered as another anime flop
>High School of the Dead will always be the best zombie anime
What a ride, holy fuck. No wonder I didn’t hear a peep of this after I caught a glimpse of the hype for the animu.
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>>287843985
>hair color of the child Ed is holding matches Al more than Ed/Winry
Is Windy a whore? That's obviously Al's child.
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>>287860359
was this supposed to be an action adventure series?
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>>287860413
Al’s hair color is the same as Ed’s, cucky. Didn’t you try this before?

>>287860483
I think so. No clue how on earth it got this bad but I suppose the signs were there from the beginning.
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>>287853492
treat yourself, haremchad
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>>287843889
Me I'm voting for "Climatic mecha battle"
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>>287844096
unironically this has been one of the best resolutions of a romance sub plot I've read. Itagaki is also a genius for connecting it to the main theme of the manga (fighting) as if it were only focused on that. It makes you wonder if he couldn't have done an entire series on sex, where the mc just becomes better and better at sex.
Btw no, he doesn't have to fuck his mother by the end.
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>>287844438
This fucking image sent me reeling.
Holy shit, it's absurd how happy people are eating this shit up.
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>>287853492
BASED BASED BASED BASED
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>>287850574
>RAM IT IN!!
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>>287843889
To not have one.
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Was Hori afraid of shipperfags or fujofags? Were the editors? I mean, romance in BNHA wasn't really good or even there, really, but was it too hard to make them hug then kiss? Maybe make Ochunko run into Deku's arms as he lifts her 500 pound body up, then they share a kiss while he's lifting her? Or even make it so that Ochako uses her powers to momentum-levitate toward Deku after a sprint. That literally would've taken 2 pages and 1 spread. Seriously, it's just so fucking easy to just make it better than what we got. He spent a decade of his life on this series and he doesn't even want it to end on a good note for his main protagonist? It's baffling lmao
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>>287853492
polygamy slop is generally lame unless it's openly the point of the series from the start, xenoblade 3 is the sole exception
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>Popular manga with 10000000 chapters that were produced in 10 trillion years
>It ends with MC defeating everyone and everything being well
Isn't everyone tired of this?
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BLACKED
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>long running shonen ends
>all everyone talks about is shipping
Is this also the fate of One Piece? Especially since there is a good chance most of the characters people ship won't end up with anyone. Or is it necessary for those characters to end up with the wrong people for this shipping obsession to take hold?
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>>287861466
good morning sir
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>>287861241
I’m guessing it’s fujobucks; Hori gets to have his ending but only under circumstances where it’s possible to interpret it differently for shipfaggotry i.e. don’t bluntly state their status and no flash forwards.

>>287861504
I’m not even sure why people genuinely ship OP characters considering how Oda was clear on his stance over it.
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>>287861504
Most battle shonen don't end with clear cut, interesting living villains or mysteries. So even an "adventure goes on" ending is usually half hearted at best. What you end up with is the mostly glossed over romance taking center stage. Which is what this series also did. So you can't even really complain about it. Without shipping, all that's left is begging for sequels and reboots.
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>>287861010
Let's be real: Oda pulled "lol luffy gets pervy when usopp is around" out of his ass. He genuinely forgot. You can even tell how annoyed he becomes at fans remembering things he can't.
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>>287856682
Reminds me of Atelier Lulua, they refused to make her the biological kid of Rorona and Sterk and rather leave Rorona a 40 years old childless woman kek
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>>287853492
Nah this tries too hard and it's obviously made for internet reactions, specially since xenoblade is not that popular
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>>287843985
Only female mangakas and boomer mangakas are based
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>>287861582
Why do mangakas think fujos will murder them or something? They won't do shit
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>>287844438
Kek, good one.
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>>287843985
A a five-year time skip and showing the main couple with two children is the golden standard, but it might be getting a little stale these days e.g. Uzai Senpai and Hokkaido Gal didn't really have much impact. You should also have a montage of the side characters.

Bakemonogatari did good too.
https://youtu.be/PZB3mwogwmw&t=220
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>>287850102
nobody would buy this shit mate
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>>287861685
There are some psychopaths that can will extreme shit but I think it’s more that they didn’t want to lose their paypiggies for Bakugo/BKDK merch tbf. Then again, Kishimoto didn’t give a fuck when it came to his fujo crowd and they still get money from them by dangling a carrot every now and then so it’s not like it would’ve torched their sales too much. Maybe it was different with him, I know COVID must have introduced a lot more crazies into fandom. Either it was money related or Hori can’t write a satisfying romance, whichever is more believable.
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>>287859845
>no boner
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>>287861962
i've seen that edit more than the original at this point
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>>287860853
Exactly and it happened rather early in the series so readers won't have to endure getting blueballed for decades unlike other manga series.
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>>287860359
The problem, as ever, was backing down
No matter how bad the intended plot would have been (personally I doubt it would have gone off the deep end), it would still be better than the pussy backtracking that undermined the previously built plot and sent the manga in stalling mode as Haro tried to come up with a new arc on the fly
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>>287861736
Did Hokkaido Gal end? I dropped it a couple of years ago, but if it's actually finished I might read through it
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>>287843889
MC with his harem with multiple children
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>>287861753
I have no idea what this chart is for
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>>287860043
Because they are kids dumbass, also their moms are tall.
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>>287843889
Not sure I particularly think there's a best way. Obviously I do enjoy a little still image of older characters + a few brats, but really I think I'm all about the journey. So long as the romance plot is epic and full of themes that appeal to me emotionally, I'm fine with nearly any resolution. But big ups for tragedies I guess. I'm a sucker for them.
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>>287843889
Don’t really care unless the romance is an actual foundamental part of the story.

If we are talking about MhA,it was boring but fine.
He was more annoyed by the suit stuff and deku not working hard to be an hero-teacher or having a role into the development of the suit.

That for me will always be Hori biggest failure with the ending
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>>287852550
>Have the MC go for one of the supporting bitches instead of the girl he'd been chasing the whole time.

"hantsu x torasshu"
Bonus point for the obvious rival character who already tried dating her, being right all along.
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>>287849910
The sex almost killed him. It's obvious their marriage will end in tragedy one day when his heart gives out mid sex.
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>>287860928
Mushoku suhumans your harem is shit, Xenoblade 2's harem was actually well thought out.
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>>287861010
Oda is a huge Dragonball fag, there will be no romance but kids might just be introduced out of nowhere in the end to leave room for a future legacy.
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>>287860359
Ok so was the whole NTR cuck chapter, as you describe it, actually disliked by japanese readers or is that just a western/twitter thing?
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>>287853492
I despise haremshit but this was so funny I can't help myself but love it. Best scene in the whole game.
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>>287859376
The great cuck era
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>>287843889
This is real love.
>B-but they didn't kiss like in my movies and romance novels
That's slop for virgins. When you love someone so bad and its mutual, your first act of skinship is gonna be the most awkward moment between you two since you can't think clearly and every move feels like a baby step. So yeah, Deku and Ochako doing a handshake after years of buildup and repressing feelings is the correct course. Hori can write when not suppressed by the Fujo cartel.
>B-but pregnancy and harem end
Slop for virgins, not that I expect real romance knowledge from brainlets who have zero experience with loving and being loved and who refuse to engage on it.
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>>287867274
>This is real love.
....after eight years of shitty communication.
Fucking Isekai slop is more upfront with their cringe romance than My heroes being assdemia.
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>>287867274
This is real cope
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>>287843889
Children
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>>287843985
I like to think Al got together with Mei
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>>287867274
That's dangerous dosages of copium, take it easy man.
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>>287843985
I hate that the anime combined the family photo with the photo of the two Rush Valley weirdos.

>>287868853
He did.
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>>287867274
>y-you're all virgins
>proceed to describe the most virgin view of romance possible
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>>287868561
>>287869614
>>287869962
>N-no U
Concession accepted. Go outside. Have sex.
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>>287851535
Kinda funny how real life humbled him before Deku getting back into the hero gig movitated him back into the ranks.
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>>287860359
>>287863221
What is this schizo fanon? He didn't back down, it was obviously just dramabait before getting them together, like Iceguya after Kaguya's first kiss. The arc wrapped up as usual, and subsequent arcs have been the same kind of stuff as prior arcs.
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>>287870089
tenderly hold a girls hand in a friendly way and tremble from excitement, non-virgin lmao
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>>287857190
Perhaps we treated Kishimoto unfairly.
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>>287867274
>after years of buildup and repressing feelings is the correct course
That's mostly the problem you worm. There was absolutely no reason for either of them to repress their feelings and be volcels for 8 years.
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>>287866017
Apparently Chinese, Korean, and western fans were trolling him. I’m not sure if there were JP fans doing it but I wouldn’t be surprised.
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>>287870089
That amount of copium isn't healthy dude.
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>>287855841
I don't remember this, was it added later?
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>>287843889
By having a time that is action and plot above all else.
Romance is fucking boring, overused, and predictable as fuck.
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>>287853492
Literally the only interesting ending we got. Only failed men who hate other men and are jealous other men would have a problem with it.
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So Deku is a 26 year old virgin?
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>>287871896
Bakugo and Todoroki took Deku's virginity many times.
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>>287870133
No mercy for NTR authors. The only thing they deserve are firebombs at their doorstep.
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>>287871896
they all are. Series is pretty sexless for something aping capeshit and featured teenagers/young adults
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>>287843889
By declaring your love so intensely it becomes the physical manifestation of romance and destroys the monster as your carry the girl in our arms and ride off.
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test
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Is there a reason manga authors cannot for the life of them write good endings to series? Is that so hard to do?
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Ideal: start a family
Bare minimum: kiss
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>>287869960
>>287868853
How many hapa children did al and mei have?
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>>287873507
Yes
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>>287874398
At the end of Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (manga and anime), it is not confirmed that Alphonse Elric and Mei Chang have any children. The final photo shows them together, implying they are a couple and eventually married after Al visits Xing, but they are not shown having children of their own in the series canon
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>>287874538
Thanks, Grok...
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>>287874563
You're welcome! If you have any more questions about Fullmetal Alchemist or anything else, feel free to ask.
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>>287874729
Did Magnus betray the Emperor
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>>287843985
Modern men are so gay. They write characters, entire fictional worlds that can BE anything. And most mangaka would blush and stammer confusedly if they had to show their MC grown and with family. It's gay, Freemasonic as well.
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>>287874869
Says a lot about our society.
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>>287854903
Do you honestly count Demon Slayer having a romantic subplot?
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>>287863765
Doesn't HnK end with some weird arc about Ken and his buddy's girl both coincidentally getting amnesia, so his buddy gets it in his head that he has to set the two of them up together and literally cuck himself to death?
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>>287865783
He went pretty far with Sanji and Pudding
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>>287843889
With a sweaty, wild and unprotected sex scene
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>>287870339
Indeed
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>>287876450
Woah, the FT schizo is here!
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>>287875191
For battle shounen standards absolutely, as basic as it was there were a few dedicated chapters to Kanao's growing interest for Tanjiro, hell, she her dedicated backstory chapter ends with saying love will be what's going to fully heal her heart, cue a panel of Tanjiro's face.

Basic build up and it paid off in the end, actual children came of off those two.
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I thought this ended with him becoming a teacher and nobody stayed in touch with him?

Are they retconning after they got clowned on?
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>>287875191
Yes I do, and the irony being that it was as minimal as possible, and yet they are a confirmed married couple in the end, with generations of offspring; meanwhile BNHA was filled with panels dedicated to Deku and Ochako's crush on each other and yet their end was a ridiculous eight year gap without growing any closer, then they get reaquainted to have a damn handshake so the audience can cope they will truly get together offscreen moving forward.
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>>287878169
That final chapter ended with Deku getting in touch with everyone again, they give him a suit so he be a hero again.

Then an extra epilogue chapter was made so the heterosexual audience BNHA has can latch onto as it has Deku and Ochako making up for their lost time... with a handshake.

The episode adapting this extra epilogue was released now.
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>>287878248
fucking lmao, god damn cowards can't stand by their shitty writing
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>>287865783
I don't really get what you means, something that makes Dragon Ball stand out among other similar shounen is the characters growing up, getting married, having kids and all of that as the manga goes one, long before it ended. Hell, Gokuu got married at around the first third of the manga or so.
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>>287878129
>>287878215
I barely registered her as a character so I just don't see it. Seemed like the author only remembered she was one in the last arc.
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It's amazing how MHA fans just don't care about IzuOcha. BakuDeku continues to dominate even after a decade.
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>>287878499
Kanao had a dedicated Gaiden chapter for her backstory where the romantic setup with Tanjiro is set at the end, and she appeared in every intermission between arcs, Kanao appeared just well enough not to be forgotten, maybe you are just a speedreader or visually impaired.
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>>287878581
>Gaiden chapter
>intermission
Come on anon.
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>>287878215
>>287878248
Different nonreader here, that sounds horrible. The very definition of throwing people a bone. I still plan to check out the manga sometime for historical purposes.
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>>287853614
Kawakami or Takemi for me
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>>287844896
Cinematic
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>>287873507
Starting a story is harder then wrapping it up
Also read more manga
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>>287879514
you mixed that up, nigga
starting is easy, actually resolving the bullshit you spew is hard
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>>287879532
My mad im drunk
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>>287878169
>I thought this ended with him becoming a teacher and nobody stayed in touch with him?
The "nobody stayed in touch" was a shitpost that only retards fell for

>Are they retconning after they got clowned on?
What? They doubled down on it

>>287879245
>>Different nonreader here, that sounds horrible.
>nonreader
Well of course you think it horrible you didn't read it
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>>287870169
>>287871385
/a/ continuing getting BTFO in regards to MHA is the gift that keeps on giving
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>>287879532
resolving the final conflict is the hard thing to do. The story wrap up is literally the easiest thing in writing unless you're trying to be needlessly subversive or edgy
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>>287879656
Redditbros, we won
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>>287879762
>Reddit
They hate the ending too and believed the McDonald's meme so cograts you share the same opinion with redditors
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>>287843985

Written and drawn by a female author as well. FMA remains incredibly based and to the fucking point.
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>>287844187

Do you get it? Their hero academia is over.
Their adult days are just beginning. Do you get it?

Its really fucking subtle.
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>>287844187
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA what a fucking lame ass
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>>287855476
Honestly man if Sasuke was a woman and the love interest Naruto would legitimately have the best romance in battle Shonen period
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>>287861639
The baffling thing about this one is that in a series filled with yuri fans, Sterk and Rorona is still a massively beloved pair and I think the most popular ending of Lulua basically ends up with them together anyways. There was literally no reason to be afraid of making Lulua their daughter in hindsight
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>>287860483
It's also a power fantasy where the downtrodden salaryman obsessed with zombie stories gets to live out his dream as a badass survivor alongside his friends and finally getting a cute GF. Adding the main heroine thinking of getting together with the other dude puts a damper on that.
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leaving it ambiguous and open ended is the worst. either let it end in some tragic dramatic way or give a satisfying conclusion.
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>>287843889
>Early seasons: Himiko's naked body is grey for the TV airing but changed to her regular skin tone for the BDs
>Later seasons AKA once Disney got the full streaming rights for Japan: Himiko's naked body is censored for TV, the streaming services and BD releases, blood also started to get toned down a LOT with animators posting the uncensored animatics on Xwitter
For what purpose?
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>>287880449
I see he made the mistake of having the female character think about anything other than sucking the MC's cock.
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>>287880511
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>>287844691
WHAT THE FUUUCK that's just perfect
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>>287880511
>>287880573
Don't forget censored Pop Step in Vigilantes
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>>287843985
fucktards envious tourists will say
>i-it's reddit... *sigh* *snort*
kek
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>>287874869
>fantasy adventure and battle shonen manga
>complain about freemasonry
Might as well not read them.
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>>287843889
Simple marry her and get her pregnant simple as that.
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>>287867274
this is another level of cope, you can show love by basic skinship like a fuckin high five, but only after you have gone through some regular steps that set things in the stone. Not even a fuckin a hug after all that time, the real (very gay) virgins here are you and Horikoshi
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>>287874869
It's not as if I need to see them married with kids like some fucking Harry Potter bullshit but I would at least like a bit more of intimate confirmation. Hell, frankly I don't even buy most modern characters even being capable of romantic emotions, Fuck I don't think I find them capable of even noticing the other sex yet.
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I think what depresses me is that romance is such an integral and intimate part of establishing relationships that a lot of characters don't even feel human without it. It's like everyone is some sexless robot. A good romance does more than just ship two characters it really can develop them in more interesting and mature ways. It's certainly not the only way to do such a thing. It's not mandatory. But it is something. And without having something every character relationship feels the same, sterile and rote.
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>>287867274
>their relationship only goes as far as a handshake
man all the deku cuck posting really got to Hori
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>>287874869
Doesn’t it end in the opposite way?
Lin is the one afflicted with a weird technique that makes her fall in love with whoever she will see by the bad guy, and kenshiro kicks the ass of some thugs around her and led Bat to her,hoping the two can have a future while he leaves.
Afterall Kenshiro was giga faithful to Yuria, even after she died , and never seeked the company of another woman since she was his only true love (also Lin was more of a daughter to him, he knew her since she was a small child and Bat just a random thief teen)
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>>287880789
No bro, you can't do that, that is problematic
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>>287881435
>ten years invested in MHA
>best I can give you is an awkward handshake with the "love interest"
Horikoshi should seriously consider a sex change operation.
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>>287882280
See this is why I hate when retards try to argue manga is better because it ends. Yeah it just takes a decade of your life and will end in a disappointment.
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>>287879656
Consider that JoJo, the most homoerotic manga in all of history, nailed heterosexual romance better than MHA. Genuinely kill yourself today.
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>>287859749
No there isn't. Yugioh is max toy commercial.
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>>287853492
Reminder again. This was spoiled by Famitsu 2 years before the JP release. Everyone in 4chan was cool with it. Then normalfags had over taken this place so badly 4 years later in /v/ with the EN release they thought this was a travesty. I will to this day die on this hill that only 20-40 anons in that thread ever enjoyed XB2 and the rest are just posers.
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>>287865763
weakest bait when this conversation has turned into harem endings.
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>>287882748
well yeah xenoblade isn't that good.
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Nothing will convince me the script for chapter 431 wasn't written in ChatGPT and mostly illustrated by Hori's assistants. 430 is the ending he wanted and he was forced for some reason to tack on 431, even giving it a fuck-you title like More.
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>>287867274
There is no reason for their seperation. They have become adults why the fuck walk away from each other. All the author did was reinforce the herbivore logic even after facing off against the world he can't bring himself to confess to a girl. Fucking lame especially when romance wise a shojo story could have more proper development in a chapter.
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>>287882773
my point stands that harem endings were canonically appreciated as something rare in /a/. Unironic anime fans are far and few between.
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>>287882796
it's generally not heroic.
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>>287867274
>nuuh its slop!
>nah its slop!
Compelling arguments.
If anything after years of buildup and repressed feelings letting all those feelings explode in a kiss is the actual correct choice.
You cant let all your feelings that you spent building up through a fucking handshake, its not enough. Nice cope though.
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I need mina to fuck me
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>>287843889
that one.
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>>287843889
From the thumbnail, Deku on the screen looks like girl Deku with big tits
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>>287844896
I mean, if it actually was the end to his romance, it would've been an actually good way to end it. The problem is that it doesn't end here, it doesn't end at all.
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>>287843889
There's something to be said jump manga taking major inspiration from manga like devilman (heteromorphs) and cyborg 009(iron might, deku) while
the artist and editors insist on skimping out on having any romantic intensity.
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>>287878627
The Gaiden chapter was released during a fight originally, literally an intermission.
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>>287880511
>>287880573
>>287880616
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>best girl stays pure
Frogbros won
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>>287884850
>"She's Midoriya's problem now."
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>>287884815
I was pointing out how either example just proves how little of a character she was,
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>>287844187
Extremely lame but in 2026 this >>287844896 is the norm so i guess he won?
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>>287885440
In no way is this the norm, but maybe it should be.
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>>287884383
003 is older than 007 and this was controversial enough that back then that it was removed in reprints
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>routine carjacking
>send 20 heroes to kick the guys face in
Maybe there is an oversaturation
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>>287881435
>all the deku cuck posting really got to Hori
>Nips loved the ending and called the cuckposting Burgers kept pushing retarded

When will /a/ realize that Nips doesn't give a fuck about the opinion of retards who don't support their works?
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>>287880511
>>287880616
>>287884847
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>>287881530
Yeah, Kenshiro doesn't end up cucking Bat in the end, despite Bat's extreme efforts. It's just a really weird arc.



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