I just finished reading Billy Bat the other day and I gotta say, that ending was pretty damn anti-climatic. Not only that, I finished I Am a Hero only a month before and that ending blue-balled me even worse. So I gotta ask, are there any other seemingly "good" manga with really sub-par endings? I'm just tired of getting invested in a story only to have my enthusiasm ripped from me with the finale. Particularly, anything that ends on an incredibly vague note and leaves a huge amount of unfinished plot-threads.
Koe no Katachi
>>157829398
most manga have shitty endings
Kilico.
I seriously considered killing myself after finishing it, *just because* of how fucking bad it was. The first third of the manga seems like it's leading somewhere, the second third makes you begin to strongly question that implication, and the final third makes you want to put a gun in your mouth for believing that you could have been so easily tricked into reading something so poorly written and constructed.
Do not ever read this manga, no matter who recommends it to you or what they tell you about it, or even if a gun is being held to your head against the condition of you reading it.
An ending is what the author writes after he learns he is fired as of next week.
>>157829833
yeah years later and man, this ending was pretty bad and so outa left field
>>157829398
wouldn't you normally ask about manga with good endings after this? why do you want to find even more manga with subpar endings?
>>157829969
I want to know what to avoid mostly. I was genuinely enjoying Billy Bat and I Am a Hero before their endings cheapened the experience.
Uwakoi
Alsoinstant Bulletbut since the series was rushed, I can't really complain. Hopefully the remake will be in the near future
Every fucking thread
>>157829398
Koe no Katachi
21st century boys
Cromartie High
I am a hero
Gunsmith Cats Burst
Kamen Rider Black
Susanoo
Devilman Lady
Cutie honey
Getter Robo Arc
School Rumble (for harima, I thought it was a good end for tenma)
sidonia no kishi
With very few exceptions Urasawa is known for his disappointing endings. If you can't handle the huge letdown then I suggest you stay away from 21st Century Boys and Monster for instance.
>>157830099
I've never even read this manga, and I still always find that unbelievably hilarious whenever I see it. It just seems like something that cannot actually happen - yet, it did.
Mx0
>>157830164
That sucks, I guess Pluto was a fluke. I wouldn't consider Monster much of a disappointment though, I didn't find it amazing as Pluto but at the very least it was serviceable.
>>157830099
>>157830171
Someone care to explain?
>>157830281
I haven't read it, but from what I know of /a/ being mad is that the author wrote himself into a corner
he then was like lol YOU FIGURE IT OUT
>>157830117
many of these are still worth it for the ride. i don't regret reading them at all.
Kenichi: the Mightiest Disciple.
>>157830117
>Gunsmith Cats Burst
Fuck this.
Nisekoi
>>157830117
>Gunsmith Cats Burst
Fuck really? Great now I've got nothing to look forward to
>>157830435
Wasn't this one because the guy in charge decided to cut a lot of series to make room for 52 new ones because of the anniversary of the magazine?
>>157830281
author got buttmad that his manga was about to get canned , decided to just say fuck it and write the middle and ending in two chapters then in the final page of the volume you see >>157830099
which just made more people upset but I feel that no one was more mad than the author that day
>>157830117
Speaking of 21st century boys, it got a new ending in the special edition reprints a while back
>>157830117
>Koe no Katachi
oh look one of those "they didnt kiss its shit" people
Katekyo Hitman Reborn.
>>157830397
Yeah I love half of these but that makes the ending that much more worse because I love it then it ended badly
>>157830684
It's true
Cage of Eden
I'm still angry
>>157829398
Beelzebub
the short afterstory series only made it worse
>>157830483
>>157830453
Yeah, they just were setting up a plotline with brainwashing then it ended
>>157829398
Billy Bat was so good until the black kid grew up and then it was just downhill from there
the manga was so fuckin spooky too
>>157831150
Yeah, I noticed a distinct drop in quality after the manga stopped following the first Kevin. Though it was kind of cool how he basically turned into Zofu.
Occult:9
Liar Game.
The most underwhelming explanation for the "bad" guys doing what they did I have ever seen.
>>157829398
Alive: The Final Evolution.
Garbage ending. Still mad.
>>157831507
How was that anyway? Is it better than Chaos;Head?
Isn't that most manga? It'd be easier to list the number of series' that manage to stick the landing than the number that don't. Still, didn't know Billy Bat and I Am A Hero had ended, so thanks for the update.
>>157830252
Pluto was also based on an original story, so the end was basically set in stone to begin with.
>>157831575
you can't blame dead people for endings they didn't write.
>>157829398
To be honest, Bakuman already went to shit once they ran off of explanations about the manga industry, but the ending was like the final insult.
>>157832770
Same with Getter Arc but I'm still mad
>>157829398
Sexless friends. Fuck that.
>>157829398
Every manga ever
Sidonia. What the fuck even happened.
>>157832668
It was really rushed. It's pretty obvious that the anime was just a commercial for the upcoming VN
What exactly is the problem with Koe no Katachi's ending? They didn't end up a couple officially but it's highly implied they will in the future.
>>157833168
They set up a romance that they never follow up on
>>157832668
An Icy Heat enema would've been better than Chaos Head. Jesus, if ever there was an anime that did an about-face into a totally different genre...
>>157829398
Hikaru no Go. The series just abruptly stops. The protagonist doesn't achieve shit nor is it a milestone in his life. He loses his final match and that's how the series ends.
>>157831508
this
thankfully I knew the ending was bad before reading it. Nothing with top the musical chairs arc
Usagi drop is a pretty infamous example, it ruined the whole theme of the series.
>>157833168
It was perfect.
>Ishida bullies Nishamiya
>she leaves school
>he grows up regretting it and suicidal
>learns sign language to tell her he wants to be her friend
>as they get close he's still thinks bad thoughts and refuses to touch her throughout the entire manga
>Even after he wakes up from a coma he hesitates to touch her to console her
>it isn't until the end that they hold hands and walk into the door
>them holding hands was more powerful than a kiss
>>157829398
Fuck you, i dont regret nothing!
basically any canned manga
mx0 annoyed me pretty badly with it
there are countless others but I try to keep them erased from memory
Mysterious Girlfriend X
O/A
>>157834102
Didn't that end with them basically going 'hey, let's not kiss' and being a huge cocktease?
>>157829398
Evangelion
>>157834378
Manga you baka anon
>>157835437
The ending of the Evangelion manga is different from the anime's ending
>>157835544
How so
Cage of Eden
Kagami no Kuni no Harisugawa
Jiraishin
Q&A
>>157831508
>>157830099
>>157832770
He did finish it, with only weeks left, he just had to rush.
>>157833168
First off, the setup of a failed confession and then the lack of follow-up is stupid. Second off, it literally timeskipped years just when everyone was breaking down, basically avoiding having to actually show the characters getting over their issues (which, you know, is supposed to be the central focus of the manga).
>>157830164
My problem with Urasawa is that his endings aren't bad per say just anticlimactic, there is no real pay off at the end of most his series. I still enjoy most of his series though and will read his new work later this year ( though still haven't finished billy bat yet since I realized the group scanning it fucked up the chapter order)
>>157835619
The world resets after the Third Impact. It ends with Shinji going to school in Tokyo and meeting Asuka on the train
>>157834336
If you know why are you asking
I like Billy Bat ending
>>157836047
Because I stopped reading it halfway through and had only heard about the ending on /a/
>>157830096
Uwakoi was literal trash the whole time, though.
Signs point to Fairy Tail end being a whole tornado of shit
>>157836132
Fairy Tail was literal trash the whole time, though.
>>157836132
I only read it for the ecchi, the retarded non-sensical plot is just there for me to laugh at it
>>157829398
sun-ken rock shoots for godtier but falls so far down on its back in the final arc. I still recommend it in rec threads but always give the final arc disclaimer because the ending is just that bad.
>>157830117
kinda wouldn't put cromartie on the list, but I can see why it would bother some people
also, dunno if anybody else peeked at this while it was occuring, but Tsujiura-san to Chupacabra was blueballed as hell. Axed and rushed, but still such a terrible non-ending
>>157836260
>I still recommend it in rec threads
I hope you mean on /wsr/, otherwise fuck off.
>>157830824
That fucking doctor arc was a mistake
>>157836260
I mean the last chapter of cro high was funny but I felt very bad that there wasn't some cromartie graduation
>>157836290
He may mean like one page threads, same thing
>>157829398
>People still not understanding Billy Bat's ending.
Wow.
>>157829398
Urasawa is probably the worst endings' writer of all times.
Considering how his works are really good 'til the end, it's really weird
>>157836791
do explain then anon
>>157829398
Onihime VS. Don't think there is much disagreement there with it's rushed ending leaving a lot of it's plot elements left hanging not to mention a major one that wasn't really resolved in the end. If this series ever gets an anime I hope that the anime expands upon it like the Dragonaut anime.
>>157837157
>like the Dragonaut anime
First off, Dragonaut was an anime original. Second off, it was absolutely fuckterrible and I never dreamed I'd ever hear someone say "I hope this thing is like Dragonaut" in my life.
>>157830836
Probably my personal choice for hardest fall. It was damn good, loved the characters, great MC,Hilda best girl, interesting setting, but then it just got rushed to shit and back. Really a shame, it would've been one of my favorites had it kept the quality that got me into it.
>>157837157
Is that by the guy who did Slut Girl? Pink chick on the right reminds me of his work.
It's all about the journey.
>>157837450
>tfw Marie will most likely suffer the same fate when it gets axed
>>157836087
I just hated how they never explained shit outside of the vaguest of terms and the fuckload of timeskips didn't really help the flow of the story.
>>157839532
I present to you this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIepK6bpKuI
I just remembered about some chick who hated Naruto and has stoped watching Naruto because Narusaku never happened and the worst couples for her (Naruhina and Sasusaku) happened.
This counts?
Urasawa's main problem is that the first parts of his works are usually so stupidly good that he never manages to pay off with the ending.I thought Monster's was fine though.
Worst offender is by far 20th Century Boys. Seriously, I challenge you to read the first volumes without thinking that you're reading something amazing and then to read the last part without being devastated by its shitty ending.
Devil and Devil had a real shitty ending by having the annoying romantic lead ruin the fight the whole manga had been foreshadowing since the beginning at the end.
>>157837157
>IM Dal-Young
People should have learned by now not to read any of his shit, they are all either bad or left hanging for years because he decided to start on something else without finishing up his previous works.
I still need to read the ending of Billy Bat, but it's actually either my favorite of his work's or very close to it so I might be better off just reading it all again. Maybe after Until Death Do Us Part which FINALLY had the last chapters translated.
>>157842354
Of course a good ending is a plus to any work, but I don't believe it makes or breaks something. I will however say that it depends on the quality of the work - mist posts here mention Urasawa who is a good example, as the quality of his work is high and then it is let down by the quality of the ending.
Endings matter, but they do not *make* a product, in my opinion.
>>157830124
Sidonia would've had a really good ending if Nihei had just slapped a "The End" one or two chapters prior. Why he had to keep going is beyond me.
>>157839532
>>157843453
I think this is a bit simplistic. A bad ending can fuck up a work depending on circumstances, because many works are crafted in structures where separate parts rely on each other. A mystery is generally shit if the solution doesn't justify the buildup, for example - good suspense means nothing if it never comes together well. And any non-episodic story cut off in the middle by cancellation or whatever is basically fucked, even if it was good up to then.
Ciguatera
>hurrdurr my girlfriend randomly gets drugged and raped and it never becomes a plot point
>ending chapter had mc already broken up with said gf in background without any explanation
>life goes on exposition chapter
Seriously what the FUCK
>>157843453
I just hate it when I invest a lot of time consuming a piece of media with a lot of content behind it and its central premise just sort of fizzles out at the end. It makes me feel like I've wasted my time if it's bad enough. I get that endings can be difficult to pull off, especially for long-running works, but at the very least an ending should try to tie up any major loose ends. At the very least, it should at least provide some sort of definite answer to the central mystery if it has one. I still enjoyed Billy Bat, but the ending needlessly cheapened the story.
>>157843223
That manga was good up until the end though where it was just rushed and remaining plot elements were left unanswered.
>>157843453
But a good ending isn't everything. For example School Days had a good ending but everything else in the series was shit.
>>157829398
This shit ground my gears
Berserk
He could've ended with any of the girls and still won at life, but the melodrama was annoying and Komi used every trope in the book
>>157847430
oh but he ended with the promised girl and not the blond gorilla?
at least props for not doing the obvious main guy gets with main girl
Negima.
Seriously, fuck you Ken. The world-building and character diversity could have led to the GOAT, but it turns out it was all just heading towards... nothing in particular.
I'll never not be mad.
>>157829398
>Urasawa manga has anticlimatic ending
And next you tell me about round wheels
>>157847537
Onodera is the true promised girl, but he ends up with Chitoge
They get married 5 yrs later in the epilogue, and have their first kiss on the day of their wedding. MEeaning they didn't do shit while they were still dating
Why was 20th Century Boys' ending shit again? I remember liking it.
Waste of time.
>>157842605
I read 20th CB twice and while the ending was lack luster compared to the rest of the series it wasn't that shit. Yes it was underwhelming as fuck but the hatred for the ending mainly comes from the fact thatKatsumatawas only mentioned once or twice at the beginning of the series before suddenly being reviled as the 2nd friend at the very end when everyone who read the manga had forgotten all about him. Hell there is a little theory thatFukubeiwasn't the original friend or at least didn't come up all by himself and only took full control of the tittle whenKatsumata"Died"
>>157843886
I agree with you. I think if the story depends on a climax then yes, the ending is essential in tying every loose end. As for things that end halfway through due to cancellation or lack of translations - that to me is the most dissatisfying. For me, an incomplete story is worse than one with a bad ending.
>>157846105
I definitely know how you feel, but for me, I take something away from every manga I read or anime I watch, bad ending or not. Do I think Monster, for example, had a bad ending? I would certainly have wanted to see something 'more', but I took it for what it was and I can't imagine a different ending. It didn't cheapen the experience for me, because I had been satisfied with the adventure.
>>157846884
I've never really experienced this scenario.
>>157829398
Eden: It's an Endless World
>>157849521
It's not even over yet...
>>157830684
Remember the moon chapter? What we got after it is revolting at the very least.
>>157830124
What the hell was that epilogue?
>>157830435
>>157830497
Yeah, it got the canned vibes from the end. I was okay with it. At least he got what he wanted.
>>157830712
The Arcobaleno arc was bad and that last chapter was an offense.
>>157832668
>C;H
The VN is great and the anime is an abomination.
O;9 is pretty good, but the last 2 eps are really rushed, like really, really rushed. Still a good watch.
>>157830664
Seriously?
>>157850301
>...
Fuck off, retard. It ended over five years ago.
>>157833612
It was cancelled, wasn't it?
>>157847170
i just pretend kim was the last fight.
>>157830117
>Cromartie High
This ended? But it's a gag manga. How could it end badly in a way that's not "goes on so long it stops being funny"?
>>157829398
Xxx holic's ending is mean to all of its characters
>mc gained/cursed with immortality and under spiritual/neverending house arrest
>unsurprisingly loses all his friends Because they can't live as long as him
>his friends fuck each other to give watanuki someone to be with, and their offspring do the same, and so on
>framed as a beautiful end, but is actually cruel as hell
>>157853152
>characters talking
>someone goes oh shit, the manga's cancelled
>NANI?!
>the end
I could see someone getting a kicked out of it, but one last good joke could've been fun.
>>157853367
but that's the best joke you could make for the ending. Bobobo's anime did the same thing.
>>157853367
just count the joke prior to that one as "one last good joke" then?
>>157847919
Everything had already gone to shit the moment Mary Sue daughter was introduced and virtual reality nonsense started.
>>157833781
This
>>157847170
>Love of his life betrays him at the last second simply because "muh yakuza bloodline", shoots the fuck out of him, and picks up where her father left off.
>5 years later
>He forgives her and even gives her literally his entire empire.
And the cherry on top of this shit pile:
>Final battle happened off screen
>>157853395
>bobobo's anime
>ending
I'm still mad
>>157847430
>tfw I sold all the physical volumes I had after reading the ending
Least I didn't burn them.
How has no one mentioned Bleach, that kicked up a huge fuss not even a year ago
>>157829398
It ended already?
Can someone spoil me on what happened? I stopped reading after the japanese milf with the half-white daughter started seeing the bat
>>157830096
I wonder if Aka will cry now that Kaguya has outlived IB
>>157837157
Agreed
I was actually enjoying it up to the last few chapters
>>157830664
What happened?
>>157849521
Fuck shes hot
>>157833738
Musical chairs was trash. Drug smuggling and Infection were pure kino
I hear this ending is shit though I've never read it because no cunt is translating it.
>>157852242
>>157855256
Not exactly sure since no one has translated (can't even find any raws) but from what I can gather, the book is 418 pages where as the 2 normal volumes have a page count of 200 each so we get about an extra chapter worth of content
Star Light Woman
>>157854735
Bleach was shit long, long before the ending.
>>157847634
Still baffles me to this day how quick it all went to shit
Gantz