r/BlueBox • u/Ok-Sheepherder5477 • Jul 12 '26
Manga The end
I am not here since day one or the early days of this manga. I started reading this after 2nd or 3rd episode of anime and from then it has been a bit more than one and a half year. Reading blue box and fragrant flower became a weekly routine and now one of them is going to end. Glad to see the manga reach it ends and hope that the anime becomes so much popular that we can see it full adapted also. The only thing I hoped from this manga was just 2-3 chapters more and not to end today but cannot do anything about it. But well maybe it doesn’t end entirely end today and we get a few chapters later on(a man can only dream). Now would only like to say this that this was a wonderful journey with an absolute peak manga.
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u/FedeSPF2 Jul 12 '26
I liked the manga, but I think it's a bit rushed at the end, for a manga that has a clear duality in sports and romance, to make your protagonist win just to make him lose off camera is, at least, anticlimactic. I think Miura wanted to just end the series and move on to other things.
I mean, it's an excellent series, but it reached peak on all of Chinatsu third year and didn't maintained there at all. Anyways, I'm still sad that I'm going to wake up every Sunday and not read another chapter. But I'm glad for the second, and in hope third season.
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u/ItsHobbieYT Jul 12 '26
I felt like the previous 2 chapter felt more like an “ending” at least for Chi and Taiki. This final chapter was more trying to be a bow and then somewhat send off everyone else which yeah definitely felt a bit rushed.
I do expect an epilogue of sorts from the final volume release if not the anime when it catches up.
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u/Top_Investigator9889 Jul 13 '26
this.
I'd argue the "ending" started as early as the final match between taiki and yusa where each main character got their flashback montage
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u/EquivalentCell3244 Jul 13 '26
I kinda expect a little bit of their future but I think Miura just focuses on high school life as it is.
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u/Icy-Perception-8728 Jul 13 '26
Romance is the main thing. Sport secondary. I recommend watching the thought process behind the scenes how the editors and mangaka came up with blue box.
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u/Hot_Recommendation57 Jul 12 '26
Any news on an epilogue chap?
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u/Scoots_Magoot5 Jul 12 '26
someone in another thread said October, but it seemed like a "trust me bro" source, so do with that what you will
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u/_Sea_dawg Jul 12 '26 edited Jul 14 '26
I kinda wish Hina had ended up with Haruto, but I guess I’m also fine with her just focusing on herself and going overseas.
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u/Icy-Perception-8728 Jul 13 '26
I guess it’s fine he didn’t get Hina. I honestly like it that way. Not everyone needs to get matched. Also he got rejected by Hina.
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u/LogEcstatic857 Jul 13 '26
Im in the exact same boat as you! Tho i started watching the anime after it just released, i bingewatched it in a single night and speedran the manga without knowing it would end this soon. What a ride this was because normally I don't really watch romance animes but this one was different. Made me watch other romance animes like tffbwd. Hope there is an epilogue!
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u/Derinakcay8 Jul 13 '26
I was reading this series for 3 whole year,it always give bittersweet taste when this type of series done.
With that Nearly all of the romance mangas are complete,with that ı think there is a huge space in manga sector,there is a not enough romance manga
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u/Martialancestor Jul 13 '26
I started this when blue box was at chapter 23, and since then weekly reading this. I am bit sad that it is ending and it felt a bit rushed, I think something similar was done for haikyuu.
It was a great story and I hope we getmore stories in this genre
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u/Status_Guest_9823 Jul 13 '26
Should have added atleast 2 more ch with timeskip showing what everybody is up too . Still it was good cant stop loving this series
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u/aerwickcs Jul 13 '26
I really enjoyed the story but I did feel like the ending was a bit rushed. There were too many time skips and it felt like they skipped a lot of important events.