Instead of spending the spare hours on revision for the upcoming tests next week, i ended up reading comics online. Well, i’m not exactly an anime/manga fan and i guess the only set of comics which i used to collect when i was younger was just “Street Fighters” series. Haha. I then began reading “Suzuka” when my army friends were circulating the comic books around the bunk during NS days, and from that day onwards, i was one of the few people around who got stuck to that comic. HAHA. Anyhow, the few hours online yesterday allowed me to finish the comic and i have so much to say about it!Well, most of you might find it strange that I’m actually reading sucha comic since the first impression of most people would be that it’s a typical “girls” comic relating to romance. Ar well, i guess the plot of the comic was pretty interesting in the beginning until........
The story’s basically about this teenage guy Yamato who moved into Tokyo to pursue his high studies, and then meets this girl named Suzuka along the way. Being infatuated with her at first sight and after finding out she’s in the track and field team in the same school, he decided to seize the opportunity to join in as well. Well, luckily for this guy, he happened to have the flair for sprinting and thus many of the track and field team members looked up to him as a potential talent in the school. So book1 of the comic till about book10 or so describes the various events that happened over the years in school i.e how the friendship between Suzuka and Yamoto turned from hatred to good friends, and then subsequently became lovers despite facing with many difficulties initially.
I guess the interesting part of reading this comic would be reading about their teenage romance that blossomed over the years and how they worked hard in their sports to achieve their goals and dreams. HOWEVER, the plot just collapsed towards the END of the comic!! ARGHG.. I guess the author was in a rush to end this story abruptly and thus coming up with some stupid event to settle it once and for all. ( If u wanna read this comic, then STOP reading the following content below cause i’m gonna whine about the lousy ending )
I was expecting the ENDING to be something like... “despite the both of them breaking up and then patching up together again after a year because they still like each other, they worked even harder in their studies(cause they are aiming to go to the same university together) and perhaps succeed in achieving their goals in the sport.... n maybe some years later, they are still together and they get married and they live happily after.”
NOOOO. I was wrong. It turned out this way:
Yamoto(the horny guy) needs his satisfaction and F**Ks Suzuka(they were 18 then) right after they got together, and then the unfortunate thing was that Suzuka got pregnant on their 1st experience. ( Yamoto’s so efficient manz.. -_-“ ). In the end, Yamoto decided to be responsible for it and intends to marry Suzuka (i commend his responsible actions since he caused it). Thus, both of them decided to keep the baby and they gave up the chance to pursue their university studies and their dreams of excelling in their sports and probably representing at a National Level (sprinting and high jump respectively). By 19, their kid was born and they lived happily after with their friends being supportive and alongside with them throughout. THE END.
Well, i guess this sound pretty much like a normal and good ending to some of you out there but i felt it was pretty disappointing. I mean, after following up with this comic for almost a year, and with so much talk about their ideal dreams and goals in their lives in the previous chapters, i was expecting to read about some form of success which they had achieved at the end of it. Ultimately, none of this happened. Both stopped studying halfway, gave up their favourites and passion for the sport and probably struggled hard financially to keep the family going. (Although it wasn’t really touched on by the author in the comic). Oh well. Maybe I’m just prejudiced against the idea of early marriage. Hahaha.
Okay , So what’s the lesson that can be learnt from here (for GUYS):
“ IF YOU REALLY NEED TO DO IT, USE A CONDOM.”
Lolz.
Saturday, October 20, 2007 at 11:42:00 PM