Boku dake ga Inai Machi Chapter 37 Discussion

suzyl333 said:
I hate that kenya suggested it was just a dream....

testamentKAISER said:

Sensei is back... & he is stalking MC or the girl... (Who looks like the girl from Umareru kachi...)

JTLouie said:
This manga is too good.

Still sad about Kayo being pushed to a side character tho. :/

gedata said:
dat bait and switch

ain't no way the anime will capture this right

Ugh, you just had to bring up that awful nonsense didn't you?

She's outlived her relevance.

JTLouie said:


Why did the story have to spend like 90% of it's time focusing on Kayo then? They literally spend like...idk..5 chapters on Airi and now she's gonna most likely be the main heroine of the manga when Kayo has been the main focus for like 30 chapters.

JTLouie said:

Why did the story have to spend like 90% of it's time focusing on Kayo then? They literally spend like...idk..5 chapters on Airi and now she's gonna most likely be the main heroine of the manga when Kayo has been the main focus for like 30 chapters.

Damaera said:
A lot of people are saying that the manga has a lot more left or they're having another arc but I don't think this is the case. I recall reading somewhere that the anime would cover the ending of the series. This leads me to believe that there are at least one or two chapters left in the series. Considering how the chapters come out early in the month, I get the feeling that the manga will end slightly before the anime.

sekuhara said:


Airi : chapter 1-5, chapter 14-18 → 10 chapters → about 42% of the manga until Kayo's case is solved.
Kayo's case is focused until chapter 24 and there are 10 chapters Satoru being in 2006 which means she is the main focus in 14 chapters → about 58% of the manga until her case is solved and about 32% of the whole manga, not 90% like you said.
Edit : Satoru is still in 2006 in almost chapter 6 so Kayo is actually focused in about 54% of the manga until her case is solved and about 30% of the whole manga.

Maybe your bias made you pay less notice for Airi's existence I guess?

gedata said:

Because helping her was basically the only thing Satoru felt he could do to throw off the killer? Now that Satoru finally succeeded in helping her live the happy life she deserves it's time to move on. The story is no longer about saving her, Satoru's mom, Yuki, or anyone else really. It's about dealing with Gaku now and I'm not sure where you think Kayo should fit into the equation. And the series is almost over too. the spotlight for just 30 out of 40ish chapters isn't so bad.

JTLouie said:

I just hate the sudden change in Kayo's character. She is the LAST person I would expect to move on just like that after Satoru, her knight in shining armor, had a glimmer of hope to live.

I expected her type of character to stay by Satoru's side through the entire coma. You're telling me that Kayo, the antisocial girl who pretty much wanted to kill herself, just decided to give up on the person who saved her from the hell she was going through? Kayo would be the FIRST person I would expect to do what Satoru's mom did, which was pretty much sacrificing her whole life to take care of Satoru while he was in a coma.

I mean, the least Kayo could do is that. For all Kayo knows, she could be getting tortured the rest of her life (Of course she's supposed to die, but Kayo doesn't know that).

Anyways, rant done. I still love the manga but I just can't stomach Kayo being so, SO important, to suddenly a side character that doesn't even matter anymore. I'm done

JTLouie said:

The 54% of the manga that had Kayo was way more meaningful than the other percentage with Airi. Kayo and Satoru had many journeys together, etc I don't need to get into details cuz it's obvious.

What do we know about Airi in the time she has been in the manga? We know she works at a pizza place, her parents divorced over chocolate, and she said like 2 meaningful lines (don't quote me on this) to Satoru. So I guess the stuff Airi said and divorce over chocolate is more impactful than going through an intense journey with Kayo?

Maybe I'm biased, but I can't find any reason to think Kayo is less important than Airi or any reason to think that Kayo suddenly becoming a side character in favor of Airi is a good thing

JTLouie said:


I just hate the sudden change in Kayo's character. She is the LAST person I would expect to move on just like that after Satoru, her knight in shining armor, had a glimmer of hope to live.

I expected her type of character to stay by Satoru's side through the entire coma. You're telling me that Kayo, the antisocial girl who pretty much wanted to kill herself, just decided to give up on the person who saved her from the hell she was going through? Kayo would be the FIRST person I would expect to do what Satoru's mom did, which was pretty much sacrificing her whole life to take care of Satoru while he was in a coma.

sekuhara said:


I never said Airi was more important than Kayo in the manga ww
Just tried to say that the manga didn't focus on Kayo about 90% like you said and Airi actually had more scenes than you thought.

As for Airi, I guess you're not interested in her so all you was impressed about her was the chocolate bar stuff. (I saw bokumachi's anime viewers bitching about the chocolate bar like it was a ridiculous divorce reason without knowing a single thing about Japan's law and its culture. Stealing is a serious crime in Japan and if you're an adult you'll have to pay for ~200.000¥ penalty no matter how cheap the thing you steal is. And even if you had to pay for what you'd done, it'll be hard for the society around you to accept you again. It's Japan after all)

I noticed Airi from the begin of the manga, so yes my impression about her is different from you.
After witnessing Satoru risking his life to save a kid, she started getting close to Satoru. Like trying to take a conversation with him, following him and end up being dragged to one of his Revival. The way she risked her life to save a kid like Satoru did was awesome and this made me thought her as a good girl. After that, Airi started calling herself "Airi" instead of "I" which made her look cuter in front of Satoru. She even made a joke asked Satoru if he was a shinigami. I noticed her all the time, so I knew she always wanted to be friendly with Satoru, like agreeing to eat curry at his place so easily and helping his mom out. Like when Satoru was about leaving the pizza shop she guessed if he ate curry in the morning and asked if she could come to eat curry again. I like how Airi waved her hand called "fujinuma-san" wherever she saw him, how she wanted to believe in him, how she helped him out even though she became the culprit's target. If Satoru is Kayo's "hero" then I believe Airi is one of his "heros".
P/S: This is my impression about Airi so no need to argue about her importance in the manga.

gedata said:


Yes I do. 15 years is a long time dude.

1idd0kun said:


Excellent post. I also like Airi a lot. I was really impressed when she risked her life to save the kid who was falling from a building. From that point I was really interested in her and paid a lot of attention to all her scenes. Although I never thought that she would become so important to Satoru. I'm glad she did. She helped and supported him a lot, and I'm glad he realizes the impact she had on his life and how important she is to him.

JTLouie said:


Saying 15 years is a long time could be used on Satoru's mother also

1idd0kun said:


Sachiko is an adult, and she has a personal responsibility towards her son. Kayo was a kid, and didn't have any personal responsibility towards him. That been said, I don't think she gave up on him. She was raising funds along with Kenya and Hiromi to help Satoru's treatments. That tells me that she had faith he would wake up some day.

As to why she married Hiromi... well, she probably fell in love with him at some point and they got married. It has nothing to do with Satoru.