Boys Run the Riot
| Just finished reading the manga, but is it just me or did the manga just end abruptly..? But I do like how its an open ended ending where you don't really know if their brand ever became successful. I guess i'm just not used to these type of endings where the ending is THIS open ended. |
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| I wondered if the series had been cancelled. I can't find anything about it online, but Wikipedia says that while it was originally serialised in Weekly Young Magazine, it was moved over to an app. I'm not 100% how it works, but that doesn't sound promising. If they weren't willing to keep publishing it in the magazine, maybe it wasn't doing that well. Again, I don't know how it works. I did think the ending was abrupt, which is a shame, but I don't really have an issue with open endings. I'd argue the final volume was the weakest, too. I did, however, really love the one-shot they included at the end of the final volume. It was so cool to see how the story started. It felt rougher and more raw than the series, which I liked a lot. |
Bittenfeld said: To tell you my honest feelings, Admiral Müller, as the groom at a wedding ceremony, the Kaiser is simply just a handsome man, I'm afraid to say. But as the supreme fleet admiral who leads entire fleets, he's really a godly person. Don't you think so, too? Müller said: I think he's quite godly as a groom, too. |
| Agreed, felt very rushed :( I wasn't expecting a full blown fight or anything with Ryou's family, but it also seemed to have gone a bit more smoothly than I thought it'd go. And maybe it's like that with some families. Same goes for Jin's father. Of course it's not like the parents are really chill with their child's situation, but I wish we could've seen a bit more of the struggle? The way it ended so upbeat with a quick a resolution made the story feel less impactful than it could've been. I think maybe even just one more volume would've been enough. Still, I did rather enjoy the series :) The mangaka also improved immensely from the one-shot to the serialization! :o Really amazing. |
| I agree with a lot that’s been said here. A similar thing happened here to what happened with Shimanami Tasogare—got moved to a digital magazine and ended prematurely with some loose ends not tied. The message was similar, but it was less satisfying in BRTR, probably because the finale didn’t feel like a finale. It kind of just petered out? It made me want more. I loved how raw the oneshot was and would have liked to see more themes like that in the series. Maybe more big life challenges outside of being trans where that aspect of his identity still shows us a unique perspective on the situation? Like that time with the guy at the shop I did recently see that the mangaka is looking for an editor since he’s going to be serialised in a Kodansha magazine again soon !! Maybe this means he ended this series early since he had something bigger or more ambitious planned? The biggest thing I wanted was for the mangaka to do another series after this lol, so I’m really hyped. I have a strong feeling Kodansha US will pick it up since they put so much hype behind BRTR |
_________________________________   Before you try revolutionizing the country, why don’t you revolutionize yourself first? - 土方十四郎 |
| Yeah I looked online and couldn't find anything about the BRTR ending. I feel like it might have been cancelled like Shimanami Tasogare because the ending felt rushed and slightly too smooth (like with the brand and Ryo coming out to his family). |
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CCC47 said: It was indeed cancelled, as the author seems to have intended to continue it longer than the usual queer manga for several volumes. Moreover, it was his magnum opus.Yeah I looked online and couldn't find anything about the BRTR ending. I feel like it might have been cancelled like Shimanami Tasogare because the ending felt rushed and slightly too smooth (like with the brand and Ryo coming out to his family). canticling said: I generally agree that there is more the manga could offer if it was extended to, say, 50 chapters. Especially with Tsubasa, Jin's father, or the relationship between Ryo and his family. However, I get the feeling that it was left intentionally open because it means to represent one vignette into Ryo's and Jin's lives, rather than trying to represent the whole of Ryo's transitioning and self-acceptance and Jin's struggle to break free of societal expectations foisted on him. We were fortunate to see Ryo gain his confidence and overcoming his fear of being discovered, even if he had his chance to come out on his own terms taken away from him. He takes the first few steps in essentially a second puberty, now on his own terms of becoming a man. |
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canticling said: As far as I remember (correct me if I'm wrong), they first came out as a trans male and after a while the manga was cancelled. Then he moved to another publisher and the manga was completed in a more logical way.RobertBobert said: That's really disappointing to hear that it wasn't just a choice to end it as a shorter manga. I thought it was done well but it does feel like something of a proof of concept. The author really deserved some more time and space to work on this.It was indeed cancelled, as the author seems to have intended to continue it longer than the usual queer manga for several volumes. Moreover, it was his magnum opus. |
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