GE: Good Ending - Reviews

Good ending

This manga tells the story of a young guy named Utsumi. Like one can already guess the story is following the usual highschool setting. Utsumi is just another "loser" who only can gather his courage to watch the girl who he crush on from afar, while doing so he encounters a girl who found out about his crush. The girl tries to make him confess and at the same time tries to find the hope, that love in this world is not something that just leads to pain and suffering, she tries to fix the wounds of her heart while helping Utsumi.

Story of the manga was well told and progress of it was somewhat fine, it didn't feel like author tried to rush things or suddenly slow it down. The ending felt a bit rushed, it could have been few more chapters longer, but the idea of it was easily graspable.  At the very beggining I thought that the story is going to be about this useless shy kid, but as I decided to keep on reading I realised, that main characters change, some more some less, but they do, they are not as they were in begining. I felt delighted that this manga wasn't all about how shy one is and how holding hands is already the most embarrassing thing in the world. GE wasn't all about panty shots or peeking, it felt more mature, guys in this manga were not very voyeuristic. While the setting was in school it didn't feel like it was all about school life, the story felt more like a real life experience, it was also about guys being deceitful and what lead them to it. There were some times that I felt like yelling at Utsumi "you jackass, just tell her that, why can't you", but as he developed it happened less and less often. The story includes secrets, memories which are better forgotten and even a trauma. I enjoyed how characters were holding onto their feelings so they wouldn't make the ones they love awkward or make them break up. It truly was an emotional rollercoaster to read GE. 

Art had its ups and downs, I really hated when in few chapters Characters had like wallpapers glued to shirts or jeans but sometimes it felt like I am really watching at something beautifull. The important parts of story were always well drawn and placed. There were times when I just enjoyed watching how characters are drawn, but I can't say the same about backgrounds, I felt like they were lacking, while not always, but there surely were times that I simply ignored where they are and only watched emotions of each individual. I guess the changing art really made the manga more enjoyable.

Characters, oh such variety of them, starting from the shy boys to tomboy. I really enjoyed reading about different people and their attitude to different situations, the most admirable thing I can say about characters in this manga is that they improve, they are humans and they are the ones who change. It was very pleasing to see them "grow up" and become experienced in multiple ways. While I still think that our main character was too big of a wuss, he really did sometimes things that were uncharacteristic for him, although it happened later on in the story.

To conclude, I can say that this manga is something that is going to affect you, but at the same time it won't leave you dissapointed. It truly is a interesting love story and the development of characters is something to not laugh at, while I still disliked that one character was so dishonest with himself/herself, I still admired the actions and keeping emotions under control.

I'm really sorry for my english in advance I hope it won't be too much trouble to read.

I have some mixed feelings about this manga. While I really liked the art and the faces drawn by the author, while I found the plot interesting, I'm just fed up with the drama in this.

I mean it is too much... everytime for every little things it's just frustrating. In my opinion, drama is a genre that require a good balance, a balance with drama and happy times. The main problem with GE was the fact that you have just a new forced drama every 3 chapters that ruin the entire story. Basically GE had a big part of drama which was just... forced, you know those drama where, as a reader, you are just frustrated by how the characters are stupid and create drama because of their own stupidity and because of their lack of communication skills that leads to misunderstandings...

To conclude : the art is great in my opinion, story seemed interesting but everything has been leveled down by frustrating cliffhangers at the end of chapters and by the over representation of non necessary drama. I do not recomend if you seek for some realist relationship and if you like coherent well-paced drama. In those kind of stories, drama permit to add depth into characters to make them more likable not to ruin them and to make us hate them for their lack of logic. At some point, you could clearly see that the author was making the characters take some bad decisions only to create bad drama...

Let's talk about the characters ( BIG spoilers to read only if you are masochist or if you have finished GE) :

Seiji (MC) is probably the only character who has grown up since the chapter 1. During the whole plot he was a coward and a cuck, yes a cuck the best instance is when he tried to defend the boyfriend of Shô when this one had SEEN her boyfriend talking to his ex and saying to her "i want to get back with you" or something else. MC just said the biggest speech of his life to defend the boyfriend whose, i remind, cucked the MC at the beginning of the story. At least he was quite more brave throughout the story. Oh and i have forgotten. If Seiji has been dumped, it's only because of him because this idiot has made the relation tense by delaying the problem with yuki's ex AND because he was stubborn and he decided to live a relationship without any sexe. I mean he could have lived his relationship at his own pace like every normal man but he decided to be stupid and yuki has noticed he was forcing himself...

Yuki (main Girl) : at the start of the story, she was interesting and i really liked her. She was smart and she helped MC to grow up + she was mysterious with her past. Then there was this part where MC was conscious of liking her, he showed her that he liked her ( i mean you have to be blind to not see that...) and this idiot yuki did what ? She thought that MC was talking about an other girl..

It was just frustrating Yuki was smart at the begin and good to read emotions so WHY i just dont understand. Anyway the worst part about her is when she broke up with MC. Her reason ? "I give you too much trouble" just what the fuck ? You think leave him alone will make his problems vanish ?? If you want a relationship without taking your responsabilities then you buy a robot or a pillow with a waifu printed on it..

Then she was denying that she had still feeling for MC when MC asked her BUT she decided to confess that she still has feelings for him when the MC goes out with Shô. It's a joke ? What is she trying to do ? I could at least understand if MC didnt give her any chances but he just gave her a bunch of chances after they broke up and she litteraly rejected everything coldly but now that he's dating with an another woman she confesses. It was a joke, i have never seen a character that bad, Yuki in my opinion has regressed since the beginning of the story. She went from a very good character to an illogical character who only acts to force the drama into the story...

Shô : Well... She is the same from the first chapter to the last. She has cucked MC with her senpai who only used her because this one was sad after a breakup then (logic) it didn't finish well. Then she dated with MC anddd. Yes once again she dated with a guy that has just been dumped by his initial girlfriend and (drum roll) she, once again, has been dumped by the MC because this one was still loving yuki. At the end of the story she started dating again with this moron of senpai who cheated on her. The author tried to say to us that it was a good end for her but i'm not stupid I know how relationship works... She would have been better single at the end.

Risa : well she's a pity. It was sad to see her forcing with MC. Risa is the cliche of the beautiful girl who instantly fall in love with stupid and virgin MC because this one has been nice and kind for a stupid reason once in the story after their meeting. She is sad to see, she only serves to cause misunderstanding ( drama are you there ?) but at least she has been once in the story smart by talking to yuki to "defend" MC.

I have a love/hate relationship with this manga. 
The characters can be really enjoyable, but consistently make stupid decisions. Every single character has made stupid choices and it feels like the ending was just thrown in there. The one-off was incredible, but the series was meh.