Romance + photography was a combo I didn’t think would ever hit me so damn hard. Waiting for this author to come out with a new work is agonizing. I’m addicted to her love stories.

>>280908347 (OP)
Left sleeps with foreigners

>>280908562
What inspired you to post this?

>>280908347 (OP)
the ending sucked desu

>>280908347 (OP)
>Waiting for this author to come out with a new work is agonizing
She drawing idols now

>>280908749
Her drawings are amazing but it’s her writing that’s got me so hooked. I’ve read the idol manga and I think Mari Okada is writing it.

Ojiro brows are peak

Fuarkkk this shit hit hard... like nigga fuckkkk.....

>>280908347 (OP)
>Bitch + faggot
FTFY

>>280910435
Why so angry?

>>280910697
A lot of lonely people here hate romance out of envy.

>>280910376
Very kissable

>>280910697
>>280910734
Yeah man I wish I was a faggot

>>280908347 (OP)
Still waiting for her to write something that surpasses Fukiyama-san

>>280910869
From the way you came in seething, why would you need to wish?

>>280911023
>no u
Nice try, but I'm not the one consuming these type of proto-corporate manga titles for teenagers. Why would I? Why should I? Why why why?

>>280911103
Why are you even on this board?

>>280910910
Only manga that ever made me want to be shorter

>>280911155
This board doesnt welcome corporate bugmen propaganda. Lurk more, or better yet, don't.

It's been a while since I read this so I may be mistaken, but isn't photography just some minuscule thing that barely appears? It's not like a manga about making manga, painting, rakugo, drum making, etc. It's just a quirk one of the character has and that's it.
And the writing? I mean, sure, it's realistic, but from the moment they confess to each other and start dating, basically nothing happens. She has some health issues, some clash with their parents, and that's it.
They just stay the same even even after realizing one or two things about themselves. Why would anyone overrate some low stakes coming of age manga that ends predictably, and praise it as if their heart strings were touched by this... is beyond me.

>>280911243
>Why
Its just misery porn all around.
I guess it just metastasized and now there are different kinds, including the angry kind, the sad kind, the tryhard kind, hey even the wholesome/quirky kind.

>>280911103
>>280911223
trying too hard to fit in
>>280910910
This one is her best work by far

>>280908347 (OP)
It should've ended soon after the confession, everything after was just an endless drag

Holy fuck he's getting mad

>>280911424
>I told someone he doesnt fit it
>Do I fit in yet?
Lmao.
Also, you didnt need to go to the archives and get an image reaction, friend.

>>280911389
Huh? Misery porn? Are you memeing or what the fuck?
Ignoring or hiding her health issues, which is resolved with a good ending is not exactly gramatic or sad or anything.
It's just life, and not a particularly sad or depressive one.

>>280911495
It were your posts who got deleted newfag-kun

>>280911517
>It's just life
If you knew anything about misery porn then you would that right there is more than enough reason to regard this as misery porn
>>280911540
You are one image reaction (stolen from the archives) away to be considered an oldfag.
Almost there!

Most of the chapters are just oneshots of people (and a cat) doing wide eyed expressions, nice drawings though.

>>280911580
It sounds like you're the one who knows nothing about this manga or about misery porn.
I've read 90% of the exit core and depressive /lit/ charts and watched most films with such treatment of life and drama.

Shame this thread seems to be occupied by tourists and schizos.

>>280911701
>I've read 90% of the exit core and depressive /lit/
You haven't read enough manga then? The fuck?

>>280910910
>>280911424
I'm glad that there are fellow scholars in this thread that can recognize Fujiyama-san as her magnum opus.

>>280911800
>scholars
Lol back to R*ddit faggot

>>280911825
Settle down, kiddo. We are discussing good manga right now.

>>280911872
See >>280911872

>>280911243
>isn't photography just some minuscule thing that barely appears?
It’s like 40% of the manga.
>It's not like a manga about making manga, painting, rakugo, drum making, etc. It's just a quirk one of the character has and that's it
It’s not really a quirk. The story does dive into some details about astrophotography that shows the author has done her research but it’s not a complete how to guide. Almost all the big trips and excursions in the story revolve around photography. I think you might benefit from a reread.
>but from the moment they confess to each other and start dating, basically nothing happens
This is false, the plot focuses how they navigate being a couple with one of the person having an “illness”. One of the major conflicts between them was Isaki didn’t want to be treated like glass but the more Ganta learned about her, the more he started to be more like her parents because of his worries and love for her, which made him go against the reasons she fell for him in the first place. There’s a couple more elements that drives the story forward past the confession but that’s one of the main ones.
>She has some health issues, some clash with their parents, and that's it.
They don’t clash with their parents after the confession, Isaki’s relationship with her parents improved. Ganta only had issues with his mom which his dad helped reassure him later on. A lot of the focus is putting them into situations that highlights how stressful it can be being a couple with someone who has a condition like Isaki.
>They just stay the same even even after realizing one or two things about themselves
Not really. They had growth, particularly near the end. They certainly aren’t the same people at the beginning of the manga.
>praise it as if their heart strings were touched by this... is beyond me.
I don’t know about others, I like it mainly due to how it handles its themes and romance.

>>280912098
>I think you might benefit from a reread.
I think it's quite generous that you actually think he's read it.

>>280912171
Why would he? That fucking retard just confirmed my suspicions: this is misery porn, through and through.
Perhaps a "WELL ITS JUST NOT FOR YOU, MMKAY?" would be more appropriate.

Oh... It's this schizo

>>280910910
I think Insomnia was her most important work and Fujiyama is certainly her most energetic and dynamic story, but I also think Chion is the story that is the most calming and shows her SoL writing and mellow scene settings the best. Also helps that it has one of my favorite tsunderes in manga.

>>280908347 (OP)
I feel like the literally me depressed loser x quirky sick girl pairing has been over done, both in manga and western YA media

>>280908347 (OP)
Dude on the left needs to shave his eyebrows

>>280910826
I really love the way Ojiro draws faces.

>>280912831
>sees a girl
>thinks of a boy

>>280914035
Nta but if you remove the sidetail she kinda looks like a moe version of Nishikata

>>280912843
The proportions of her characters are very soft, which fits the gentle tone of her stories. Smooth chins, more filled out cheeks, round noses, wider eyes for some characters. It’s a nice mix between realistic proportions and moe features. Don’t get me started on the cats because she draws them like she lives with 50 of them.

>>280911389
>misery porn

>>280916051
You didn't say it was't. Interesting.

>>280916622
I didn’t need to say anything because anyone who actually reads it knows you’re lying and baiting for (You)’s.

>>280909232
>and I think Mari Okada is writing it.
Instant nope from me. Not gonna touch anything she writes/works on ever.

>>280908347 (OP)
Looks nice tbdesu, guess that's why it attracts the ire of the eternally miserable

>>280916893
She killed Gundam for a few years with IBO.

>>280917340
>Looks nice
Definitely makes you feel nice too.

>>280917402
>>280915218
Yup, picked up

>>280916805
Ok but you still didnt say it wasnt. Doubly interesting. Give me another (You)

>280917477
It’s not and no.

>>280908347 (OP)
It's my favorite romcom.

>>280919049
I’d say it’s more like a rom-dram or just a romance. It has its light hearted comedic moments but it’s not something the manga focuses on. I think her other work Fujiyama would fit the romcom part better.

>>280908562
>>280908694
Does this manga have NTR? Because it seems like the kind of manga with that garbage in it.

>>280919248
>Does this manga have NTR?
No. I have no clue how you reached that conclusion from a bait post and vague “ending sucked” without any explanation.
>it seems like the kind of manga with that garbage in it
What do you see that indicates this? They haven’t posted any pages that even remotely supports what you think.

>>280919459
>What do you see that indicates this?
The art style, just from a couple of images you can tell it's a manga drawn by a woman.

>>280919525
Well you’re right about the woman part and since you thought it might’ve been NTR, I’ll say I’m sorry for the NTR garbage you went through reading female mangakas’ works. You don’t have to worry about NTR with this one, first guy’s a troll the second one is that the ending wasn’t bad but kinda underwhelming which means it’s bad by /a/‘s standards. I personally found it just fine, the writing was fine but just didn’t have the spark of the other chapters before it, but the author wrapped up everything up well enough. I’d say it’s the type of ending that would’ve benefited from having an extra chapter or two before it.

>>280917654
Why are you speaking in signs, are you some kind of faggot?

>>280917461
Hope you like it.

>>280908347 (OP)
why did the last 40ish or so chapters of this feel so rushed?
like there was so much stuff being added and built up and it felt like the last 2 years of it was just rushed through. was that ever explained?

>>280910910
I wish that'd kept going as they got older and properly dated. I hate "ends at the confession" stories.

>>280919658
You seem like a polite gentleman, I'll give it a try.

>>280920863
I think it could be that Ojiro was just not used to writing longer stories. If you look at Fujiyama and Chion-san, they’re quite shorter than Insomnia. I don’t think the last 40 chapters were rushed in particular, but you really only notice the burnout when the timeskip to their last year happened, second to last volume I think. Ojiro just seemed like she wanted to get them out of high school as fast as she could. The main goal was to do that since a lot of the volumes before was deciding what they wanted to do once they graduated. But then the final arc with the drama just didn’t really have enough breathing room for it to feel all that satisfying, so you get the sense Ojiro wasn’t setting that gentle pace she used with all her other chapters pre volume 11.

For me, it's Nono

>>280922512
I like her too but for me it’s this arcade owner loner dork.

>>280922712
If Nono didn't exist, Shiromaru would be my favourite too

>>280916893
Yeah, so far the manga is nothing to write home about, I keep reading it mainly for Ojiro's art

>>280908749
They look like total whores.

>>280914035
>sees someone with manface
>thinks it's a man
Shave the manbrows and then we'll talk

>>280922512
for me its the arcade girl

>>280908347 (OP)
I have a movie for you if you like those two topics
https://youtu.be/mU6E1_ikdlI

>>280925326
I expected the movie to be the live action version of Insomniacs After School

>>280908347 (OP)
It was good but I liked the manga before it better.

>>280927901
Chion-san was great too.

>>280908347 (OP)
It's a realistic romance.