Ichigo 100%

[Megabuster]

This is one of the best manga you will ever read, I just read the ending again and even tho i really hated it the manga was really good. Its a shame that not all mangaka can so fluently put together a story like that together in such a few amount of chapters. What are your thoughts on it?

[Beney]

i agree with you. it's on of the best manga that i've read. i like the ending but it could be better. can we post spoilers in here?

[viceman]

I love this manga too, Manaka is the luckiest guy ever. ^^

[fullmetal18]

Just started reading the manga. Its actually a cool manga. Manaka is pretty lucky to have 3 girls that like him. Also im curious. Who does he pick?

[Kay]

@beney i dont think we can spoil other ppl at here so no spoiler
and yes it is a fine and nice manga

[wildstriker]

Just remind of the spoiler and you will be fine... *sigh*, the old forum is spoiler-free forum

Yes, the ending is one of the best romance genre manga I've ever read in my highschool time, and I don't think the ending given could be any better than how its ended...

[Beney]

the first time i read it the ending for me couldn't be better, but after rereading it a few more times i cant help but feel sorry for the ones he didn't chose and wanted to give them a happy ending too. for me the author the author chose the right girl for manaka at the end of their high school, but after the epilogue i think it was better if he chose the other one because i think they are both mature enough for their relationship to work.

[whitey-chan]

this manga is really nice...it has a nice story... its just that the ending doesn't suit the story... well all in all its a must read manga...

:cool:whitey-chan:cool:

[wildstriker]

Still, even If he chose the "other one" rather than "the one he chose" at the ending, wouldn't that hurt "the one he chose" too?
Reliationship is just as not as easy to work out perfectly and beautiful all the time, there're sad and happy times in every way...

[Beney]

yeah you're right it's just that i want to see what ending the author would give us if he chose "the other one" rather than the "chosen one".

[Manga fanatic]

my head hurts now...

[esptuning]

might be corny to say this, but this is one of those stories that are so good that you can empathise with the characters...

if you peel away the utter rediculousness of the sexual situations he gets in, i can actually feel where he's coming from...and though i feel that the ending was great, it's something that keeps flashing back to me (the rejected girl's sad face is what comes into my mind). manaka may have wanted one girl to always smile, but to me the other one really needs him more...and i feel that he needs her more too.

plus, the author almost hinted they REALLY should be together based on their fortunes

[Kay]

my head hurts now...

just finnish reading it,then you understand

[DudeusMaximus]

I liked the ending... somehow the mangaka managed to shy away from being too clichèd with the ending. I mean, it was seemingly inevitable that he'd end up with the "destined one from the beginning"... but it didn't happen.

[gr1mmy]

The ending hurt my feelings so badly... It didn't fit well at all. Damn, I wish mangakas would just make an ending for each of them XD

[Beney]

wouldn't we all want that.

[whitey-chan]

yeah, yeah... I agree with Beney... i want to see it too but i guess its too late cause the manga is already finished...

[Beney]

is there any fanfiction of this manga that shows an alternate ending?

[Kay]

hmm try wiki or go check it out at their website

[Beney]

thanks but i have done that. i tried fanfiction(dot)net but the stories were not good.

[SKATEateer]

ichigo 100% dissapointed me.. soo much haha it was good but it was just.. the ending was ehh.. it woulda been funny or great to see alternative endings..

[wildstriker]

Yes..., there is.
Back a while ago, there's a fanscans that made the "another one" pairing ending with Manaka, but after I read it, I felt that it just too stupid that I deleted the whole file right after downloaded and read it.

[SKATEateer]

can i get the link please?? it was so stupid? how so..

[wildstriker]

Because it's fan made up and ended right after the part that "the other one" confessed to Manaka, they just quickly wrapped it to others matter.
Too much "the other one" fanboy influence in it...

I dunno the fanmade chapter still existed or not, but I remember seeing mangatraders.com have that chapter.

[Megabuster]

The ending was the onlly part i didnt like, he didnt like the girl he picked more then the other one. Random chance and stupidity caused him to be pushed him away from the other girl until it was to late.

[SKATEateer]

yeah thats true.. well if i was goin to make a fanbased one id make it that the slutty acting girl won .. cause itd be more realistic . i mean highschool guy.. hormones.. hes more willing to pay attention to her and learn more of her
he liked her anyway too

[wildstriker]

And why does that even mattered....?, love is blind anyway :), it's just a matter of choice and how you preserve it.

(This reply was to Megabuster, my internet sent up the post at the same time as SKATEateer, but put up after his post)

[SKATEateer]

love may be blind but to find love you must search.. and its only obvious hormones would take place.. i seriously wanna make a realistic love manga.. but with alternative endings so fanboys dont biatch at me all the time

[Megabuster]

And why does that even mattered....?, love is blind anyway :), it's just a matter of choice and how you preserve it.

(This reply was to Megabuster, my internet sent up the post at the same time as SKATEateer, but put up after his post)

It was too late by the time he found out that toujo wasnt avoiding him and that she wasnt dating somebody he had already sworn himself to nishino. If toujo hadnt done that stupid bra thing and then make it look like she had a boyfriend he would have picked her.

[wildstriker]

Sadly she make her move too late..., is that what you mean?
Well, that is part of how love goes, it's just too beautiful to be discribed by words :), at least she's able to confess before she regretted it...

And Megabuster...., you just spoiled the ending for the story of the topic....

[SKATEateer]

satsuki ftw! hahaha
well ok in reality heres what would happen.. to be as realisitic as possible
nishino breaks up
the guy forgets
then toujo and satuski come in itd be between them
satsuki and toujo sex appeal win him over they are better than nishino he admits so
with his actions in chapters
but then toujo is too shy so it makes it so hard for him to get with her
satsuki however is a girl thats relatively better and he likes all of the girls so her being there
so he would date her
but then something might happen
in a big twist hed end up with toujo
but nishino in reality could never end up with him not after she broke up with hi mand he saw toujo and satsuki the way he did ,.. but then again this manga isnt realistic

[Megabuster]

Damn sorry i just realized it,
But in retrospect the manga was leaning towards aya the whole time until the end when it started to tip rediculously into nishinos favor, I guess i never liked nishino because she was a pushy b****. If it would have been anyone else i wouldnt have cared but nishino is just freaking annoying.

[SKATEateer]

aya was destined! i could see it too but i could also see the realistic ending in my head simaeltaneously
but i dunno what the author was on.. some angels dust or lsd or some c and h puricane hahaha

[wildstriker]

Yes, the manga wasn't quite realistic as it would be, still, there no shinigamis lurking around in that world :D, and it's basically down to earth storyline.

Meh..., guess I'm just not Toujou fan to begin with, but really..., to go out finally with the first girl you confessed to, the romance is just so build up for me, and I'm favoring Nishino more than I could ever be for Toujou.

Edit: Sorry for the mis-using of words, thx for SKAT's correction.

[SKATEateer]

yeah this manga is "good" for an unrealistic love story haha
by wouldnt do you mean wasnt? you botched your first sentence up wild haha

[Rawr]

I personally favored Nishino more than anyone else so in the end i was happy that he chose her as Nishino really deserved him more than anyone else. Also, I personally loved the fact that his first love was who he finally picked, to me can't get more romantic than that.

To me the ending could have been better, the mangaka could've concluded everything more, he left some unanswered questions and uncertainties...i personally would've liked it if he gave all the characters more of a future, like showing them 10 or 20 years from then, and showing how everyone ended up

[SKATEateer]

well your first date aint always first love in fact its rarely that
sure it makes it so nice but
i dunno
i just felt that nishino wasnt meant for him at all.. i mean they did not have that attraction like i could see it in aya and him but nishino and him wasnt doing it..

[wildstriker]

How true Rawr, you should've showed up earlier :), and yes, I totally agreed that Nishino deserved the great ending in the manga, and she did.

[SKATEateer]

no she did not deserve it... she may have been the first to come and stuff but she dumped him.. and he got over her
but nooo the author had to make him go back again
curse you! hahahahah curse you all... and i saw the alternative ending made by a fan

it sucked.. but it was funny

[Rawr]

She dumped him because he was undecisive, and inconsiderate to her feelings and everyone else's, and NO he did not get over her, he still thought about her which is why in the end they got back together. Also, in what way did she not deserve it, Toujo basically just shared the same dream as Manaka and Manaka "discovered" her, whereas Nishino really strived to be his girlfriend. Also, Manaka and Nishino had much more chemistry than Toujo and Manaka ever did. Also, I absolutely loved how they both confessed to each other the same way, it was really sweet and touching.

[SKATEateer]

well see their personalities differ a little but he basically liked them all .. nishino was not passive or shy like aya but not aggressive or assertive like satsuki.. she was more neutral.. ish
actually i think she varied a little but nonetheless
he may of thought of her but he thought of the other girls too.. in fact i think aya was more on his mind at many points

but problems arose and she was at the right place at the right time..
i do not think he had the patience to see how things would turn out.

[SKATEateer]

furthermore.... his character pissed me off so much.. he was a dick to satsuki and ddnt realize several things.. about aya and satsuki..

i think it would be more romantic if you had your lover who shared your ideals.. (aya)

or a lover whod you enjoy by yourside immensely every minute (satsuki)
rather than a girl who just makes you happy like a normal lover (nish)

but really its all good in the hood haha
im bored...

[Megabuster]

Really i get what you are saying but what does he see in nishino?
With satsuki he acts like they are BFFs
With aya he can share his dreams and she was the reason the manga started
nishino is cute.

Wow which one should he not pick,hmmmmm?

[SKATEateer]

he shoulda just became mormon and married htem all!!!!!

[SKATEateer]

yeah true with satsuki they were like best friends.. but your lover is your bestfriend anyways?

well different people have different love ideals and i guess nishino was his love ideal..

i see it that way atleast

[Rawr]

Aya was on his mind because they both had the same dream and they could improve each other as they both had the same dream..And also when she actually confessed to him, he chose Nishino over her basically right away, whereas he usually just pauses and has no idea what to do or say..
Also, Tsukasa gave him happiness when he rejected Toujo, whereas when he broke up with Tsukasa, he was a complete mess..

[SKATEateer]

cause nishino was his ideal lover...

had he been more interested in diff things or his personality was a little tweaked more or less he woulda chose satsuki in a heartbeat/ aya in a heartbeat

really when it comes down to it.. the author chose it all haha

and he chose that he choose nishino. he had it all planned the author i mean. obviously.

[Rawr]

The fact that he and Aya shared the same dreams was basically the main fuel on their infatuation with each other..whereas with Tsukasa he loved everything about her, also with him and Satsuki..they were too forceful with their relationship with each other, they were really fit to be best friends and not lovers
If you look at it this way, who gave up the most out of all three of them to be with him? (Tsukasa)

[Rawr]

Also I liked how the manga was "original" enough to not be cliche and pair Toujo and Manaka together just because he saw her on the roof with strawberry panties..I liked how basically the author let the characters grow and make their "own" decisions

[Rawr]

Also..think about this when you think that Nishino doesn't deserve to be with Manaka..
Who basically decided to become the best they could be for him.. (Tsukasa :p)

[Rawr]

Toujo and Manaka's relationship was more like Tsukasa and That famous pastry chef(can't remember his name)'s relationship..it was basically more of a "oh we share the same dreams so we can help each other along the way" type of thing that grew into more of a fleeting love for Manaka and for Toujo she loved him because he was the first one to "discover" her...

[Rawr]

In all honesty, I would be happy if Toujo and Manaka ended up together, but it would've felt like something was missing, like a bitter sweet kinda thing, whereas the Tsukasa and Manaka finish left me basically happy with no doubts or disagreements

[SKATEateer]

haha that was a big forshadowment of what was going to happen i ddnt realize that


of course but it coulda turned into a lovely relationship
love can blossom anywhere

but toujo liked manaka for manaka .. even if he wasnt the first to notice her she probably woulda liked him.. i mean you cant change what kind of personality you like really.. but in the end he went with a classic love thing
which.. was meh..

[SKATEateer]

well its because you were sided with tsukasa! hahaha

[Rawr]

All the girls liked manaka for manaka...but one of the MAIN reasons Toujo liked Manaka in the first place was because he extended a hand to her and basically let her feel like she was one of the students, or rather he let her feel "alive", and not like an outsider..

[Rawr]

Heh, true I am a little biased :p

[SKATEateer]

well all of this convo has been biased
hahaha

if i ever make a manga or story im bound to make alternative endings for my fans.. cause seriously i will remember how i argued my point to everyone on forums hahahah

[Rawr]

haha, but I'm still a little unhappy because of the way he ended the entire thing..Should've finished it with a time skip of at least 10 or 20 years later to show us all what happened to them..The way he ended it left some uncertainties..I would've liked it if he showed Tsukasa and Manaka with a baby and like Satsuki finding a husband and creating a chain of restaurants, and Toujo having many best sellers and settling in with Amachi or something...But DEFINITELY WITHOUT A DOUBT I would not have ended it the way the mangaka ended it, made me unhappy and i felt that the manga wasn't "complete"

[Megabuster]

This manga needed alternate endings its just frustrating to read. It was kind of obvious he was going to pick nishino when we found out why she went out with her in the first place. So in that sense it wouldnt have been cliched.Mukai, kitaooji,or toujo could have easilly been picked with making it cheesy,

[SKATEateer]

Mukai, kitaooji,or toujo could have easilly been picked with making it cheesy,


what do you mean by that?

[Rawr]

In the end though, this is still one of the best mangas I have ever read

[myk]

I'm actually pretty happy that he ended up with Tsukasa. When I watched the anime my favorite was Toujo but when I started reading the manga I was a little annoyed by her and started liking Tsukasa more.

I would've liked it more if the mangaka would've given a little more info of what happened during the time skip. It would’ve been a little more realistic if after the time skip at least one of the girls that liked Manaka was dating somebody else because I found it a little weird that they were still single, except for Nishino (but maybe she dated that Chef while she was in Paris and broke up with him before coming back).

I wonder if Toujo ended up with that other guy that liked her. Didn’t he make some predictions and all of them became true except the one about her falling for him?, maybe it did become true later on.

[CrazyMangaFan]

Yeah I have actually tried reading other mangas like this and really it stands above all. One of the best. I agree with you myk, I liked how it ended with her.

[Megabuster]

There is a quote button you know?

But i mean that people say the mangaka chose nishino so that it wasnt a cheesy or cliched ending. However nishino didnt deserve Manaka she never took into account his feelings and just thrust herself and her feeling onto him, not to mention that she is way to high maintenance.

[SKATEateer]

yeah true.. cheesiness can be fixed easily though

[CrazyMangaFan]

Why would I quote when what he said is one post above mine lol.

Yeah they should have fixed the ending I agree with you there. And Tsukasa was like a role model for him. She went after her dreams and away from Minato, while the others were clung to him. That's why he problably went with her in the end. lol high maintenance girls make it more fun if they are within reason.

[Megabuster]

Well its funny because ichigo 100% was one of the best manga ive ever read and the ending fixes the main character up with the 1 character i dont like in the series.Well i guess you win some you lose some.

hey CBF do you know any other kewl humour ecchi manga?
Ive read tu love ru and lilim kiss btw.

[SKATEateer]

uh sekerei is ecchi!

[Rawr]

However nishino didnt deserve Manaka she never took into account his feelings and just thrust herself and her feeling onto him, not to mention that she is way to high maintenance.

umm actually, she's not high maintenance...all she asked for were gifts for her birthday? Don't really think thats high maintenance...
Also, in what way did she just thrust herself and her feelings onto him? thats satsuki who did all that..And ALSO, she did take into account his feelings which is why they broke up in the first place..Don't really understand why everyone says that Nishino didn't deserve Manaka when in the end she was the one who deserved him the most.

[CrazyMangaFan]

Well its funny because ichigo 100% was one of the best manga ive ever read and the ending fixes the main character up with the 1 character i dont like in the series.Well i guess you win some you lose some.

hey CBF do you know any other kewl humour ecchi manga?
Ive read tu love ru and lilim kiss btw.

Hmm you just about read the ones I have lol. I just finished reading the Suzuka on here. That has some ecchi (bath scenes!) and some humor in it.

@Rawr: Ah good to hear a Tsukasa supporter. Yeah I thought she was the best. She was cool as hell.

[Rawr]

Anyway, does anyone know of any other mangas that are like this? I'm already reading Suzuka..so if anyone knows of any manga that are like those 2, tell me ^^

[CrazyMangaFan]

Ok well have you read the ones Megabuster said? Lilim Kiss and To Love Ru? Lilim Kiss is pretty good, because it was written by the author of Ichigo 100%, but it is short and To Love Ru is pretty funny.

[wildstriker]

Glad some others Nishino fans show up :), and again, I as well, also think she deserved the happy ending with Manaka in the series.

[Beney]

i think that the author did the right thing in choosing nishino for manaka in the end of their high school because if she chose toujo i didn't think that both she and manaka would not developed their potential that they would always depend on each other. manaka depending on toujo and toujo always considering manakas feeling. but after the time skip they relationship could work because i think that they are both mature already

though i'm a little biased because i'm a nishino fan.

[SKATEateer]

haha sekerei owns ichigo 100% its hard to bias in that cause theres one tracked romance! hahaha

[CrazyMangaFan]

I may be a huge fan of Sekirei lol, but Ichigo 100% is even better than it. It is a little hard to compare though seeing one is just starting and the other is completed.

[SKATEateer]

im just mad at ichigo even though its good im mad at it.. so ill go with sekerei.. but im mad at sekerei cause it gets updated so slow..

[wildstriker]

Still, Ichigo 100% got my vote as it's really one down to earth story without any mystic element whatsoever...>>

[SKATEateer]

ahh soul eater is a good series too.. but its not updated much and it seems to be new.. or i think might be,

[Rawr]

Ichigo 100% has my vote as well as it's honestly, one of the most "realistic" and best mangas in that genre

[SKATEateer]

not that realistic.. i guess maybe japan culturally realistic.. but not realistic american wise hahah
or realistic hormon wise haha

[Rawr]

I know, that's why I put realistic in quotes, as in like I know that some parts like hormones and things like that aren't realistic, but the manga itself doesn't have any unrealistic elements. The characters growth and development is pretty realistic in a sense if you don't include Manaka's lack of hormones.

[SKATEateer]

yeah true true i agree there

[SoulDivide]

Wow! OneManga Forum just started and already this many posts for this great manga! Damn! Ichigo 100% sure is popular!

Loved this manga, one of the best I've ever read.

It just sucks that I still can't accept the ending. Still makes me depressed every time I read it. :(

[SKATEateer]

yeah souldivide we did that argument like hours back hahahah but yes the ending dissapointed me.. what was your problem with it soul?

[Rawr]

What exactly makes you depressed about the ending, how the mangaka left the ending with so many uncertainties and unanswered questions, or who he ends up with

[wildstriker]

He's just another Toujou fanboy I believe :D, let him mourn peacefully shall we? ;)

[Rawr]

Heh, if you are a Toujou fanboy and didn't agree to Manaka's final choice, WHICH WAS THE RIGHT CHOICE! :p, then read the posts that are before this..we had this argument hours ago ><

[SKATEateer]

none shall mourn in peace because that doesnt sound right.. and its ironic sorta.. so no he shall not do so in my house!

[Alberio]

I just wanted to see some of the other chars endings, such as Kozue, did anyone else read the extra chapter with the boyfriend for that one guy's sister, the guy who made that company, I forgot their names sadly, I think it is a funny pair myself.

My personal opinion is that with what he went through, he made the right choice. As for Toujo I just hope her and Manaka really do make the Oscar.

[Rawr]

haha yeah I read that extra chapter. I also wasn't satisfied with the ending, I wanted more of a finale/conclusion..where we know what the hell happened to everyone and what they're doing, in a format of a 20 year time skip or something that is like that ^^

[SKATEateer]

yeah... but it cant be helped
i still think the perfect ending would be him turning mormon and then marrying all three

mormons can marry more than once as you may know

[SoulDivide]

yeah souldivide we did that argument like hours back hahahah but yes the ending dissapointed me.. what was your problem with it soul?

Oops.. sorry I just posted without actually going through all the posts. Just wanted to express my amazement on how popular this manga is.

What exactly makes you depressed about the ending, how the mangaka left the ending with so many uncertainties and unanswered questions, or who he ends up with

You guessed it. The "whats next and what ifs" and the ending of course. Like he wrote everything to make us believe something then when we finally believe, he farts and screams 'jk! fooled yah! lol'

He's just another Toujou fanboy I believe :D, let him mourn peacefully shall we? ;)

Not exactly a toujo fanboy. I would have liked him to end up with satsuki or toujou. I never favored nishino ever since I the beginning of the manga.. don't know why... maybe just a personal distaste.

[OHNOES]

So do you guys prefer nishino with long hair or short? I prefer it long, don't know why they had to cut it =.=

Btw aggro toujou ftw(omake volume 17) xD

[Alberio]

I prefer it longer, though shorter suits her better. It was probably that tradition in manga where when a girl gets dumped they cut their hair.

[wildstriker]

I like the shorter one better :)

[Alberio]

She was more attractive with longer hair to me as I said ealier but she definatly looked cuter with short hair.

BTW Are there any Kozue fans out there, I know a few and they said they're alone, because I said she was my second fav.

[Azn Soul]

the best manga i ever read XD, well the ending sucked XD

here is a kozue fan^^ they should have switched kozue with satzki

[Alberio]

Naw, her shyness wouldn't allow that.:D Satsuki earned her rights as the lead on sex appeal, though I prefer Kozue over her.

I hate that one girl Minami or w/e her name was, loud, annyoing, bitchy juuust what we need for our crew.:rolleyes: I must say that if Kozue did get her role it would be "intresting" to see her struggle on the inside.

[Azn Soul]

Naw, her shyness wouldn't allow that.:D Satsuki earned her rights as the lead on sex appeal, though I prefer Kozue over her.

I hate that one girl Minami or w/e her name was, loud, annyoing, bitchy juuust what we need for our crew.:rolleyes: I must say that if Kozue did get her role it would be "intresting" to see her struggle on the inside.

yup agree and that chinami girl was really annoying XD

who would have thought that she and Komiyama would be together XD

[Mican]

I was somewhat pissed off at the ending, like most of you guys. But oh well...In the end, Junpei still likes Toujou, but he loves Nishino just as much and his sense of loyalty won't let him break it. He has very strong morals as we are led to believe.

[SKATEateer]

hahah we all had this discussion long ago
but lets start it again guys hahah

but i think under different circumstances aya woulda been with junpei for sure or even satsuki
i hate nishino.. haha

[CrazyMangaFan]

I like Tsukasa lol and how it ended.

But let's change the subject what was your favorite scene in the manga? Mine was at the very end basically when he runs over to Tsukasa's house after he dumps Aya. That was awesome lol and her parents come home and everything.

[SKATEateer]

mine was when he gets dumped by nishino
haha
another one was when he spirals down into depression

[Azn Soul]

oh my i cant decide a favourite scene XD the hohl manga is my favourite scene haha

[Alberio]

I pretty much like most of the manga but some funny scenes were when they went ot the beach and the guys sister was wearing what she was, "man she really doesn't like to lose". lol

Another was hen Junpei saw Yui in his bed his face was all.:eek:OMFG!!!

[SKATEateer]

it was good for about 40 chapters for me hahah

[Rawr]

So do you guys prefer nishino with long hair or short? I prefer it long, don't know why they had to cut it =.=


The reason that she cut it short was to basically remind herself of all her feelings when she was at that age (Basically when she was still dating Manaka). Also..it was to remind Manaka of HIS feelings for her when they were younger.

I was somewhat pissed off at the ending, like most of you guys. But oh well...In the end, Junpei still likes Toujou, but he loves Nishino just as much and his sense of loyalty won't let him break it. He has very strong morals as we are led to believe.

What in the world do you mean he still likes Toujo the SAME amount as Tsukasa, and it was just his sense of loyalty that made him stick with Tsukasa..He CHOSE Tsukasa because he LOVED her more..he finally ended his undecisiveness and realized what he liked about each person, and who he loved the most (Tsukasa)..

Also...Tsukasa deserved him the most

[SKATEateer]

you say that cause your biased! hahah

[Rawr]

haha true but still, I'm only a little biased :p, But the above post was basically as unbiased as I could be..except the last sentence

[Rawr]

Also...I really don't understand why everyone hates Tsukasa..when the one who really pissed me off was Toujo(From the middle of the manga-When she finally gave up on him), after that I could almost stand her..No matter how you look at it...all the characters grew in personality EXCEPT her until the end

[Alberio]

lol I guess that is quite true

[SKATEateer]

yeah.... my perfect ending= junpei taking a minute away from all the girls for a day or two to clear his thoughts
realizes the three different personalities
realizes toujo could be a perfect colleague lover
nishino a housewife lover
satsuki a best friend kinda lover

and then hed make a decision


there would be three alternate endings
but each alternate ending would take like 3 chapters
which would be perfect.

[Beney]

yeah.... my perfect ending= junpei taking a minute away from all the girls for a day or two to clear his thoughts
realizes the three different personalities
realizes toujo could be a perfect colleague lover
nishino a housewife lover
satsuki a best friend kinda lover

and then hed make a decision


there would be three alternate endings
but each alternate ending would take like 3 chapters
which would be perfect.


i agree with you this might be the best ending, but i think the choice would always be between toujo and nishino.

[SKATEateer]

yeah but alternative endings
see im agenius i can please the fans
and please myself as an author
muwahahah

[Alberio]

Espicially when you are writing fan service for your precious readers.:D

I wonder if the author will ever come back and look at this, and regret it....nah she already said Toujo was better for him. I know every author regrets something about a work they've wrote.

[Rawr]

I still don't understand why people aren't satisfied with who he ended up with...
Tsukasa All The Way! She deserved him the most :p

[Alberio]

I have nothing against the sweet girl, I just think that they should show something like the movie being finished or show Nishino as a pastry maker...

[Rawr]

Ahh..Yep! I thought that also..The Mangaka should've created a time skip of a later period in time (20 years) and showed what everyone was doing

[Alberio]

Plus the guy with the company and the teach didn't get a good enough ending they should've hinted someone else for them to become a item.

[SKATEateer]

if there was a time skip
i bet satsuki would be a porn star hah

[Alberio]

I doubt she would de-grade herself like that, she'll probably take over the place she works at..or something, it would be intresting if she became a show host.

[SKATEateer]

pr0n! hahaha
jk
but i was kidding

i dunno what to expect shed be
id bet toujo would be an actor
and work with junpei
and nishino just have a resturaunt and be a lovely housewife

[Alberio]

:confused: I can't imagine what Kozue would be.

That one guy's sister will most likely become a critic or something.

Some others I have ideas for but still not sure on...such as the guy with the scar I know what he will be.

[SKATEateer]

haha kozues brother will be a pornstar for sure! hahaha

[Rawr]

Here's what I would have liked..
Makana is now a famous director and has created his own filming industry, Nishino is his loving wife, Manaka and Toujo, now a famous author, has just recieved an oscar for their new film(the notebook film), Satsuki now owns a chain of restaurants, the main one being the one in kyoto. Sotomura is now a CEO of a famous fashion/not exactly porn but has very revealing photos company, with his partner Komiyama, While Sotomura's sister is now a big shot critic for movies, Also Komiyama marries Chinami, their top model..

Or something like that :p

[Megabuster]

What happened to characters like amachi, and mukai? Thats what i want to know.

[SKATEateer]

they all died after reading the terrible ending of ichigo 100% XD

[Megabuster]

I was hoping they died beforehand so that it would have been less painfull.

[SKATEateer]

hahah yes i would hope so too,. hey MB did you hate the ending as well?

[Megabuster]

Yes i did.

[wildstriker]

Only you two so far that hated the ending for some unknown reason....

[Rawr]

If you were referring to me, I do not hate the ending..I just thought that the mangaka could've made it better, the mangaka could've expanded more on it, and thus "concluding" it. I didn't HATE the ending :p

[wildstriker]

No, I was referring to SKATE and Megabuster, the Toujou fanboys :D

[Rawr]

haha, In all honesty though, Toujou was the one character that pissed me off...
ALSO! Tsukasa <3 <--rightfully deserved to have her future with Manaka instead of the other three girls ^^

[OHNOES]

What was kinda weird was: why did the mangaka give toujou the same number(festival thingy) if they did not end up together =.=

It's also pretty sad that satsuki never really got to shine. In those three years she was never really on top.

Favorite scene must be when toujou imitates satsuki or when manak goes panty shopping xD

[wildstriker]

That goes without saying of course :)
Nishino the only worthy and excellent pair for Manaka.
Let us flood the topic with Nishino fanbase before MG and SKATE show up :D

[Kay]

>_>;
but.....satsuki is nice with him too so does aya

[wildstriker]

Nishino is just better :D, that's about it.

[Kay]

but...the story really twist when ep 100 and onward...amachi manage to make aya give up hope at manaka and also manaka relationship with nishino getting better....i thout aya x manaka at the beginning lol

[Beney]

what do you think happened to amachi in those 4 years during the time skip. did he go to t he same school as aya?

[EternalShadows]

I thought that Ichigo 100% was really good...even though he was going out with nishino there was still no guarentee that the others would be left out of the loop. Manaka was frustrating at times when he would let the girls down...funniest character was satsuki and her many attempts to 'seduce' Manaka..

[Kay]

yea,really good attempt....i wish i had a friend like her~

[EternalShadows]

Hey Kay i was just wondering where the kay shuffle girls are from?

[Alberio]

yea,really good attempt....i wish i had a friend like her~

lol Remember her "test", that was just wrong to do to a guy

@OHNOES: Hahaha, that panty shopping thing was just rich(....below continues this sentence)
How he dressed like the woman and Sotomura's sister came into there wanting a bra...I think she should've eventually learned it was him to see how should would blow up.:D

[EternalShadows]

okay if a girl that attractive wanted to 'test' you would you pass up the chance

[Alberio]

Depends on the girl really, consider the fact that you know others who like you about as much. Otherwise, hell no espicially someone that good of a person and being close with.

[wildstriker]

Well...., you shouldn't in the first place.

[EternalShadows]

i see what you mean

[Alberio]

Yes this guy is almost as lucky as Kuzumi, because this bas. has had very many "moments" with her that many of us will most likely not control ourselves in AND think of positions like the park thing with Kozue.

[EternalShadows]

yeah they are all very tempting situations...in the end it comes down to one thing SELF-CONTROL. if you have that in these situations you can't go wrong

[Alberio]

Yeah, we don't need a bunch of Gojyos running around now don't we, Saiyuki reference. Oh I finally found someone who they also didn't give any info on, Yui, poor little one has no fans besides the pedos. lol

[EternalShadows]

oh yeah yui... she says she isn't a kid anymore but her appearence says different...you just find yourself comparing her with a ten year old.

[Alberio]

Well she has the body of a middle school girl, so I'd say 12 at most, though I think she is only two or three years younger than everyone else, one year is doubtful but still possible if she is a very, very late bloomer.

[EternalShadows]

yeah i just dont think yui is in the same league as the others... have you read it all?

[Excel-Kleinwald]

She seemed a lot older when she first appeared then as the story went on she seemed to get younger...

[Alberio]

Yeah I read it back when it awhile, about a month or two possily three I guess, after it first came out on AnimeSource, I only read the first like 30 chaps on mangavolume.

[wildstriker]

She's one year under Nishino...., which mean the same age with Sotomura (Sister).

[EternalShadows]

its quite strange because sotomura's sister, i think, looks around the same age as manaka... another dodgy one is chinami...she seems younger than yui

[sena_17]

i think manaka should end up with toujou because with her script writing and his film making they would make an ultimate team

[Alberio]

Well they could've done that anyway actually but w/e. I just think they should've at least dated for awhile before he chose Nishino...but she was too late with her confession so...

[sena_17]

but he should have noticed that when they were filming the movie, that she was actually confessing...and if he would have ntoiced the outcome would have been different

[Alberio]

True...it was quite obvious she wasn't acting as well, she isn't a good actor to begin with. haha The ending might've been different but the author already planned for Nishino most likely.

[sena_17]

why did the author put satsuki in with the mix, she really wasn't needed as it was really only a contest between toujou and noshino...probably to waste a couple of chapters

[Alberio]

Mainly to mess with Manaka, and for sex appeal often showing up to keep some people interested. Plus Manaka needed a female friend not just a love nterest.

[Rawr]

Author created Satsuki to basically make things more complicated for Manaka, and basically more enjoyable for the readers, as she added more comedy/ecchi things in the manga...
Also..Nishino deserved to be with Manaka the most end of story.
Think about this all you Toujo fans...what in the world did Toujo do besides "share the same dream" as him..Also..the only character that stayed the same throughout the entire manga was Toujo, she didn't "grow", she didn't do anything, she was just THERE sharing her dreams with Manaka..When compared to Nishino, Toujo really deserved to basically stay single all her life, until the VERY VERY VERY end, when she grew..but still she didn't grow enough to be with Manaka!

[OHNOES]

huh, plz explain how the others grew.

[Drizzt Do'Urden]

*sniff* *sob* ending mad me cry so good i love this manga... anyways i think manaka should have went with Kozue-chan

[Megabuster]

Well actually even though people say satsuki was there just to mess up manaka she could have been a plausible choice. She actually had more of a reason than toujo because she actually tried to be his girlfriend if anything she ties with Nishino, its just the author didnt want to make him out to be a horny bastard.

[CrazyMangaFan]

Yeah for me in his position it was between Satsuki and Tsukasa. Satsuki did have her moments though where she wasn't perverted, but Tsukasa all the way!

[wildstriker]

Yeah, Nishino all the way!

[EternalShadows]

I too believe that Manaka and Nishino deserved to be together...toujou was nice but whenever Manaka would think about her it was always about how they shared the same dreams...with nishino he had passinate experiences and truly loved her!

[sena_17]

yes but if he truly loved why didn't he kiss her first even when many oppotunities arrived... i think if toujou would have told him earlier they would have got together and poor noshino would have been left out...and also if she loved manaka so much why did she consider marrying that old woman's son

[OHNOES]

If it wasn't for the many misunderstandings, then Manaka would have been together with Toujou. The manga even begins with a misunderstanding like girl on roof = nishino. Plus, I think it would have ended differently if Manaka knew the Toujou went with to the last festival was her brother.

Which reminds me, Toujou's brother is a freak. He really does have a sis-com.

[sena_17]

but he did find out when he went with nishino, but i do agree with you that if he knew that she didn't have a boyfriend he probably would have got togethewr with her instead

[wildstriker]

Well, panty just isn't a viable hint to search for the right girl to begin with....
But, Nishino also straightly accept Manaka's confession in the first place, so its all in the shoe to flow smoothly for him.
I mean, come on...., someone just accepted your love, will you'll then say "sorry, I got the wrong person to confess to (because of the strawberry panty)"?

[sena_17]

i agree, but he didn't just like toujou because of his love for strawberry panties, he liked her for her intelligence and looks, if i was manaka and if i would have known that it was toujou who was the one on the roof i would have told nishino that it was a mistake...and anyway manaka only started to like nishino after he had confessed and not before so it was a fake confession

[EternalShadows]

that is true that he only confessed to nishino because of toujou when he first seen the strawberry panties...awww i feel sorry for satsuki shes just left out even though she tries hard...who do you think was the most annoying character?

[Alberio]

Chinami or w/e her name was is by far the most annoying character to me.

Sotomora and Stasuki were the funniest even though the octopus looking guy is supposed to be pure comic relief.

[sena_17]

i agree to chinami was the most annoying character but the octopus looking guy comes in close second, probably because he likes every girl he comes into contact with

[SBowman]

What I don't get is why Amachi got the **** end of the stick. He's a much better guy than Manaka, and he even recognized Toujo with glasses, a feat Manaka couldn't pull off.

[EternalShadows]

chinami definitely but another person i thought was annoying was amachi...i do also agree that satomura was the funniest...there was one chapter in which toujou gives manaka a choc cake and satomura says the bears are doing ecchi things...so funny

[sena_17]

i also agree that amachi was annoying, and the way he set up manaka to go in the hot springs when the girls were in there was sly...it's obvious toujou doesn't like him and yet he carries on, and when this keeps failing he tries to make manaka look bad...just like when he took toujou and manak to the swimmimg baths, to humiliate manaka knowing that he cannot swim properly...and that komiyama giving away manaka's weakness horrible...some mate

[Excel-Kleinwald]

Another person I liked was Sotomura's younger sister, I was kinda hoping should would get a little attention for herself in the end, and she actually did get a boyfriend though it wasn't Manaka. The little story about her boyfriend was kinda cute itself too.

[Alberio]

*high-fives Excel* She was funny, did anyone else find the beach scene with her really funny, or the dressing room. haha She was also quite attractive.

Sotomura was insane, which is why he was my fav character for this series, choc bears doing ecchi things that made Manaka or it was Toujo blush and I was laughing.

About the bath scene, Satsuki was so nice helping Manaka get away in Amachi's mansion, Kozue-chan was sooo adorable in that scene.

[sena_17]

maybe the guy she was going out with was toujou's brother as they are the same age, and would be suited quite well...that part was so funny the chocolate bears are doing ecchi things

[EternalShadows]

yeah she ended up helping him...the other part when satsuki was in the bath and was trying to seduce Manaka funny stuff

[Alberio]

Didn't she tease Manaka when he landed in the bath once...

She was a good comedic character, I'm surprised he controled himself as well as he did when she got really seducing, many times it seemed as if she would succeed in raping him.

[Rawr]

Okay I come after a day and I start seeing all these posts...
Here are my thoughts..

How did Nishino/Satsuki grow?
Nishino decided to become a better woman and chose not to go to the same school as them, and to follow her own dreams...Satsuki chose to become just his friend even though it hurt her, and also the fact that she decided to start chasing him again also added a bit to her growth as it made her realize how much she loved/cared for him

Oh and..when you say that Nishino "considered" marrying the pastry chef..clearly you didn't understand why she "considered", she was just being nice to the old grandmother..her answer was always no from the start, as she loved Manaka

Also..Whenever Manaka thought about Toujo it was like this.."Gee..I wanna make another movie, guess like I'll have to ask Toujo to make another script!", whereas with Nishino he thought of her romantically and passionately..

Also, When they decided to go out the 2nd time it was because Manaka seriously loved Nishino and vice versa..

Also..You guys say that why didn't Manaka and Nishino kiss first? It's because they truly love each other, so they feel the ackwardness, basically 100 fold, that happens if one of them expects a kiss while the other doesn't want to..Also the time that they DO kiss, is the most romantic and passionate out of all the kisses Manaka had..Oh and btw, the kisses with Toujo were all basically accidents so..Nishino still wins regardless!

Also..Amachi basically got the short end of the stick because, well, he's a support character..

[CrazyMangaFan]

Hey Rawr nicely done. I agree with you on everything. Tsukasa was the right choice at the end. He finally realized how much she meant to him at the end.

[Cross]

just finished this manga...reading the previous posts i guess i wasn't the only one surprised at how it ended. always thought he'd end up with toujo..gotta give credit to the author for throwing in a surprise ending with nishino...:mad: i still think it would've been better if he had ended up with toujo though.

[Rawr]

HOW IN THE WORLD COULD YOU HAVE WANTED TOUJO TO BE WITH MANAKA?!?!! /endrant

read my posts and if you still think that, give me a valid reason and I might give Toujo some reconsideration.. ><

[Beney]

i think the problem was that from the start the mangaka is implying that the pairing would be manaka and toujo. that all the girls that manaka meet would only be stepping stones that would prepare him for his relationship with toujo. so the readers as cliche at it is accept that toujo is the girl that manaka will chose and when that didn't happen it kinda ruin the whole story for them. it's just that story builds the excitement between toujo and manaka too much with near miss kisses, hugs and that movie confession(i think that there was 2 of them) and with the 2nd break up with nishino and toujo finally confessing it's hard not to feel that toujo was the girl for manaka.

BTW: i also like sotomura. i think that he was my favorite char in ichigo. pervert that he is, he is still a very good friend who give great advice and you can count on when there is a problem. he also understand how manaka feels towards the girls.

[Rawr]

While it is true that the mangaka implied in the beginning that Toujo and Manaka would end up together, he honestly shows us in the middle/end part of the manga that Toujo really wouldn't end up with him..

[OHNOES]

If ManakaxNishino > ManakaxToujou, then why would the mangaka even give Toujou the same number as Manaka at the festival thingy. Besides when Manak said that he loved Nishino(again) it was after he thought that Toujou had a boyfriend too. I see it more like: OHNOES TOUJOU'S NEW BOYFRIEND > ME, SO I LOOK FOR SOMEONE ELSE!

And saying that Manaka only liked Toujou for the scripst is kinda off too, since he started to fall in love with Dinosaur Toujou.

Amachi probably got the shitty side, because his love wasn't very pure either. Didn't he confess a few hours after he met Toujou. ... ok that doesn't put him above Manaka, cause he just confessed to stranger he thought was someone else xD

[Beney]

While it is true that the mangaka implied in the beginning that Toujo and Manaka would end up together, he honestly shows us in the middle/end part of the manga that Toujo really wouldn't end up with him..

true. but as long as that novel exist there is always a chance for manaka and toujo. about the number i think it only showed that manaka and toujo is the most compatible with each other.

[Rawr]

Umm, are you kidding me? You didn't understand why the mangaka gave Toujo and Manaka the same number for the festival? Did you read the chapter? What happened before was that Manaka said that no matter what, Nishino is his partner for life, regardless of anything...The mangaka basically is implying that there is no such thing as destined lovers, it is the things you sacrifice and create that makes a love destined to succeed...

Also..Nishino X Manaka is definitely > Toujo X Manaka due to the things that make their love spark, For Toujo and Manaka it is only that they share some common interests and the same dreams...But for Nishino and Manaka it is the passion and the romance that fuels their love for each other..To Manaka, Nishino is really irreplacable to him..As in, he couldn't bare it if Nishino is not his lover...Also, Manaka chose to end it with Nishino the second time because he wanted to become a better man for HER...

Also, Toujo was really only in Manaka's head because they shared the same dream..it was because of this that he grew a love interest in her..

[Beney]

what i didn't like about the ending was there was only 1 scene showing an adult tsukasa. there should be more ^_^

[Rawr]

haha..I had the same problem with the ending as you >.<

[sena_17]

me too, they should have extended the ending more, because they never really show nishino or manaka...and showed if they were truly made for each other...me myself i think that he should have ended up with with toujou, because it was only because of toujou that manaka confessed and if he would have recognised her nishino wouldn't have been the one he ended up with

[Victor]

Gaaaaaaaaahhhh itwas sooo good :P I guess for everyone the ending was in most ways different :P. But wow Manaka looks sooo different from the begining. Like he looks so much better (o_o). I guess the drawing style changed alot too. But definately its a great manga. I wonder if anymore extra ending things will come out. I wanna see the life of Manaka and Nishino in Paris. *must see the pastry shop :D*

[kviteseid]

SPOILER ALERT Don`t read if you don`t like spoilers please



two people who think the same , have the same dreams and act the same would never get on together , maybe they getting well together but people with same intrest never ment to be together becouse it would make the relationship boring (if you know what i mean)

And a relationship needs more than only sex , the only thing Manaka liked about Satsuki was her body and that he could talk to her like a FRIEND

but Nishino you could see it from the begining that he was in love with her , Nishino was maybe bossing Manaka around to much but it was only becouse Manaka couldn`t do anything on his own , she only gave him a push . And the fact that Manaka waited for her so long to return shows that he really was in love with her . He didn`t look like he still was in love with the other too after meeting them after many years unlike Nishino.

P.s sorry for my english :P

[kviteseid]

sorry for double-post but does Ichigo 100% have a anime ???
and where can i find lilim kiss, sekerei and Suzuka mangas/anime

[Beney]

yes ichigo have anime. i think there was 12 episodes, 5 ovas.

[kviteseid]

yes ichigo have anime. i think there was 12 episodes, 5 ovas.

does the anime have the same story as the manga?? and where can i watch/download them?

[Alberio]

sorry for double-post but does Ichigo 100% have a anime ???
and where can i find lilim kiss, sekerei and Suzuka mangas/anime

I think all of those mangas are on Onemanga...

does the anime have the same story as the manga?? and where can i watch/download them?

The anime ends at about eps. 26 or so like most anime seem to do nowadays and the overall story is the same except it ends at the first film being done and I beleive it just plain out went to the animes ending from there. If you want to watch them you could always try veoh too, youtube used to have it but I can't find any eps.

[mark13]

the manga is very good but the ending is below average

[wildstriker]

No, the ending is one of the most epic one.

As for the anime, I have it, and yeah, it ended half-assed, only at the point where Manaka ask Nishino to shoot for his new film (2nd year). Might as well just pretended that the anime series never exist in the first place, meh...

[Beney]

i was also disappointed with the anime. unless you read the manga you really not understand the anime. i haven't seen he oumi ova yet is it good? thats the only one i want to watch because of tsukasa^_^

[Alberio]

I thought the OVAs were pretty fine if you compare it to the regular anime...which sucked by my opinion as well.

[DudeusMaximus]

Uh, to those that said Manaka has a lack of hormones... I wouldn't say so. I'd call it distinct strength of character. It takes a big man to refuse Satsuki all those times. And any time he DID act on hormones, something ended up stopping him... so his virginity can be attributed to strength of character and unlucky circumstances...

[Beney]

do you guys think that something happened between nishino and manaka when he stayed at her place? ( i think it was on chapter "she lied")

[OHNOES]

Umm, are you kidding me? You didn't understand why the mangaka gave Toujo and Manaka the same number for the festival? Did you read the chapter? What happened before was that Manaka said that no matter what, Nishino is his partner for life, regardless of anything...The mangaka basically is implying that there is no such thing as destined lovers, it is the things you sacrifice and create that makes a love destined to succeed...

I don't really get that impression, but maybe you're right cause I'm kinda confused about that part.

But I am still not convinced about Nishino- > ToujouxManaka. I still say that it was a moment of weakness of Manaka. Toujou confesses in the movie -> he drools all over Toujou(note: he only thinks about Toujou when Nisino visits after third movie) -> Nishino confesses -> Manaka goes in confusion mode - > Toujou has partner -> Manaka goes emo-mode and confesses to Nishino -> couple. So who would he really have chosen if it wasn't for all the misunderstandings

Also when Toujou does finally confess, he rejects her cause he is already in a relationship and doesn't want to hurt Nishino(well anyone would feel bad). So it's more of a obligation to Nishino.

And saying that two people who have the same interest/goal etc. don't fit together is kinda of a bold claim. I know a lot parents(mind you that I myself am not that old yet to have a relationship that leads to marriage) who have the same kind of jobs/interests.

Kviteseid, he wasn't in love at all with Nishino in the begining, since he mistook her for mystery girl. He started to fall in love with Toujou during ManakaxNishino 1.

[Cross]

the manga is very good but the ending is below average

i think it was one of the best..you can usually predict the ending of most mangas and 99% of the time it ends as you expected it since the main character always has to win or get succesful...except in Deathnote..lol..that was a bad example of a surprise ending since i think it ended WAY too abruptly..but this manga's ending didn't make me dissapointed or anything. just surprised. i didn't expect it at all. although, with the same number that manaka and toujo had it made the expectations too high that those two will be together at the end.

they should make a extra ending for when manaka finally makes toujo's notebook novel into a movie..

[EternalShadows]

you are absolutely right the ending gave a sense of closure on the whole series and allows our imaginations to wander on what will happen to the other main characters

[OHNOES]

It wasn't a bad ending it just left most ppl probably WTF. =.= It would be pwn if he ended having all three xD.

Btw why is yui one of the main heroines O.o

[SilverKunai]

Closed....