I knew it! The series ends, but it feels unfinished. The author states in the final volume that she didn’t want to end it, and that maybe she will be able to bring back these characters in the future, but that she ended it when she had to in what she thought was the best way to do so. I feel bad that the author felt pressured to illustrate and write the story in order to try to get it out in a decent amount of time while struggling with health issues. But, I am disappointed that we are left with so many unanswered questions while only being given a small glimmer of hope that they might be answered one day. And I do feel like the ending was a little bit rushed, she seemed to try to fit as much as she could into the final pages in order to try to give the readers a small portion of what they might have been hoping for.
Even though I know how the series ends, I am going to watch the animated series to see how it compares to the books. Maybe the story goes further in the show than the author was able to go with her illustrations, that would be a really pleasant bonus.
For anyone who hasn’t been enjoying my passage into manga, I have finally been feeling well enough to have the mental focus to read books that don’t have pictures. So next week will be back to the regular program, with an autobiographical account of someone who worked for the man that once owned a well known New Jersey attraction.
Nonfiction and Nonsense 