GB: end of an era

[xparrot]

For those of us who still attend the First Church of BanGin - all good things must come to an end...and the GetBackers manga just did yesterday.

And I am thrilled to report that despite my fears about A&A-sensei, they came through. Super-super-happy ending, for the WIN.

I've only been haphazardly following the series, flipping through the weekly Shounen Mag chapters without trying to read them (trying to translate GB hurts my brain, yo. And my eyes, all those little kanji...) and sporadically checking the translations folks have been posting on getbackers. So I don't actually know what's going on - Ginji became 'god', went to an alternate (the real) universe and met his mom and discovered he'd died a long time before, Ban was going to vanish from existence from having used the Jagan more than thrice a day...yeah. Hurts my brain. So I don't know exactly how they got to this ending.

But sometimes pictures speak louder than words. So, yes. Happi endo!!



Kazuki's threesome:



My only regret is that Shido & Madoka didn't actually tie the knot. But hey! MakubeX is out and about! And has become a GitS fanboy!



Hevn is going to spend her ever after with Masaki (much to Ban's immense dismay.)


Masaki is saying "Mine!" in response to Ban's attempt to glom onto his sweetie's bosum last panel.

Team Transporter go!



And because I know you all are dying to know, does The Superhappy Ending mean that Emishi & Amon open a maid cafe together?
The answer is Yes. Yes, it does.




But the last pages really say it all:






"Let's go, Ginji!"
"Yeah, Ban-chan!!"

(the overlay text reads: "A shop of friends -- a tumult of ways -- the two sprinting...this town will never change!!")

^______^

Comments

[sholio]

Hee!

I admit that I kinda had a falling-out with Getbackers ... there are some things that I'll stop being fannish about, yet retain that soft spot for and occasionally fall for again, but GB seems not to be one of those. I was buying the English-language manga for awhile, but at some point it just ended up being too frenetic, too disjointed, too OMG THIS ISN'T GOING ANYWHERE for me. Sounds like I missed some stuff, though! Yikes! But it looks like everybody I care about survived, and this is one series where I have a bit of a canon OTP (Shido and Madoka), so it's nice to see them apparently grocery shopping together in that one panel there.

Okay, so maybe I do still have the odd warm-fuzzy left over for that series after all.

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

Ahh, did you ever see the anime? Most fans I know (myself included) were introduced to it via the anime, which is cuter and marginally more sensical. (also, I don't know about the later translations, but the first couple English volumes of GB were horrible, very inferior translations. TP is very hit-or-miss and early GB was a profound miss. I've heard that improved later, but...) And once you fall in love with Ban & Ginji you're willing to wade through quite a lot of nonsense to get to the smarm. Two guys who will do anything for each other, who fall apart without one another and can cheerfully accomplish anything together - yeah. Much love.

And Shido & Madoka are cutest couple ever, yo! I really must read the bug arc sometime (it's Shido's main story, crazy complicated antics with the beast tribe and the bug tribe, which kidnaps Madoka, and the entire extended gang teams up to retrieve her) I still wanted it to end with their wedding :P

[nekokoban]

♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥

I, I'm kind of sad -- I won't see this till the volume itself comes out, but it's OVER now. My number-one reliable source of dorklove has ended.

... on the other hand, AMON, EMISHI, WHAT THE HELL MAID CAFE. XD

I can't wait to get to read the whole thing myself. :3

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

I knooooooow...I'm sad that it's over. On the other hand I'm a little relieved, because I honestly was slightly afraid A&A-sensei were going to give into their obviously mad instincts and kill somebody or something. Now I can read the series in comfort, knowing it'll all work out. Happy!! <333

Really, what other choice did they have besides a Maid Cafe? XDDDDDD

[innueneko.livejournal.com]

This is a much better ending to what you wrote. THAT FIC STILL MAKES ME CRY. XD XD

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

Eheheheh...it wasn't my fault! My friend made me write it! I don't do deathfic as a rule!! ...even though I do take sick pleasure in making people cry. *runs away*

[kanoe81.livejournal.com]

OMG, gonna cry.

Thanks so much for posting this! As you can see on the GB LJ, I'm *trying* to post translations but I'm now 2 chapters behind. Can't believe it's over... but glad it's a happi endo, as you say.

[yezhanquan85.livejournal.com]

Like i said that GB's LJ community, al's well that ends well.

Although a little sad that there's no death (gives it a feel of plot armour ala Gundam Seed and Destiny), still... the whole gang intact which means...

We'll see you next time! (?)

[halcyonjazz.livejournal.com]

AAAAAH MY HEART

IT'S LIKE I CAN BELIEVE IN LOVE AGAIN

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

NOW & FOREVER, <333333333!!

[immicolia.livejournal.com]

D'awwwwww! It is all so cute! Now I just have to wait out TokyoPop's glacial (and sometimes hillariously terrible) translation because: only at volume 16! The fuck!? why do I get the feeling I'm going to be dead before they finish this... I'm already going to be pushing 30 by the time Viz manages to finish off YGO *flails around in rage*

[yezhanquan85.livejournal.com]

Well, if you know Chinese, You can try the Chinese translations...

[woodburner.livejournal.com]

OH MY GOD

OH MY GOD

OH MY GOD

;lakdjf;laksdjf;laskdjf;laskjdf

MAID CAFE.


and Masaki and Hevn?!



...OH MY GOD.


(lost all other vocabulary sry)

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

LOLOLOL ^___^

(Masaki & Hevn's long-lost love affair was revealed a couple volumes back, so that wasn't completely out of the blue. still awful funny to see him laying the beat-down on poor Ban-chan XD)

[pantswarrior]

...I was all "aw, so cute but ENDING, so sad, I love all these crazy characters so much, and ohhhhh MakubeX..."

...Then I scrolled down to Amon and Emishi. XD All better now!

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

Maid cafes make everything better XD

[mistress-string.livejournal.com]

I'm glad in the end that they are all together. I didn't like the fact that they didn't "know each other". Still it's sad to it end!

[skittled.livejournal.com]

It's probably explained somewhere in there, but how the HELL did Kazuki get his eye back after ripping it out awhile ago? >>

[sariel-chan.livejournal.com]

This is Ginji's choice or world so he probably just envision Kazuki whole as he knew him. Thats my guess any hoo...

[kalikahuntress.livejournal.com]

Oh, thank you, thank you, and I love A&A sensei so mich right now:)

[mistress-string.livejournal.com]

The fact that Kazuki is wearing glasses could be an answer for when he pulled his eye out. I believe earlier it was mentioned that she couldn't see very well. That's my theory at least.

[sariel-chan.livejournal.com]

THANKYOU!!! NOW I CAN REST HAPPILY KNOWING THE GB WORLD IS OKAY!!!!
I am going to be sad with out it to read....*nudges you to write more amazing stories*...

[fantasy2004.livejournal.com]

thanks

[kaoticwords.livejournal.com]

Happy ending!! OMG! \^o^/
And Masaki with Hevn!! (poor Paul, I thought they made such a nice couple...)

I got lost somewhere among the last chapters but I definitely didn't expect everything would be all right and everybody alive! A manga I love finish well actually! that's so rare T.T

Thank you! :3

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

But Paul was in love with Ban's daddy! (or something ^^;;;)

Yeah, I'm rather relieved it turned out so well. Aww! Thank you, A&A-sensei, for not spoiling one of my happy places ^_^

[ugbun.livejournal.com]

Yeah! Oh, I am so happy and sad at the same time. I don't want it to be over, but I am so glad it ended happy!

Ginji decide not to erase this world!

[superraijin.livejournal.com]

Well Ginji is the god of this world and can do what he want! Whoa, to have a god like Ginji is awesome! But looks like they still have their own powers and Ginji seems to have raitei's power and not raitei's self anymore ! And Ban is still strong! But how strong Ginji became? As strong as Ban or stronger? Well I am sad to be trhough with the series but every beginning has its own end! So Get Backers Too! Amano Ginji and Mido Ban, I hope we'll heard of you again, dear buddies! Sayonara Lightening Emperor!

[ugbun.livejournal.com]

Wait, wait... the Kazuki trio all have matching scarves! They match!!! Ah ha ha ha ha ha!!!!!!!

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

Hee, you're right! I missed that XD

[ranalore.livejournal.com]

...Yeah. I'm afraid they've only confirmed my decision to stick strictly to the anime here. Teshimine/Masaki, Hevn/Natsumi ftw!

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

But in the manga, Teshimine has Paul, and Natsumi has Rena...so either way we get our boypr0n and girlpr0n. Oh, A&A-sensei <3

[http://users.livejournal.com/digitalized_/]

NOW I'M ALL IN LOVE WITH WTF CROSSDRESSING MAIDS XDDDD
And even if there's canon background, Masaki/Hevn is still crackastic.
Apparently transporter!smex wouldn't be dumped off either...
The art of the last few pages I've seen so often I don't really feel for.
BUT THE MAIDS MAKE UP FOR EVERYTHING AND ANYTHING OH DEAR>>>

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

Actually the very final page is rather significant, for what's not there - see Mugenjou anywhere? ^_~

[enishi-sama.livejournal.com]

MAID CAFE? XDDDDDD;;; God, I love GetBackers. I'm sad it's over but... MAID CAFE FTW. XD

[chibichibi-k.livejournal.com]

I've never read the GB manga, myself but it is nice to see how the manga ended. The ending they gave te GB anime is quite similar to the manga ending. I note some similarities. I really wish that they would have epanded the anime more so that it fit in the other archs but I'm hoping for a GetBackers movie or ova. ^^ Hopefully there will be one somewhere down the line!!

Thanks for posting!! GO BAN-CHAN AND GINJI!!!

[avalon13.livejournal.com]

Wait a minute. Didn't Amon die? I think I can conclude that someone resurrected him or whatever... But how, exactly?

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

Yeah, Amon came back earlier this arc. I don't know how myself ^^; Some Mugenjou voodoo, I think, but...really need to read all I've missed!

[kawaiitinita.livejournal.com]

KYYYYAAAAAAAAAA!!!! *saves all the pics*
I'm so happy it ended with no one dying!! But dammit Ginji couldn't have wished for himiko to still have long hair!!? >___>

Anyway, The G&B are back and still gonna kick ass even after it's ended!
Which means, MORE FANFICS!!! WOOOOO!!!

And for the record, after reading all these replies... I have to say again
GET BACKERS FANS ARE THE GREATEST IN ZE WORLD!!!
XDDDDDDD

[ugbun.livejournal.com]

YEAH, I SECOND THE GET BACKERS FANS ARE THE GREATEST IN ZE WORLD!!!!! Yes, I too am glad a great to be continued forever ending leaves our little minds to wander mischievously and produce FANFICS!!!

[jagan-21.livejournal.com]

OMG!!!!!!!! They almost make me cry!!!! I can´t love the Get Backers more!!! I´m so sad they ended but it seems like a "To be continued..." (just like the anime end) any way I like to think that they´ll be back in the future =,)

At some point I was hoping that Ban and Hevn end up together but... WTF I´m just SOOOO HAPPY!!!!

Thank you thank you

How about a Get Backers once more, like Dragon Ball Z

[superraijin.livejournal.com]

Well I don't know! What they will with Ginji and his world? I dunno, maybe making him seeing his mom again . It'll be Good!
But it makes me think of a thing: Dr.Amano & Amano Ginji are the rulers of the both worlds, aren't they? What'll happen next, well to be continued....... but every end lokk this way! In the end a beginning has its own end, sorry pal!

[strokeof-genie.livejournal.com]

Oh, I'm crying a bit now.

I'm glad it was a good ending, one with resolutions. Or one that didn't raise anymore questions, at least because jeezus FMA whatthehellwasthat.

Thanks for posting! :D

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

Well, not having the script yet, I'm not really sure how many questions it didn't raise ^^; But then, being GB and A&A-sensei, I wasn't expecting coherency or answers. Just cute, and they delivered! XD

[nayami.livejournal.com]

Aww, this calls for random GB music to fulfill the nostalgia quota. I'm so glad to hear the series didn't end as depressing as I feared it would from Ban's situation.