Ao Haru Ride Pt. 2 (with Shojo Beat Senior Editor Nancy Thistlethwaite)

Covers volumes 8–13 of Ao Haru Ride by Io Sakisaka.

One year after recording about the first half of Ao Haru Ride, we’re back on the bandwagon to talk about the ending. Shojo Beat Senior Editor Nancy and Shojo & Tell host Ashley talk about every single confession and rejection scene, consistently compare the series to WE WERE THERE, bring up one too many times that [SPOILERS] it’s annoying that Kou was hit by a car, and so much more. Like, get out of here, Kikuchi. Kou and Futaba forever.

REFERENCES

• You can find our first Ao Haru Ride episode here
• Ao Haru Ride is available from Viz Media's Shojo Beat line
• Other works Nancy has edited:
  • Vampire Knight
  • Idol Dreams
  • Maison Ikkoku Collector's Edition
  • My Love Mix-Up!
• Other Io Sakisaka works: Strobe Edge, Love Me, Love Me Not
• Ao Haru Ride pays homage to We Were There
• Other manga mentioned:
  • Horimiya
  • CLAMP
  • My Love Story!!
• Outro song: "The Streatham Hill Gods" by Danosongs

CONTACT US

• Nancy runs the Shojo Beat Twitter: @shojobeat
• You can ask questions and make licensing requests on Shojo Beat's Tumblr: officialshojobeat
• Shojo & Tell on Twitter, Tumblr, and Instagram
• Ashley on Twitter: @AshMcD00

The next episode will be about volumes 1 –7 of Waiting for Spring by Anashin.