It's just that the setup of the narrative kind of helped me think of it as being a single timeline with two stopping points rather than branching paths.
On the one hand, none of these guys was a shithead, and after all the torment they've been through, a happy end seems earned. On the other hand, there's no way I'll be able to resist curiosity and keep from reading further.
Meh, theres few families I have wished a happy end, one of them being the "yukkuri in the city" one (they got WAY beyond abused physically if you havent read it), this family? from my point of view did not suffered (at least not all of them) enough to earn a happy ending, but whatever, good for them
For me they are bothersome yu's, but at this point they don't make me be happy for them (Hy artstyle makes it hard for me to like them much) or wish for something bad happening to them (aside of some self entitlement they weren't very scummy or shithead), if anything the fun of this story was trying to guess what would happen next, if it were good or bad, it would depend of if you sided with the hopeful or cynical side of this story, for me it became one of those stories that the outcome didn't matter much, only the ride.
Eitherway the show isn't over, the other ending may come later, kinda reminds me of that story of the Reimu that couldn't take it easy and was found by some pet owner and his marisa, and it branched based on the actions of the owner or the marisa, some being happy endings, some being bad endings and some being neutral endings.
nemo said: BRAVO!!! you really trolling to all the abusers!!!!
It's not trolling, it's choose your own ending, if we use your logic the following "happy end" will be a trolling to all lovers, and it's better to not assume that authors are out to troll people, only to tell stories.
I feel that these yukkuris have been through enough by now, so I like to consider this ending to be the "real" ending and the subsequent pictures to be part of a "what-if" scenario.
I'm happy to see that yukkuri can actually get a little justice in their lives now and then.
And yes, I agree with Dosu -- that this is the real ending, and the other is the 'what-if' ending. I like to see justice served like this -- while I think the part with Marisa was nonsense (Deus Ex Machina much?), I still like to see that, after all their hardships, all their abyuse, all their pulling together in hopes of a better life, and all the fighting to keep together in the face of such adversity, they reach the promised land.
Nothing wrong with a hard life giving a rich reward.
Note: Good Ending ends here. If you do not wish to see the following story, please stop here. Thank you for your support.After their hardships, the yukkuri family was once again reunited. Father Marisa accepted the new little one happily, and everyone was filled with joy. With the blessing of their fellow adoption center yukkuris and the big brothers and sisters, Father Marisa, Mother Reimu, and the two little ones finally began their easy lives. How wonderous, how wonderous...