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.REFERENCESYou can find our first Ao Haru Ride episode hereAo Haru Ride is available from Viz Media's Shojo Beat linePurchase Ao Haru Ride from MangaMart, a small, family-owned manga siteOther works Nancy has edited:Vampire KnightIdol DreamsMaison Ikkoku Collector's EditionMy Love Mix-Up!Other Io Sakisaka works: Strobe Edge, Love Me, Love Me NotAo Haru Ride pays homage to We Were ThereOther manga mentioned:HorimiyaCLAMPMy Love Story!!Outro song: "The Streatham Hill Gods" by DanosongsCONTACT USNancy runs the Shojo Beat Twitter: @shojobeatYou can ask questions and make licensing requests on Shojo Beat's Tumblr: officialshojobeatShojo & Tell on Twitter, Tumblr, and InstagramAshley on Twitter: @AshMcD00The next episode will be about volumes 1 –7 of Waiting for Spring by Anashin.