I would like to share my opinion on the plots that the author laid down for the up coming development of the story.

The most interesting thing of reading a story is to make a guess of the development of the story base on the characters' personal growth and change in the story and by observing the author's intended and unintended hints.

I am happy to see that the author allows Nodame to grow and change. The story began when Nodame was just 20 and the story continues to evolve and now Nodame is 23 years old. She travelled from Japan to France to study and meet many different people and learn new things. All these elements make a person grow and change. It is necessary and reasonable for the character to grow up and change. However I found that another character Chiaki did not have a parallel growing path as Nodame. But I believe it is reasonable for the author to arrange this way. Perhpas I will need to elaborate on this point some time later. It is a very important element for the later development of the story and has a direct impact on the romantic development of the couple which is the focus of a lot of fans.

I am not sure if the mediator will allow me to express my view on the ending of the story. However it is just my opinion and it may not become true.

Do you know that the author likes the story of Roses of Versailes? Do you know what happened to the heroin of the story? Do you know why it must be a tragic ending? I guess that when the successful elements of the story is about how the heroin defended her master loyally is changed because of the character has grown up and things are changed. The successful elements of the manga is not there any more. It is better to let the story to come to an end with an unforgettable ending. Besides the characters look good in rich people's clothing but after all the changes, she will not be able to wear those clothes. Besides, the fascinating part is that the love suspense of the heroin is resolved, there is nothing much for the fans to anticipate.

Manga authors are afraid that their work are not treated seriously. Actually a lot of manga has a very important message to tell and has a good plots. I personally think that some of the manga artists should enjoy the same status as a literature writer. I also believe that a lot of people share my view.

Many of the old Chinese literatures like to give a tragic end. It might reflect outlook of the author towards the country's pathetic situation and it reflects on the work of the writer. The author's surrounding situation will affect the outlook of his/her life. Will she/he kills the characters depend on the whether the author feels happy or not in his/her real life.

Usually when an author wanted to give a miss to the romantic development of the couple, he/she will arrange happy union of the not so important characters in the story. For example, the best friends of the main characters will finally get a long waited union with his partner, so to exaggerate the pitiful situation of the main characters.

These are my general feeling. There are a lot of small details in the story which I can recognise as clues to the ending. However it might be called spoilers if I dig all the clues out for the ending. So I decided to write up to here.