True End
Itâs time to tie some loose ends~
Itâs good to see that Yuzuriha, after all these ups and downs, still has it in her to throw some flirty jokes around.
I find it a very nice touch that in the final moment we get Chidori (of all people) to give Yuzuriha the final push she needs to act. Chidori once again shows she has actually turned very good at observing people, like how she sees her in a more feminine role instead of a male one, unlike most of the other people in school.
Yuzuriha says goodbye to Ringo. I think Ringo sums up what was wrong with their relationship very accurately with this phrase:
The Yuzuriha that was with Ringo always felt off - the empty shell of the real Yuzuriha, her remains after she was rejected by Nerine.
I loved this scene where, unexpectedly, Rikka takes a point off Erika and the latter feels like sheâll be ashamed for the rest of her life 
Then we have the scenes where Yuzuriha finally fulfills her promise to Suoh. Everything is, of course, very puzzling at this point, and extremely ominous. The writer did a great job hyping me up for Flowers 4 back when I read this part in English.
And we have the ending scene. It was emotionally very powerful. Just like in flowers 2, the writer does a great job of linking a lot of the small details between Yuzuriha and Nerine. In particular I liked how Nerine shows up after Yuzuriha clapped her shoes three times, just in time to fulfill her childhood promise.
Thereâs, however, some things I found really puzzling about this ending. Yuzuriha, who at the beginning was desperate to preserve the status quo, embraces change completely, leaving everything behind just to be with Nerine - yet somehow I feel this is a bit overblown?
Yuzuriha and Nerine are going to be in third year soon, so they probably donât have to wait that much before they graduate - itâs hard for me to see why they need to go all the way to abandoning everything to be together, as there seems to be little pressure on them or their relationship. Certainly, there would be some level of guilt if they remained at school, but it certainly feels there would be also some level of guilt from abandoning school.
Another reason I feel this ending didnât impress me as much as the True End in flowers 2 is probably because I feel Nerine was somewhat neglected during the game. It might be my impression, but I felt we actually saw Yuzuriha hang out with Erika and Chidori more often than with Nerine, which is really weird. I guess this is compensated with having the scenes with Nerine in them being a lot more powerful emotionally (singing together, or Nerine carrying Yuzuriha on her back, and so on)
I think what the writer did regarding how different were Yuzurihaâs and Nerineâs perception of their childhood was really fascinating and interesting - but it also meant that a lot of the character development for Nerine plays out during their childhood memories rather than in the present, which I feel was a bit of a shame.
I feel that we missed something ⊠this is a bit contradictory for me, since I usually like things to be subtle ( the whole âshow, donât tellâ principle of good storytelling ), but I feel like a lot of what we see of Nerine rotates so much around their childhood events and her regret that we actually miss the part where she actually realizes sheâs in love with Yuzuriha. Certainly, the hints of it happening are there in the story, but the emphasis seems to be in other places.
Just to clarify, these are minor complaints - I still love this ending.
