That's probably true, but I like my conclusions neatly sorted, boxed and labeled, thank you very much LOL.I have a theory that the Japanese don't really put as much importance on strong conclusions as we do. Maybe concrete endings conflict with mono no aware or something.
prison school had one of my favorite endings in anything ever but i can see why people dont like it. i wouldnt call it an abrupt ending in the middle of the series though because it just came off the back of an overly drawn out arc, i think you mightve just heard people disatisfied with the fact that it only focuses on closing off the character arcs of the protagoinst and his love triangle. most of the hate was mostly because it wasnt a happy endnig but it shouldnt have been i mean kiyoshis relationship with chiyo was built off of lies to begin with and he is largely at fault for being so wishy washy constantly giving into the deviancy (hana) instead of being faithful to normalcy (chiyo). ultimately that indecisiveness nets him neither kind of like bad karma but the whole execution of it was so perfect with the same touch of absurdity the series is known for while still being grounded, it was practically an ironic-humor-tragedy. it kind of reminds me of the themes in aku no hanaI hear tell that Prison School, a manga which I was mildly-invested in about ten years ago (I watched, of all things, the live-action drama adaptation of it), abruptly ended in the middle of the series and the author never made anything again. He must have been caught doing something unsavoury. It's a shame, because I liked the characters a lot and wanted to see how a story like that could possibly "end", but it'll never happen, now.
I have a theory that the Japanese don't really put as much importance on strong conclusions as we do. Maybe concrete endings conflict with mono no aware or something.