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The epilogue is the last chapter of the Shakugan no Shana manga series.

At a park, Shana and Yūji were immersed in their own thoughts, Shana about how she had changed and her feelings for Yūji, and Yūji about his future and eventually leaving Misaki City.

Summary[]

Manga Epilogue Shana after eating

Shana after eating melonpan.

In the morning, Shana and Yūji were walking through the city, with Shana having just bought some melonpan from a bakery. Shana was happily explaining how to eat it; first by eating the crispy edges, then some of the soft insides, then going back and forth. Yūji thought about how she really liked melonpan, then recalled how she had blushed and stared at him when she wanted to give him a reward. Yūji dismissed thoughts of Shana liking him and him liking her from his mind. Shana said she wouldn't give Yūji any melonpan and he complained about how many bakeries they had visited that morning. Yūji likened Shana to a gluttonous child, but thought that she was cute.

The two reached a public park. Yūji asked Shana why she liked melonpan so much, as it was invented quite recently. Alastor thought that he was trying to figure out Shana's age and Yūji tried to argue that Flame Haze were ageless anyway so it wouldn't matter if she was hundreds of years old, but Shana punched him, saying Chigusa had said that asking a woman about her age was the rudest act possible. Yūji complained but Shana said she wouldn't hit anyone else, also quietly saying she treated him differently to others in other ways as well. Shana stopped Yūji from inquiring about her statement. She answered his previous question; eating melonpan was proof that "she was here", to which Alastor agreed. Shana had never thought about why she liked melonpan, but she had often been given some by someone before she became a Flame Haze, and she had decided after setting out on her journey that she could smile when eating it. However, after coming to Misaki City, she began to just eat melonpan because she liked it and smile because she was happy.

Shana and Yūji sat down on a bench. Shana felt that she had changed and thought the reason was Yūji. She imagined him with Yoshida and her chest hurt just remembering the confrontation she and Yoshida had. What Shana felt was a scary feeling, like despair or anxiety, which made her want to pull Yūji towards herself no matter what. She wondered if that feeling was love. Shana and Yūji's eyes met and Shana looked away, embarrassed.

Yūji finished his drink, thinking about how peaceful it was when they had just recently battled the Aizen Siblings. He thought that Shana's normal calmness was affecting him. Yūji wondered when he had stopped caring about being human and stopped feeling uncomfortable fighting Denizens then returning to live normally with everyone. He felt that being with Shana had changed him. Yūji didn't think his life would continue that way, thinking about the powerful Kaikin spell inside him which could even ward off Sydonay. He felt that in the near future, he and Shana would have to leave behind their life in the city and head out into the world, where battles with Crimson Denizens awaited. Yūji wondered if, on this journey, he would cling to Shana with nowhere else to go, but thought that he had to become stronger regardless while he "was still here".

Manga Epilogue Yuji hand Shana

Yūji reaching out to Shana.

Yūji got up and extended his hand to Shana, saying best regards for their future together. Shana agreed and took his hand, and the two walked off.

With feelings hidden, the days flowed on.
Connecting the past, the present, and the future.
The world wrapped everything, and continued, along with the two.

Characters[]

* denotes if the character debuts in this chapter

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Quotes[]

  • Yūji (thinking): "She really loves them. Love... No, it's not about Shana loving me! It's not about me loving Shana!"
  • Yūji (thinking): "She's no different from a gluttonous child. ...Well, that part of her is cute though..."
  • Shana: ""Asking a woman her age is the most rude act possible in this world", is what Chigusa told me."
  • Shana: "...Eating this shows that I'm here."
  • Shana (thinking): "My chest hurts remembering that. I wonder what it is. I'm not irritated, angry or flustered... Despair? Anxiety? It makes me want to pull Yūji towards me no matter what, it's somehow a scary feeling... This is, love...? Do I... love him...?"

Trivia[]

  • Yūji recalled Shana blushing at him, in chapter 67.
  • Shana recalled Yoshida telling her that she loved Yūji and would confess to him, in chapter 52.
  • Yūji recalled Tiriel shooting fireballs at him, in chapter 65, and Shana exploding Sorath, in chapter 66.
  • Yūji recalled Sydonay's arm inside him and it being severed by the Kaikin, in chapter 64.

Navigation[]

Shakugan no Shana (Manga)
Illustrated by Ayato Sasakura and serialized in Dengeki Daioh
Volume I PrologueChapter 01Chapter 02Chapter 03Chapter 04Chapter 05Chapter 06Chapter 07
Volume II Chapter 08Chapter 09Chapter 10Chapter 11Chapter 12Chapter 13Chapter 14Chapter 15Report MangaShakugan no Shana-tanGRIMOIRE
Volume III Chapter 16Chapter 17Chapter 18Chapter 19Chapter 20Chapter 21Shana-san's First Bath
Volume IV Chapter 22Chapter 23Chapter 24Chapter 25Chapter 26Chapter 27Chapter 28Shakugan no Shana-tan II
Volume V Chapter 29Chapter 30Chapter 31Chapter 32Chapter 33ZoetropeA Certain Day at Tendōkyū
Volume VI Chapter 34Chapter 35Chapter 36Chapter 37Chapter 38Chapter 39Chapter 40Shakugan no Shana-tan III
Volume VII PrologueChapter 41Chapter 42Chapter 43Chapter 44Chapter 45Chapter 46Chapter 47
Volume VIII Chapter 48Chapter 49Chapter 50Chapter 51Chapter 52Chapter 53Chapter 54Omake Manga
Volume IX Chapter 55Chapter 56Chapter 57Chapter 58Chapter 59Chapter 60Chapter 61
Volume X Chapter 62Chapter 63Chapter 64Chapter 65Chapter 66Chapter 67Chapter 68epilogue
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