Have your friends and family been asking why you are depressed and/or freaking out?
I tried to avoid getting into too much detail at work. I just said, "A comic series I really like ended this week." Got a few sympathetic nods. I really did not get a lot done at work on Friday because I could not concentrate.
Around my anime and manga savvy friends I was a lot more blustery. Thankfully, my non-ship and even my NH friends were all like "this ending is bull." The only people who were satisfied were people who hadn't even read the chapter - they were just glad it was over because it had been running too long!
I posted the cryptic Facebook status update of: "So it appears that the ending of a manga series can hit you like the death of a relative or an old friend." Lots of understanding agreement.
But I think the best explanation went to my husband, who was having trouble comprehending just how devastated I was until I put it in terms he could understand.
Me: "Hey honey, remember how depressed you were after you saw the world premiere of the Oreimo OVA with the producer and stuff at Otakon, and it turned out to be a steaming pile of incestuous dookey?"
Him: "Oh god. I didn't realize it was that bad."
And I got a hug and a shoulder to sniffle on for a bit.
Edited by Catwho, 09 November 2014 - 05:56 AM.