Thanks for sharing your thoughts about the ending, everyone.
I don't really have anything to add at this point, other than agreeing that it would have been nice if they elaborated things a bit more.
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Overall I find the manga ending more satisfying than the game, but they sure do love to keep things hanging either way! I wonder what happens when Ryu and Fou-Lu meet up with Nina and the other party members, and what eventually happens to everyone, but I guess we'll never know now. It might have been interesting to show where everyone is, say, 10 years later. Then again, you can't have the ending go on and on, either.
Oh well, I enjoy speculating about these things as well. It's a bit frustrating though when you can't get to a definitive answer! (Unless they make a sequel, that is.
) Now that I think about it, it's been a few years since I finished BoF4. Maybe now is a good time to replay it....