ShippoK wrote:The ending did really ruin the whole point of the series.
But I am more interested to where you started hearing this Caveat Lector. I never heard of people saying such things before.
The ANN forums. I remember it was one of the Talkback forums for a review of one of the manga volumes. Interestingly, it was NOT for the volume where everything goes to hell, but for the earlier volumes. And, well, you know how internet comments are in general--almost 90% of the time the comments either fixate on one particular comment the author made and act as though it was the sole discussion point, or get into an argument that has nothing to do with the article. There should be a name for that.
But anyway, yeah, I've heard
that argument raised on that forum, and yes, some people did call it out on the BS that it was. There were other arguments in favour of the ending, the most predominant one being (spoiler for the last volume coming up):
"They weren't blood-related so it's totally okay and not incest at all!"
However, the "some people are just bigots and/or prudes who don't understand Japanese culture" made me facepalm.
Yeah, a lot of the Talkback threads, especially in response to a review for a controversial anime or manga, or a fanservice show, tend to attract some of the most WTF responses ever. They're not actually defending a culture so much as they are using someone else's culture to justify liking something other people find creepy. I'm certain there's a term for that but it slips my mind.