Read chapters 152 through 155: Asuna wakes up 135 years into the future, Asuna meets Ayaka's
great-great-granddaughter in search of anybody from her class, Asuna sees Negi buried six feet under and learns that
everybody's dead (including poor Ayaka, who finally dies 35 years earlier), Asuna sits upon sakura tree near
Mahora, Asuna unearths photos of her class unraveling through the years, Asuna hears Negi's voice, Asuna finally
lets go in a full-on bawl-out... and here come the vampire and not-Chachamaru (where oh where is Chachamaru? come on
people, I need a gag) in a cool feat of DEUS EX MACHINA (echo, echo), saving Asuna from becoming
Zetsubuou-sensei.
(Echo, echo.)
The rest of the story is mere formality, but what the heck: I feel as if I've been cheated out of an interesting
ending, only to end up with a totally satisfying one. Part of me wants to milk Asuna's tears for all their weight
in hard water; part of me recoils from even thinking that.
I'm torn.