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.