The sequel to Angel Beats! that you may not have known

In case you don't remember, "Angel Beats!" is an original anime that mixes action, comedy, and drama, and follows the story of a group of young people in a kind of school limbo after death. Towards the final episodes, the characters begin to come to terms with their pasts and find peace, allowing them to disappear and "graduate" from this world. The remaining members decide to hold a symbolic graduation ceremony, recognizing the growth and relationships they have forged.

It is revealed that Kanade Tachibana, known as "Tenshi", had the heart of Yuzuru Otonashi, the protagonist. Before she died, Otonashi had donated her heart, and Kanade was the recipient of it. For this, Kanade had been waiting to thank him, but died before he could do so. One by one, the characters find peace and disappear. Eventually, only Otonashi and Kanade remain. Otonashi confesses his love to Kanade and asks her to stay with him in that world, but Kanade reveals that his wish was to thank him and, after doing so, disappears as well.

In a post-credits scene, two figures resembling Otonashi and Kanade in the real world are seen, suggesting that they have been reborn and reunited, though it is not explicitly confirmed. Now, you probably already knew all this, didn't you? But did you know that there is a manga that explains what happened before this reunion?

It's titled "Angel Beats! Spin-off!! Tabisuru Tenshi-chan" and is published by Yuuya Sasagiri, while the synopsis writes:

• This spin-off focuses on Tachibana Kanade, also known as Tenshi, the heroine of the anime "Angel Beats!". During his journey, Tenshi stops in Kanagawa, where he meets a girl full of energy and joy named Yuri Nakamura. Yuri is shocked to learn that the goal of Tenshi's journey is to find a boy who appears in his dreams, although he knows neither his name nor his face. Despite Yuri's initial disbelief, Tenshi is firmly convinced of this boy's existence, and her search leads her to travel all over Japan, visiting places such as Fukuoka, Kagawa, Yamanashi, Osaka, and Okinawa.

It is evident that the person Kanade is looking for is Otonashi, so this manga is chronologically set between the rebirth of both and their eventual reunion. It is definitely a must-read for fans of "Angel Beats!" who were left wanting more, since it also shows the other characters and what happened to them after they were reborn.

Unfortunately the manga has an extremely slow serialization, especially since it has already been in serialization for a year and has only released its first compilation volume.

Source: Comic Natalie