Omake ("oh - mah - keh", with a "mah" sound like in "mark" and a "keh" sound like in "ken") is a term that describes an additional ending to a manga or anime.
An omake can be anything from an extra chapter of manga to just a single extra panel. Omakes come after the story or manga has ended, but are sometimes included at the end of a volume of manga or at the end of a story arc. The content of an omake can differ wildly. some omakes are a humorous "what if" look at how the original story just ended. Others are the reactions of the characters who were in the story. And some omakes offer a serious look at what happened to the main characters after the story ended. Omakes can also give you a glimpse at how the side characters are doing. A rough English equivalent of the term omake would be "epilogue".
Some examples:
La Corda d'Oro by Yuki Kure makes frequent use of omakes to tell stories about the side characters.
Fullmetal Alchemist by Hiromu Arakawa also uses omakes to make jokes at the end of each volume and give humorous alternate versions of the serious storyline.
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