That's basically it. The manga isn't about rape nor is it encouraging it. Sure it contains rape, but thats jus' somethin' that happened between these 2 characters, be it a negative thing or whatever. Like, it's okay for movies or stories to contain scenes of killing, massacre and murder just as well as it's okay for movies to contain rape. Why is it okay? Because it's just a factor of the story. Now, porn is a different thing. Porn is purposely made for viewers to feel pleasure. In this case, a porn video of someone being raped or child porn is definitely something that should not be tolerated. But if all ya can see is the audacity of this story having a rape scene in it, you're completely missing the point of the story.
I'm an usual hater of rape story but I must admit that this one didn't really bother because it goes with the character.... Usually I hate it because they show rape as something "normal" to do when you're in love....
But here the character is not normal xD He's a bastard and knows it, so he acts like one. But he's still loved. End of the story, and its cute.
Exactly. What should be a problem is something like Sekaiichi hatsukoi. Don't get me wrong, I love the manga, but every sex scene mimics rape. But no one complains about it precisely because the manga normalizes the rape and even makes it look appealing. (If you wanted to be really sensitive about rape.) The BDSM genre is also quite a sensitive topic... There are so many things to be considered. But, you get the point. I'm glad ^^
" as long as the manga isn't encouraging rape, there really ain't a problem." THAT, right there. Thanks a million times! <3
Haha. I came here for the 'This is rape and it is unacceptable' comments.
I don't know how many times I've explained this, but as long as the manga isn't encouraging rape, there really ain't a problem. S'just part of the story.
In this one, the guy who was raping the victim was indeed in love with him, but the manga wasn' tryin' ta say raping cuz you love someone makes it acceptable - it was jus' a story about a character who's love was poorly expressed and the misunderstanding of each others feelings. Really, the story wasn't about the rape. But if that's how ya make it out to be, suit yourself.