I think the story is ruined for others because of the common bypassing of attempted r@pe, beat up dad, attempted trafficking. They resolved it with the antagonists not receiving enough consequences. Like if you think about it realistically:
Imagine a bf beats up his partner’s attempted r@pist. The partner then says he was wrong for fighting the r@pist. Then the bf goes to the r@pist and says “sorry I was wrong for hurting you.” Sounds pretty ridiculous. It mainly bothered me that ao didn’t at least thank asuka for saving him from almost getting SA.
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Anyways people can go off if they want since at the end of the day, it’s a fictional story and not reality. People don’t always have the same reactions to things between real life and fiction.
Yep I understand this. Yet, the reason why I still decided to comment was because I felt extremely baffled by the amount of people blaming the uke for being afraid and hesitant towards the ML when they themselves saw what the seme did to those men, infront of the already traumatized uke. I feel like the 'never thanked' part was unintentional. It's not as if the uke wasn't thankful towards the ML, he just never verbally said it, along with all the things that happened, there's not enough mental nor emotional space for him to say so. I've already listed the reasons why I think the uke's feelings are valid above. Yes, the story was not the best and I do not have the slightest feeling of connection to it, I just wanted to explain this part because it seems as if nobody in here looks deeper than the surface.
I think it makes sense for the Uke to be scared in the moment- but after he calmed down is when I’d most blame him tbh. How the Uke handled things was where I’d give him some fault. He didn’t do much to actively seek out the ML first or go out of his way to say “I was scared that you went too far, but I know you did it to protect me.” It more like he said, “I was scared and I don’t want you to save me like that.” It’s mainly been the ML one-sidedly initiating things from the start. It wasn’t as if the Uke was super traumatized judging by the way he reacted to the ML when they met again, being all smiley and kissing him right away.
Y'all gotta stop blaming the uke because you literally sound like shut ins who have never seen the real world before or thought like a proper adult would. Who wouldn't be afraid after seeing someone beat a group of people half dead? I'd say the MC's reaction is rather realistic compared to the other ukes who make out with the semes right after as if nothing ever happened. Plus, what he said in the end, it's something that a proper adult would say. The MC probably said it because he already CONTINUOUSLY told the ML beforehand to stop before he goes too far but he didn't listen and beat the guys far too severely. It's also a realistic reaction to something you grew up with getting destroyed because of an incident caused by someone outside your circle. Let me state some things that are probably going on in the MC's head.
1. He's still shaken up after almost getting gang raped and witnessing ML literally beat the guys almost half dead with blood splashing all over. He's a sheltered rabbit with no ties to the mafia world and he's never seen something that intense.
2. The reason why his family got targeted in the first place was because they were letting someone from a rival gang (the ML) get so buddy buddy with them.
3. He likes the ML but knowing number 2 he probably has conflicting feelings towards the ML rn. He's probably grateful towards him and loves him, yet he probably also feels scared and slightly aggrieved and wary towards him because he's the main 'cause'/trigger for this incident in the first place.