Tbh

Please share why you think that. I want to to know your opinion, and genuinely curious what your take is. I don't necessarily hate it but there are some things that do annoy me a bit.

It wasn't a fluffy and wholesome story. It was really emotionally taxing to read but it was realistic and the characters feel and react like real people, including when they make sometimes infuriating stupid decisions– but they still make some sense and it's not just poor writing. They're not bad people or characters, they're just not super black and white and have nuances but people immediately see a mistake or bad thought that either comes from a reasonable place or is something even good people irl will do and then mark them down bad characters with bad writing. Uke is definitely a morally grey character but I think that makes this more interesting than the typical perfect victim or complete whore tropes that most bl stories dish out. Seme is a good and upright character that has fallen to his knees because of love and like many good people have done, makes rash decisions because of it. The relationship has been a struggle for them both but they're trying to make it work and I think it's refreshing to see this type of relationship for once vs. Super toxic ones with no chemistry or perfectly happy soul mates (even though I'm a sucker for those too). The side stories were definitely a wreck and it would have been as a reader to get a lovey dovey treat after the emotional rollercoaster that the main story was but honestly that's a lot to expect considering how rocky their relationship was even til the end.

I think a lot of BL stories have had much worse communication and far more unrealistically stupid responses to that lack of communication and yet they get a loooot less shit than this one. Maybe because these characters are a bit more dimensional than we're used to, so they're probably striking more nerves or something m b
Because honestly there are worse couples and characters with a lot more popularity.

Oof my keyboard kinda screwed this up but hopefully you get my point