Yeh, IAWY. It just feels like a fanservice than a real discussion about one because it still panders to the rape is love trope of the manga world. It's like the mangaka got under pressure from someone and decided to throw a small bone. So halfbaked. This is why though I enjoyed HS, I can never be fully on board with it. Too many problematic characters, too many fanatics doing mental callisthenics to defend them as well.
Same
Ahh, finally understood what was nagging at me. I was glad that the mangaka addressed rape but I felt like the chapter was wasted on what could've been a meaningful discussion about it. There are a lot of younger kids reading manga, and I thought it could've been a good eye opener.
Ok I really like the chapters where the mangaka talked about rape (where the other little girly guy was saying that it'd be horrible with his first time was with a rapist) and that Maya realized what he did and deeply regrets it. BUT Nemu-chan's reaction just felt so trivializing that it was like ??????????
I was so happy too! Because most mangas tend to romanticize rape and this IS how this manga started out. So seeing the rapist making amends I felt so happy, but seeing the victim so mellow about it, it's just like ?????? I personally hope that it could have been at least a serious discussion between Maya and Nemu instead of Nemu being like "oh what!! It's just that?? Geez don't make me worry". Of all kinds of lines, it had to be such trivializing words.
Just my 2 cents.