I'm new here. Are people forgetting about the rape? It definitely leaves bad taste in my m...

then go back to shounen ai jeez complaining much

Cry about it

I will say, as someone who generally really dislikes rape as a plot element, it didn't bother me so much in this story because there was no maliciousness behind it. Due to his extreme sexual abuse as a child, Kei rationalized that sex (and rape, by extension) was purely transactional. He convinced himself that he wasn't hurt by rape because it was something that happened as a means to an end, and following that logic, he used it as a means to an end without realizing that it harmed others. Which doesn't excuse what he did, but it does make me feel better about the eventual romance, because I believe Kei truly never understood that what he was doing was wrong.

Also, I'm assuming you are talking about the rape between the love interests and not what happened in Kei's childhood, because child abuse leaving a bad taste in anyone's mouth is a given, I think.