Tf???

i thought the same thing man, this would've been so much better without that part and it's literally not a necessity, the authour could've just picked a different sentence

but yk what? i just thought about it again after reading the other story sequel about the older brother, and i may not know the intentions of the author, but at the same time this could symbolize all the people and familys that actually do this exact thing unfortunately, they misuse religion to manipulate and exploit others

are they Muslim? i dont remember that ever being mentioned

I read this some time ago so I don't quite remember, and yeah you're right they never directly mentioned it, but since this storyline is based on 'arab culture' and also the way they are dressed + the one saying of the mc he always tells ml (ion remember what but I think something about God)

* suggests that they are either 'muslim' or religious in some kind of other way

How can be racist to portray abuse and gay people? Those situations (abuse) and gay people exist regardless of the ethnicity and the religion. The story was terrible, honestly, in plot and also because they were all sick in the head (except the victim) but to stretch it and say is racist...

I think you may have missed the point but I agree that it was terrible lol

exactly, the story was terrible, so why make the characters muslims? They could have just been nothing or unlabeled.

real

Because the author wanted to and because that happens in muslim communities as well as in any other one? Lol

but it happens EVERYWHERE. Why make it targetted specifically to muslims

You're just stretching because you didn't want to read Muslims in this situation. But that's life.

You dont get it. If this was actually about portraying abuse then they would have let it stay unlabeled. Racists usually put a label on bad actions to make others associate bad stuff with the race too.

you get it

You seem genuine and sound pretty young (forgive me if not), so I will give you my honest opinion. I've read yaoi for almost 17 years (that is not my age), and I have seen plenty of stories located in Arabian countries, as well as other countries or islands. I can confidently say that Japanese people are very ignorant of a lot of things, and yes, most of them can be described as racists and/or xenophobic. Because they simply don't care to learm about what they depict. Here, honestly, the only thing you have is a bad writer who also likes stories with fucked up charactes.

Authors that write this badly rarely give a lot of thought to their story to do what you claim the author did. I mean, is possible, but she's such a bad writer that I don't give her enough credit to do that. She sucks!! She probably thought it was exotic to add that nationality and didn't even learn about the culture. Don't think to deep when the story is this bad, is honestly not worth it.

But also if you cannot read gays because of your culture, because is a sin for your religion or whatever, then stop doing it and read heterosexual manga instead.

Thanks for agreeing w me !

I'm pretty sure any and all religions commit crimes. Muslims, Buddhist, Catholics, there are many of them who... rape children, women and men. It has nothing to do with the religion but everything to do with some HUMANS, being evil while using religion as a cover. ╮(￣▽￣)╭

thanks for your pov! Since I've read yaoi for only a few years I can't say I've read too many, but with the few I have i definetly agree!

This is blatantly wrong on multiple accounts, first off yes you were completely correct to identify this as being racist! The story absolutely features orientalist and racist themes centered around a vague idea of “The Middle East,” and by the by ignorance IS racist. It IS harmful.

But what IS wrong is 1. You just did something that’s haram because you labeled something that ISN’T haram as haram. That’s haram. There are only a handful of sins listed in the quran that are explicitly stated to be haram. Being gay or engaging in same-sex acts is never explicitly mentioned in the quran as an individual act, and it is only ever mentioned in passing in the story of Lut. That would, at most, make being gay something that is nahi, so something that is not encouraged but not necessarily a sin. THIS IS ALSO HEAVILY DEBATED, because every generation of muslim scientists has their own agenda and philosophy. An example would be how the prophet (pbuh) and his Ashab abolished slavery, and immediately after they died slavery was reinstated and argued back into existence. Anyone can twist shariah law to suit their definition.

2. Even if being gay is “haram,” THAT DOES NOT STOP MUSLIMS FROM HAPPENING TO BE GAY! That does not mean you get to deny the existence of people who lead their lives through difficulty and peril! It does not mean you get to lash out at authors who depict someone who holds these two identities within themselves.(I DO NOT LIKE THIS STORY) IT IS NOT OFFENSIVE TO ISLAM. It is homophobic to use your religion as a shield to justify being disgusted at someone! No one will be grateful that you think their existence is repulsive and that they need to stop being themself.

In conclusion I am writing this comment because I want more people to point out the racism that is THERE in the story and not FUCKASS STUPID COMMENTS ABOUT THE STORY BEING OFFENSIVE CAUSE A MUSLIM WAS GAY. THAT LITERALLY HAPPENS IN REAL LIFE! Saying it is haram to islam does not make it less homophobic! The statement is not logical!!!

THANK YOU. I know nothing of Islam since is not my religion but this is what I wanted to point. You can call it racist as it stems for ignorance of a culture, since most Japanese authors don't tend to fact check. However, to call being gay a sin and say is racist because of that was??? So weird. I didn't understand either how the sin was the character being gay and not the reader who, being muslim, is reading it? Make it make sense.

The only sin and criminal act (besides the bad plot) was the brother being an abuser. Not them being gay!