eh i interpreted the scene of him masterbating was not to the girl or guy themselves, but the thrill and horror steming from guy's terrifying violence in combination with his beauty, and the desire to be killed and devoured in a similar fashion by him. he prob masterbates specifically to these childhood scenes bc they are the only memories of that "stimulation" he has access to. like if they were adults in that scene, he would've still masterbated to it. drawing the conclusion that mc is a pedo is a stretch and throwing nuance out the window. if the scene was insinuating mc is a pedo, i imagined the scene's protrayal would be drastically different, so i think the author does a good job not crossing the line while still making it disturbing. i think it just happens to be a young girl bc it's supposed to establish how unapologetically evil the ml is, preying on the weakest members of society. and, not to render ur argument invalid, but there's literally only three chapters out, so forming assuptions about the worst of the author when its prob ur first time seeing their work, is not open-minded and just jumping on the hate train. as for misogyny, i dont have have a strong stance, cuz, three chapters. i could be wrong, u could be wrong, whatever. but this is quite clearly a psychological horror story focused on the two's dynamic, so i doubt writing female charas who are worthy of respect or masculine, beyond just being foils advancing the plot or emphasizing the two's fucked up self, would be their priority.
EDIT: I am a dumbass for not reading the comments at the top before reading this. Heed those warnings folks.
EDIT 2: I also predict their next victims/people who come for help/counselling will also include men, but that does not erase the blatant misogyny here. I get that the MC is not supposed to be likable and that he is a POS, so yeah, his misogynistic thoughts and views on his predominantly female patients line up with that, but I don't think the misogyny is going to ever not be there in this story. If it is ever present and permeates throughout the story and every woman is portrayed as hysterical overtly dramatic annoying bitches not worthy of respect then we know what the author truly thinks. Even if the character is an unreliable narrator, there should be some incidents that peak through to show that the POS mc is, in fact, unreliable. And if the only female characters that do get respect are ones that show more stereotypical male characteristics, then boy, oh, boy, the misogyny allegations ain't beat.
The horrendous amount of misogyny. The trigger warnings should include pedophilia, and implied harm to animals. Not to mention a child head stomping another child, and the despicable piece of shit MC being turned on and not stopping it. And yes, it is pedophilia, are you, an adult, getting turned on by a situation that involves a child? Yes? Pedophilia. I don't know what mental gymnastics and hoops one has to go through to say this is not pedophilia. I am not unaccustomed to reading dark shit, I have read a lot of Harada, obviously skipped all the pedo shit, I really enjoyed color recipe, but this shit is vile. Once again, the misogyny here is off the charts.