the truth is the sexualization of minors and children is normalized in japanese media. and they will do anything to justify it. like, the loli is 1000 years old so it's ok. or in this case all of the cast and his mother supports it and he's in control cause he's the top so it's ok that he is a child dating an adult.
its a shame. i can draw the line for myself cause i know its fiction but we all know it affects society in the greater scheme...
this was so icky. i hope they dont ever reconnect and they stop romanticizing the grooming.
True, I'm really glad I acquired this skill of turning most of my brain off while reading fiction. That way, I can draw the line and calm myself a bit by saying "it's just fiction" every time a story upset me.
In Miyai's case, as much as I want him to get a new love, I doubt it's gonna happen seeing how the author spent 3 long-ass chapters to introduce his ex. Most likely, they will reconnect through helping the main couple up in the next arc.
yeah, you are probably right.. orz
Miyai's back story just reminds me again of how different Japan "culture" is compared to the one from where I live. I remember being confused as a high-schooler reading echi mangas for the first time:
"Why is everyone making fun of the virgin protagonist? Aren't they also high school students? Are all of the protagonist classmates not a virgin anymore?"
And then there's that occasional insult(?) of characters being too pure for not having their first kiss yet even though they are already in high school, and characters experiencing their first love in kindergarten, I was like, "What? Isn’t that too early?" But then, things were turned out to be much, much worse in h***ai...
I'm not saying that this represents Japan as a whole, but the fact that this kind of relationship exists in a lot of Japanese fiction, then there must be truth that inspired it. It's just sad...