The entire premise of this manga underlies the fact that Shirotani was a TRAUMATIZED CHILD. the author literally highlights that he and the teen girl were in a similar position, lacking an important parental figure and as a consequence influencing their perception of love, sexuality, and who they can turn to. While she found sexual solace in his father, shirotani isolated himself and demonized his sexuality because he, as a child, had no one to teach him the rights and wrongs of how to express himself. Literally all he had in life was his father, who else was he to base his concept of love on? To just look at these circumstances of risk, the cycles in which the hurt unknowingly hurt others, and only come to the conclusion that Shirotani is disgusting and the author doesn’t know what they are talking about just goes to show that YOU are the one who lacks comprehension and empathy when analyzing the ways in which trauma manifests into faulty thinking and behaviors.
so far ive read until 24.5
wow im conflicted about this manga… from the story to the comments i feel that majority of the readers and the author themselves dont even know what theyre trying to understand. I dont mind people villainizing the girl since the author illustrated her that way because if you think about it, shirotani is a unreliable narrator. hes going to have biases regarding his backstory and its the author’s own decision to make it in his pov (i dont think it was illustrated or written intentionally apart from showing shriotani’s backstory tbh) HOWEVER once you step away from first to second person, youll see that the girl was also a victim herself since she didnt have a parental figure. thus she relied on shirotani’s father because hes the one that allowed her to be with him. on that note, the readers should hold shirotani’s father more accountable than the author themselves because its a valid critique and the author is not gonna address ANYTHING.
i do like the premise but its getting so hard to defend the characters so atp ima accept them, esp shirotani because YES you ARE disgusting for wanting a romantic relationship with your father. i cant tell if shirotani actually knows the difference between parental and actual love but hopefully the author puts he will learn the difference and if the author will address it? (bruhs having high hopes on a 2013 manga POINT AND LAUGH)(yea the authors not doing that LMAOO)(the comments dont look too good ) and then kurose… well hes a freak. not too happy abt the sexual scenes but whatever its yaoi