It was undeniably selfish of Yuujirou to want Rui to stay with him and ultimately Rui prioritizing his career over Yuujirou was the right decision to make. If I was in Rui's position, I would have done the same.
You can't just lose the opportunity to make your career flourish like that because your boyfriend doesn't want you to, but Yuujirou not wanting to deal with a 4-year long-distance relationship wasn't uncalled for either. He had every right to question that relationship dynamic because it's also realistic for people to not want to deal with long-distance relationships. Especially if your relationship is fairly new.
I would also be kinda pissed if my partner suddenly sprung the idea of a long-distance relationship on me, lol. It's not like that topic was a well discussed one between Rui and Yujirou. I get why Yujirou was so shocked when Rui sprung such a big information on his head out of absolute nowhere.
Neither one of Rui or Yuujirou were wrong here. Both of them were right in their own positions and it makes zero sense to demonize either of them for their decisions. Many people DO decide to break up when one partner moves for long term in another country. It's not a dynamic that works for a lot of relationships.
This was the first conflict in a BL/Romance where both characters weren't wrong for the stance they took.
It was undeniably selfish of Yuujirou to want Rui to stay with him and ultimately Rui prioritizing his career over Yuujirou was the right decision to make. If I was in Rui's position, I would have done the same.
You can't just lose the opportunity to make your career flourish like that because your boyfriend doesn't want you to, but Yuujirou not wanting to deal with a 4-year long-distance relationship wasn't uncalled for either. He had every right to question that relationship dynamic because it's also realistic for people to not want to deal with long-distance relationships. Especially if your relationship is fairly new.
I would also be kinda pissed if my partner suddenly sprung the idea of a long-distance relationship on me, lol. It's not like that topic was a well discussed one between Rui and Yujirou. I get why Yujirou was so shocked when Rui sprung such a big information on his head out of absolute nowhere.
Neither one of Rui or Yuujirou were wrong here. Both of them were right in their own positions and it makes zero sense to demonize either of them for their decisions. Many people DO decide to break up when one partner moves for long term in another country. It's not a dynamic that works for a lot of relationships.
This was the first conflict in a BL/Romance where both characters weren't wrong for the stance they took.