Responses
Tl;dr: Would I save this in a folder? Depends. Would I put this in a romance folder? No. Would I put this in my messed up folder? Yes.
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Tl;dr: Would I save this in a folder? Depends. Would I put this in a romance folder? No. Would I put this in my messed up folder? Yes.
From a "smutty you can fap to this" or find it as sexual piece of media type of perspective? No. For me, it's too noncon and brutal and I just feel bad. Waaaay too emotionally intense.
From a psychological and dark "this is so messed up" narrative type of perspective? Yea. I think it was freaky in a scary way and it integrated the religious aspects well with it. It's good to me.
It's like how Harada's (BL Mangaka) works are so dark, heavy, and psychological that I don't enjoy them as a smutty romance—but more so for its complex narratives and how it frames plots that aren't commonly setup. It's an acquired taste and niche genre type of thing.