So Akira was like 15 when the brother’s friend, who was like 21 years old, took advantage of him? That is an actual child. A 15 year old boy is maybe beginning puberty… but then lots of places say 13 year olds can marry adults with their parents permission so I think the people who make laws around the world are just nasty.
But yea, tbh I’m not surprised when it comes to yaoi. I think that more often than not it’s super problematic. It’s more rare to find a healthy dynamic or characters in yaoi. But tbh I’m kinda tired of media making queer stories that revolve around toxicity/abuse/other unhealthy dynamics. But then I remind myself that it’s Japanese, and they probably have lots of stigma and prejudice towards the queer community and probably can only understand it through that “tragic” lens….
So Akira was like 15 when the brother’s friend, who was like 21 years old, took advantage of him? That is an actual child. A 15 year old boy is maybe beginning puberty… but then lots of places say 13 year olds can marry adults with their parents permission so I think the people who make laws around the world are just nasty.
But yea, tbh I’m not surprised when it comes to yaoi. I think that more often than not it’s super problematic. It’s more rare to find a healthy dynamic or characters in yaoi. But tbh I’m kinda tired of media making queer stories that revolve around toxicity/abuse/other unhealthy dynamics. But then I remind myself that it’s Japanese, and they probably have lots of stigma and prejudice towards the queer community and probably can only understand it through that “tragic” lens….