Totally agreed the Uke deserves to get dumped
You're right about Natsu. I mean wth is his deal! I think that although he does loves Arata, he just got bored with their relationship. Not that that is an excuse for cheating, there is NO excuse for it. But the mangaka should give Ryouma a story. He's a victim too
I have yet to read this manga. I read the comments 1st b4 making up my mind. You call Ryouma a "victim also", did he not know that Natsu was already in a relationship? After a "few times" he never found out? In sex there are no victims (unless it is rape), because you either say yes or no. If there is a 'problem'-chalked it to to experience, learn from & keep on going but for Gods sake do not blame others for your decisions...manga, fiction, reality-that is life.
Unless you have been into a long term relationship as theirs, exactly like theirs, first loves of each other and keeping at it up till the present, I don't think any one would understand Nacchan's feelings for cheating nor Akira's decision to keep the relationship going. And because I haven't experienced any from Nacchan or Akira's perspective, I can only imagine and somewhat understand. Also for Nacchan to cheat again since his reason was so superficial, why do I read a lot of comments not considering how he was badly beaten up? He was beaten to death, almost. That leaves scars as bad as cheating does, probably even worse. So if Nacchan decides to leave Akira for beating him up is also valid, even if he started it first he did not deserve to be beaten up like that. If I'm not mistaken Nacchan was also raped, well dub-con but it was violent.
I am not saying Nacchan gets a pass to cheating but I am saying none of them were innocent nor just the victim, both have committed pretty much crimes on each other. Akira is not a victim gone berserk, he had the choice to stop. Both did not deserve what happened to each other but they can't help but love one another. Thus staying together fits for them, no one else can tolerate each other.
I read the raws as much as I could, probably won't read this when it's translated. Cheating isn't my cup of tea, but I love this mangaka and was hoping the story, even with the cheating, redeemed itself. But what bothered me the most was that the uke looked unhappy from beginning to end. Unhappy (bored? unsatisfied?) with their long-term relationship, unhappy that he found the dark haired guy attractive, unhappy while he's cheating, REALLY unhappy after his long-term seme beat the crap out of him for cheating, unhappy when they separated to put distance between them, and worst of all, when the seme told him he wanted to meet again, to see his face, to go on a date, and then apparently get back together, the uke didn't look happy about it, just meh. Total meh-ness from the uke all the way through. The only time he showed any major facial expression was when the seme caught him in the middle of cheating, and then he just looked scared shitless and panicked. *sigh* I love this mangaka's other stories. Hope she puts out more like those.
The thing is, it's the main seme's business if he loves uke so much he wants to get back together with him, and risk it all again. I think he should have just moved on. Since the uke couldn't give him a reason why he cheated (there's no good reason, ever, really), then as a couple they won't know how to repair their relationship and prevent it from happening again. Cheating for no reason except being attracted to another person and going with the flow means the chances are high he'll do it again. And he had sex with the other guy more than once, so it wasn't a "oops I fucked up this one time, not gonna chance it again," he went for it again. Uke deserves to be dumped.