Yeah, agree. Its not just that the cliche uke/seme is getting boring per sé but also here the way they remark it is so exagerated that is ridiculous, came on! they are doing it the plot of the manga itself and without any satiric or humor intention.
Don't get me wrong, both of you are absolutely right, but maybe you would prefer a bara manga over yaoi/BL. Those are from men for men, when yaoi is from female for female.
But I absolutely get you. Those cliches are annoying, too much and used too often. In German I would say "they are ausgelutscht"
True, Bara doesn’t have this type of shenanigans but it’s hard to come by ones with good plot (they mostly resemble gay porn) I kinda love the drama in yaoi
#firstworldgayproblems
I thought this was one of the more unique storylines that didn't overplay the seme/uke (top/bottom) trope. The opportunity played out for the "uke" to try out playing with the "seme's" prostate and to "top" him. The result was the "seme" just didn't feel good with his prostate being played with, which is realistic. Some gay men actually have little sensitivity towards their prostate area and hate the "feeling" of insertion (which is why some gay men are tops only). Rather than the situation being self determined, there was at least actual experimentation before concluding who to top/bottom. Experimentation itself is a unique (and realistic) in comparison to most other yaoi story lines.
that’s not how "gay" or "male body" works, I know it’s common in yaoi (due to it mostly portraying male-female relationship ) but this whole seme uke thing is actually kinda offensive! I’m done with this "I was born to top, you were born to be bottom???!! " trope!