its not a downfall , as you know there are people who likes rape in fiction, so this is just your opinion but if your saying that this is a fact, sorry but you dont know that there are more people than you think who likes rape, and btw why do you think that authors like to make stories with rape, because that is where the market is,it is because majority of the readers here gets aroused to rape in fiction, so its like a marketing strategy. but again this is just your opinion, so it really isn't a downfall..,to you it is, but the authors.. they're having the best time of their lives HAHAHAHHA.
Saying it is a downfall of the genre really is only my opinion. I just think it is sad to see that 'the market' is demanding rape in mangas. It shouldn't. I think it is ok to like different plot lines and stories including the ones which concentrate on a story with rape or around it. I am just sad that there is so much rape-content on this website and mangas in general at the moment.
And I was especially shocked/angry/disappointed by this manga because there was no warning at all. It was only categorized under yaoi and not mature, adult, etc. as well. When I want to read that kind of content I want to choose it myself and not be completely surprised by such bluntly shown rape in which there was so no former storyline of these characters interacting. But just a person being drunk, saying no to the rapist in an open space, passing out (why nobody helped him and just let him be dragged away buy a stranger who he refused is bewildering to me also), waking up in a hotel room with a sex toy in their anus and handcuffed and than be raped by the stranger who's only reason to rape him is because he is his type?? What the hell? And then the mangaka proceeds to make the rape 'ok' by making the victim think and say 'why does it feel so good?'. I mean... that is just not enjoyable.. for me at least.
There actually IS a warning, in yellow letters right below the summary. You should consider "Yaoi" to be a flag right alongside "adult, mature, etc" too. I disagree about the rape trope being the "downfall", some yaoi are very well thought out with the rape playing a pivotal role. There are some manga that just wouldn't be the same without it. I agree with just about everything else you said in the message i'm responding to however. You have the same issues i had, there was no logic to the order of events whatsoever and the rape served no purpose. It made no sense that the people in the bar let him take the uke... The "why does it feel good?" is actually a realistic response, you should separate your judgement of this phrase from your distaste towards the rape trope because this phrase isn't just "another part of the rape trope", it is a real problem that people irl face too. Whether you like it or not, if your genitals are stimulated for a certain amount of time, you ARE going to feel good. This creates a divide between mind and body that, in a lot of cases, creates a feeling of guilt. "well, if it felt good then was it even rape? even though i feel this bad about what happened and never want to see them again? am i a slut?", thoughts like these make the victim think they're partially ar fault for what happened and the abuser will use this to their advantage. "You're saying you don't want it, but your body says otherwise", things like this will be said in a manipulative manner to try and keep the victim quiet both during and after the rape by placing some of the blame on them. It is an actual response that people have/think.
That's just plain rape. No consent at all. So sad that so many yaoi mangas are just displaying rape as a form of a 'seduction technique'. It really is a downfall of the genre.