I'm saying what was the point. Why even live with that woman for a year? So his parents could see he really wasn't interested in that woman? To buy himself some time? It makes no damn sense to stay with someone an entire year just to prove to your parents you done like them. And the next marriage arrangement they set up? Another year with another woman? That part of the plot is frankly, idiotic.
But I mean next time? There's always going to be pressure. They're always going to want to set him up with another girl. Then what? He just takes year long breaks from his lover to go live with someone else who he could potentially marry? It doesn't make sense fam
Honestly, I get you. I will come straight out and immediately say that I am not from Japan, not even the same continent. Nevertheless, my country is very traditional and in some aspects even more than Japan, especially marriages and shit like that. After that being said, I don't fucking understand this seme???? Like wtf? Firstly, you are not living for your parents. You live for yourself. You are in no need for their constant approval of every move you make in your life. Like dude srsly, are you gonna ask them to hold you a candle while you have sex?? Secondly, I mean no disrespect towards the real couple but this relationship is kinda toxic. I am not saying that affection and sex are crucial part of some relationship but they are necessary. Seme is a straight guy to begin with. If he can't even hold his male lover's hand then what is the point? You can't kiss him on the cheek? You can't hug him? You can't cuddle him? And in the end you can't even have sex with him? That is not a love relationship, that is a basic friendship. Thirdly, you made a valid point. There was no need for him to live with a girl. It only opens a questions, like if it did work out does that mean he would never come back? I will be bold enough and even ask, if they shared the house, did she also warm his bed? Who can guarantee that he didn't sleep with her? I mean, he didn't want to disappoint his parents, right? Did he really did it for the sake of his parents or for himself as well? Someone in the comments said that maybe he took that time to think things through and that it makes him real. If that is true then it's okay. We are people and he is straight to begin with, so yeah he maybe needed time to think. But what I can't stand is, if you aren't sure then why are you making empty promises? Why did you promise to come back? To love him? And what when, not if but when his parents find another woman? He will leave again for a year? Until he finally finds the right one? C'mon guys, highschoolers have a more serious relationship. Like I've literally read mangas with a relationship more serious than this one.
Yeah you bring up some new points I didnt even think of but honestly the last part resonates with me the most. Like they're going to find another girl. And then bye again for a year? Ridiculous
I came to reread and almost didn't because I saw I had given it 3 stars (I really should trust my ratings) so I started and was like "wtf this is great 5 stars for sure" but then... then chapter 5 came around. A year? Really? You lived with someone you didn't like for literally no fucking reason for an entire year? You couldn't just say "hey I don't like this and I'm not ready for marriage" if you didn't want to admit liking a man? I call bs and I think this author just put that in there because she was out of ideas. Japan is not like that for anyone going to tell me otherwise, and damnit this story was so perfect (to me) until that came about and I just... *sigh* I wanna cry