Say it louder for the people at the back!
There is something magical called preferences. Because you don't like something, it doesn't mean other people shouldn't enjoy it :D
Also, not every story, that has the same "theme" going on, is completely the same. Every mangaka shows a different story and they convey it in a different light. The art style plays an important role as well!
Of course there a lot manga that are a plain copy, but there definitely are some good ones out there.
What irks me is the utter ridiculous bullshit origin story of Yaku as the typical explanation of well I'm a shitty human because someone didn't love me right so I'll subject you to the same?! Get the fuck out of here do people really think that having a relationship that ended badly allows an individual to treat everyone else they meet in life like trash then after? Your trauma does not allow you to hurt others because you are unable to process your emotions. The whole violence begets violence or abuse isn't enough of an excuse to not hold people accountable for their actions. This relationship is TOXIC, i repeat TOXIC but have a hot guy paired against a cute guy within the world of BL and all of that nonsense is ignored. WHY do you think people hate Twilight so much beyond Kristen Stewart's back acting.When popular fiction it produced enough to further create pieces of shit like Shades of Gray and other toxic spawn promoting toxic relationships for little tween girls to aspire to grow into misguided women pining after stalker Edward Cullens or emotionally manipulative Christian Grays. This bullshit of it's fiction it's fiction nothing that is fiction ever stays fiction you'd have to be an utter child not to see even the most fantastical inventions we thought about once upon a time are now realities based off those imaginations of young impressionable thinkers/readers.Narratives promoting toxic relationships are weened at any age, and before you know it's considered irrelevant, it's considered normal, it's considered desirable. This is how minds change and develop. Whether or not this story is to my preference or not, it's damaging for people to sit here and say that a story about a young man who has a crush on another man who treats him as a sexual plaything due to his shortcomings and unresolved issues is love. Nothing about this story is love, Hino shouldn't have to change Yaku to be a better person, to be a better man, to be a better lover. If this was even a young woman with a Yaku like young man I doubt anyone would be silent and or encouraging of this situation. It's the ability to remove themselves from the situation that allows this. I too can of course separate fiction and reality, I'm not about to call this story cute or a good story for the sake of oh look at the pretty pictures fucking each other.
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I should also say I'm not intending to fight or insult you or others' appreciation of what differs to me as enjoyable. But as I stated with my introductory rant I cannot agree that this story is unique or handled in a way that removes itself from all the other variants of toxic, sexually violent, or abusive themed BL gaslit as romance.
Who’s the bad boy? Who’s being shitty? So confused. Is he not allowed to not be in love? As far as he knows, Hino is on the same page about a sex only relationship. He’s never lied to him or treated him cruelly. Maybe you’re the type who likes to over share, but I don’t give out my personal preferences, or life story to every Tom, Dick, and Harry either.
what does the constant forced narrative of an emotional distant promiscuous fuckboi and an innocent naive virgin do people find appealing about a story like this? Is it the fantasy of "changing" the bad boy that is so prevalent in romance stories of middle aged stay at home moms love with a glass of iced chardonnay?How is this any way desired escapism seeing someone being treated like shit at the mercy of their feelings?