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This is amazing.
It really Is.
this is such a beautiful character study and I wish people would look at Ken w this perspective. I cried a lil bit reading this :’)
I loved Ken from the beginning, I love him more than kirara. This is my favorite character.
..if the main character was Ken.
In most cases we take the MC's side because we put ourselves on their feet and understand them, and can even take their side when they make dumb choices because we know the reason behind that.
Kirara is dumb, bratty and has a sharp tongue, but he's cute, kind and brave... AND is the MC. We know him. Even when we have a glimpse of Ken's inner thoughts, it hurts to see him mistreating Kirara. The story is at ch. 25 and a lot of people still hate Ken.
It'd be fun for me too see the same story but with Ken as the MC. When I started reading the manga, Ken was a mistery to me, I only found out that he likes Kirara at ch. 5 when it showed him seeing Kirara with his brother and getting mad, and then kissing Kirara saying that it's all his fault. Even after that he still confused me. Now imagine if Ken was the MC, we'd see his inner thoughts and wouldn't know that Kirara likes him until the author showed some hints.
If that was the case, the manga'd start at the point when Ken's family was falling apart because his dad was gay. Ken would always remember his mother's sad expression, and after discussing it with his brother they'd decide to move out with their father. He's hurt, mad at his dad, didn't want to be away from his mom, and will always have that idea in his head, that he hates gays 4ever. The bros wanted to be troublemakers for revenge but in the reality Ken just wanted to study and grow up normally and be happy. And a little after moving out, he found out that he had a little cute male neighbor at the same age.
It's weird, so he just shakes it off, and makes fun of him calling him shorty and stupid. But the cute neighbor keeps going after them, and gets along with his brother very well, and even acts like he doesn't exist when his bro's around. His bro is strong, older, cooler and more sociable, and Kirara is always looking at him. It starts to bother him, he's jealous and annoyed, but the cute neighbor is dumb and easily gets in trouble, so he needs to keep an eye on him. They start to get along, but he feels really weird around him, and the jealously start to grow.
I'd love it.