All S&M is power play, balanced between partners where one is in control- that's normal. What I don't like is that she is emotionally manipulating her partners into doing what she wants.
In my opinion, this one is better:
http://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/the_sensual_m/
(especially if you liked the premise of a man being dominated, it is awesome at explaining what S&M is and how to do it right)
Oh I love s&m play and bdsm, that’s why I kind of wasn’t happy with it, because it wasn’t really discussed or a clear line where to stop, no like real feel to it. Instead it felt like a man being lured into something they knew nothing about. I did read the sensual m and I think that is a pretty good example of S&M.
I really disliked the fact that she made him feel like he had no right to say no, and that he had to do things that made him uncomfortable. Then she got mad, ignored him and made him feel guilty about his own limits. It feels like a bad representation of a dominant person.
Exactly what I thought! Consent is SUPER important. If people act like that it is simply NOT ok! Makes the bdsm/ S&M community look even worse, despite the fact that I love it so much and it is full of nice people. ╥﹏╥
I could even slightly understand the scene where she was introducing him to new things (though I think she took it way to far) but when she ghosted him for a week in order to do a power shift back in her favor was just a crappy thing to do.
I also think it is important to distinguish the fact that even if he consented to "normal" sex he did not consent to the other activities she was pushing on him.
I like it, but I also do not. It feels kind of rapey in a way. Not my taste, but if you’re into that all the power to you.