OMFG I was literally about to mention spousal rape! I think some ppl here should read "I Never Called it Rape" which dispels all the myths around rape.
Funnily enough my main kink is BDSM and rapeplay is actually my jam lmao I just hate seeing ppl not understand how consent works (maybe it's because I explore rape so much as a topic XD, you have to when you do rapeplay).
It's society's fault tbh because as a whole there still needs to be education about what is and is not consent. That's why I'm so against how much romanticized rape is in yaoi, it validates those mindsets the "no means yes" bullshit ALL the time and never seriously explore the different ways rape occurs (though things are getting better now thanks to society progressing in general).
It's why I like the way abuse is portrayed in this manga. It's actually perfect for rape kink because it's an accurate depiction of rape and abuse yet is still erotic in its art style. Plus the mangaka actually shows different ways that rape occurs INCLUDING when the victim feels pleasure. I feel like some people are blinded by the erotica and WHEW the rape culture jumped out. The art is romanticized so they want the plot and abuse to be romanticized too like other yaois, fuck that shit.
Let's /hope/ it doesn't go that route.
I knew this was going to happen after ppl kept pointing out he was limp during the more violent rape. Yaoi got people thinking certain looks and actions somehow annul the fact that it is indeed rape. He was even protesting throughout if you translate it. And that whole "he's pretending not to like it" bullshit is literally the same as "no means yes". Y'all think abusers don't point out when victims get turned on? Seungho is using Nakyum's natural reactions to further delude himself.
Na was coerced into letting Seungho fuck him. Seungho still committed rape even IF he's someone who prefers his partners to be pleased. Some ppl made good points about the mirror also being a way for Seungho to sear himself into Nakyum's mind as the new object of his desires. He is being possessive and trying to replace Inhun as well as have Nakyum immortalize their false love-making into paintings.
He wants to create the fantasy that Nakyum really desires him and have it manifest in reality no matter what Nakyum really wants. Some of y'all seem to share his same fantasy. This is why I sometimes think Seungho is the true main character. I still feel like a lot of people internalize his POV because most of Na and Seungho's interactions are written through Seungho's POV, especially in the recent chapters.