Yeah I don’t see it

I read through a lot of the comments of people getting their panties up in a bunch over this being “pedophilia” and decided to take a look for myself. For starters, pedophilia is defined as having an attraction to pre-pubescent children, so no matter how you slice it, this is definitely not that. Secondly, it may be considered ephebophilia, which is defined by being attracted to teens ages 15-19, but even then it’s probably not right either because in general Eisuke-san is NOT attracted to teens, he just happened to fall for this particular one. Thirdly, people are talking about power imbalance. What power imbalance? If anything, the younger one has more to offer to the older one. In short, the only thing Eisuke has to offer is a safe space for Kai and Kai was the one that reached out first. Same thing for the grooming comments. Eisuke told Kai not to come anymore and he didn’t go look for him. In the end of the chapter the one who came was Kai. As for Kai still being a high school student, it might be a little unnerving to see someone wearing a school uniform and think of them as adults even if they are technically and legally adults, still doesn’t change that fact. 18 years olds in high school can and do date older people. Kai made his decision to pursue Eisuke, not the other way around. And lastly, on the topic of him being young and not having much life experience, people’s brains don’t truly mature until 25, but I don’t think anywhere in the world does the government wait until that age to allow people to be “grown” up. People are legally allowed to marry, vote and go to war regardless of their maturity level. As he gets older he might realize that maybe that relationship wasn’t the best idea, or he might cherish those days but moves on, but he’s technically an adult that decided to love this man 12 years his senior. Realistically most relationships with huge age gaps where one party is very young don’t last, but there are some that do and are happy.