I'm rereading this after ages because I remember I really like it... Did NOT remember how angry it makes me when Machiko tells Touma in chapter 3 that incest is "not that much different" than being gay. Shut the fuck up, creepy bitch, you're a million shades of wrong. I do remember that she gets better, but even so - fuck you for that bullshit line, Machiko.
Edit to add after finishing rereading: Yeah okay she definitely does turn out fine, but I still really don't like that line. It's basically like she's saying "The way you feel about me being in love with (and trying to have sex with) my blood-related brother is how people feel about you loving someone of the same sex." And because Touma himself already believes his feelings for Takaya are not normal and not allowed, he can't even say anything back. It's not true at all, and not fair of her to try to justify herself by making out that Touma is abnormal.
I'm rereading this after ages because I remember I really like it... Did NOT remember how angry it makes me when Machiko tells Touma in chapter 3 that incest is "not that much different" than being gay. Shut the fuck up, creepy bitch, you're a million shades of wrong.
I do remember that she gets better, but even so - fuck you for that bullshit line, Machiko.
Edit to add after finishing rereading: Yeah okay she definitely does turn out fine, but I still really don't like that line. It's basically like she's saying "The way you feel about me being in love with (and trying to have sex with) my blood-related brother is how people feel about you loving someone of the same sex." And because Touma himself already believes his feelings for Takaya are not normal and not allowed, he can't even say anything back. It's not true at all, and not fair of her to try to justify herself by making out that Touma is abnormal.