This story has ALL of the shoujo and BL stereotypes. Traumatic childhood? Check. Prince type saves uke? Check. Lotsa non consenual rapey stuff? Check. Family is against their relationship? Check. Seme is too manly to express his love via words? Check. Even the art gets more shoujo as the story progresses. (Even the side stories have cliche plots... at least there was 1 GL couple...) Im not saying that this is all bad, it clearly satisfied many readers and has a good rating.
This story has ALL of the shoujo and BL stereotypes. Traumatic childhood? Check. Prince type saves uke? Check. Lotsa non consenual rapey stuff? Check. Family is against their relationship? Check. Seme is too manly to express his love via words? Check. Even the art gets more shoujo as the story progresses. (Even the side stories have cliche plots... at least there was 1 GL couple...) Im not saying that this is all bad, it clearly satisfied many readers and has a good rating.