The age difference thing has nothing to do with morals, it had more to do and, in many places, still has to do with survival of the blood line. Placing modern first world views onto a fiction story is pointless. Their relationship isn't legal or illegal, and that's just the truth. It's pedophilia, because they aren't having sex, or in a sexually active relationship. They are characters in a freaking story. If you have that much of an issue, stop reading, but don't call a rake a spade just because you learned a fancy new word and think you know what it is about. Seriously, enough with the pedo comments. Learn what your shinny new word actually means and apply to something that fits. Otherwise, stop bitching because this manga doesn't fit your pretty ideals, and stop reading stuff like this.
The age difference thing has nothing to do with morals, it had more to do and, in many places, still has to do with survival of the blood line. Placing modern first world views onto a fiction story is pointless. Their relationship isn't legal or illegal, and that's just the truth. It's pedophilia, because they aren't having sex, or in a sexually active relationship. They are characters in a freaking story. If you have that much of an issue, stop reading, but don't call a rake a spade just because you learned a fancy new word and think you know what it is about. Seriously, enough with the pedo comments. Learn what your shinny new word actually means and apply to something that fits. Otherwise, stop bitching because this manga doesn't fit your pretty ideals, and stop reading stuff like this.