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It's not manipulation. Do Joon (uke) is experiencing an endless cycle of self sabotage lol. He tries to push seme away because he thinks he's not good enough even though they both know it's mutual. The 'blackmail' was just a way so uke could make excuses for himself to get close to seme despite not wanting to date.
To quote a line from Bloom into You:
"How can I love someone who loves something I hate"
I think their relationship will never progress until uke starts loving himself
This example of good manipulation I mean manipulation isn't good anyway but I can accept this kind of manipulation bcs uke likes him back and it's obvious bcs if you want someone to stop following you... you'll do it, you'll try harder. He (uke) didn't so it's clear.