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Thank you for posting this! Your points are hella well put and as someone who’s also been sexual assaulted I really appreciate you drawing a clear line between having sex for the sake of your partner and being raped.
Also yeah dude the frequency with which like, “wait/hold on/something like that is...” in korean and japanese comics get translated to “stop” or “no” in the english version has always felt super problematic to me.
honestly thank you for this because I knew this wasn't rape but the whole scene just made me feel so iffy and uncomfortable but now you have cleared this up, I have more of an understanding with it even tho I still feel slightly uncomfortable with it (uncomfortable about the scene not your explanation)
*minor spoiler warning*
Hey guys! I normally just lurk and don't comment but I really felt the need this time. I for one do not condone non-consensual actions in any way shape or form at all, but Suha was not raped in this chapter. Suha knows Jiwoon was drugged up and although he was more forceful he also actively participated in it too (not just going along with it out of fear or just going with the flow), this is something confirmed next chapter. Although I understand the people who say they got "bad vibes" from this chapter (I did feel the same initially before reading next chapter), I can also say, as someone who has been sexually assaulted myself, to the people saying this is in fact blatant rape, that is NOT the case.
I read the Korean version of this webtoon too, and we will find out in the next chapter and the one after that that Suha in no way feels any negative emotions towards Jiwoon and in fact is just concerned for him after being drugged after Suha left him there. And although Jiwoon is absolutely mortified and devastated that he thinks he hurt Suha and ruined everything (after he wakes up and sees Suha's body covered in hickeys) and is terrified that he may have lost him and is absolutely disgusted with himself, Suha feels there is nothing to forgive and was honestly just concerned and hoping HE was okay. In fact Suha also apologises for being the reason Jiwoon was even in that state at all (although Jiwoon tells him he has nothing to apologise for).
All is well (for now at least, until bitchy red-head enters again I'm sure).
Again, I do completely understand people not getting good vibes from this situation but I just really needed to comment to make some things clear for those who may have got completely the wrong idea, there is no damage done to their relationship from this chapter and the only one who felt disgusted and hurt by what happened was Jiwoon himself :(
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EDIT: I've also seen comments saying "Suha keeps telling him to stop so it's rape", but it's not like that. It's not being perceived accurately in the English version but for the sake of clarity even in the original Korean it's not "stop" and more like "wait a second" and "not there!/a place like that is...!" out of embarrassment for the *ahem* rim-job situation (phrases used by the uke in almost every webtoon where there is a situation like that), not because he is saying he literally wants him to stop what they are doing. Also the one time he actually says that it hurts, Jiwoon stops even in the state he's in and repositions to be favourable to Suha, which Suha positively reciprocates. Still not their best situation, but some are jumping to completely polarizing conclusions.