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I don’t believe he is pregnant, i think he fainted cause he was very overwhelmed in the new chapter and was probably super stressed and scared :(

And that makes me so SAD for Hyesung.....

Considering the situation he fainted in, it should be obvious why

hyung <3

I’m gonna try to reply in the kindest way I can by the way, and keep in mind that this is extremely long. I wanna respond as best I can to how you feel and give my take on it. Your opinion is completely valid (I see it happen sometimes in BL and I will admit it makes me uncomfortable in some cases). I really wanted to read this manga before I replied to your comment, so here’s my perception on what this manga is trying to do:

The third chapter got a little off track of what I was expecting, but setting that chapter aside, the beginning of this manga seems to show Kazu going through the stages of grief (or something similar to it). This manga shows a more dynamic aspect to the whole “straight men liking dudes” cliche. Kazu and Moto are still young, and Kazu seems to be more interested in men than he is women. watching the author push Moto onto Kazu made me feel awful, and as someone in the LGBTQ+ community, it really made me feel sick and unheard. Most LGBTQ+ people would never in their life do what he did, but I think it contributes to a larger conflict going on in Kazu’s head (more on that later).
I don’t know if Moto and Kazu are going to get together, and part of me is really hoping they don’t, but I feel like there’s a stronger message in this manga that a reader could take from it.
Kazu is trying to accept who he is, and he’s trying to distance himself from the image of his father that he keeps following in his life. This plus a divorce, dealing with his feelings for Moto, and the internal conflict going on inside his head is a lot for a junior high student to handle. He lashed out, and it wasn’t okay by any means, but I think he’s going to end up getting the help he needs and learning to work out his problems in a better way.

Again, sorry this was so long. I really wanted to validate your point and bring my perspective to the table. I don’t want to get into a large online argument that ultimately gets us nowhere, but you’re free to share your thoughts! I know how much it hurts to feel like BL romanticizing straight people, but I really think that this author has a larger message to this manga that made it more enjoyable for a lot of us to read.

Thank you for someone understand my thoughts. Yeah, I admit. I harshly gives opinion regarding this kind of pairing because of being feed up reading not including the sexual violence which traumatizes me so much as if it is normal when in fact it is horrible. Half of my life is being a fudanshi. At first, I enjoy reading bl like okane ga nai, superlovers, secaiichi hatsukoi, sex pistol etc. However, as I read those, they are all straight guys, and my identity seems invalidated. Well, thank you for understanding my POV.

I agree here 100%!! The second chapter really made me feel awful and it’s partly why I don’t want them to get together as well. It’d be nice if this goes more into the self acceptance route but I doubt it

Sorry, chiming in because i'm also a gay guy who has been reading BL works for quite some time now. I'm completely with you in being sick of seeing works that should've represented LGBT people putting the spotlight on the straights (as if there has ever been shortage for straight representation in the media). But i think this manga has more to offer than that.

I can relate to being young and not knowing what i want-- i was born in a conservative family and country, being gay was simply a foreign concept for me. I dated girls and was fine with that until i started college, where i met a guy whom i had the biggest crush on. But even then, the possibility of dating him didn't even cross my mind. Only after i met another gay guy some time later did i realize it was an option.

That was a loong tangent, i'm so sorry, but i'm just saying that the way people realize their sexuality is not always so clear cut. Both kazu and moto might be in the position where being hetero was THE norm that other options simply didn't cross their mind.

About the non-con, i'm not gonna excuse it since i myself was a survivor of an assault and i hate rape with my whole being--but again, there's something else here. Kazu was young, he was hurt, confused, and misguided. Moto was the only good thing in his life. He was scared of losing moto once he started dating, and he lashed out in a horrible way. Once again i won't excuse his action, but i could understand how he came to do that.

If it was up to me, i prefer them not ending up together. If kazu discovered that he was gay or bi or pan, fine by me, would still add up. But if moto ended up dating kazu because of the cliche "id rather date you than stop being your friend but im not gay" trope, then it'd be really disappointing.

Sorry for the long reply and overshare, and sorry if i offend you in any way.