Okay, so I've been waiting for this one to complete for a long-ass time. I loved the premise from the get-go, and I am so happy with the result. I already liked this mangaka's art - always have - and her storylines have never been anything to sneeze at, but this... This is fucking perfect. I've been reading yaoi and, well, romance in general my entire life. At this point, I've mostly moved past the point of screaming and flapping my wrists whenever something super cute happens. Or, so I thought! With this manga, I was squealing and having to literally stop reading for a bit because my heart couldn't take it. It's like... suddenly I had all this excess energy from the sheer sweetness of this story, and I needed to release it. But I digress. This story was surprisingly free of yaoi tropes, which was really fucking nice! Like, Eiju's panicking over his bisexual awakening lasted barely a page, instead of him freaking out because "Oh no I like dudes too what?!" Also, there wasn't pointless jealousy. When Shuuji showed up, I was worried about there suddenly being a love triangle for some pointless drama, but there wasn't! Shuuji was actually on their side! Oh, and there wasn't someone being needlessly sexually aggressive! A lot of the time, one of the people in a yaoi couple basically assaults their significant other at some point, and this is treated like it's okay and normal. Now, sure, some people are into that depiction (I mean, I am very much into what I've taken to calling "gentle rape", though mostly because I have been through some shit and this is how I approach those issues), but it gets a bit disconcerting when it becomes the common depiction. I mean, porn (yes, yaoi is porn; no, this is not a bad thing) affects the way people see each other, just like any other art form; if the most common depiction treats consent as unnecessary, then people will start to think it is. But Yato and Eiju's relationship is actually healthy, and that is a breath of fresh air. Moving on, the fact that Eiju falls in love with Yato in spite of the fact that he is a god of misfortune is beautiful, but it is made even more so by the fact that he doesn't know that Yato's powers would disappear; he knew they'd be made weaker, but he didn't know by how much. He was willing to sacrifice his own fortune just to be with Yato. And then there's how they both notice the little things about each other, and how they communicate, and just how pure and sweet the confession scene is... This manga is just perfect. Plus, at the end they hinted at the possibility of switching (I agree with Eiju; I want to see Yato bottom. He's just so cute!), which was great! All in all, I really fucking love this manga and I'm going to set myself on fire in order to vent some of this excitement and joy I have coursing through my veins.
Okay, just gotta say this: why was Luke only inspired to ask for complete consent after finding out Takashi was a rape victim?! Like... He said the reason he wasn't going to touch Takashi without his consent was because of Takashi's past but that kinda implies that consent only matters if people have been raped before which is just... Wrong. On so many levels.
I think he just would be even more gentle with him than with an other. He won't push him on the bed kiss him and start to touch him without his consent.
Wait... Kuni... Isn't he the guy from Iberiko? The one that left the gang because of his "girlfriend"?
Okay, so I firmly believe that Yuri can speak normally and is just some kind of sex god, so whenever he speaks/acts normally he causes nosebleeds and fainting spells because he's ridiculously sexy.
Good on Shou for getting out of a very abusive relationship. Now go date someone who isn't so... dangerous. Like Kazu. Kazu seems normal.
You know goddamn well that they’ll end up together hehe that’s Harada sensei for you
I know, but a man can dream, can't he? Maybe this will end up like Azami, with Fuku realizing that being abusive doesn't work out in his favor.
Alrighty, lemme break this down for you as a psych student who focuses on sexuality and LGBT issues.
What happened here is that Nii-chan was abused, okay? Now, he was born gay (because that's how that shit works), but he was also abused. He also didn't realize it, as some children don't (I mean I didn't figure out my abuse until like high school). His parents, being homophobic assholes, were like "YOU WERE MADE GAY BECAUSE HE RAPED YOU!" Since Nii-chan had no support at home (he was exposed to "reparative therapy" which is considered glorified torture and is illegal in many places. look up some stories for the details bc it is horrifying), he didn't get to deal with the issues that come with being sexually abused. Eventually, he came to the conclusion that being gay and being a pedophile were the same thing (no) and that all male-on-male relationships involved one person dominating the other (also no). This could have been avoided if his parents made the distinction between pedophilia and being gay, but they were dicks so they didn't. Anyway, Nii-chan saw Yui as a kid and saw himself. As is common with victims of abuse, especially those who don't actually get support, he restarted the cycle. He reenacted his abuse with Yui. This fucks Yui up, too, but he keeps his sexuality under wraps so he doesn't end up exactly like Nii-chan. When Yui meets Nii-chan again, he is still interpreting their relationship as "love" (it's complicated), and, as Yui learns more about Nii-chan, he starts to put together what happened. Nii-chan is so angry because he never really got to accept himself as gay; his entire life his parents equated that to the abuse he endured. He doesn't know how to have a healthy relationship because the only male-on-male relationship he knows of was sexual abuse. He also has internalized his homophobia, which is why he tries to avoid being the bottom during sex. Yui forces this on him (which is of itself morally dubious, but we'll ignore that for now) so that Yui can attempt to force Nii-chan to accept his sexuality as not being the result of abuse, and maybe start leading them both towards a healthier relationship. Fast forward to their reuniting. In that scene where Nii-chan is so scared of kissing Yui in public (internalized homophobia + aversion "therapy" + sexual abuse = someone who is probably not comfortable with their sexuality), it becomes obvious what the problem was: Nii-chan was gay, and, like I mentioned before, was also so fucked up that he reenacted his abuse with Yui. He was legitimately scared. Now, this doesn't excuse his actions. Child sexual abuse is a serious topic, as I know firsthand. This is just a sort of explanation of what was going on.
i think you explained it really well.
When Kengo said "I wish I had been born a year earlier" I wished with all of my heart that I had someone like him to say that to me. I've been through what Yoshioka has (except I was younger), and I think a good portion of people like me secretly want someone like Kengo to come along.
The disgusting people who do things like that deserve to be castrated slowly with a blunt knife. (╬￣皿￣)凸
I hope you find someone as caring and understanding and patient as this manga character.
Can i hug
Yeah..but first I'm gonna break 1 or 2 of their body..(๑•ㅂ•)و✧ then you can continue...
Nope, a blunt knife is not enough. They need to be skinned alive by said blunt knife.
Rusty blunt knife.