Before going into this, again, THIS ISN'T ABOUT WHETHER IT WAS RAPE, BUT RATHER WHILE MOVING FORWARD UNDER THE UNDERSTANDING THAT BOTH TIMES A RAPE ALMOST HAPPENED, SHOULD THE TWO PERPETRATORS HAVE FACED CONSEQUENCES.
Takeru failed to do as planned with Kurama, but the fact is he DID literally fucking kidnap him and go to sodomize him with sex toys "because i was homophobic because I had my heart broken by Matsuzaka when he moved away and I saw pictures of him and his many girlfriends that he'd send me". The dude definitely deserves whatever Kurama decides to do. I wouldn't even say his trauma is a factor here, it's just not an excuse. He KIDNAPPED him WITH THE INTENTION TO rape him.
Matsuzaka? That's where, imo, it gets more gray. Yes, he almost accidentally raped him, but it was entirely because he thought he had consent because: some communication misunderstandings, the closet full of sex toys with his pictures close by and because he became more sexually aware of Takeru during their sex scene (it shows him blush and then give a creepy horny look). All of that paired with that he was drunk off his ass from having drank Takeru's portion of alcohol *immediately following* getting horny during the scene as the party was after their sex scene. Earlier Takeru wasn't paying attention and accidentally gave what looked like a positive response to Matsuzaka when he told Takeru that he had realized Takeru's feelings for him after he left and had some conversations with some gay men over there. Of course, the reality was that Takeru wasn't paying attention and his thoughtless auto-responses weren't intended to make Matsuzaka think he is still in love with him, but it did. Then we have the drinking night, Takeru lets him come over, so this guy thinks Takeru is in love with him and invited him over, queue the pictures and sex toys.
Would he have raped him, yeah. But on accident and while drunk. I don't think the IF matters though because we're looking at what DID happen and what did is that he didn't manage to go farther than putting a toy in his ass before he was stopped. That alone would suffice for Takeru to not forgive him, but he understands the situation and chooses to move on when Matsuzaka, now in his right mind, realizes what he did and apologizes "for the misunderstandings". He even says he didn't understand correctly.
Well said.
To me, I understand what caused Takeru to act how he act. But what he DID is still wrong thing to do.
Thankfully Takeru was a weakling, which his attempt was failure. He didn't even get to put the toy in before getting bashed by Kurama.
Well, this is Yaoi... even if I try to beautify any shit here... the truth is all the shitty acts is still shitty.
But because it's not real, and it's Yaoi... We just gotta let some "grey zone" be, so we can enjoy it without getting tick off by "if it's realita".
I stopped reading this dumpster fire of rape a long time ago and forgot ALL about it, but got a notification from an old thread with some dumbasses arguing about the rape saying "you're going to look stupid when the chapters come out" and it's nice to sorta fast forward in time and see that even after the rape excuse chapters people still see the bs. ╮(￣▽￣)╭
My faith in you guys has been restored, good job.
The concept is just too retarded.
I mean, it could also be nightmare fuel, depending on how the author plays it.
I'm actually wondering about the implications of the blanket knowing pain. what happens if he touches an object he destroyed himself?
There were two instances where the maids were "gone", only for them to come rushing in saying that the kids just disappeared. Are they teleporting or something? Maybe invisible? But that doesn't explain why THEY can't see the STAFF.
I think its their guardian spirit.
Maybe, yeah.
You can't stop there! AHH!
<the title is a joke, not serious about the "bitch" part>
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