Author! Authooor!!! I don't like the strange blond man childishly threatening infanticide when confronted with reality of his actions! Authoooor!!!
I LOOOVE PENELOPE DO WE KNOW WHAT GAUGE THAT IS OR DO WE FIND OUT LATER
Gauge of her brainwashing
Me when I'm at the misunderstanding the plot competition, but another mangago reader shows up.
The main thesis, the point of their entire relationship, is stated multiple times in different chapters. They're both mortified at the idea of not knowing how those around them feel. Kakine manages this with an easygoing fake personality and Keidai can find out through hypnosis. Kakine idolizes Keidai for his refusal to make himself appealing to others, not knowing he's got a cheat. If you understand this basic idea that the story is revolving around, then the ending makes perfect sense.
Kakine IS upset. He's upset, that Keidai thought that his desire to know people was the problem, when they both feel that way. The climax of the story is Keidai understanding that he can just talk to Kakine. Kakine getting upset at his anatomy being violated would make no thematical sense and it'd be strange character wise also. The author reminds the reader multiple times, that this is Keidai intruding on something he shouldn't have access to, not Kakine being forced to do something he doesn't want.
If the hypnosis is a metaphor for something irl, then it'd be closer to stalking than assault. This manga is about the feeling of "I just wish I knew what he's thinking" and how this feeling is torturing both of the characters. If Kakine was upset at being forced into being sexual in the climax, it would totally change the meaning. Keidai would no longer be the "I just wish I knew what he's thinking" character, but the "I just wish he'd do what I want him to do" character, which goes against everything else. Like every other panel is Keidai basically screaming "I want to know him!" on the inside.
And noooooo. I'm not defending Keidai. Mainly because going into a psychological manga and expecting the protagonists to be good people Is duuuuuumb. If you want kind people doing reasonable things to each other, there are entire lists for that. But also, I think the Keidai I described here isn't a good person, he's still a stalker with no morals.
But!! He's thematically consistent.
I'm not typing this all out so I can jerk off with a guilt free heart or something, I'm not catholic, I just feel like these themes aren't hard to miss, they're repeated multiple times across the chapters, so we should engage with the story fully. This isn't a reality tv show, this is a written story that has something to say or at least something to ask.
Omg I didn't even consider that. This comment made me regain hope in mangago readers
I decided to read the story after seeing your answer on the forums but, did you by chance switch their names? Like your explanation of the plot makes perfect sense, except for the fact that the person committing the immoral acts is Kakine, not Keidai
I might have luv :,(((((
Oh noooo, the consequences of your actions...rip library kid
On one hand yipeeee, complex characters in a complex story, doing things that serve their goals and not those of the protagonists
On the other, if they kill one of the four black dudes with dreads on the entirety of mangago I will lose it
It's not a man but if you want dreads the girl in https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/sherbet_above_the_sea_of_fog/ is super cute.
May your crops be watered, your country peaceful and your dreams sweet thank uuuuuu
Somebody read Dead man switch....jkjkjk, this seems really cool and I like the art
Everybody is always like! Read the manhwa with the cute kid! Can't you see how cute this kid is! And they lure you in, because he is cute as hell and no one tells you to watch out for that fucking nightmare fuel of a guy.
Me. I'm everybody. Yw (=・ω・=)
Thank you genuinely a great story. Hate the fucking guy. Oh my god. He's burned into my brain.
ARRGHHHH I'M ON TEAM DOUGLAS. BUT IT SHALL NOT HAPPEN. I KNOW HOW THESE THINGS go... Anyway can't wait for chapter 10 I'm on the edge of my seat
God bless the horniest, yet least perverted mc on the planet. He's no kinkmaster, he's just running on instincts babyyyy
No, but genuinely, this is such a strange writing choice! I kind of admire it! "Let's write mpreg with baby trapping, but everyone fucking hates this child" like damn, we're really breaking down the walls with this one. Literally anyone else would've made them bond over the baby and be hyperprotectice of it, but one mf can't stand to look at him and the other will murder him if he doesn't get ass soon. Incredible.
It's actually taking me out bc not one person gaf about the baby