This is shit, no surprise, but does anyone else find it interesting that at the end of all of these rape fetish mangas they always make the bottom hold up a peace sign and look cheerful? Maybe it's like a rapey porn trope in Japan or something, as if to say "oh look at me I love being a dirty slut teehee", it's a show of power being taken away ig, very gross
Yeah I think it’s the whole “mindbreak” fetish in these mangas. It’s often in the rapey hentai made for straight men too (tho it’s the female character they portray like this). I’m guessing the idea is that they lose their mind from the fucking and come to “like” it by the end / become empty headed or something, and the peace sign (very “teehee” like u said) and general facial expression is used to express that. Tbh I often thought especially with straight hentai in this genre it’s in line with the whole “she secretly likes it and her ‘no’ doesn’t actually mean ‘no’ and getting r*ped like this makes her more honest by the end when she’s worn out etc” weirdass arguments. Felt kinda unwell typing that out but
I actually read a piece about why even when the women initiates and wants sex, they say no, no, bc Japanese women aren’t supposed to want sex. It’s why Yaoi came about, not so much bc of a desire to see two men together, but bc it allowed girls and women to transfer their sexual urges onto a character that wasn’t them. Like it was ok bc it was guys and guys are allowed to be sexual. Ofc Yaoi has evolved but if you look at old school Yaoi, you can really see it.
I think it was same piece but there was an example of an artist who was arrested for making art out of casts of her cooch but how at a fertility festival a giant wooden dong was carried through the street while little girls ate hyper realistic candies made to look like a cock. And anything gay is pretty bad too. Like I see a lot of ppl fetishize Japan and other Asian countries but just like the west they have their issues too. Like we should have some nuance. Appreciate the good stuff whil recognizing the stuff that sucks, while also holding ourselves accountable bc we’re pretty bad as well. It’s like we have this vaneer of being pro gay in the west while at the same time a ton of states have basically made anything LGBTQ+ in schools illegal while pushing insane kill the “transgenders” bills. Gross fcking freaks. Sorry I always feel like I have to qualify any critique of other cultures bc so often when you hear criticism it’s rooted in racism (or legit sinophobia for China) and I don’t want to be seen as someone who fetishes or criticizes other countries bc of gross sentiments. Then I went off on a tangent bc I couldn’t help myself.
It’s possible things have changed a bit recently but historically women in Japan have had to pretend like they didn’t want sex bc female sexuality is taboo. Also I wouldn’t use porn as a benchmark for a woman’s sexuality in any country. Like even in America the majority of porn isn’t based on women’s actual sexual desires. Like they literally have to make women specific porn bc most porn is made for men and their tastes. Like I’ve had sex with way too many dudes who thought porn was how you should have sex, and it’s never satisfying. Like they think women love have multiple fingers jammed in them, pumping in and out super fast, and deep. Or when they eat you out it’s to fast and rough. Like I had to unteach my ex sex bc he literally just did the sht he saw in porn. Like it took years before he actually made me come. I’d expect that like the west, Japanese AV’s are mostly made for men. In fact I saw a doc on how this one company was breaking taboos bc they were making porn for women instead of men. Like it was such a departure from the norm they made a fcking documentary about it. And to back up a point I made earlier, they had to substitute a cushion with lace made to look like labia held between the woman’s legs for the guy to lick, bc showing vag is illegal. They may pixalate a guys dick but they don’t have to actually replace it with some non dick phallic representation of a dick.
Is it just me that still finds Jaehyuk kinda annoying... Like yeah he's warming up to Garam and calls him cute and shit whatever, but he's still kind of a self-centered and egotistical prick yknow. Him fcking Garam while he's sleeping kinda proves that, like have some control smh. I'm only able to tolerate this cause it's fiction, but like, if I ever met him irl I would've socked him a good one.










This chapter wasn't exactly handled in the BEST way, the way they kept speculating who was trans based on rumors was very insensitive, but I commend the author for making things right at the end. My best guess is that it was meant to be sort of like a stepping stone to get to that point, because the character's appearance was censored, as if to say it doesn't matter how they look like.
Shida (the author) has featured quite a bit of feminist and progressive perspectives in her work so I'm actually proud of her for being able to talk about transgenderism and make it seem natural, especially considering she's korean and it's barely ever portrayed in their media. I don't really read this manhwa anymore since the whole sleeping around with other people isn't really my thing, but like c'mon, they're sex workers, it's their profession, it's completely reasonable. That being said I also like how Ms. Shida incorporated these kinds of sex-positive elements, it's refreshing and I really like that she's not afraid to showcase these things in her work.
Grea comment! Just wanted to say that "transgenderism" is not really a good expression and it's better to just use other words to talk about trans people.
Thank you! English is not my first language so I appreciate you for pointing that out, do you mind me asking the reason though?