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maybe i've just read this 100 times too many, but... their relationship has such a natural progression, and they refer back to the noncon so many times throughout the story, that it DOESN'T shock me to think about how their relationship began when we see how fluffy they are now. like... i get that it's a long story, but it's a super gradual, natural growth of feelings!!!
their relationship started with manipulation, of course, but that was cast aside very quickly. yu has complicated (and sympathetic) feelings for takamada at a pretty early point in the story - earlier than you might have noticed unless you read closely. and besides that, once takamada deleted the photos, that could have been the end of it... but yu realized he wanted to have sex with takamada, so he chased him down and insisted on it!! AND he was the one who initiated the FWB situation (that's what he means when he tells takamada that he'll "keep him company from time to time" or w/e) which yu had NO reason to do, other than the fact that he wanted to get dicked!!! there was no coercion whatsoever at that point, lmao. it was role reversal!! yu was taking what he wanted!!（/TДT)/
yu is incredibly compassionate (to his own detriment, obviously), but it makes perfect sense that he would be so patient and understanding with someone as deeply flawed as takamada. if this were real life, yeah, takamada can go kick rocks. but it's not real life, and both of these characters are growing and learning and changing together, and their dynamic is perfect!!! IDK i feel like i could do a thesis on why this story works so well lol. i loooooove it. i hope it never ends ♡