I tried this cause everyone was all "it's rape, but cute" - that was a mistake. Dude didn't even introduce himself before he KIDNAPPED A SICK STUDENT FROM THE INFIRMARY AND RAPED HIM. Hilarity ensues / sarcasm
Instead of character development, all we learn in the second chapter is this asshole does this a lot. I don't want to finish this, I just want to smack the good-looking cutie around, maybe fuck up his face.
Ruka is such a straight up Bastard that it's hard for me to take him seriously. Nemu is a baby, so he doesn't know how to fight someone like that.
It's not that Ruka even "likes" Maya, he's just a lonely sob who want to live through him so of course he wants to isolate him since Maya's attention is devoted to Nemu.
Nemu is cute, but man, he really needs to get some bitches on his side, like I'd fight for you bae (takes off earrings). Don't let pathetic grown ups push you around.
It' not that I don't admire Nike's kindness and selflessness, I mean it will hopefully eventually pay off - but she seems to forget her violent kidnapping and the way Galta was used to tame her.
Pretending to be "for the people" when what you really intend is to start a war (which will kill lots of people) is fucking bullshit. But oh well, authorial hijinks must continue.
For real man? (╯°Д °)╯╧╧
This oblivious chick needs to be single for ever, because if your UNIVERSITY AGED ass can't seem to get around dating and saying you have a boyfriend then you're probably asexual (which is great, congrats) and need to stop hurting people around you.
Makoto needs to stop being a nice boy in drag and find his inner bitch, because this chick is clearly not that into him.
Romantic attraction is different than sexual attraction, I think you are confusing the two here. Though you can totally be both aro and ace, I am asexual and grey-romantic personally. But even if you are aromantic or asexual you should be able to sort out i dont feel that way about you, she is just dumb.
Also, My apologies for jumping to conclusions if your intention was not ill though. I have just dealt with one to many person who wants to make ace's the butt of their joke, sometimes its hard to tell if it was meant in a fun joking way or a I am going to laugh at you way via text, ya know?
Something we can both agree on though is Akira really needs to figure her crap out though! :)
No problem ^_^ I was also trying to be sassy, lol.
It's only as the manga dragged on that I really had a problem with Akira, she chose to go to an all girls' school - and there she had to deal with a lot of girls falling for her - so it's not like her experience should be zero. And if it is, then what did she make of those girls' affections? Did she just ignore them like she did Makoto? Because they were women? No romantic learning from books, or movies, a blank slate with no societal pressure at all?
The author themselves are avoiding the aromantic and ace tags by making Akira super naive. I started this because I thought it would be cute and trans positive, instead Makoto dresses in drag to "save" Akira and Akira has no confidence. It's just sad and makes me mad, because it's like the author is abusing the original idea.
You won't find much in the way of manga that positively spins any of the lgbtqa+ community to be honest. Even shounen ai/yaoi is mostly written by women for women (fetishized, or very unrealistic). Representation in Japan is not quite as far advanced as it is in many other parts of the world. I say this with all the love for Japan too, It is the best place I have ever traveled, and I love anime/manga. Its just the sad truth of the matter.
For me I try to find a strong female lead who isnt abusive or denser than a box of rocks.. Its like trying to find a unicorn.
*nods*
It's better now than it used to be. I love the "gender-bent" trope, but it's hard to find it taken seriously, where the protagonist isn't sniffed out by an alpha bishounen.
Takane to Hana is probably my fav shoujo (it's ongoing). The protagonist is actually witty and charming, without being some kinda super woman.
Even though it looks like Souma's gonna lose, I predict that he's gonna win - I mean, it would just be bad story-telling if his first First Seat battle we get to see he gets easily defeated. Especially after seeing how much Megumi has powered up. It would make the Elite Ten feel fake. Plus, that'll lead us to Saiba's backstory and Erina waking up thinking Souma proposed XD
Also, I totally bet that Joushiro let that guy win (to get him to battle Souma), I mean he may have lost a Shokugeki, but him getting all knocked out? Lol, no way.
I'm happy that we get to see the twins as babies, Daath and Juda (sp? idc) are my favs.
Seems a lot of people really didn't like Luardo being forceful with Kai, but I think that's being sweetly naive, reading Daath's story should show the place that Omega's have in this world - Kai himself was rejected by his own family, and was then nurtured by Luardo, in that way he's been spared the cruel reality.
Since the history of women in society bears a lot of similarities with Omega storylines, I appreciate that author's don't try to romanticise the Alpha's.
Also, aren't Beast pregnancies a bit rare (I mean it obviously happens) but it's stated that it's rare, which is why an Alpha is encouraged to have multiple Omegas, bonding just decreases the chances by making it so they can only get one person pregnant. Kai is obviously not ready for parenthood, compared to Daath/ Juda's relationship which has weathered a lot.
*nods*
The shout-outs for a rushed pregnancy is a bit terrifying to me, tbh. While I find kids cute and fluffy I've never wanted any myself and I don't think it completes a couple either. I see it in a lot of shoujo manga comments too - it's sad that young women seem to hinge a character's happiness on a biological imperative.
o.O Right!!? When I was a young warthog and first learned how the old biological toaster oven worked, someone in a sex-ed class made a joke about a baby Hitler or Dahmer... I realized that in having a baby, you're basically inviting a complete stranger to live in your house for at least 18yrs, might as well go pick up a street person - then it's a little less random!
I then started having nightmares at age 15 that I'd get teen preggars with a hellspawn!










LOL. This had a nice mix of angst with a lot of sweetness.
The guys were great and Hiro's and Trauma Source-kun had funny work mates.
Aoe's and Akaya's shiratori pictograph game was so sweet and I knew most of the words - yay me!