
Everyone: Thank goodness there was no rape.
Me: He... he jerked off to Tak when Tak was 10 years old...

Exactly. They aren’t the same thing but he was also a kid himself. And he did regret his actions. We were only happy that the uke didn’t get raped in high school by that bully, NOT that we were in support of him masturbating to the seme.
Something similar happened in an omegaverse manga where the omega found out his fated pair was a middle schooler and did his best to not molest him. He did jack off to him and felt really remorseful later.
We can’t really call that rape.

That's not even remotely close to what was happening here. He was falling in love with a kid who was initially 7 years old, would have been 8 or 9 when he jacked off and 10 when he deserted him. Mitsu was 13 when he fell in love with the 7 year old, that's an adolescent. He would have been 14-15 when he jacked off and 16 when he moved. And it had nothing to do with preserving self-control, he even says in the beginning he has no guilt.
I just don't get the moral outrage over rape between adults, but for some reason a teenager lusting over a 7 year old is wholesome and somehow NOT pedophilia. If a teenager molests a 10 year old they are absolutely charged with a crime. Do you not know what pedophilia is?

I know what pedophilia is. All I am saying is that he did NOT rape Mitsu. He thought of him and jerked off. Realized he was doing that to a child and decided to wait till he was old enough to tell him about his feelings but he left before that happened. The way you are even calculating their age is beyond me. How is he 6 years older than Mitsu when he was in high School while Mitsu was in Middle School? Did the author specify their age? You are giving way too much gap. This and that are two different things. Let's call a spade a spade.

Uh no sweetie I'm not, pay attention. Tak is in 2nd grade when he meets Mitsu (who is the older one by the way.) That would make Tak 7-8. When he tries to kiss Mitsu he is in the fourth grade, making him 9-10. Mitsu is still in middle school when he meets Tak but is in high school 2 years later when Tak tries to kiss him. The classmate says so. This would make him 12-13 when he meets Tak and 14-15 when he jerks off (I admit I might have been off by a year, but there is still a 5 year gap minimum.)
Simon is such a spoiled little brat, he needs to date someone his own maturity level or get his shit together.
Yesss
Preach bitch .