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Isn’t that means she is a cougar, when “he is older “ so she basically ask for his adult form , that how I understand it

In essence it's still Pedophilia. The fact that someone already has such intentions towards a child makes it so.

Image a 30+ man doing the same to a 6 year old girl. This is the same.

Imagine*

I'm not disagreeing with you, but this reminds me of a comedy skit where a man said something similar about this. Women say this to boys "jokingly" all the time. The comedian was pointing out that men could not go up to strangers and tell their daughters the same thing, yet women go up to kids and do it as a "compliment" all the time. Not that it's right but that this shit happens in real life too. I wouldn't consider pedophilia to the extent you're talking about. Also the MC never came onto the child ML. MC is passed out right now.

I see why you’d call it paedophilia, since an adult making that kind of comment to a boy is clearly inappropriate and has a sexual undertone. Strictly speaking though, paedophilia is a clinical term that refers to persistent sexual attraction to prepubescent children, generally under 11 to 13 years old.

In this case, the remark doesn’t necessarily fit that definition, but it still sexualises a minor. In this case, it can be seen as grooming or harassment. I agree it's disturbing and frankly unacceptable behavior, however, it is not paedophilia.

I understand where you are coming from, but I don't understand why would anyone "joke" about such stuff with children. For me this is pedophilia as well. Other's might have a different opinion.

I live in a 3rd world country and the women type of comment is very common over here, even men says it to little girls too, they don't get it, especially people with low education

I totally get this. I live in a third world country too.

I think on ch 114 they made up and made out after talking

That's exactly where I am confused. There were no talks at all. They just magically reconciled.

It wasn’t resolved per say but I think they just kinda want to still be together but they’re tip toeing around the labels and what they mean to each other lol

Trust they still looks awkward and rushed like they have a deadline to catch lol so I think this will all blow up on them soon

Agreed

I agree!, could not stand Sol LoL

I agree!, could not stand Sol LoL (=・ω・=)

I read all the 188 group novels. Well, actually he is not the tamest of them all but he is one of the tamer compared to the main lead from sissy, years of intoxication, alpha predator. In my opinion, the most tame one is the main lead from professional body double.

however you are reading 188 group, also known as scum gong (top) group

In that case I guess it depends on the individuals feelings I guess. I read Years of Intoxication and still feel JuHan is much better than JinXin.

JuHan is terrible but he never gave false sense of hope regarding love to He Gu. He Gu willingly stayed with him knowing his character and other affairs.

Comparing that to this guy who basically betrayed Li Shou after professing his so called love. That's what irritates me more.

But yeah, I agree that each one of them is terrible in a different sense.

I don't think the author was aiming for this. They were probably acknowledging the cliche of the overused backstory for characters like ML here, it's the same rinse and repeat backstory. (I feel a bit off calling it a cliche but oh well ig)

Yes the author may have unintentionally made this come across as them joking around with such a sensitive topic, but I think (and hope) they just didn't fully think it through?

Keep in mind I know nothing about the author, just wanted to provide a other potential side of the story.

I did not feel that this was troll (by the author) on overused tropes at all.

Whatever their intention was, I still feel it's not something to joke about. Under any circumstances.

It's not just this author, there are many who use rape, child abuse and all sorts of sensitive topics as comedy. And there are many more who show child rape when it is not really necessary to the story at all.

I am someone who looks at things from multiple perspectives, but these are not the topics I need or want to be liberal about.

Honestly yeah, fair enough
A sensitive topic is a sensitive topic afterall

What r u on it's pretty much a language barrier, u can clearly see that the mermaid/fish is just confused when it about the "things on land" but he's pretty much knowledgeable when it's about the ocean. 5 years ain't even that big of an age gap plus they r both legal.

Agreed, they’re both young adults who behave rather innocently too

Girl...what are you talking about

comments like his pmo so bad like are we even reading the same story??

My point was not the age gap rather that a TEACHER was preying on a child like teen.

He might be knowledgeable about ocean, but the point stands that he is not knowledgeable about land and hence will depend on the adult teacher for acquiring that knowledge.

How is he preying??? So far he's not being aggressive(doesn't hurt him), doesn't demand anything from the merman, he's not manipulating him or deceiving him, and the merman is as free as a bird, this means that he can depend on others as well since he is not in any way shape or form restricted from communicating w anyone. Would u rather he stay at the aquarium devoid of any knowledge? Which do you think is the predatory relationship

“Child like teen” both of those are wrong. He’s a grown man, as mentioned. And his so called “child like” attitude comes from not knowing anything about the culture he’s in. If a young adult moved to a different country and didn’t speak the language or know the customs, they’d be innocent clueless as well.

If the TEACHER was not so mesmerized by the beauty of the 19 year old mermaid and had a crush on him, I would have agreed with you..

I would rather someone who does not have romantic inclinations towards the mermaid take him under their supervision for him to gain knowledge and not the teacher.

19 year olds are not adults. They are adolescents. They are neither kids not adults. They are in a transitionary period with more responsibilities put on them which makes most very unstable wisdom wise.

In this specific case he has a child like mentality towards human culture. He was sheltered all his life, and is going to rely on the TEACHER to acquire that information. The teacher already has romantic inclinations towards and is going to be his guardian of sorts. If the teacher was not taken in by the beauty and has a crush and took charge of the mermaid then it could be an innocent relationship as you stated.

Also, if a teacher or other adults with power of authority or influence over the young adult in a different country approached them with romantic intentions, I would still considered that as preying.

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