It started out so promising (tsundere alpha and clueless omega) and then just spiralled down into a rapey omega-verse free all. Throwing in a brother (yuck) not to mention child-grooming elements (brother getting attached at 10, forcing young ML to watch sex). These are all choices the author didn't have to make. Not to mention how ML talks about MC in his head and out loud? And the only good thing about the ML is he's a florist.
Art/ character design is gorgeous, but it bothers me that Kaoru spent all that time trying to hold off on ‘going all the way’ (signifying opening up and fully trusting ML) and author rushed it and put the dramatic beat to the short extra at the back of the book. Not to mention half the extra focuses on the convenience store clerk.
Jin may not know he's doing it but the bestie was for sure violated. The guy was crying and in pain and asking for it to stop. So even if the Jin wouldn't be considered the perpetrator, author leaned a little too hard on dude's discomfort/ pain, which makes it read a lot like a thinly veiled rape fantasy.
In a way, yeah, Misaki was grapes, but definitely not by Jin. Neither of them understood what was happening and it must have been so scary for him, is that called "thinly veiled grape"? I had no clue
It's actually rape lol. The worst part is that the rape, initially, was unbeknownst to the perpetrator, but it's still that. Super weird imo
Promising premise because I love second chance love but Takanose doesn’t deserve the ML (or anyone) at all. In chapter one he slept with him up until the morning of his wedding day to another person. Except twenty years later, he’s still wishy washy AF with no boundaries, letting anyone do whatever they hell they want with him (even ML) and doesn’t pull his head out of his own ass to wonder why his high school lover came back to him. Smartest person in this bunch is the woman who divorced him.
Right, his wife was right about divorcing this impotent ass even after she was probably forced to get married too( it was arranged marriage) and I hate some bl FEMALE fans who think about only balls and hating on female characters like “u annoy/ruin our gay ship u witch!” Like lol (sorry I went kinda overboard)
that's one of my pet peeves, the girl could do something as innocent as fall inlove with the wrong guy and moving on and still get hate from certain female bl fans
Damn right! The ex wife was probably the best character in this whole mess! And she wasn’t even a main character, which says a lot about this messy plot. Now I want her story tbh XD
The fact that Shinjae cleaned his apartment before he was gonna [redacted] was such a good detail and made me weepy. The way they were a lifeline for each other was really sweet.
Some us out here tryna be good people and these two scam artists somehow find the most understanding partners
Man, I've read my fair share of BL and omega verse but for some reason the early chapters manages to convey the rapiest of rape cultures so fair warning. BUT unlike in other stories this one doesn't feel gratuitous (Hella uncomfortable tho) and ties up nicely with the themes around choice/fate and ideas around superior genders and whatnot.Taiga still deserves like a hundred kicks in the balls though.
A perfect little combo of spicy and sweet! Art style is great and as Ursula the Sea Witch puts it the 'Body Language' is fire. Only con is it's too short.