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It began as a cliche childhood love story where one obsess over his childhood friend and it seems to be very fluffy at first. The writing skill make you want to continue but oh goodness I wish the translator would have been more precise with the warning.. bc rape is normalized in BL but this? I read my share of yaoi but this almost made me throw up.
The rape not from the seme really is something else, it’s really traumatic but I’d still say it’s a good thing bc it’s as if we were as shocked as Maki when it happened.
If it’s intended from the mangaka that’s well done, and not every story has to be “safe” from bad ending or only good stuff happening where we expect the main lead to appear to save the later. It’s a bold choice bc it does makes a lot of people hate it but that make this story unique.
Also I think the reason why it made me so disgusted and sad at first is because it didn’t seem like this kind of story. Most of story where there’s rape with mob or main lead you don’t except much from storyline and overlook what the victim could feel, whether it’s bad or they end up feeling good. For the later case you’d think it’s “safe” bc it’s with the main lead so it all have a “purpose”.. but here you would expect a story to unfold so it’s a hard take when Maki get raped by someone else than his lover and NOT getting saved by him
Although I think it’s a bit short but it has great development and characters deepness.