Everything seemed resolved to me with a super cute ending. Sure the main characters didn't share the exact details of what happened to them with each other but they both had closure. Kurose redeemed himself by helping someone else with mysophobia and falling in love with someone who would always chose him and see him as enough. Shirogani(?) Got to see someone think he's beautiful the way he is and reject the bitch for him. He thought he didn't deserve love but got someone who really loved him. He called the father after a while and got closure. It ended with lots of sex and cuteness and they said I love you to each other twice I believe. I just don't understand the issue???????
I agree with you... I think this is one of the best endings I've seen. Kurose wants to be not only Kurotani's doctor, but his boyfriend, his lover and a coworker in the same company that him.
I was really hoping for some bdsm play after the magazine but I will settle for sexy panties on sexy uke. BTW does anyone else think he has a thick neck? I just kinda suddenly thought so... I love this so much tbh I want mooore
I went to this thinking "yay it's one shot. Something nice and simple right before bed" I WAS DUPED!!! They just dropped me in mid-story and then whisked me back out before anything good. I just cry and hope this was from a main story that I can read later
For some reason though I recognize that both suzumes are the same there's some separation in my mind between cute fluffy adorable bird and sexy man. I just can't see them as the same person. Idk why lol
I want the sensei to hurt more. To be brutally beaten within an inch of his life. Then I want shuuji to step in and comfort him after he's regretted all his life decisions. What happened to him was terrible and he deserves someone to show him he's special and loved but guess what? Life can sometimes be hell on earth and everyone suffers. Not everyone does what he did. He deserves a happy ending but he really should suffer more first.
So everyone has a different take on poor other guy and look at all this unresolved stuff but on the last page (or at least the last page to me) http://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/geu_kkeute_issneun_geos/uu/iur_chapter-57.2/pg-15/ I believe some translation went bad here because of what little I know of Korean and asking an online friend what he actually says is: "at the end of the road, this is all for him" because of a play on the title and you would infer this sentence instead of "in the end" so from the very beginning before we even knew where the plot would go everything that went about in this story, was all for taemin. Other characters be dammed. Taemin got the lucky break and the other body and someone who would love and care for him forever from the authors point of view. Or so I think. Maybe. Thoughts?
That really puts a new spin on that "ending." Makes things so much more satisfying, in my opinion. I, personally, really like Haribo's art and storytelling. I was kept hooked and things seemed thought out and planned from day one, especially with that call out to the title of the story. I do, however, agree with the vast majority of fans that things finished in a somewhat rushed manner, I'm pretty confident that with the continuation of episodes and side stories, certain things will get the context they deserve (at the very least we'd get some more smiling taemin and jiwook - id be satisfied with happy kids if nothing else).
Yeah I loved it and can't wait for more chapters ♡♡♡
Siwoon says "Min Woojin will cease to exist." Then, Woojin replies that he doesn't mind, because Min Woojin lives for one person only. That's the most direct translation. They fucked that one up.
He's always really liked him and couldn't hold back his feelings anymore -> confessing might lead to him hating him -> never talking to him again/running away forever -> if I kidnap you, you can't run away -> I have you now but you're still precious -> I don't want you to hate me so I'm still trying to hold back feelings -> you piss me off by seeing me as brother so imma kinda confess anyway and kiss you. (〜￣△￣)〜 I just hope it ends with really kinky collar sex
OK I'll give a brief warning here. This will be a very long rant. In fact this is the longest thing i think ive ever written jn my life. It will involve rape. It will involve many heated topics where people have strong opinions. Now let's goooooo.
1. I will first and foremost, address some things about japanese culture. I have many japanese friends and even had an exchange student live with me for a few months. Rape is very real and ugly to them they think it is just as horrible as anyone else HOWEVER they use the word no with abundance, and it is far less serious than it is here. In bed, (fictional at least) saying no is often a come on. The tsundere trope is far more integrated than you guys may realize. It is cute to be contrary and to pretend you don't like things when you really do. Real life people are rarely like this however so something you may notice is that in the more unrealistic Mangas (sad to say it but those with lgbtq characters, fantasy, and shonen and seinen) you will find tsundere people, you will find characters who say no, and guess what? You will find what we interpret as rape to be more loving and just really romance to them. If you don't want this blurred line of what is and isn't rape, go for slice of life and realistic mangas. Guaranteed you will be far less confused.
2. Now, writing. Writing is confusing. Even a simple text you think is nothing more, people can take offense to. How about entire stories. People can misunderstand entire plots because we can't ask the authors what they meant. Far more often than not, what we think is rape, is a loving scene for the author. Especially due to the cultural differences listed above. If an author wants something to appear horrible and rapish. They will make it so. Believe me you can freaking tell when something is for real rape. The author clearly didn't mean for this to be horrible and abusive for the uke. I understand people get touchy about this. I have met people who have been raped. I Have Heard stories. I'm sorry but this just isn't it my dudes. If you have ever been sexual abused in anyway I deeply apologize and I can't even imagine, in fact, the tsundere trope is probably your worst enemy.
3. Rape. I have read just about every yaoi Manga out there. Not even kidding. I have spent probably 10 years of my life reading Manga and I average about 5 hours a day. I'm an addict. I have read rape. I would agree this is dubious consent due to the severity of the ukes no's and such but I'm sorry. Not rape. Not the real scary kind anyway. The tsundere trope kind I can be convinced of certainly but for now, due to how the author portrayed the sex scenes, I'm going with dubious consent.
4. Stockholm syndrome. I'm not even really going to get into this. Look it up guys. It's an very specific syndrome and a lot of what people say is, usually isnt.
5. Did it look like the uke was trying hard to get rid of the seme? Please tell me you don't think so because no. No he didnt. He just kinda layed back and comically delt with it along with the flow of the manga. Is that how you, or anyone would react with meeting their rapist? No. And please don't bring up denial because no. Just no. What the uke went through was distressing, but not unpleasant to a high degree. Again not because I said so, because the author made it so. That's just the vibe she put out man.
6. Omegaverse. Like I said earlier. The more ridiculous the story, the more ridiculous the characters and Omegaverse certainly fits the bill. Liberties that before could not be taken, can in Omegaverse because during the so called "heat" you lose your composure either partly or completely according to what the author wants. In this case, I'd argue completely. So yes, in a situation where it would normally be rape, it is now two people so needy for sex that they can't control control what they're doing. This is usually exacerbated by whether they like the person or not. The author is allowed to do what he wants with Omegaverse so really you never know what you're going to get. Sorry if you hated this. My intention was to enlighten rather than insult so I hope that's what you got. Have a swell day and best wishes.
Hahaha you guys probably hate me by now and don't want to hear anymore but I have one last thing to add. He never told his family what was happening so no, they didn't help. I also really liked this manga. I thought the seme was nice. The uke brushed him off but he still wanted to get to know the guy he liked and was there every step of the way. During heat he did something bad but I listed my opinions above. He asked permission from the family, said he would be there for him and the baby and was kind. The other times they had sex the uke looked really into it to me which I'm sorry, does not equal rape (refer to above) and I swear this is the last thing but trauma brings people together. Rape, abuse, (sex which you cannot control and hurt your significant other) when someone heals you of those wounds, it brings people closer. If someone has sex with someone who was raped or didn't really want it, and then they forgive them (again do not quote Stockholm syndrome to me until after you look it up) that's fine. That right there is a happy ending. People are far more resilient than you believe. Guess what? Here's some personal info, I suffered some abuse throughout childhood. And I forgave the abusers. I didn't do it because they impacted me psychologically, but because I could see the remorse. I made that choice. (Don't worry there is no longer anymore abuse no need for pity of any sort) I guess just believe that people can persevere through terrible things not because your mind shuts the bad things out but because you are stronger than the bad things and sometimes someone who did something terrible, you can forgive and love because you see the good in them and strength in you. God I just spent an hour on this. I'm gonna go read some more manga.
Honestly i understand all your points and they're valid, but for some reason this manga still upset me very much (and i read a lot of very dark rapey stuff that i think is well done). Mainly, i disagree that this is rape in the story and just because he didn't resist doesn't make it not rape (even with the no culture point you made, he repeatedly says this is what he fears the most over starving and dying so...). The second thing that mad me rate this story one star is the drastic/sudden change in the main charas- how he went from mature, responsible, and scared to in love and spacey was ridiculous (and the alpha changing from portrayed as creepy stalker who raped him (yes- there was no consent) to ideal polite romeo who could respect the other's opinions). If the author had developed more regret in alpha over how he'd ruined/hijacked omega's life and maybe kept their personalities cohesive I would have liked this story.
I get what you're saying and it did unsettle me as well. I replied to someone below on how sometimes there's a period of time where an alpha holds back for a moment to show deliberations in thought on if he thinks what he's doing is ok, i.e. a moral code. It also usually allows the omega to show he's just as at a loss for control for his wants and needs the alpha just as badly but the author didn't show this here. Also I'll agree both personalities were poorly shown as you couldn't really tell if the alpha was just after the omegas body due to a carnal need he chose not to keep a reign on or if he actually cared the whole time and was in control of how he and the omega felt. Also how the omega was mature like you said and then went to gullible and in love. It was very weird. I guess I personally just chose to take it as the positive personality traits were the real ones rather than the rapish and spacey ones.
If Rio was just some random chicken I would say that what she did was decent and nothing to be ashamed of. But, well, she wasnt. She was their friend and she knew they liked each other. Not only did she avoid telling them to be brave if she knew what was happening with them, she went out with one of them, then after when they broke up STILL withheld information. For those who think there is no right way, I personally disagree I think what would have made her a true friend would be to confess her feelings and then tell them to get over their shift and get together. Fear was keeping them apart. Fear she knew how to remove instantly. But she didnt. Anyway that's my thoughts on her, sorry for the rant
He didn't know what he was missing when he walked out of that bathroom ლ(´ڡ`ლ)