Geez I would have already given up on Senpai if I was Mori. 10 Volumes, and it feels like ...

For someone who isn't gay he sure has an awful lot of gay sex. i think he's just a shining example of internalized homophobia. He believes that a male/male relationship is wrong so strongly, that even though he's in love with Morinaga, he can't let go of his shame. I don't think this is something you can really understand unless you've experienced it. It's like you get all the same overwhelming feelings of love and passion that anyone gets, but they are immediately followed by an overwhelming guilt so strong that you immediately hate yourself for feeling those good feelings, and all you want to do is run away from your partner and yourself. Usually this stems from religion, growing up in a religious family that teaches that same-sex relationships are "sin" or "unnatural", so when you realize you're gay, you immediately feel like you're a bad person, that there's something wrong with you, or you worry you're "possessed" or something. It's terrifying and isolating. A lot of people try to deny it and suppress it, sometimes for years, others kill themselves, the lucky ones figure out how to overcome their belief system and finally accept themselves. What odd about this manga is that Senpai doesn't have a religion that condemns this, nor is his family against it, it's just him all on his own criticizing himself.

I understand your point, but I am actually complaining about the lack of character development from this problem, not about the problem itself.

First, it makes little sense for me for him to display such a high level of homophobia after I read about his family background, his relatives are rather accepting of his brother, and as you said, he's not exactly religious. Alright, society has its role, but to be THAT homophobic?Still, I'll give it to him that he might criticize himself more harshly - my actual complaint about his internalized homophobia is how, after 10 volumes, it's still stuck in square one, I don't see the character developing towards a solution for his dilemma, which is what moves every story.

Second, I think that his homophobia has something to do with the fact that his brother is gay as well - I didn't read his brother's story, so I can't tell how much of it influenced Senpai, but I saw some hints that he might have a brother complex and may think that his brother's husband stole his brother 'to the dark side'. IMO, I feel like his homophobia in this story has much to do with his pride as someone who so strongly opposed to his brother's relationship to be now in the same kind of relationship. As well as the fact that, how he put it in the last chapters, he has a different tolerance level to intimacy than Mori - that makes a perfect tsun tsun. And here I put it again: it's been 10 volumes, time to show some development.

And here I get back to my comment: If I was a gay guy in a relationship with someone who behaves like Senpai, I would have taken the hint that he is actually straight and would move on already. Because honestly, there is no signs that this person loves me, and while the readers can tell that yes, Senpai does love Mori because that's what this manga is about, there is no way for Mori to know that. And at this point, I'm getting really frustrated with Senpai. I just persist because it's a matter of honor now to see Senpai admit his love for Mori, haha.

Personally I think that senpai has developed a lot through this ten volumes. Senpai didn't actually love morinaga at first and he treated him way worst then now but look at him now just like morinaga said he's going out of his way to explain himself to morinaga, he acted all shy just seeing morinaga naked body. That alone says of how much his feelings has grown for morinaga. And yeah he still hits morinaga but that a part of him that will never change because that how he is and morinaga can be stupid sometimes.anyways

From what I recall a gay guy harassed him and he was almost raped. Morinaga saved him and also tried to prove a point to him. That was in challengers. Morinaga then in this series does the very thing he saved him from and tried to tell Senpai he was wrong about. Instead he proved his point. That he even gives Mori the time of day practically makes him an angel.

In Challengers series, Prof. Miyoshi (I don't remember exactly the name) raped Souichi in the lab, and Mori saved him. Then, Tomoe-his brother loved a man. All these thing happened in once, so it made Souichi became hate gay and against gay people. Maybe you have not read Challengers-the sequel of KSB, have you? (⌒▽⌒)

But hitting him after' that special night' ?noooo....u.u. Instead ' good morning' he got punched. It was unnecessary :<

Nah, you know sempai is always like that lol. That makes our sempai! (￣∇￣")

I have yet to read the challengers but now I'm confused, was senpai raped or ALMOST raped??? (Coz the previous comment said it was an almost rape)

Oops! It's almost raped, sorry for my mistake! >.<

It's alright! Thanks for clearing up the confusion!

Yeah I kinda of find the both of them more frustrating than cute... Like Senpai is -gestures encompassingly- kind of a mess of contradictions (and even if he does love Morinaga but is so repressed he can't acknowledge it, that's no excuse for like... borderline abusive behavior lol...). Morinaga always seems to be overcompensating and way too fixated, to the point of being pushy (even when he tries not to be). Neither of them have any chill. All in all, I want them to be happy but damn I'm like guys get your shit together lol.

Oh I didn't read the Challengers series yet, but that explains a lot. His reasons are too obscure in KSB. TBH, they are not even cute anymore, I guess many people just keep on reading for the day Senpai says he loves Mori, haha.

Of course! Fans are waiting for it. Btw, can I ask you something? Are you a KSB fan? :)

Haha, weirdly enough, I am a huge fan, it was my first yaoi. I just can't turn a blind eye to what I dislike about the series, and while I was patient with it on the beginning, it's started to frustrate me at this point.

I seen many characters like that who get shy after and hit the person they like out of nowhere and senpai is like that deep under he's actually a shy person that why he hit morinaga because of what they last night. Anyways it was a great chapter and hope morinaga be able to meet and make peace with his parents soon.

Agree with you! Anyway, people who love it still love it! Each chapter has its own attraction. Souichi is changing, not sharply but gradually. Maybe some people don't like the gradual circumstance like that, they want the result to come fast, so they are impatient and get annoyed at Souichi lol. I think one improtant thing that makes KSB special is the characters, especially Souichi. If anyone don't like the manga, just stop reading it and they better spend time reading what they really love. That's all.

Yeah, I see. Anyway, just wait for the next ones to see what will happen next lol...

I also agreed with you if people are getting tired of Souichi attitude towards Morinaga then they should read stop reading it and look for another story. And just like you said Souichi is changing little by little and I like it they are not rushing his character since we knew how he felt from chapter one.

Oops! I can see someone really doesn't like what I and you said. Thus I think we should stop here, I don't wanna spend my time arguing with people that don't have mutual thought. They don't like, still not like, we love and still love. Sensei will continue her story line, so if anyone can't follow the story more, they should stop here! lol

Yep, I like the story and I'm gonna stick with it to the end. I just exercise my right to be frustrated, after all not every fan has to either like it 100% or drop it.