As if the boss couldn't have helped the younger Phi in a different way other than making h...

I mean it feels to me that Phi, along with all of the birds, do it willingly. The boss didn't "force" anyone, no debts or anything, and the birds are in charge with whatever and however they wanna work. The boss helped younger Phi and took him in but it clearly shows that he never intended for Phi to be a prostitute, its something Phi wanted to do for himself, probably to repay the boss

You do realize you just defend a criminal, right? Manipulative criminal like this does exist and what's even scarier is that most of the prostitutes don't even realize they are victims. Remind me of that one documentary of underage girls 'willingly' become prostitutes for an older man in Philippines. Sick.

Right?!? I think that's Phi's response bc that's what he knows in life, it's what was always expected of him. He was 13. The boss could have given him any sort of education, too, he surely had the means?! Or options, instead of just... taking the bird into a wide and beautiful cage. Phi didn't heal there, that much is pretty clear. Well, even good stories have flaws, it's problematic for sure. Now it's waiting to see if the topic will be talked about later on or just. Be like that .-. D:

The fact that zariya is trying to portray such a life as freeing and beautiful is really disturbing. Lmao like who wants to be chained to a place and had sex with perverted old men.

Omg I wrote a really long reply to you but I think it got deleted （/TДT)/

Anyways tldr if you’re still interested (in parts bc it keeps deleting my reply):
- owner is morally grey and I don’t trust him as I generally don’t trust rich men, he could have given them the good life without making them prostitutes.
- the story is told from the perspective of the inhabitants of Shangri La, so it is made to seem like a “paradise” and the owner as their savior, but they’re all victims who have never known a better life.

It’s not letting me reply ...rip my previous essay ;-;
Again, I might be excusing or giving Zariya too much credit, but I don’t necessarily think they are romanticizing the prostitution that goes on in Shangri La. I think they introduced it this way for a reason and will later show the cracks to this facade.

Mangago please work...
- Zariya hints of the moral debate taking place with those on the mainland trying to close down Shangri La, and I think this will play a larger role as the story goes on.
- Zariya glamorized Shangri La as an intro to create this idea of a paradise and make us see why the birdies would want to stay, but also includes scenes of the moral debate to remind us it’s not all flowers and to not excuse the prostitution going on.
- In the end I think Shangri La will either get closed down, or Phi and Apollo will leave because they fell in love. But either way, Phi needs to leave this “paradise” in order to properly heal, and I think it’s been hinted that he will.

I can’t post my last three points no matter how I word it (╯°Д °)╯╧╧ But basically my theory of why the author is showing it this way and how I think it’ll end ;-;

In the end I think Shangri La will either get closed down, or Phi and Apollo will leave because they fell in love. But either way, Phi needs to leave this “paradise” in order to properly heal, and I think it’s been hinted that he will.