I SEE THE FUTURE!!! (not really)

That would be a faster way to end the new arc.

I agree

It would also be another rape if Akihito does not want it because he was brainwashed... I see nothing good in that.
If Asami did that he would develope back as a character.
It's time he worked for their relationship instead of doing it all his usual way.

Listening to you, one would not believe that you care about the relationship between Akihito and Asami.

As Lucullus said, their relationship has long passed the stage of rape and "making the other one confess his feelings" (very ironic coming from Asami), they are a couple who have confessed their feelings and they respect each other.

So, if Asami starts "demanding answers" in this way :
1 : It's a rape because Akihito is not consenting at all and it will ruin all the way they went through : It will mean that Asami doesn't respect and love Akihito enough (You don't sleep with a person you respect and love without his consent)
2: It will prove to Akihito that he was right to try to kill Asami: He's an asshole who raped her, and depending on what he was told, will prove that those people were right
3: It lowers the character of Asami, his "I love you" doesn't mean anything anymore since he will have committed once again one of the worst crimes on the person he loves


If he doesn't: It will be a huge opportunity for him to show Akihito his feelings and try to move their relationship forward, to show that he's not an asshole and to reflect on himself, on his mistakes and on what made their relationship was

That's one of the crappiest ideas I've ever heard. You guys are tiresome always asking for sex without giving any thought to the storyline, the relationships between the characters and the impact it has on them.
You don't like Finder for the story or the characters, just for the omnipresent sex between Asami and Akihito.

True. But saying that, it’s in his character to use force even if it’s for a good reason. Remember when he choked Akihito? That was to help him with his trauma but also to reclaim residence in that space in his mind that wasn’t focused on Asami.

Possible outcomes:

1) I think in the next few chapters (most likely not this one or at the end) Asami turns Akihito back into his old self the only way he knows how (the guy probably couldn’t stand Akihito acting so ooc) During said “intervention” Akihito will snap out of it. Then the arc is about finding out what happened and there’ll be hell to pay.

2) “Intervention” doesn’t take (or Asami doesn’t do it) and Akihito is kept locked up until they can work out what the go is. Then there’ll be hell to pay.

3) Akihito passes out then a mix of 1 + 2. With extra hell to pay

4) it’s not really him and those hair-brain theories were right. (Adding this one just in case they are right and I’ll eat my crow graciously) there still be hell to pay though.

Conclusion: whatever happens, Asami is going to make whoever orchestrated this his bi*ch.

He choked Akihito because Akihito told him "to strangle him or do whatever he wanted" to get those memories out of him. That is something entirely different from forcing himself onto someone who just tried to kill you. If in answer to that cliffhanger Asami now just took Akihito and tried to fuck memory back into him, it would be rape. And at this point of their character's development we should be beyond that.

You’re really judging me and how I see the story based off one of the very few comments I’ve ever made for this manga? (you need to check yourself on that, it’s not very open minded)
The comment was a running joke from IG I wanted to post here, god forbid I didn’t ask for permission.
The growth between Asami and Akihito has been in my top 10 for years and not just with yaoi. There are plenty other stories I go to for pure smut. And so what if people do like it for the sex scenes alone? That’s their prerogative, no one has any right to gate-keep.

But you somehow diminish Sensei's capabilities and skills by just wanting to see this as a plain porn yaoi. Sensei has a story to tell too.

I know this is not directed at me, but I still just wanted to post: I am personally not judging you, but the idea.
There are some noisy fans who are actually begging Sensei to give them more rape scenes, also fans that are annoyed and calling a chapter a literal waste if it's not one with AxA fucking or to say it more clearly: If it's a chapter that's having any kind of development or plot instead of just nothing and a lot of smut.

Your comment is sadly just running into the same direction, even if it's a joke, even if you are not one of those fans: It just triggers some annoyance inside me about some noisy fans who would actually hope to lock AxA in an endless spiral of no-plot-just-raping/fucking.

If Asami did that sort of thing he would just replace one trauma with another. I am not the writer so I don't get to have a say into how the characters react or behave, but if Asami raped Akihito I would find it hard to believe that in this situation Akihito would just shrug it off as before.

But in the end, I guess we all have to wait for what actually happened. I guess we are taking this too far already and in the end, it's gonna be completely different.

If you want my idea for the chapter: I hope Asami will be able to calm Akihito down, to wrap him up in his arms and then decide that they need to go to some place safe. He could decide that this is Baishe or his brother's home (where he himself had been able to hide for 5 months). And from there he would try to win Akihito back and get rid of whatever threat there still remains.

This is a better discussion than judging the personality of a faceless name on the internet. I can get behind this.

I stand by Asami being a “forceful” person. He’ll do what he can to get it done, it’s his character. I think the author might turn it away that there will be consent (no matter how dubious it might be) a sad trope for most yaoi is “if the uke is ‘enjoying’ it - getting turned on - it ‘ok’ (it’s sick and twisted and I’ve read only a handful of stories that actually shoot it down)

There might not be any actual sex but Asami might try and coerce him with foreplay (still wrong but fiction dances on that line a lot)

Hell, I would love the entire chapter be Asami soothing him back, getting him to remember by saying “I love you.” (Legit thinking about it playing out makes me tear up) Or it’s drawn out over a few chapters and Asami gets Akihito to fall for him the right way.

I only saw the preview page just before so I’m bouncing theories off in my head based on a few panels of their expressions. And the knife. But yeah, what do you thinks gonna happen this chapter?

You got that by one joke comment?
I never said I read this for the smut alone. I love the story for what it is and has become (as I said in the comment you replied to) My point was people shouldn’t be made to feel like trash regardless of what they prefer.

Haha, that one was pretty close to the other theory I had. It brings the warm fuzzies for sure.

I probably did go off to hard. Talking about triggers, it’s when others think they know someone because of a few words. Fiction exists to escape reality and having others come in to tell you that what you are enjoying and how, something that is not hurt anyone irl, is wrong.

As from some spoilers I read by now it seems your first idea was actually quite close to Asami's initial reaction. I still need the pictures to it, but if it plays out like that I guess I am for certainly loosing all respect I had actually left for Asami...

Oh, I just read the Japan fans’ summary. Really wanted it go a little differently but it is Sensei’s work, just happy to have a new chapter and the story’s progressing.

But it is what I mean about Asami’s character, fans might want him to be the traditional kind of loving and stuff but that’s going to be too much of a 180 that it mightn’t be completely believable. Not everyone is going to be happy with one outcome.

It’s probably going to end similar to Hong Kong but with the add “I love you” memory returning. Either way, looking forward to the next one in 2+ months.