It's true that there must be action against these groups that exploit others but if there's no voice, if it remains only a taboo then nothing will change ,just like in Japan where some people fight against such things and others stay in silence(why are such mangas like loli and shota allowed in Japan while in the west the backlash would be terrible),like what happened in France, the case was easily forgotten. Public support is very important, look at the US and the feminist organization with powerful voices who have the support of the people,or better look at how the feminist movement started, voices are important. The problem is that children don't have the same power and they can be exploited easily because of money.
About Harada, in Nii Chan the character thought that his brother may not like him anymore because he was attracted to his young body. In this manga the same thing happens to Momo, when the mother becomes jealous because her boyfriends prefer the child.It's disturbing and I seriously believe the author has problems.
And to conclude, the man who raped her deserves prison,and she deserves prison for what she did to Momo. Doesn't matter what happened to them, the woman being raped or the man being abused during his childhood, he ruined the life of a woman, she ruined the life of a child. Both have to face the consequences of such actions. I understand feeling sorry for their suffering,but there is no justification.
Anyway, I am glad you don't support them in real life, that's what matters. Trying to understand their mentality would be impossible for normal people because we can't comprehend the mind of criminals ,they don't have our morals nor our compassion.
That's it, bye.
Just to clarify, Niichan is not really a brother of the MC. He's a neighbor. He's not related by blood to the boy, not that it would make any difference...well, probably it would be sicker that way.
I said before, I usually don't read Harada, mainly because it not fits my tastes (I prefer Ogawa if we're talking about psychological manipulation of a character on another). Yatamomo got my attention for the cover (I found it funny) and I think that it's a good manga because the way she's making the plot flow. About Niichan, I'm not exactly sure of what to think. I did say that maybe she's using yaoi to portrait the ugly side of society (like the news we talked about it and someone before pointed out that in a interview Harada said that she normally takes what she sees in reality as an inspiration...we see that she got plenty of material to feel "inspired"...sadly). I'm very curious in how she's going to develop "Niichan" because, I don't think there's a way to sugarcoat that plot. It'll be a very sick/twisted kind of "love", maybe a way to say "there's one hundred ways to love and this one"
If you're asking me, I would prefer see Niichan disappear. And I have no idea how she's going to end that.
I do agree with you about the public support. I would also hope that someday a movement or groups like those you mentioned can be the voice of those abused children. They're the truly innocents and they need our protection.
It was good to exchange words with you, you were very respectful and that was the main reason why I decided to share my thoughts with you. And I wouldn't mind to do that again ╮(￣▽￣)╭
Bye!!
Yes, for us he was just a child, but maybe all she could see was the child of the guy who raped her. Not saying her actions were right though!
Thank you. I've read and heard stories from women who had the children of their rapists and loved those babies and considered their kids BLESSINGS.
A woman who abuses a rapist's child is worse than the rapist, because that child is part of her DNAl, her body, too, and it's fully innocent. THe rapist is guilty; the child is not. ABusing a child--anyone's child, a murderer's child, a rapist's, anyone's--is evil. End of story. Period. To have a child prostituted, gang-raped, kept naked in a closet like some trash to hide away--that shows you she is evil and nothing excuses it. NOTHING.
Let's be very clear here according to the STORY: She was warm and loving to the child UNTIL jealousy took hold of her. It had nothing to do with a child of the rapist. It was that the boyfriend liked diddling the kid and she got JEALOUS and Momo's immature, childish taunt burned in her.
This was about jealousy and retribution. Not about the rapist.
If it was about the rapist, she'd have hated him from birth, but she was kind to him for years AT FIRST.
The catalyst was JEALOUSY, not rape.
This manga is definitely something. It's not simple plot to make an excuse and draw hot sex scenes, no. I think it brings things that are ugly that we usually see in reality (definitely some things are exagerated for the sake of fiction but still with high sense of reality) and how easily we can judge without even for a moment try to understand the situation. And I'm not even trying to justify neither of the actions of the unfortunate mother, no. It was to be expected, how she acted, how everything turned and that's the closest to reality that this manga brings. It's sad, because the majority thinks that she had choices... really? What choices? "Give the baby to someone who can love him" that sounds a rational action, yes, but for me it would be a choice given by SOMEONE who tried to understand her and that didn't happen. She was left alone, she was expulsed from society by her family and everyone around her that she could trust, everyone blamed her, not giving her the benefit of the doubt. She was alone with a baby. How after she was treated could posibly think give that baby away? And being alone with anybody to hold or be holded? She thought that she could do it, give that baby the chances she didn't have. But that was merely a dream, reality is harsh and she failed tremendously, another thing to be expected to happen. Something in her broke and she gave up to the choice of give Momo a normal life because she didn't think it would be possible for them, for her, for that child, because they're a failure to the society standards. Yes, she was horrible, but for me that's not a surprise. It was a consequence for the fucked up reality she had to put on. The innocents always pay for others mistakes, Momo was the victim of his Mom's family mistake, for how society in general let her down. I think that was hurt her the most (and the thing that severely damaged her) was how everyone treated her after the rape. Nobody is thinking that the rapist after what he did to her didn't pay for his actions? Only her as a witness and everybody doubting, how somebody would feel after that? What rational thought could you have?
It' obvious that she knows she did wrong, but that's a realization she's having after she was given a chance, finally. And that's why she's searching for her son. And I think she's not even trying to seek forgiveness from him, she knows she doesn't deserve it, but she wants to know if he's also living a good life because he's also being given a chance. She's thinking that maybe it's not fair that she's the only one with the single opportunity to have a normal life, she's a mother after all and she's showing that she cares.
I'm glad that Yata is there for Momo, and also, I'm glad that Yata is trying to give Momo a chance to not hold grudges to his mother because it's a burden that. Too much weight on his shoulders.
That's how I'm interpreting this manga...it's a hell of a manga!