re-reading this now, I forgot how awful some of these older Mangas used to be... Yoshimi is an actual entitled asshole who didn't want to take no for an answer. He practically r@ped and bullied Riku into "dating" him. He KNEW Riku was traumatized from his first sexual experience and suffered from low-esteem, but decided to give him another form of trauma to override the old one?!? he never even spoke kindly to him, or showed any respect, constantly degraded him, talked down to him and yelled at him. just had sex with him whenver he wanted however he wanted. Never did he once show any consideration for how Riku felt about anything, or his insecurities - he just bulldozed his way through. Riku was basically brainwashed imo. If Yoshimi loved him sincerely, why make a display of him and make him touch himself in front of everyone at the bar? everything he did in this "relationship" was for his own self-satisfaction. The fact that Riku was constantly worried about if Yoshimi was angry, or if he was mad, or if he'd would get tired of him etc etc. but Yoshimi never really did anything to ease his insecurities, or show him proper love and affection. he was like a trained dog rather than a lover. Some of you may think he helped Riku "heal" one way or another, but I don't see it that way. Riku was just conditioned, and very much manipulated, to believe he was in love.
re-reading this now, I forgot how awful some of these older Mangas used to be... Yoshimi is an actual entitled asshole who didn't want to take no for an answer. He practically r@ped and bullied Riku into "dating" him. He KNEW Riku was traumatized from his first sexual experience and suffered from low-esteem, but decided to give him another form of trauma to override the old one?!? he never even spoke kindly to him, or showed any respect, constantly degraded him, talked down to him and yelled at him. just had sex with him whenver he wanted however he wanted. Never did he once show any consideration for how Riku felt about anything, or his insecurities - he just bulldozed his way through. Riku was basically brainwashed imo. If Yoshimi loved him sincerely, why make a display of him and make him touch himself in front of everyone at the bar? everything he did in this "relationship" was for his own self-satisfaction. The fact that Riku was constantly worried about if Yoshimi was angry, or if he was mad, or if he'd would get tired of him etc etc. but Yoshimi never really did anything to ease his insecurities, or show him proper love and affection. he was like a trained dog rather than a lover. Some of you may think he helped Riku "heal" one way or another, but I don't see it that way. Riku was just conditioned, and very much manipulated, to believe he was in love.
they both need therapy actually!