ofc older men doing things with girls are deplorable, disgusting pedos
but so are older women doing things with boys
nobody is excusing behaviour of pedos except them
(also, agreed about tenma, it seems he was a parallel of issei, and i wish that wouldve been explored more.
wouldve been a lot more dramatic if hayame wasnt already head over heels for issei)
More importantly, the ML was the one who kissed FL first, without her consent not to mention.
I honestly don't think age gaps are any problem as long as the older one isn't seducing or grooming the younger one, and it's the younger one who fell in love. That said, this is when the younger one is above 16 (nearly an adult or even better an adult). Not when it's a kid around 8-10 years old.
This manga is so much more than a shoujo for real. The author managed to give all the characters so much depth, it was really interesting reading about everyone's story. They also described mental illness as depression, obsession, codependece so well and with such a original style (like when Issei's mom sees all the words she is so influenced by fall from the ceiling like it was a spot of dump leaking on her and burying her).
For some people this age gap thing could not be their cup of tea but I wonder why an age gap where the man is older is acceptable but when it is the woman suddenly it is something sick and immoral. The FL was a person with many traumas and she actually couldn't properly grow up, so with the ML she finally felt free to love and be loved for the first time in her life. Do people think she's a pedo because she kissed a 17 years old boy when she was 27? Think about all the men that married minors and got away with it with no consequences.
Ah and one more thing: <(_ _) > TENMA SUPREMACY'S <(_ _) >