Also the power imbalance is just so absolutely staggering between them that I can't imagine the uke ever being happy in their relationship, they can't afford to trust eachother and yet you want me to cheer for their "love"? The ml can simply do whatever he wants to MC, there is no mutualism in this.
Well, I think that was because of helplessness.
Before this whole fiasco started, he was barely able to cope with all of it, being witty and shrewd was okay too because the other party also won't try to push more. But, then he met this titan class bulldozer snake of an ML. What do you feel when every move you have considered executing were actually inside his calculation? Every one of it.
I'm so happy very rarely do I find sane bl enjoyers. I found it so weird that MC all the sudden loses sense with seme ever since he got on the Cruise. I really dislike it when authors are so inconsistent with their characters personalities or design. It's also just really disappointing because I was hoping for a smart and thorough planning MC. Like for example why was he scared of seme after he lied about knowing that one guy at the illegal gambling ring. What does he have to be scared about it just doesn't make sense.
I feel like the MC has lost most of his original personality? It's not blatantly obvious but I feel like he used to be more shrewd and clever than this, he used to push the plot but now it seems like the plot is just dragging him around like a ragdoll, he is literally going from a country to another just to be played around by the seme who apparently just knows every piece of information and plot point they need to solve this whole situation, btw the seme is such an asshole, he says that he is not making the son pay for his father's sins but he still drugs him, rapes him, uses him for his own gain, traps him in a contractual hell and threatens his friend. like be for real man.