How is he trapped in a loveless marriage? He can leave any time he wants. He could have left her before he was cheating. He could have left her while he was cheating. He could have left her after she found out he was cheating. He can still leave her at this point.
The blonde guy gaslit them both (the married couple but mostly the girl) into staying with each other so he can stay with them so it was more convenient for him. Blonde guy now realizing how it’s mentally affecting the fmc.
I said before, I get Yukis reasoning as I mentioned in a comment in the last chapter, I still don’t agree with it, in fact I still hate him the most out the 3 of them ☠. He’s tried to defend himself on why he had an affair in the first place with the “I’m gay and it’s hard” which already a headache but the one who’s making the separation difficult is the girl, he asked for a divorce which he should’ve done before but she said no bc she loves him. Sorry if my comment wasn’t clear in that
I thought they need to reach a mutual agreement to divorce. it was brought up in the early chapters when Yuki admitted to his fault and wanted her to consider divorcing him. She refused, so I guess in a way, yeah trapped. Because what's the point of leaving when it's still on paper?
They could separate, even if the marriage is still on paper he can go date men guilt-free, eventually she’d give in and sign the papers, there’s not much point in hanging onto someone who doesn’t want to stay. Even if he gets into a serious relationship with a man, gay marriage is not legal AFAIK in Japan, so it’s not like it’d be holding him back from getting married. Plus, I’m sure it’s not uncommon for gay men to have married at some point - meaning I don’t think it’d be a dealbreaker for any of the men he would date.
Oh yeah, she’s definitely hanging onto him when she should just let him go. I just personally think the issue is that he’s weak - even if she says no to a divorce, he can just leave. Is she really going to hang onto him if they separate, he lives somewhere else and dates men? She’d have to be even more delusional to do that than what she’s currently doing, but who knows. She defies reason at this point. I think just because she’s so desperate to keep this relationship together
that may be true but whether it's on paper or not matters to people differently some want a clean break and cut off loose ends. I've seen stories kinda centered around this theme. but you're right, if he were to just leave and do his own thing, she might give in after being hurt so much. I don't think it's within his character to leave her willingly though. we are seeing him get more and more tired as the story progresses, but also much more selfish and stubborn.
in any case, I feel like some topics here are much more nuanced and interesting than the story
Well that’s the thing, the only thing trapping him IMO is his own mentality. He needs her to be the one to end things because he’s too weak to. He realized he can’t have his cake and eat it too, so instead he now resorts to acting like a dickhead and trying to purposely hurt her so that she gives up.
Everyone in this story is selfish in the least helpful way possible. Like, she’s selfishly trying to keep things together while pretending it’s for him, so that he can live a life without lying to himself or her, when she should be selfishly choosing herself and not staying with a twat that lied to her and cheated on her.
New boyfriend is selfishly wanting to be with both people he likes even though he’s a literal homewrecker and had 0 issues with hurting her with his actions before this. Like if you’re going to have an affair with someone, maybe commit to that selfish action instead of being a greedy little ho (seriously, worst bisexual rep right here).
Like if any one in this ill-fated throuple is looking for a clean break, this isn’t the way you get it. This is the sloppiest break possible. Husband can’t even commit fully to being a dick and hurting her so she’ll let him leave, if he could he would just be like “I’m never going to love you or have sex with you. I love men. There is nothing you can do to save this relationship.You need to sign these divorce papers.” Instead he’s gotta be like “maybe she’ll get it if she sees us fucking.”
Oh definitely, I think the thing is that because Yuki is so weak he wants the HER to make that decision herself because as everyone stated, he’s a coward. It also doesn’t help that his lover is encouraging them to stay on a sinking ship blondies not making it easy on any of them cuz the only person who’s benefiting from this is him, not the couple.
I thought about what I said earlier, and kinda changed my thoughts on Yuki. He’s not wrong for feeling the way he does. He’s trapped in a loveless marriage. And I keep thinking back to the mc, girl, he’s not in love you. Would she have the same mind set rn if he was cheating on her with a women instead? Would she have gone this far as well?
You know that one saying, “If you love someone, set them free” ? Yeah… that’s probably something to take into consideration. I pity the girl and all but again there’s only so much I can say to defend her.
Edit: I obviously don’t agree with a lot Yuki’s action as I said in my last comment. This is just one of those situations where everyone kinda sucks. Again I do understand their views but that doesn’t mean I agree with it.