I like it when manga portrays trauma realistically also! I'm not sure if this is a rape = love story or a story that might try to portray actual Stockholm syndrome. Seems like the former. -_-
I just can't root for a couple when their relationship involves rape...
I... have done, but I at least acknowledge that it's an unhealthy relationship? And only fiction?
Generally I like happy, everyone-consenting stories, but non-con and its associated subgroups (like rape, rape play, blackmail from outside, and occasionally even honest misunderstandings) are a kink of mine.
The trauma in this one, though, is just such a gut-punch that there's no way I could *not* feel for the uke. I can't wait to see what happens, and how he responds to it!
Bah, hadn't read *all* my notifications when I responded. I didn't like the later chapters. I think I'm going to tag this with "Only first two chapters, ignore canon after that". I had such high hopes! Then the chain, then that stupid confession. "I was a kid and didn't know how to express it". Really? How about by *not raping him*?!?
Gah. Pissed. Grrrr.
I don't normally like them very much, but I really want to see what happens next! I love when manga is realistic in its portrayal of things like trauma. There's not enough of that.
Not that I don't enjoy other stories, but it's an entirely different sort of satisfaction. This one has fairly compelling characters and plot, though rather cliche. Something about the style, though... it makes me want more.