There are fd up dynamics turned to healthy ones even irl :'D
Different people react to trauma in different ways and some just aren't as easily traumatized.
I feel like you want the "perfect victim" when there is a noncon element, which Yu isn't since he gets trough his trauma so easily.
Yu lost his father so I think that's part why he is so strong mentally, he doesn't really get easily shooked and when he does he tries to either get trought it as fast as possible or ignore it.
There are many types of "psychological" it would be kinda boring if every single psychological story was similar :D Here the psych element comes mostly from Takamada, from his trauma, inclanation and things behind those. So it shows the psych element from the pov of the offender instead of the victim.
Psychological is a sliding scale. Not everything needs to be Nii-chan levels of fucked for it to be considered psychological.
I'm an ardent fan of PSYCHO-PASS and other psychological thrillers and you don't see me pitching when it comes in different flavors.
This series deals with a lot of different elements and there are two sides to these elements. We've come full-circle to actually deal with Takamada's trauma instead of him stuffing everything down to the point he self-destructs. Yu is also in a better position and trusts Takamada to work through it together.
Just 'cause you don't like it doesn't mean the story is bad. Your personal distaste doesn't dictate whether a work of fiction is good or not. Let go of your main character syndrome and you'll be much happier in life lol
I'm so tired of yaoi mangakas trying to convince me that fucked up dynamics can magically turn into a healthy one. From the beginning the tone was completely inconsistent. It would trivialize rape to a ridiculous extent then turn around and show the cruelty behind the seme's actions in a more serious light. It felt like whiplash.
I like non-con but I'm tired of it being treated like some little squabble and not a traumatic thing. The psychological tag was so misleading, I thought maybe I'd be getting some Harada shit but this is more like a badly written Color Recipe. Stop tagging stuff as psychological when it doesn't even try to explore the psychological aspect of the dynamic