tbh same. rereading after so many years realizing the age gap is so ick. it was so normalize back then that most people was ok w it. kinda funny and weird
I just finished rereading it and the way I pretended I did not see Tamaki being 13/14 lmaoooo but I still love it and just like you said, it's a series of its time and despite all the sussy stuff, it still holds up today and I'm always emotional when I read some parts of it
I just came for my refill. And I feel the same
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The way I had prblm with the age gap in Izumi and Tamaki scenario and even skipped chapters but was totally okay with Naoya love story coz I love them so much! Talk abt selective blindness ┗( T﹏T )┛
HAHAHA sameeee Naoya is only a year or two older than Tamaki but I love him and Aoe so much that I did not care one bit
It might be time for a yearly reread <3
I reread this a bit after like more than a decade and I can totally see how todays kiddies would auto flag this as problematic, and it is, but god do the emotions hold up despite the yaoi man faces/hands. This type of set up was really common back in “the day” so try to just imagine the age gap and power dynamic away if you want to try to enjoy it I guess ¯_(ツ)_/¯