He used Adam and his nephew asked him to protitute himself to reach the top. I don't know what you like about him and now his company crumbles because the ones who make it successfull left, he prostitutes himself.
Where is the strong personality when he prostitutes his neephew?
Some mangas just brings the worst out of people's hearts honestly.
Well for start: I don't take a fictional work too seriously, so in the context of the fictional work I can choose if I like a character or not, and in this case I like Mikhail. Yes, he's a bastard but with a sense of "pride" that I like on him and in his current situation: "no thank you, I don't need no charming prince to rescue me from my despair, I will go to the top on my own, even if I choose to sell my body, it's my body and I'll do what I think is the best for me".
And regarding with his nephew, it was Yuriy's choice to prostitute himself, he could just left everything and have a life on his own, but then we wouldn't have a story, right? For "love" he decided to grant Adam's wishes as well as his uncle's.
So, yeah, to conclude I don't take this too seriously so I don't feel conflicted whatsoever.
Cheers!
We think the same. Plus I think he prostituted Yuriy because it's what he used to do before. He started the company with his sister, Yuriy's mother, and to get to the top, both slept here and there to build the company to where it is now. So Yuriy continued the tradition but Yuriy could've gotten out, if he really wanted to but he has loose screws, too, to do everything for Adam. Well, both Adam and Yuriy have loose screws.
Following the theme of the infamous red shoes, to keep on dancing till skin and bones. The Abalkin family desperately keeping the company alive without going the easy route, like accepting help easily from someone like Carlos. They like to do it the hard way.
Yes! This ending echoes the fairy tale!
"Well, both Adam and Yuriy have loose screws"
LOL, yeah, they're insane!
Oh I really like those Mikhail's words at the end. It was like "watch me go to the top again without your help", that's the pride that I'm talking about! Questionable or not?, that's another thing entirely and tbh I don't think that the manga was wrote in the sense of open a debate about morality, right? I don't think so anyway. It's just a dark love story, with mean and "fucked up" characters that find love in their messed up world.
Thanks for share your opinion! (づ￣ ³￣)づ
They're men but since uke's usually take feminine roles in typical yaoi's, it's refreshing to read strong headed characters, promoting women empowerment through uke-s. There's just a lot of stories with uke-s overpowered, manipulated, and abused by seme-s, similar to how most women/female characters or real people are portrayed or treated, so such dialogues give empowerment, something I can really relate to. Go girl, or in this case, uke power!
I loved the "I belong to myself" line.
You look sexy in those shoes!
I like him, he has a strong and honest personality. A little bit cruel but that's what you need to sucess in business, right?
And it's still Ogawa Chise so, still good!!