Also for anyone wondering whether to read this but wondering about the rapes mentioned.
1. When Chika was about 15, he had sex with his older female tutor, who was about 17/18. He consented to sex with her, and the age of consent is 13 in Japan (I believe) at no point does he believe she took advantage of him. You can argue that the power dynamic is skewed as she’s older, but she was not an adult taking an advantage of a child, that is misinformation. Just cause she’s a tutor, doesn’t mean she was a teacher.
2. An old school friend attempts to assault a Natsuki sexually. Natsuki fights back but it’s not a particularly violent scene. It’s still not great, but they sort it out after the event, and even stay friends with him. There’s also some weird jokes they make about it cause they all stay friends. I think basically Kurisu was curious about sex with a man and `Natsuki was the first gay man he met, so he tried it on with him, a bit too forcefully.
I am not making excuses for any of these characters or events. What I find happens on this site is someone says something, and then it’s repeated as gospel, ie he gets raped, an adult rapes a child, etc. when reading manga you have to take into consideration the culture, and actually read the plot. Yeah attempting to assault someone is shitty, and yeah it’s a bit weird a 15 year old sleeping with his tutor who’s a couple of years older, but this is a pretty tame manga overall.
Thank you for the hard work! <3
Thanks so much for working together with me to translate this booklet! I bought it hoping I could translate it myself, but it was way harder than I expected. It was so interesting to see which bits I got right when I tried to translate it, and which bits I was way off on! Can’t wait to work on volume 10!