this whole comic makes me feel both comfort and uneasiness. i can’t tell if the last few panels are supposed to reassure the readers that there’s nothing going on with the brother or if it’s meant as set up for a plot twist in Volume 3. a lot of the strange things Tago says and does can be logically reasoned with. For the punishment game, google says it’s commonly played as a prank among young boys in Japan because it causes pain, kinda like getting kicked in the balls. So his comparison to it probably means that that’s the closest thing he can compare to what’s currently happening since he’s never done anything sexual with anyone before. He’s kissed before but that could just be from family when he was younger or from a girl in his class since he’s quite the looker. As for the reenactment, it could be because of blindness and teenage hormones, coupled with not wanting the parents to know they’re watching porn. I’m pretty sure his “child” is a reference to his porn collection. And his closeness to his brother could be because Toga in actuality doesn’t have any friends aside from Ogi. There was this one chapter (too lazy to look for it) where Toga asks if the people Ogi talked to were his friends. Ogi says that they’re his HS classmates, to which Toga replied with ‘wouldn’t that make them ur friends?’ (something like that). So while Toga says he has friends, no he does not. i could be very wrong about a lot of these points. Still, i’m excited to see how Volume 3 will pan out. Tago looks to be more and more in love each chapter, but Ogi doesn’t seem thrilled about their cohabitation. If the author does decide to go darker with the brother subplot, i hope it’s executed well. but otherwise, please clear up any misunderstanding on that! every time the brother shows up, i don’t know what i’m supposed to feel, especially since Toga seems to have a pained expression when talking about his brother (flashback; at Ogi’s house)
also, to note, the official translation has both MCs as 18. the fan translation probably got a poor quality raw for chapter 1 and mistaken the 18 for a 16.
this whole comic makes me feel both comfort and uneasiness. i can’t tell if the last few panels are supposed to reassure the readers that there’s nothing going on with the brother or if it’s meant as set up for a plot twist in Volume 3. a lot of the strange things Tago says and does can be logically reasoned with. For the punishment game, google says it’s commonly played as a prank among young boys in Japan because it causes pain, kinda like getting kicked in the balls. So his comparison to it probably means that that’s the closest thing he can compare to what’s currently happening since he’s never done anything sexual with anyone before. He’s kissed before but that could just be from family when he was younger or from a girl in his class since he’s quite the looker. As for the reenactment, it could be because of blindness and teenage hormones, coupled with not wanting the parents to know they’re watching porn. I’m pretty sure his “child” is a reference to his porn collection. And his closeness to his brother could be because Toga in actuality doesn’t have any friends aside from Ogi. There was this one chapter (too lazy to look for it) where Toga asks if the people Ogi talked to were his friends. Ogi says that they’re his HS classmates, to which Toga replied with ‘wouldn’t that make them ur friends?’ (something like that). So while Toga says he has friends, no he does not. i could be very wrong about a lot of these points. Still, i’m excited to see how Volume 3 will pan out. Tago looks to be more and more in love each chapter, but Ogi doesn’t seem thrilled about their cohabitation. If the author does decide to go darker with the brother subplot, i hope it’s executed well. but otherwise, please clear up any misunderstanding on that! every time the brother shows up, i don’t know what i’m supposed to feel, especially since Toga seems to have a pained expression when talking about his brother (flashback; at Ogi’s house)
also, to note, the official translation has both MCs as 18. the fan translation probably got a poor quality raw for chapter 1 and mistaken the 18 for a 16.