also i just wanna say that your “shitty seme” is usually romanticized in the yaois youre speaking of. i dont like these types of characters or tropes or whatever. but theres one thing i wanted to point out and its that reo’s assault is supposed to be comedic, though i dont find it to be very funny, its not romanticized at all and is at times very scary and hard to read, for me at least. but reo is not written in a way thats supposed to resemble a “shitty seme” hes just a rapist. a dense rapist, but a rapist nonetheless.
Can never be more right, grape part was creepy scary and literally sad and hard to read. The way blonde sometimes jokes abt it doesn't sit well w me either and the part where kuzu got graped 1st time was actually sad bcz wht told as comedy is actually really traumatic, he lost the match and he got a traumatic memory all while this reo was having his selfish ways w him. Blud got so traumatized he went far away to live. He cud ve had a diff life or a career as an athlete if only the bullies weren't present. Get reo in tht grave and may he never rise back
While Leo is not exactly a good person, I think some of you really misunderstood his character. Leo is portrayed as an arrogant and stoic person which is commonly known in yaoi as shitty top (urgh, English isn't my first language so this might be confusing but I'm sure about him being the so called shitty top). He loves Kuzuya but doesn't know how to express his love and treat him right. Well, that's because he's stupid, but yes his feeling is genuine. He thinks Kuzuya knows, but there's no way his actions would consider affection, Kuzuya thinks he's freaky bully. That's the realistic part I love about this series. If this was typical yaoi plot, I can see those two get together. Although I do love that toxic scenario, let's see how author-san work this out.