Exactly. It's so annoying to see the rape/pressure to sexual acts to love pipeline - trope be so persistent in yaoi, especially in 2024. Even yaoi that has the potential to be good involves it, without it being necessary. In this yaoi, to some extent, it makes sense given the dark plot, but still...
It's just viewed as romance when it's just... Not it. It's so uncomfortable makes the love feel doused in this sickly grey coat forever no matter what they do. Doesn't help that when you call out this weird troupes everyone jumps you like you are wrong for thinking something like this fictional or not is wrong
This is such a toxic trauma bond, that's why the sex is so hot. GOSH I LOVED IT (minus the rape but oh well, yaoi is being yaoi), I'd love some side stories with the kids to cleanse our souls after everything