I love this, tbh. I dropped it before because I really hated the rape in volume 1 but I gave it a chance again and it’s so interesting. Mah was initially the protagonist of a toxic yaoi series with his ex, where they did nothing but fuck and screw people over. And then the more it went on, the more Mah found himself getting tired of it and wanting a quieter, simpler life. When he meets Hitoshi, he behaves like he’s the toxic seme of a yaoi manga and is rapey and terrible, and it doesn’t work. Hitoshi doesn’t want a toxic seme, he just wants someone to stay by his side. Mah doesn’t want to have a whirlwind toxic romance, he just wants to settle down. I like that ever since that one terrible experience, the two of them aren’t depicted as having penetrative sex. Their relationship is slow, and is more about learning the other person and how they become a part of your life in ways you don’t even realize were there until they’re gone and you want them beside you.
I love this, tbh. I dropped it before because I really hated the rape in volume 1 but I gave it a chance again and it’s so interesting. Mah was initially the protagonist of a toxic yaoi series with his ex, where they did nothing but fuck and screw people over. And then the more it went on, the more Mah found himself getting tired of it and wanting a quieter, simpler life. When he meets Hitoshi, he behaves like he’s the toxic seme of a yaoi manga and is rapey and terrible, and it doesn’t work. Hitoshi doesn’t want a toxic seme, he just wants someone to stay by his side. Mah doesn’t want to have a whirlwind toxic romance, he just wants to settle down. I like that ever since that one terrible experience, the two of them aren’t depicted as having penetrative sex. Their relationship is slow, and is more about learning the other person and how they become a part of your life in ways you don’t even realize were there until they’re gone and you want them beside you.