HITOMI MY LOVE

Bro Ken and every child has the right to get angry and obviously if there's a third person between the parents they will blame that person like they won't look how it became like that or why especially at their age so yeah his behavior is totally understandable

Not once has Ken accused Tarou of "turning" his father gay or bi, what are you on about?? Tarou's presence didn't ruin the family because he influenced the father's sexuality, but because it drew the father away from the family. Even if Tarou was a woman, it'd be the exact same situation: his father fell in love with someone else and their family subsequently fell apart, thus Ken hates both his father and the new person who came into the picture. This is a perfectly reasonable reaction (especially from a teenager).

You say "if anything the dad and mom probably just had a clean split and then they got together" but this is entirely based on a hypothetical as compared to everything else we've been told in the story. Ken and Kyouichi literally went to stay with their father in the divorce in order to "shackle" him because they felt like their mom deserved freedom while their father deserved to be restrained: does this sound like a "clean split"? Do you think the mother would have agreed to this if it was a "clean split"? Or is it more likely that everyone was aware the father had fallen in love with someone else already?

Also, can I just say, I find it incredibly ironic that you root for Hitomi, seeing as he's constantly pursuing someone who's in a committed relationship already, he won't back down even after being rejected, he continues to stake claim to Kirara even after being told by Kirara he has no interest.... indeed, much like someone pursuing a married man with children. I guess it makes sense why you think Ken is so unreasonable in his dislike of Tarou; going after people in committed relationships is A-OK, after all!

You couldn't have write it any better like your totally right with everything !!

Yea no— the way he is towards his dad is getting tired like it’s been yeeeears even the brother has gotten past it for a while. “Third person between the parents” I get ppl will want their parents together but if u rlly value ur parents as individuals especially when u get OLDER you’ll want them to be happy instead of together & miserable. He has a right to be angry bc every kid wants their family to be together, but when u get older it’s easy to see it’s never that easy / black & white

Regarding the first part of your comment, na IKYFLLL literally ken AND kyouichi said they hated gays since they were kids and even into their teenage years (less kyouichi cuz he saw the genuine feelings his dad and tarou had for each other and, how tarou helped out a lot). Like?? How does the natural thought process not click for you, ken heavily resented his dad growing up for getting together with tarou and being gay (or more accurately bisexual bc his ex wife) and he HATED Tarou san and still holds disdain for him bc he’s gay and got with his dad. Homophobia is like a theme in the story and a big reason why kirara was so confused in the beginning chapters bc of ken’s actions since he “hates gays” and how it ruined his family.

And the clean split part I said— YES I can 100% see the fact that since the dad and tarou started seeing each other(I’m thinking AFTER the dad already confided in his wife about it), and how much the boys hated that, that they would restrain and “shackle” their dad vs. their mom bc they feel sorry for her and want her to be “free” bc in their POV it’s their dads fault for even falling for tarou. Bc that’s why the split happened bc the dad fell out of love NOT the wife.

& Ofc if it wasn’t a clean split, it’d make so much more sense if the author included a scene like the ex wife being angry and feeling scandalized if Ken and kyouichi’s dad really DID cheat and knowingly have an affair before breaking it off or telling her. But like I said I don’t think he did that and he was honest with her, but like u said yes that’s my own hypothetical. I feel like it would make more sense tho if the author clearly stated he cheated and truly did her wrong bc that’d give the boys more reason to hate tarou and their dad but it was never shown like that it’s just that their parents separated and the dad got with tarot when they were young.

Ok first of all mfs ain’t even married and have KIDS like how the dad and his ex wife did. This is a high school setting but still I don’t condone cheating at all but the circumstances are so different bffr.

And oh please I do NOT think tarou “pursued a married man with children” ffs now that’s YOUR own hypothetical. Tarou cleans the house weekly, is keen to stay out of the boys sight because he knows they hate him and “gays” yet he still stays with their dad bc he has genuine feelings for him and wants to support him (vice versa) and has no animosity towards the boys and still looks out for them. He would not do all that just out of pure guilt if he truly did have the dad cheating around while he was married.

And YES I do think Ken is unreasonable in his dislike of Tarou at THIS POINT in his life. He should accept that his dad is happy with someone else. Speaking from experience I know what it’s like to be in a “broken household.” I get that because the dad fell for tarou their family was split up but when you get older you realize that it’s not just bc of affairs or cheating ppl do sometimes just fall out of love.

Wanting the best for your parents is better than holding a grudge for hella mf years especially since Ken has seen for the past few months (or year don’t remember well the timeline well) that Tarou isn’t at all what he’s pictured him out to be as an evil homewrecker and horrible person. The boys have every right to be angry. Don’t disagree with that, but it’s clear to see that those aren’t ken’s real feelings anymore.

Sorry my previous comments were long just wanted to reply to the bit about Hitomi. First of all Hitomi was crushing on Kirara before he even KNEWW who ken was bro. And when he was gunning for kirara they weren’t even together yet. And yea hitomi didn’t give up even after they got together, that’s how second leads literally are?? That’s the whole point of their role to pursue MC. But that aside, in the recent chapters his chasing for kirara is coming on stronger bc of how he sees ken is ignoring kirara for a long period of time.

That’s one of the most basic tropes, for the 2nd lead to swoop in during that time where they see an opening or like “he makes you sad be with me” type shit. Comparing kirara-ken-hitomi to the dad, tarou, and ex wife is just a stupid comparison. Like what?? I just thought it was cute how hitomi is always there for him although I know kirara will always only have eyes for ken it’s just frustrating seeing their progress bc of ken’s immaturity. That’s it.

Yeah, homophobia is a huge theme of this story; I never said it wasn't. Your initial comment, word for word, was "Nobody can force someone to 'become' gay or bi, GROW THE FUCK UPP" but, again, Ken has never once expressed any sort of resentment towards Tarou for 'turning his father gay' or anything of the sort. You could make the argument that perhaps his father's hidden sexuality was revealed through his relationship with Tarou and that's part of his resentment, but not once has Ken said anything about Tarou being the reason why his father is gay. If your issue with Ken is his internalized homophobia, that's one thing unto itself, but that's not the argument I was replying to.

Also, for what it's worth, I don't think the father actually physically cheated on his wife. If he had cheated, Ken and Kyouichi would surely have said so. However, given that they repeatedly pinpoint Tarou as the cause of family falling apart, that would suggest that Tarou was already present around the time of the divorce, even if he didn't have a direct hand in it. It could be that the father simply fell in love with Tarou and divorced his wife to be with him instead. Now, you might think that there's nothing wrong with this and that since the father is happy now, the children should be happy as well, but from the perspective of two children whose family broke down as a result of his father falling in love with someone new, they're under no obligation to be cordial with the new partner, no matter how kind he is.

My issue with your comment about "Hitomi always being there for Kirara and comforting him" is that Hitomi is literally only doing it for his own self-interest. Look at what he does in Ch. 39: when realizing that Kirara and Ken has had a fight about Christmas, he literally busts the biggest smile and goes "You had a fight? Yay!" and asks him on a date, completely disregarding the idea that Kirara's feelings are hurt by the fight with his boyfriend. Same thing in Ch. 41: he offers a listening ear to Kirara, only because "I don't want it to work out between you two," not because he actually wants to help Kirara solve the problem that's making him upset. It's all an opportunity to Hitomi; Kirara's feelings don't actually matter to him. This happens repeatedly, long after Hitomi finds out about Ken and Kirara's relationship.

Sure, his role in the story might be the second lead, but to say that this kind of character is somehow the better choice when he's constantly stepping all over Kirara's emotions and boundaries in order to shoot his shot just seems completely ridiculous to me. And while we have no clear idea about when Tarou came into the picture in regards to the father and his marriage, yeah, I do think it's similar, because if you had it your way and Kirara ended up with Hitomi, then the ongoing relationship (Kirara and Ken) would fall apart to give way for the new love, just like the marriage broke down to facilitate the father's new relationship with Tarou.