well everyone is different, some are more, some less naive...
i wouldnt want my ass to be shown around school, thats an open door to bullying etc
And how is bullying different than what he's being subjected to?
And, yes, of course everyone is different. I just think that the somewhat less than definitive photo of his "butt cleavage" on that cellphone carries a lot less currency than the mangaka imagines, and most boys I ever known would react with a "pfft."
I think the take away is supposed to be that the one being blackmailed is actually more into it than he's showing us, the readers. Even the blackmailer has shown surprise at how easily he goes along with it. I think we're supposed to realize that he is kind of going along with it because he doesn't really actually mind. Its easier when you're actually curious about something to go along with it and tell yourself somebody else is making you do it so you don't feel responsible. I mean, the recent chapter makes it seem that way. But really, I agree with you. Super unrealistic.
And there we have tihe plot basis for about 70% of the yaoi ever written. No surprises, just a bit jaded and smartmouthy. Some of those low riders exposed everything—pimples, hairy warts and all. If that didn't bother them ...
Yeah, this one felt especially weak which is why I believe its as I said. Otherwise a teenage boy would not care having his damn crack exposed when his alternative is having a dude he doesn't know sexually harass him. Like.... boys care less about that shit than anyone. And like nobody is going to believe, if the picture was sent around, that there wasn't a normal reason he wasn't wearing underwear other than that he's a pervert. Because honestly, as much as we all love gossip its hardly ever true and we know it. Also, he could just play it off easily like he hadn't pulled them up yet. And who are people going to think is weirder, a dude who MIGHT not be wearing underwear or the dude snapping pics of other dudes in the bathroom while they're peeing.
That pretty much sums up what I think. Except, I would add that it's such a shoujo/traditional romance perspective to be blackmailed by slut shaming, one of the reasons I wandered over to yaoi and continue to stick with it.
Kamon Saeko drew a terrific kink story where the uke got caught stealing the seme's undies, which he grabbed on a complete cackhanded whim in the first place. Not all of Kamon Saeko's plot devices work, but that one did because I could believe that a pair of idiot boys would pull shit like that. The stakes are just high enough to justify the response "Okay, you got me. I'm perving on you." And once the buttsexing began, all was finally right and balanced in romantic comedy yaoiland.
I figure the embarrassment factor in this story is missing the sense of overwhelming personal attraction to each other that wipes out the violation, keeps the story light as air, and makes the romantic comedy part satisfying. Violation is heavy. It makes a story serious, and unless it's clear the pair are hot and bothered to the point of senselessness by each other, drags the tone down. Maybe the "You make me so damned horny" will come in later chapters, but if it hasn't started yet for me ...
Nope. I just can't see blackmail working on a real life boy for going commando. Most of them would be all "Yo, check it." Even if they look less Tom Hardy and more walking hairball. If buttcracks were that taboo, then low-riders never would've come into fashion. It's a pretty convoluted set up for buttsexing.