To be fair, the seme asked him what the uke preferred (since the fairytale thing sounded like a pick-up line), and the uke chose friendship, yet went on to obviously long for the seme. So the seme did in a way kinda respect the uke's decision/mistake.
(And yeah, he could have told him he was interested in him from day 1, but there wouldn't have been a story otherwise, I guess.)
Oh, yes, I did forget that! It makes it a just little less urgh for me (because, seriously, it'd be hard for a girl to declare she wanted romance with a guy she just met, let alone a man, so I still don't like his follow-up behaviour).
But, now I will let it go, because, after all, it's Yaoiland in Mangaverse, and this is all reasonable behaviour there... ╮(￣▽￣)╭
I rather agree with you, up to a point. If this was supposed to be a realistic scenario and not a romantic/erotic fantasy what you said would be true. The story can only get away with it because there's such a low expectation of realism in this type of story, even for yaoi. So it ends up being subjective as to whether or not the unrealistic behavior is a problem as far as the story is concerned. But it is ironic how often something of this sort is used as a plot device. That for the stupidest reasons imaginable being a first class jerk is in the end somehow supposed to be either romantic or loving.
*nodnodnodnodnod*
...and it's not like I actually stop reading all the stupid BL and other manga stories...
I don’t agree with your opinion but I liked that you didn’t insult the opinion of others by adding stuff like, ‘I can’t believe you people like this’ or something like that.
Thanks! Yeah! I hate that! I wanted to vent because I was really disappointed in it, but it's not like I want to belittle anyone else for what they like or think (nor do I want to be belittled if our opinions differ). And I suppose if people liked this then it wasn't a waste of the scanlator's efforts, either.
The only thing I didn't hate about the first/main story was the random new gay acquaintance who WAS NOT A CREEPY RELATIONSHIP WRECKER. Worship.
Apart from that...
Imagine it was boy-girl: He meets the girl. He falls in love straight away with her cute opening line and is determined to make her his. He befriends her to get close. He tries things like increasing contact to make her aware of him.
...He openly dates-or-pretends-to-date other women and even discusses it with the girl.
...And then sits around waiting for HER to finally take the courageous step of confessing.
What kind jerk approach is that? At best, that's some stupid mixed message he's sending her, at worst, he's coming off as a total player who only sees her as a friend. Even if he's also worried and scared to confess (and it didn't seem like he was that unconfident), why does he need to make things harder and more painful like that?
THEN you add the fact that this is male-male, so his love target is even less likely to think of himself as a realistic love interest when he's watching the guy date all these women.
Urgh. I just hated it, and was so disappointed it was Kanda Neko. :(
(Sorry if you liked it. Keep on liking it, it's just how I felt.)