I actually wouldn't be bothered by the plot if there were actual hints of him being overly fake and 'twisted' underneath his cover. But there were none so this story seems rather rushed and badly written, especially since that part was important but it wasn't shown.
As it is now, it feels more like the seme manipulated the uke with words to become his obedient, brainwashed puppet...which is really hard to stomache. :/
This^ is exactly it. It's like, "okay, but what twisted part? I must've missed the twisted interior". Wtf is he even talking about? It's clear there is more to this, you saw how he reacted to the seme saying "what makes everyone happy" and "you're so fake". He seems to have a trauma centered around his dad's abuse, but we haven't been told what it is. It'll probably be expanded on. Honestly, if you JUST read the 1st chapter it looks like rape porn with a shitty attempt at "plot" thrown in.
Exactly!
It felt a bit like weird fetishes (rape/forced sex, manipulation, fear, etc.) from the author crammed into a story despite not working out how each connects to the other (which is kinda important except for a pure smut genre work..).
Not everyone can pull these things off like Harada, yet they try over and over again without noticing their huge flaws...
It would have worked just fine if we had a hint at how he was either really not happy with being the 'good boy' character OR if it was made more clear that he truly liked it that way, so then it would be clear the seme is the nutcase pulling strings.
It felt a bit awkward how the seme seemed to know what buttons he needed to push too. As if he knew the uke's insecurity and potential trauma issues perfectly well. But even for that there is no explaination or even hints.
So many flaws that could be fixed very easily, even if not perfectly.
I wonder who the hell green-lights these sorta works for release, tbh. I'd tell the author to fix this shit before giving it green-light. It's in their interest as well, since it's already too late to come up with something to fix it now. In this specific case anyway. :/
I'm not entirely sure but as I kept reading the "victim's" thoughts it seemed more like he was putting the good act to hide his "twisted side" under it... He probably has an M side to him, I don't know but I got this from the part of his dad beating him... What if he liked it and only wanted him to stop because of it ? Dunno ╮(￣▽￣)╭ maybe its me reading too much in to it. Lul, just wanted to throw a different opinion in.