Ugh, how is this rated 9.0? It's so bad (the problem's always in the writing). It comes across as a completely plot-by-committee story to check off several tropes and fetishes that a standard BL audience might be interested in, and then gets mixed together in a tepid soup that doesn't quite gel.
Even the mildly amusing same-name subplot is half-arsed; a better take on it would've been to find out that uke's beloved "chi-chan" is actually the same person as the seme with a wig on or whatever, since they actually kind of look similar and have the same name. I would've died laughing if that had been the case at least. But it was far too generous of me to ever think that this minimum-effort production could've had that much thought put into it.
If you're looking for a rape-to-love story, go read "Oni to Tengoku" instead. It's way better.
List time! (spoilers, not that it matters) . . . . . . . . . . .
- Rape-to-love: an overused and tired trope to be sure, but not done well here * subnote: stories with the rape tag can still be good. this isn't one of them.
- Seme just generally acts like a spoiled, selfish a-hole the entire manga and it's frustrating to watch
- Manga attempts to excuse Seme's raping of the uke in a number of ways but fails utterly: * Sob-story backstory w/a little bro * But then his bro shows up and seme treats him like crap * Side-note: half-brothers are still brothers, ffs * Lame trope of uke catching a cold for dumb, improbable reasons * Uke getting sick just so seme can oh-so generously take care of him so the manga can pretend like the seme's not an a-hole, hypocrite rapist with a bad personality * Seme has a dog that he seems to care about (which is movie short-hand for "good guy", look it up), but it falls flat because there's nothing likeable about the seme
- Mom is harangued by seme for being a slut when seme acts JUST LIKE HER
- Seme says he's a porn star early on but literally nothing is done with this
This is smut manga, not plot manga. One shouldn't take these seriously and it is aimed at a certain audience. Re-read this piece plenty of time already, the rating fits
Ugh, how is this rated 9.0? It's so bad (the problem's always in the writing). It comes across as a completely plot-by-committee story to check off several tropes and fetishes that a standard BL audience might be interested in, and then gets mixed together in a tepid soup that doesn't quite gel.
Even the mildly amusing same-name subplot is half-arsed; a better take on it would've been to find out that uke's beloved "chi-chan" is actually the same person as the seme with a wig on or whatever, since they actually kind of look similar and have the same name. I would've died laughing if that had been the case at least. But it was far too generous of me to ever think that this minimum-effort production could've had that much thought put into it.
If you're looking for a rape-to-love story, go read "Oni to Tengoku" instead. It's way better.
List time! (spoilers, not that it matters)
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- Rape-to-love: an overused and tired trope to be sure, but not done well here
* subnote: stories with the rape tag can still be good. this isn't one of them.
- Seme just generally acts like a spoiled, selfish a-hole the entire manga and it's frustrating to watch
- Manga attempts to excuse Seme's raping of the uke in a number of ways but fails utterly:
* Sob-story backstory w/a little bro
* But then his bro shows up and seme treats him like crap
* Side-note: half-brothers are still brothers, ffs
* Lame trope of uke catching a cold for dumb, improbable reasons
* Uke getting sick just so seme can oh-so generously take care of him so the manga can pretend like the seme's not an a-hole, hypocrite rapist with a bad personality
* Seme has a dog that he seems to care about (which is movie short-hand for "good guy", look it up), but it falls flat because there's nothing likeable about the seme
- Mom is harangued by seme for being a slut when seme acts JUST LIKE HER
- Seme says he's a porn star early on but literally nothing is done with this
Sigh. I feel bad for the uke.