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I couldn’t have put it better myself tbh. This manga and its sequels are the epitome of “so bad it’s good” and I’m honestly all for it. The stories are trash and the art style is horrendous, but I think we can all agree it’s probably some of the best content ever made. While nothing makes sense and everything is a mess, it all somehow comes together like a beautiful tapestry in an almost poetic way. This manga series is peak entertainment and everything is just going downhill from here.
like, ok, this manga should not be this entertaining for how objectively horrible some of its characters act. i also like how it's chock-full of all the usual trope suspects - meddling brother, arranged marriages, cockblocking kid, ex-womanizer, miscommunication - but they're all flashing so fast it's a pinwheel of just... sheer entertainment. maybe it's also how dated everything feels - the art, the plot devices - maybe that adds to the hilarity.
i was wheezing at how little toudou akira gives a fuck about appropriate circumstances. like, remember when his son shouta ran away because yuuhi, his first proper caregiver (other than his dad, who SHOULD NOT BE A DAD FOR REASONS I WILL BE EXPLORING), went MIA for like a week? toudou just sends shouta to his room without even consoling the poor kid and proceeds to push yuuhi down on the living room floor and marathon desperate make-up sex until morning. at which point shouta stumbles on them in bed. like, think about it. the poor kid was, emotional neglect aside, probably deprived of dinner. and it all gets handwaved in the jauntiest manner possible. this is just one example. probably not even the most egregious. i'll take that time his kid caught him fingering yuuhi for 500 please. like my finger is this close to dialing child protective services. ( ° ʖ °) oh, man. yaoi.
10/10 will read again for shouta.