Wow I never related to smth more than this. I literally started doing reckless things just to make myself more approachable and relatable by my peers. And whenever I try to prove to tjem I am NOT perfect they assume I m just like fishing for compliments or smth UGh. Hang in there I feel you ~~
No, it doesn't sound like bragging at all.. Indeed it makes me more aware that no one is perfect.. And even if he or she is, she might not like being labelled as a perfect being.. And reading this manhua taught me the same thing too.. Aaahhh, of all the things the uke could choose to say, he choose that word.. I really am at Mr.Perfect's side now that I know about his past..
I can totally relate with the seme. I'm not perfect at all, but almost everyone around me, especially my family, always assume and treat me like I was a perfect person. Maybe other people feel good when they're expected and praised for being able to be the best, but eventually everything becomes suffocating. Sometimes it even feels nauseating when people praise and "compare" me with someone else who are "not as good as me". People probably don't mean anything bad by using me as a "good example", but I feel really uncomfortable (and sometimes nauseous) knowing that my existence might make those people (who are compared with me) feel bad, inferior, or even loose their confidence. Before I realized it, I had started doing some things recklessly so that I could be seen as "normal people", not a "perfect example". Of course it doesn't feel good making people (who had great expectation) disappointed, but it honestly make me feel a bit better.
Maybe I'm the weird one for not being able to receive and react properly to praises, and I hope I don't sound like I'm bragging or anything now, cuz this is how I truly feel. I just feel like sharing it here since the seme character reminds me of myself.. Can't whait to see more of this story. I feel like I'll get hooked on this one!