I like this so much but ugh I hate in yaoi there's this trope that if the ex gf cheats and leaves it's probably the guy's fault cause he didn't fight for her... like what? Like the sister's bullshit "test" of "oh I cheated on you because I wanted you to tell me not to leave", and the manga acting like Shiga had a revelation that he was actually the bad guy because he didn't stop her. Like no. How was he supposed to read her fucking mind? Good people talk to their partner, discuss feelings, and don't cheat on one another. The sister is a bitch for cheating on his ass even though he was loyal and truly loved her. Also, while we're talking about how fucked up the Suzuki family is, the dad fucking sucks. Like he set Tarou up for failure since childhood. Having an older sibling myself, I know just how easy it is to compare yourself to them and wonder if you'll be able to do as well as them. My parents constantly encouraged me though and insisted that we were different people who had different talents. Putting your child down isn't going to make them work harder, it's only going to keep them down. If you condition your child to think that no matter how hard they work they'll never be good enough, they will obviously lose the motivation to put effort in because they don't think it'll amount to anything. His dad sucks for alienating him and acting like it's his own fault that he doesn't have a backbone. Also the sister additionally sucks in this aspect because she literally talked shit about her own brother to Shiga. That is until our boy was like "nah he's fine", and she all of a sudden did a 180 and basically says "he actually works really hard and disregard my comments about him being a handful and bad from like 5 seconds ago teehee". Tarou and Shiga deserved so much better and I guess that's why they ended up happy together.
I like this so much but ugh I hate in yaoi there's this trope that if the ex gf cheats and leaves it's probably the guy's fault cause he didn't fight for her... like what? Like the sister's bullshit "test" of "oh I cheated on you because I wanted you to tell me not to leave", and the manga acting like Shiga had a revelation that he was actually the bad guy because he didn't stop her. Like no. How was he supposed to read her fucking mind? Good people talk to their partner, discuss feelings, and don't cheat on one another. The sister is a bitch for cheating on his ass even though he was loyal and truly loved her.
Also, while we're talking about how fucked up the Suzuki family is, the dad fucking sucks. Like he set Tarou up for failure since childhood. Having an older sibling myself, I know just how easy it is to compare yourself to them and wonder if you'll be able to do as well as them. My parents constantly encouraged me though and insisted that we were different people who had different talents. Putting your child down isn't going to make them work harder, it's only going to keep them down. If you condition your child to think that no matter how hard they work they'll never be good enough, they will obviously lose the motivation to put effort in because they don't think it'll amount to anything. His dad sucks for alienating him and acting like it's his own fault that he doesn't have a backbone. Also the sister additionally sucks in this aspect because she literally talked shit about her own brother to Shiga. That is until our boy was like "nah he's fine", and she all of a sudden did a 180 and basically says "he actually works really hard and disregard my comments about him being a handful and bad from like 5 seconds ago teehee".
Tarou and Shiga deserved so much better and I guess that's why they ended up happy together.