Thank you for saying this! I hate reading all of these comments essentially normalizing the rape and manipulation throughout this story. It's disgusting.
I'm glad to find someone who agrees! Ngl I wouldn't be as harsh if there was at least *some* purpose to the toxic crap going on... but 20 chapters in and it's JUST rape and manipulation. No plot, no motivations beyond 'me want sexy uke'. I'd stick around in hopes things would get better, but it really doesn't seem to if rape is being portrayed as okay and sexy to begin with （￣へ￣）
I'm also glad to find someone with some sense! I hate seeing all of these manga on this site with large amounts of rape, manipulation, and even some concerning age gaps and every commenter is just normalizing it and fawning over whoever tops in that situation. I wish I could recommend something to read with a healthy relationship but their quite difficult to find.
i feel the exact same way ┑(￣Д ￣)┍ it's one thing to provide commentary/critique on such relationships/concepts, or even just use them sensibly in an interesting manner. and it's another to just write a creepy relationship and try to play it off as cute/sexy -- like what purpose does that serve other than romanticizing it? it's VERY lazy writing at best, and deluded at worst if the author genuinely believes that is acceptable behaviour.
i've made a list of some BL manga w good representation and/or compelling storylines, if you're still looking! http://www.mangago.zone/home/mangalist/732057/ i've been meaning to update it for a while, so thanks for motivating me to do so lol (〜￣▽￣)〜
You have just written a BANGER comment my friend! Most BLs/Yaoi (whatever you want to call it) always comes off as super fetish-y and never seems to accurately portray gay men in its stories. Let's also mor forget that yaoi/bl is basically created by cishet women for cishet women.
Thank you for the list! I'll definitely check it out!
the seme is an unabashed, shameless, and manipulative rapist. he literally rapes the uke repeatedly, takes advantage while the uke is drunk, and refuses to listen to him. and the uke is such a passive crybaby it makes everything feel even more uncomfortable. the sex scenes are uncomfortably long and literally not sexy at all especially since its just the uke begging to stop while crying the whole damn time. and if there is a plot, i haven't seen it. this fucking sucks lol.