Tojo being increasingly genre aware and giving Hatano his MC fan service is very funny and cute. I hope Hatano and MC don’t end up together, because that’s his little brother’s friend, and it’s also funnier that way (to me). But also “sibling’s friend has a crush on the older sibling”is a pretty common trope so they probably will go for it. Adding in how much it’s being focused on in the latest chapters too. As long as it remains light hearted and funny it’ll be fine… I hope. I’m okay with age gap and maturity difference stuff but it sucks when it suddenly appears in an otherwise safe series, just tell the audience from the beginning (or hint at it at least) so they aren’t blindsided by taboo topics like age/ maturity gap and underage relationships. That’s just my thoughts on the subject tho.
Hell yeah, I love when the top/bottom expectations are subverted. I forgot about this one glad I re read this fucked up incest yakuza shit 10/10
I love this story so much but man the ending of the first chapter ruins it for me. It’s also out of nowhere and too cartoonish for the rest of the story. Just tone it down a bit and have the omega try to go further with the alpha but it stops earlier he didn’t need to tie him up??? The stalking too, it could’ve ended at a confrontation before rape happened, but that’s a common trope so I understand why it’s there but I don’t like it. I always come back to this manga it’s one of my favorite stories and probably my favorite omegaverse one. But it could be so much better.
As always I assume these themes of sexual assault and rape are included because it’s part of the author’s fetish or appeals to them in a revenge way. There’s plenty of manga, movies, shows etc. with rape scenes that could have been removed and not affect the story much. The story is kinda about the omega standing up for himself in a world where sexual assault and rape is definitely treated with a big helping of victim blaming. His mom and the alpha feel like they should have protected him better. But the point is even at a “lower” societal status he can still be happy as an omega.
He stands up for himself and tries to act more normal. Because of that people think his friendliness is flirting (afab and or female presenting people probably understand what that feels like). He takes control of that, he wants to live with the consequences of his actions because he doesn’t like being coddled.
The omega’s story arc is finding a balance between the “you should have known better” victim blaming and being completely stripped of his personal freedom. Like he said he just wanted his mom to say “you finally noticed?” He just wanted the alpha to ask if he was okay. He didn’t need their pity or protectiveness. Even with the alpha having thoughts of wanting to lock him up and keep him isolated at the end the omega just takes control of the situation.
This kind of story is difficult because it feels like victim blaming. It feels like the author is saying if you’re assaulted you just need to fight back, which is impossible in a lot of situations. But there is a nuance to it that I really relate to as a woman in society and more generally as a person.
An intimate armor removing scene to symbolize having a conversation on the same level, where some of the deepest secrets are confessed, all contained in a pair doomed by the narrative pair of childhood friends turned enemies????? HOMOEROTIC!
SCRAMIFNNCKSJDJCKDJDJFJDOXKSHSJXKCOSNSJX what she just wooshed into the chalice what. Hak??? Aaaaaaaaaa zeno… SCREAMS
It’s been a while since omega mc kicked somebody’s ass, I kinda forgot he was all about that in the beginning. Love that he is so strong. Love this toxic yaoi power couple <3
I really liked the story set in Italy, but seriously trying to address the effect of stereotyping and at the same time writing out statements like “ Most Italians are lazy” ??? Like cultural norms exist and Japan and Italy are different so the exploration of those differences can be fun and wholesome. Like the bit where he was waiting for him for a long time and the Japanese man apologized saying everybody has been coming late when he gives a meeting time. That was a cute and funny moment that pokes fun at a cultural difference. But having a character say “I’m the only serious and hardworking person in all of Italy” is the same stereotyping the Japanese man got angry at (with good reason!)
I liked the story but I find it interesting to analyze that part. Believe me Americans include unintended and intended culturally ignorant stuff in a bunch of our media too. I just watched a video by Farya Faraji about American/ western musical depictions of the Middle East. The “oriental” “desert” music you hear in movies like Prince of Persia is actually Armenian or Indian or just complete nonsense. Instead of trying to be culturally accurate movie directors go for the more recognizable (to Americans) foreign sounding music which is usually extremely inaccurate.
I chose to believe the author did not mean harm by the short chapter about an international romance. They just used narrative short cuts, like stereotypes, to establish the characters since they had a shorter chapter. It’s not malicious but it is ignorant. If it’s easy to recognize in Japanese media when it is about a culture closer to Western ideas. Take this feeling and think about media about different cultures and countries made by the Western world and how it can be improved to avoid lazy stereotypes and give the audience something that doesn’t encourage ignorant norms about others
I am in awe and suspense!!!
I choose to believe Yona wants Zeno to get closure before he dies. And she also wants to confront the dragon gods herself.
I truly hope they let Zeno die because he’s just so tired of having to play his role. But I suspect he will live on… but maybe there will be a short scene of him saying good bye to the crew before Yona kills him?
Her reaction to him trying to kill himself in this chapter makes me feel like she would be empathetic towards his wishes but also assisted suicide is a very touchy topic and there is a lot of feelings that go into that.
But this story has had the theme of death since the beginning. Yona’s father was a nice man but his death helped a lot of people because he did not run his country well (and also probably killed his brother but I’m in doubt of that). Yona has had to kill at least one person (not sure if there was more after the human trafficker guy) and had a lot of moral conflict around it but decided it was the only way to end this conflict. Suwon, the man who killed her father and tried to have her and Hak killed, she has let live for now because she knows the country needs a strong leader.
I think she will kill Zeno because she has been making these moral choices and dealing with death since the start of the story. But I can also see her not killing him. I’m very engaged in the writing and can’t wait to see what happens.
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Getting him fired from his job is so abusive and manipulative I can’t even start. Your kid grew too big to hit like you used to so you turn to psychological warfare. Trying to be better or whatever they said to him my entire ass.
“They haven’t changed the situation has” Eunyung my boy also the self awareness he knows he’s been a bad person and he has violent tendencies because of how he was raised and he’s trying so hard to be better please parents get out of his life so he can grow.
(Might Delete) Pushing your personal trauma onto your child and using them as venting outlets go brrr. I’m sure the mom had a hard life and Eunyung was a little shit but that’s not any excuse to raise him the way they did. The dad actively abused him and both neglected him. He was acting out as a response to their poor parenting and to solve his acting out they abused him more as punishment. Your kid is not responsible for your emotional regulation, yes he is older but he is still a teenager and his mom is a grown woman who shouldn’t be guilting her son into living with his physically abusive dad. Eunyung wanted to feel loved by his parents which is what kids are wired to want psychologically, child psych go brrr, and he didn’t feel it. I’ve seen friends with parents that weren’t the best and did bad things, but they still received love from them (not in the narcasstic or love bombing way I mean like normal parental love). Eunyung is not written like someone with bad parents, he is written like someone with abusive parents. Almost nobody wants to believe they are the bad guy they will justify it to themselves a 100 times over and it’s not a personality disorder or anything it’s just how people are. His parents know they did things bad but they can’t accept that they messed their kid up that bad because that would make them abusers and it’s impossible to admit without a lot of introspection. Eunyung is putting physical and emotional distance between his parents and himself so he can just not think about how awful his situation is. He is kinda a bad person, but we can see why he is a bad person but also we see him becoming a better person! I love it so much because it’s a real character flaw and effective backstory that has impact on the world he’s in.
It’s extremely interesting to see this much nuance in writing I’m in awe amazing. Eunyung and his parents feel so real it’s nauseating.
It’s like he’s aging backwards good for him. The tragedy of him becoming worse at shouji (not a lot worse but he definitely is less focused on it) because he has other things to look forward too but he’s finally accepting that it’s good for him. It’s like the idea/meme of “I’ll lose my sparkle” when you take care of a mental illness. He still enjoys shouji but now it’s not life or death it’s a game he is good at and can talk to friends and mentors about. good god his character development!!!
Okay I feel like a dumbass but like what happened??? Phos disintegrated and their dust turned into a comet and their Lunarian eye is just chilling now with some rocks. Is that what happened?????
SCREAMING.
I have so much to say
1st MY EDGY YELLOW BOY MOOLSLKSJSJXJSJXKCJCJCJCJCKCK. Zeno please I can’t take this anymore…( T-T )
Also 2 chapters at once!? Yummy. Suwon naming Yona as the next ruler, also yummy, but like… a bit too little too late my man you KILLED HER DAD.
Also lot’s of blood stuff? The Red Dragon’s blood line has a disease, the dragon warriors feel their blood boiling when they meet Yona, the dragon god was inside of Zeno’s blood, he filled the chalice with his blood, Yona had a crush on her blood related relative (I kid, cousin incest is like the least problematic thing royalty has historically done rip).
Yona is having constant prophetic dreams? Also she got to see the original warriors!!! I’m kinda… conflicted about the message that the suffering of Zeno and the bloodlines of the dragons, more blood, is worth it for Yona to meet her friends. Definitely not what was intended but it’s what I was thinking.
Overall I’m feeling very positive and sad in a good way because emotions from media are cool. I’m in awe. Can’t wait for JUNE ( T-T )