Kakun's Favorite

I found it strange at first that a romanticization of London's Crystal Palace was the conceit, given that the Great Exhibition was more a gross manifestation of imperialism and colonization than anything... but then I was like oh wait this works because this story is fucked up too. Dang.

I don't understand why everyone is so hard on Tyltyl.
Like none of us was in the same situation as him as a small child, left in severe climate all alone and having to protect his brother, plus the guy who raised them raped and used him as a whore. I've never experienced that so I can't blame him for being a bit crazy and hard to understand. How could anyone not be hurt and traumatized?
It's not like he knew it was his father and he felt guilt afterwards when he knew about it. I was imagining that Tyltyl is a very lonely person himself so he wanted to share warmth with someone and console each other.

People seem to be more forgiving for Yashiro in Saezuru tori wa habatakanai though he also was raped and became sex addict. In my opinion Tyltyl's situation is way more severe than Yashiro's. Why not be more forgiving! I want to give credit to him for protecting and raising his brother, he did good. Now I want them both to be happy.

This is extremely underrated.
It's a very unique, deep and yet mesmerising storyline. It's of a bond in a deadly place and of overcoming desperate measures. And it's done so cleverly!
The connection between the characters are deep and different, I don't know what the ending would be, it's not your typical yaoi at all but I say read this with an open mind because in my opinion some of the comments here may make you not do so, create your own opinion. I feel like it's worth a read just because there aren't many stories like this one and it's amazing to see how different mangakas come up with different non generic plots.
If you think it's going a certain way... It's probably not going the way you expect it too