This is really sad. I think the author depicts pretty well how CSA can have such significant long lasting impacts on one's mental health, ability to form healthy relationships, capacity to trust, to understand boundaries. Just how it impacts healthy development. The idea of keeping 'shameful' secrets, its all so horrible. Nobody, no child should have to carry that burden.
It also makes me sad that in so many mangas/manwhas there's this obvious societal homophobia. Kissing someone of your own gender shouldn't have to be a 'secret'. I feel for both of them there's this huge weight of internalised shame, for their difficulties with their mental health, their sexuality, their pasts. It actually makes me super sad haha, I guess it's good if the story makes me feel something.
2023-07-29 15:00 marked
): it's sad