dub con is very vaguely appropriate for this chapter. poor mari. my dear boy. what's so disturbing about this chapter is he still didn't understand he was being sexually harassed right until he punched that guy and how this is actually very common for victims. at first i thought maris obsession with being more masculine was something of a plot driver, but I'm slowly understanding that it's actually trauma. there were perhaps even more instances when he was harassed and didn't know. my love for mari just grew even more. pls protect him for all of us kengo, we're all counting on you
Omg, you're so right- I've been interested and looking a lot into mental health-related stuff for years and lately one of the topics I've seen a lot is how coping mechanisms stem from traumas and now that I think about it, Mari's definitely showing some major signs that all his obsessiveness with masculinity comes from a lot of past trauma and that's heartbreaking ;;
I MEAN ITS DISGUSTING TO FIND SOMEONE SUCKING ON YOUR TITS WHILE YOU WERE ASLEEP RIGHT?? LIKE THATS IS I N S A N E AND I HATE HOW THAT FUCKER DOGED THE CONSEQUENCES BY BEING PATHETIC. poor hayato. i really don’t like souma. i’m sorry but he’s nothing but a pathetic guy who basically abandoned his First And Very Important friend like that. hayato was in the wrong, yeah, but he didn’t drive anybody to do anything. it was a decision the other person made, it was not his fault. and do not get me started on the other guy. that pathetic waste of ink and paper. who tf does he think he is. “i’ll jump from here to emotionally scar my friend who’s feelings don’t matter to me at all and hopefully survive to live as a ghost to haunt him at every move he makes.” FUCK YOUUUU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU. how does this guy wake up in the mornings and go about his day knowing how much of a horrible person he is? is he any better than his bullies? no wonder souma and him are friends
so messy. but i’ll read it and that’s only because of hayato’s existence. and his friends. idc about the rest. fucking souma can become a little decisive and then maybe i’ll hate him less.
i somewhat agree to that
i can understand noboru and his hatred towards hayato, i mean bc of hayato's actions he suffered bullying to the point of committing suicide not helping that hayato did nothing to help his friend when he was bullied
I'm not shaming hayato tho he was still a kid and not everyone is brave enough to stand up in those kinds of situations
but yeah he wasn't an angel too even if his intentions wasn't aligned with actions
i think noboru did a poor choice with coping mechanism trying to do harm to the person he loved, trying not to be alone with those feelings he carried
not justifying him just saying
and souma, yeah he almost raped him, that was disgusting, he admitted that himself, but still it was hayato's decision to forgive souma for that, even though i think it was mostly bc of his trauma, but it was his decision nonetheless
WHY WAS THIS CHAPTER SHORT