
I always hated shotacon. It was always child abuse being shown as if it was ok and sexy, oure fetishism that simply disgusted me. But Harada-sensei have tis gift and was able to write a story about pedophilia and NOT MAKE IT A SHOTACON.
I became Harada's fan after this one which was what made me keep away from her work for a good while because of the shotacon tag. Nii-chan surprised me in every possible way.
Not only it talks about pedophilia with a crude realistic, yet plot-wise very well designed way, but it also touches topics important for lgbt comunity such as "the gay cure" "the abnormal label" and "the aceptance".
And the end was a bittersweet reality that yaoi never talks about even when it should. It is a polemic and shocking work of art that was beautifully executed.
It is plainly bad. There's hardly any plot and it's nothing but this poor guy being raped by every man in the comic. Everytime I think something good might happen, that maybe there'll be some turning point to the history, it only dissappoints my every expectation and goes back to the same and only thing in the whole comic: fetishization of rape and abuse. I know some old school yaoi also used rape in the plot but rarely like this and mainly to either, cover some plot/development role or to make the awaited lemon come way faster in the storyline. None of the manga I've readed ever used it as poorly and as badly as this one. I bet we're all still reading it misleaded by some feeling of hope that the mc will find happiness in the end, but, let's be honest, that'd be even more of a trash development if some of these abusive guys actually ended up making him happy than if they do not because then, it'd be romantization of rape which, again have been used by yaoi but never in extreme cases like this.
If you somehow readed my bible until now, here's the only plausible ending to this story:
At some point, Kyungsoo, like every other human being will have his mental state permanently affected by all the abuse and he'll then either, go psychotic and kill some of these motherfuckers(what I highly doubt given his nature) or commit suicide and free himself from all the suffering he's being forced to go through.
I don't even have to point out which is more likely to happen but then again, it could always sink lower as I mentioned. Anyway it will not get better.
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