
Wait, so seme had a one night stand with the uke in the first chapter, pretended like it never happened and befriended uke while never bringing it up, then had sex with him again in chapter 9 but lied saying it was actually their first time? Am I misunderstanding here, or is this guy a manipulative little shit?

like I said the bar is too low he's "pretty" so most are blind to his manipulative behavior. Sure I can acknowledge that he loves mc, but "love" that's a byproduct of obsession is always questionable to me. The way they got together was him taking advantage of mc's vulnerabilities and manipulating the situation from the start.

I’m sorry, this just has too much going on. Way too much time being given over to bland and pathetic side characters. Why should we care about them? What do they have going on that’s more important than the main couple? Not much. A decent plot could have been fleshed out with just the young guy and the father/son duo as the main focus, none of this other drama was needed. It’s like too much seasoning was added to a soup that already tasted good, ya over did it. It’s a drop for sure

Wow for once, the seme didn’t do anything wrong and it’s the uke’s own insecurities and indecisiveness that kept souring things. He’s really got to work on his own self esteem if this relationship is going to last. Other than the obvious, there’s not a lot of depth here. The art is very pretty, but it definitely feels like it might be the author’s first time writing a BL.

Whoa, whoa, whoaaa, lot of assumptions there. Do you know me? Wild to assume I’m straight based off of a random comment. Anyhoo, liking the same gender does come with its own fears and hesitations, that’s true, but it doesn’t negate the fact that he let his insecurity and distrust eat him up. This can happen to anyone regardless of sexuality, and it’s definitely something that can only be resolved through healthy communication, and developing self confidence. Seme isn’t in the wrong for innocently talking to a woman. As uke gets older and continues in this relationship, he will need to learn trust, and the ability to discuss fears with his partner before jumping to random conclusions or panicking. This is true of gay/queer/ relationships as well as straight ones.

Preach. Sexuality has nothing to do with this lmao. I’m part of LGBTQ+ myself but I also am aware MC needs to learn one day to communicate before entering a relationship. Just because your experience with straight people is bad doesn’t mean it would be the same, not until they communicate. ML is not a mind reader or a perfect human being, nor is MC.

Exactly so why are people dog piling on the MC?? There's no right and wrong in this situation, relationships are so much more complicated than black and white. It's not the ML fault for being born with his own sexuality and there's nothing wrong with the insecurities that the MC is facing so why are we dog piling on him??
I hate BL readers for this very reason because you always only like to critique on the more "feminine" or "gay" guy in these mangas. You guys seriously disgust me

Did I ever say he was wrong? I did not, but it's not right to shit on the MC for having reasonable fears especially with his long history with the ML. Everyone's acting like he's biphobic when he never once shamed the ML for his sexuality but rather internalized a lot of his insecurities which does happen a lot of times and that's nothing to shit someone on but rather to help

Okay I think I kinda misunderstood what you said. I thought you were saying MC is not at fault at all, I didn’t agree with that. But I agree now that MC being shifted on for his fears isn’t right, I just am annoyed by his lack of communication and internalizing it. But that’s not something he can just change, it’s not gonna happen overnight. ML also should’ve inquired more when MC asked to break up, he felt a little cold, but eh.

Thanks you get my point, it's a nuanced conversation especially regarding a relationship like theirs with many layers. Both people have their own communication problems and internalized problems due to the misunderstanding they had when they were younger. There's nobody who's right or wrong in this.

I was looking in general in comments, I've been an avid BL readers for many years now and I've always seen the same pattern on critiquing/shaming on the "bottom" in the relationship. It always feels like some form or internalized misogyny by some of the commentors. That's why I've just gotten sick and tired of it now because everyone always lack nuances when discussing the relationships that happen in BLs

Well I hate that my opinion on this one comic stirred you up so much, although I too have read BL and Bara for many years and am happy to critique any character regardless of whether they are bottoms, tops, etc. Definitely not a bottom hater or anything bizarre like that, it’s unfortunate if you got that impression. If I don’t like a Top I’ll call them out too. Hell, sometimes I don’t agree with ANYBODY in a manga. Haha. My opinion in my very first comment has not changed and won’t, but thats alright. You don’t have to agree with me, nor should you feel like you have to! That’s not my intention. I just share my two cents here and there. We don’t have to agree with each other, that’s the beauty of a comment section. (●'◡'●)ノ

All of these chapters should have been dedicated to fully fleshing out the first couple. The extra stories weren’t needed, and just caused the first to feel super rushed. Really wanted to see further growth, especially from Tasaki. He claims to not be prejudiced, but has quite a bit of homophobia and assuming behavior that needs to be ironed out. I also think that the story would have worked a lot better if HE had of been the one who fell in love first, rather than the gay man, that way it would have further dispelled the stereotype that gay men just automatically fall in love with any male they live with.
**builds a 40ft wall around this rare, precious couple so that they remain pure characters and aren’t ruined by a terrible second volume or awful bonus stories**
No seriously, if I had to nitpick, we COULD have been given more info about the seme, but honestly I don’t care that we didn’t. Everything else is nice enough, and although I enjoy some thrills and drama, sometimes I just want to read a super sweet mushy story without a whole lot of shit. And this gave me that. It’s a great “feel good” story.
So agreed to the top!