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it’s the way i walked into this story thinking it was gonna be light and cute, only to be hit with generational trauma and abuse :((((( sakuma’s irrational fears due to his abuse were just so heartbreaking. and although many people seem to be mad at it lol, i really liked the way we were shown that even though we can find comfort or a healthy coping mechanism, our trauma doesn’t just up and leave once we do through sakuma being so irrationally afraid of the dark, he did what he thought was ok to do in that moment with that worker. another comment spoke on that alrdy tho so im not gonna say too much on that part

i also liked the small, one-page snippet of the father’s physical abuse as a child. the father’s abusive past is not a means of justification toward his own abusive behavior, but it is the heart wrenching explanation as to why sakuma was put in the boxes. the father’s lines of “i won’t hit you. i’m different from him,” though it’s probably just what the translators used, imply the distance and dissociation the father was trying to put between himself and his own abusive father. it also showed us that he thought it was completely reasonable and rational to do what he did. he didn’t put sakuma in the box because he WANTED to mistreat him or be an abusive father, he did it because he actually treasured sakuma but probably didnt know how to navigate his anger (im assuming it was his anger) or displeasure in a healthier way. unfortunately, like many abuse victims, and like i said before, im sure he thought it a reasonable punishment or smthn because he wasnt *physically harming* his son, whom he treasured and thought important, as implied by the lines of “i’ll put important things in a box . . . so that i wont be able to break them apart.” (and honestly, the language he used when speaking to sakuma when he was putting him in the box, “thats right, i know you’re a good boy. you’re perfect, i know you’re perfect…” i don’t think he was being manipulative or anything when saying it, it seemed he genuinely believed that sakuma was a perfect, good kid).

on top of that, we were shown a little bit of the trauma inflicted onto sakuma’s older brother through their father’s actions, even if the trauma was a bit indirect in comparison (since we weren’t shown if his brother was ever put into the boxes too).

overall, very saddening story that i didn’t think was going to be so sad LOL. i was thinking it was just going to be something ridiculous and light, not so dark and deep. i really loved this story, it was so well written, AND the art is just so so good. (sorry for the essay LOLS)

Spoiler!!!

He's a GREAT plot device for the upcoming seme redemption arc!! We'll finally get to see hyung chasing and pining after our uke, it's gonna be delicious ლ(´ڡ`ლ) It wouldn't have been possible otherwise with the ukes low self esteem without youjin running his mouth.

I see a lot of people upset at Yuzu for so easily forgiving his brother and yes, his brother is a piece of shit and nobody should have sympathy for him it’s just not that simple. As somebody who has been SAed forgiving your abuser is not easy, especially if they are family or a loved one. The abuse Yuzu experiences is quite literally BUILT on exploiting the victims love for the abuser and just because Yuzu knows what his brother did is wrong doesn’t mean he’ll just stop loving him. Yuzu’s response is completely realistic for a victim of incestuous sexual abuse. Yuzu does deserve justice but he also deserves a little peace. ALSO PLEASE HAVE MEDIA LITERACY OMEGA VERSE IS NOT FUCKED UP BECAUSE PEOPLE JUST MADE IT THAT WAY, IT’S FUCKED UP BECAUSE IT PARALLELS ACTAUL SEXISM. It’s cause WE are fucked up

I hate when stories acknowledge a character as being a rapist (since a lot of the times they can gloss it over, which is also bad) but then they DON'T hand them mfs to the police??? That man is a criminal who does not deserve to have genitals nor be within a 10km radius of his brother. Take him the fuck away.

I'm so ignorant- (●￣(ｴ)￣●) is there a way to search for manga using multiple tags?