I know this is an older work, but I just can't get past the blatant rape. Someone doesn't just "get over" being raped bc the other person is sorry or falls in love...it was a gross concept in 2016 (even as a common trope) & it's even worse now imo
The overall story is a little cliche, but the author did their best to keep it interesting & the characters were all likable. Their romance is super sweet & the art is beautiful. Have read it twice & it was enjoyable both times
I've read a lot of crazy things (I mean I've seen hedgehog-man sex) but I just can't get over the bird aspect... there is nothing sexy about a giant bird beak in your face. I just keep thinking of the mites & diseases birds can carry lmao
Shame bc the art is cute ╮(￣▽￣)╭
But not my fave ╮(￣▽￣)╭ Too much focus on the Niko story - I get if the author was setting him up for a spin-off, but even so it should have been resolved in 2 chapters
Rou being so desperate for this dude's friendship & up in his business was weird. I get that he's oblivious (no change from vol.1) but spending the night w/your coworker who doesn't like you just bc they got dumped?? & not leaving until someone says - maybe your bf wouldn't like this? Why tell someone vulnerable "if i were single i’d go for you in a heartbeat?" I'm glad the author at least didn't go w/Niko falling for him (small mercies)
Saving grace is Yoshino & the sweet moments btw them. Rou genuinely is head-over-heels & they're so wholesome when they're together
Overall not bad, but you kind of wonder what the point of this sequel even was lol
but don't know if i love this one yet. Masataka is pushy & annoying in his own way, but I hate Eito's sanctimoniousness . Like nobody made you fuck this guy while calling him trash ╮(￣▽￣)╭ don't act like you're too good for it when you're the one who pressured him after he got cold feet
I think it's the other way around. he fucked him to basically scare him or teach him a lesson because he hated those kinds of people
Their relationship is sweet but toxic at the same time. Tamaki is legit traumatized...the sexual assault (or fear of it) from his mother is horrific & understandably has affected him. Shi is well-intentioned but so many wrong moves to someone w/Tamaki's trauma. (tho I appreciate that he tried to get an adult involved bc the mother situation is serious)
Also Takumi is scum. I get Shi lied, but going w/a highschooler in the 1st place was gross. Then to not verify his age? The author is trying to make him likable but...no thanks