The ppl new to Harada-sensei are not ready for the real fucked up stuff to come, this is the most tame manga I've ever read of her and it's funny how ppl are proving her right by reacting so aggressively to even this tame work of her.
The whole theme of finding joy in the exploration of weird stuff that was navigated in the first volume flew over everyone's head, it's really sad to see how Harada feels limited by this new internet culture of shame in this oversensitive era ( ̄ε(# ̄)Σ.
It's been comical but definitely not lighthearted with the amount of rape and dubcon that it has portrayed within those same 5 volumes.
As for your asymptomatic intelligence with no media literacy, if you've read this far and didn't understand what the author meant to communicate through a certain character it's not my issue, it's very clear that it was a self insert and a reflection of their art journey, bye XD
I don't think you'll even read this but it's still out there for others to analyze with me so whatevs.
I think literature classes are not working they way they used to because this is basic media analysis, on top of it you're making up stuff about me, I never claimed to know the author like that and it's weird that's the first thing that came to your mind.
Back to the story-author parallels, it's clear as day and very easy to analyze this author's character based on the subplot of Koma as a character, authors tend to let slip reflections of themselves in their stories and Koma is a very obvious example of this.
Koma is a character with taboo interests who is generally fun and doesn't have any intention of harming real people or his partners, but this character feels pressure and shame because he's afraid ppl will misunderstand him and think he actually wants to recreate the gorey scenarios he enjoys. That's why he tones down his interest in front of others and doesn't open up easily.
In this moment is easy to see a glimpse of Harada in this character, the current years we live in it's clear fandom spaces have changed drastically mostly because of US influences in it and their weird practices like witch hunts when someone doesn't adhere to a certain moral code, if the art they create is taboo there's a possibility of ppl trying to attack the artist and "cancel" them.
You don't have to be a mastermind to understand Harada as an artist, it's clear in this manga what their concerns are concerning this new young public with a slowly cementing puritan mindset.
It's okay if you choose to ignore the hints but it's still there for people who want to understand and read socially and psychologically into it beyond "haha sex, joke, sex again"
Leaving aside the incest thing it's just horribly written.
Every shot drawn with women in weird positions ends up being more sadly comical than sensual bc the author probably doesn't know shit about building up sexual tension, the sensuality is just not there XD
We're not even going to talk about the interactions between characters because we know it feels fake and it's just bad, the chemistry flew out the window.
Other pathetic part and the thing that ruins the story is how the women's clothes are ridiculously attached to their figures, undressing slowly is part of the "edging" and that ruins the expectation.
An extra thought: it's disappointing is how the feelings of guilt because of the "incest"(? are not even explored, they just go "oh no I know this is wrong but anyways", if the characters are doing something taboo at least make it feel like what they're doing is like grabbing a forbidden fruit, make their interactions outside of intercourse more complicated while they try to disguise their indecent secrets in front of others, like,,, at least make it interesting if you're gonna do weird porn troupes bruh
This became more of a lesson of writing porn for beginners rather than a review lol ╮( ̄▽ ̄)╭
Right? Also we get teased w the MCs backstory but that doesn't make him sympathetic at all lmao. The characters feel bland as fuck and the mc is not at all likeable. The incest thing is really bland too, honestly it just feels like they are roommates, there is no bonds with siblings and the mom that are familiar.
to me at least, i feel bad for the mc because being raped and manipulated by these women.. because in one of the panels in the beginning, yu can see him being chained up, which even for an abusive family is extra. I get that he shouldn’t have touched his mom like that in the beginning but bsfr, his sister coulda been like “yo, yu can’t be doing that,. we’re family and js cs she’s sleeping doesn’t make it right”, not with the sexual aspect. They’re all js attention seekers tbh.
If you're used to yankee stories you're gonna find this one appealing, it's not that outstanding or interesting like Nakaseteyaruyo Yankee-kun, Abarenbo honey, Megumi and Tsugumi, and others but it has its charm. The story here is simple and there's little exploration of their relationship unlike in the other works I mentioned so use this as a recommendation if you want to find interesting works.
I understand not everyone is strong to digest these stories and maybe that's why there were various comments saying it was bad (〜 ̄△ ̄)〜
Even the shadowy entity was more interesting as Rachel than the MC, now we go back to plain female lead