i fucking hate the "epilogue" why couldn't they just have a happy ending? like they're trying to go for some cheap tearjerker but everyone just ends up mad. just gonna pretend like i didn't see that.
this is sooo good they have such incredible chemistry together!!
this comic is so fucking funny and cute! i honestly thought it was gonna be some lame edgy shit given the premise but it turned out to be so fluffy and funny! i hope the author does a bonus chapter where they get engaged
I'd like to support the author on tapas and i did already pay for a bunch of the chapters, but you don't even get an uncensored version after you pay for it. if i'm spending money on it i want the whole comic, not a chopped up version. given how many sex scenes there are it'd be like missing out on half of the story lol.
There are two "Hold Me Tight" listings on Tapas. One is the mature version. You have to enable mature comics in order to see it =)
Also i think the mature version is only available on the website (not the app). and since they're listed as two separate comics, if you've already bought chapters from the censored version, you'll have to re buy them in the mature version.
one of my all time favorites. this story honestly blows me away every time i read it by just how well composed every scene is.
i think it's realistic up until the part where they fucking end up together in the end. even if he had some sort of revelation and wanted to live as a "normal person" wouldn't it make sense to cut off all ties with your personal foray into pedophilia so that he could also have some semblance of a healthy life?? what nii-chan and yui have is not love. it's just a trauma bond and it's really fucking sad that in the end it's treated like love. like...what does he love about this guy? the answer is is that he was the only one to show him affection when he was a child, and now he thinks that he can get nii-chan's affection by having sex with him. nii-chan perpetuates this by making him believe that he's disgusting and twisted for doing these things, and that nii-chan's the only one who truly understands him. that's the extent of their relationship.
nii-chan should've just offed himself honestly. at that point you've already scarred a child beyond repair and you're too beyond repair yourself to even leave him the fuck alone so you might as well just die. just because you've groomed and raped a child until he was of legal age doesn't actually make it okay
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The story does not want to paint this situation as okay, it doesnt want to portray this as love. It wants to show how someones experiences and trauma can fuck them up so bad, to the point that they dont even know what a normal and healthy relationship looks like. That your trauma can keep you from moving psychology and making progress as a person. It stopped nii-chan from moving forward as he got stuck in the same cycle and groomed a child as well, and now its stopping Yui from throwing away his abuser and continuing this illusion of a relationship.
What you're saying is exactly right but I feel like you fail to realize that what you're saying in a way was also what the author intended to portray.
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Their brains aren't capable of developing in a normal, functioning manner anymore, stunted due to trauma. Any relationship they might have will more than likely be unhealthy regardless... So, might as well be unhealthy and fucked up together until they die, it's the only path they can really take without causing anymore harm to others at this point. That, or kill themselves. Either way, nothing will truly change for them. It is what it is.
,,, therapy????
Lol it's worth trying but I really doubt it'd do anything substantial for drastic cases like these. There's only so much the human mind can endure to then attempt fixing.
Don't get me wrong, they should go to therapy regardless. But given their circumstances and the kind of society they live in, it more than likely won't help them from spiraling.
i wish it were longer..would've liked to see their relationship develop a bit more. the art is really beautiful though, especially the shots of the inside of the tent in the first chapter. it's such an interesting idea, living at school. i wonder what happened that he ended up like that.
this manga is so fucking good. some of the best artwork i've seen in a manga.
I feel like i can relate a lot to this story because i'm also in henry's position. i keep pining for the girl i fell in love with during high school, even though i know she'll never return my feelings. like i can understand why people are frustrated with henry not giving sam a chance but y'all forget this story started with sam getting fucking married to a woman and internalized homophobia doesn't go away that easily. if you've spent your formative years convincing yourself that you're being a pervert towards your best friend and then they get married to someone else...that's not something you can just easily brush off.
in the end i think they really belonged together. yeah seth is sweet, he's a good guy, but he wasn't right for henry because henry's first priority would always be sam. maybe i'm just a sucker for these stories because i wish my own life could turn out like that, with my high school best friend becoming my wife in the end.
i think keima's one of my favorite yaoi characters. he's just so chaotic i love him lol. this manga also made me realize how rare it is to see an actual drug reference in yaoi. like not some weird aphrodisiac thing but like real drugs.