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Well, since previous chapter, insecurity has been killing him that many girls are after his BF... Cant really blame him but, yeah instead of keeping it in (for drama) he should just directly ask him for his re-assurance

He isn’t immature, he’s extremely insecure, two different things. We’ve seen that same insecurity in the last chapters, Yugo told him that he’d fade Asashi if he was a girl, so he thought he had to change(be a girl), so seeing Yugo with other girls makes him really anxious and insecure, he feels like he’s not enough, since he’s a guy. Yugo also doesn’t help, although he didn’t do anything wrong, he has yet to portray his actual feelings for Asashi, put it on the table you know? At least he’s aware of how Asashi feels.

He’d date*

Yep okay agreed. Two different things yes, but I also think he's a bit immature along with his feelings of insecurity. Just his nature in general. But I guess shouldn't have mixed up immaturity with his behaviour, so that goes to you!

Yeah agreed. I hope they have an open conversation. Like the one thing I always hope for in these things is for the characters to have deep open conversation then that'll open up their feelings and stop misunderstandings but I guess that also comes up with character development, so yeah can't really blame anyone haha

I don’t even know anymore. It sucks because I get confused when they say stop or wait but want them to keep going. It’s sad cuz it used to make me uncomfortable but now I’ve just gotten used to it, and breeze over it like it’s nothing.

I mean yes, that’s not how things work in the western world. But do you know if it’s the same in Japan?
The artists will most likely represent their own society and (no surprises here) that’s the Japanese and not the American one. Also, these mangas are aimed at Japanese manga readers, not you.
If you want to read mangas/comics that suit your society and your tastes, I recommend reading works from American/western artists.

ngl at this point if i read through the manga and i like what happens afterwards i just pretend it didn’t happen. like i rewrite it in my own mind so i can enjoy it. i do really hate how some mangas romanticize sexual abuse but when you’re reading a genre that brushes past this you kind of just get used to it.

but i do agree that when a manga relationship is consensual it automatically makes the story 10x better because the author knows how to write a relationship in a complex uncliché way.

read history of yaoi. most of the time the rape and super twisted tropes that are liked because of the intended eroticism are written by women. it has a dark background as to why women started this and why women are doing it and enjoy it as well...now no people are used to fiction being an outlet for every dark idea one has and get hooked on the freedom of imagination. the only issue is that if people get used to certain images, they can get desensitized and either a threat or a victim in future situations. it does not happen often, but there are increasing cases of people like this. the brain does not differenciate between imagination and reality, so it is processed the same way in the brain, only self reflection can do that, but not many people self reflect though. you can see it in comments :) but human are humans so yeah...it's just fiction, just fiction haha..in reality no one would say that this is not rape, right?

I thought I was the only one

Literally all i want to to is read cute love stories and i can barely find anything that doesn't have non con at first

That's how things work in the western world? I didn't know consent is only for the western world. I don't care if it's not aimed at me lol, I didn't know rape and sexual harrasment is a cultural thing? :O

So Japanese culture is rape? And then falling in love? Are you sure? Or is it just a fetish and romanticizing fantasies?

Yeah that's true, I sometimes rewrite the stories in my head too! But almost everything I come across is messed up :/

I knoww! We all deserve healthy relationship content

I know and that sucks (╥﹏╥)

This is a well written discussion! Fiction may be a outlet for dark imagination but as long as we have a consience that doesn't let us be influenced by it, well and good. But reading the comments on here that cheer the harrasment as something (duh that's what love stories are like!) Amazing and justifying rape as Japanese culture is just hard hitting. We can only hope that no one would say that :)

I wouldn’t say that Japanese culture is rape. But there is more of sexism and sexual harassment than what we are used to. Also the way it is perceived is different: what we would see as mildly upsetting is still ok in Japan. The culture is one that supports men and they are the ones in charge (politically and romantically). That’s also the reason why most ukes are really feminine and won’t talk back to the seme.
Talking about rape, it definitely is horrible, and it’s also horrible in Japan but a lot of things aren’t really seen as rape (like how a lot of women have experienced sexual harassment but they didn’t notice it as such bc "it’s common" that some random dude just touches their ass at the disco and things like that). So what we see as nonconsentual can still be perfectly normal in Japan.
It’s becoming better in the recent years in Japan but a lot of mangas on here are already some years old and even in new mangas rape is still drawn a lot bc it has been like that for quite some time.

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