Lauvil's manga / #Coworkers(27)

Sumire Nakadou is a 27 yo office worker, who has never had a boyfriend, much less had sex. It's not out of disinterest, though. Barely being around men and boys during her formative years, she just doesn't now how to talk to them - not to say flirt with them. One day, after having a meal with a co-worker she suddenly blurts out: "Would you make love to me". Fortunately, he's not taken aback by the sudden request. In fact, he agrees to it - though on the condition that she becomes his (pretend) girlfriend. As per usual in the smut-genre of manga, there are some sexist tropes: - The man knowing a woman's body better than herself and her never having tried to masturbate - Jealous women with crushes on the ML try to meddle in their relationship/obstruct the FL - FL acts subservient to the ML, putting his needs/desires above her own - Doesn't pass the Bechdel test - so far any conversations between women are about a man (Tachibana) There's also a rather uncomfortable scene, where the ML begins touching the MC while she's asleep. And when she finally wakes up, he penetrates her without warning, consent or letting her catch her bearings. And he knew he was in the wrong - even expected her to get angry - but did it anyway. Even told her to "yell at him afterwards"... Yikes. The story itself is a bit cliché and a few moments made me cringe, but it's not too bad. Or at least I thought so until the chapter with the sleeping sex. I was gonna rate it 3/5, but that scene knocked its rating down. 2/5 stars.

Oh boy. Thought it was gonna turn out to be a misunderstanding, and actually the seme loved the uke all along. Then the angsty part would be over and it would slowly evolve into a sweet romance. Oh boy, was I wrong. The angst keeps multiplying and I can't predict where it's going to go next. Went from unrequited love, to cold exploitation, to black mail and now confinement. Holy shit.

Eh... Not a big fan of power-gap stories. + There's an age gap, where the ML knew the FL since they were young, and it's just a little icky. I know that their romance probably isn't going to cause any issues for the FL in this story, and that the ML is not going to abuse the power he holds over her. But he so easy could. I just don't like it. The smut was pretty good, though.