Lauvil's manga / #Romantisized rape(17)

I don't understand how this manga has such a high rating. Rape, toxic relationship, a sociopathic seme with sociopathic friends and a weirdly aloof uke, who doesn't seem to mind that he's raped daily as long as it doesn't get in the way of his studies. I seriously can't relate to any of these characters and romanticized rape is the trope I hate the MOST. No thanks, and a big yikes, to this one...

Uke came out to his best friend in Middle school but ended up getting severely hurt, when his friend called him "disgusting" and outed him to the whole school, resulting in him being bullied and isolated. In high school he's completely withdrawn into his shell and stays away from other people, in fear of getting hurt. A playboy from his class then learns about his being gay, and threatenes the uke into becoming his "sex friend" in return for his silence. Thus begins a cycle of rape and blackmail, that then, some fucking how, turns into love. You can't even call it a psychological story, because it has a "happy" ending with rapist and victim being in a "loving" relationship. Romantisized rape is just uncomfortable...

Ah, the magical aphrodisiac that turns rape into pleasure. Classic. I really disliked everything about this story, but I'll list my least favourites: 1. Hikari's ex-bf got off scot-free, despite tricking women and selling them to human trafficers. No jail time, no beating, nothing. He went unpunished. 2. Multiple rape-scenes with the ML as the rapist. First while Hikari was drugged so she couldn't say no properly. Then later he rapes her again just to prove that he won't sell her off and doesn't need her to keep her virginity. 3. Despite being raped, confined and genuinely scared of Nero, she still manages to fall in love with him. I mean, I get that if you're in a scary place where you have no control over what happens to you, then it's natural to grab onto anything that makes you feel safer. But then she should've realized it when she went back home, sought out a therapist and put it all behind her. But nope, she went back to the rapist. Also the whole "he raped me, but he's still kind and gentle" bs she spouted... No. Just no.