Silver Ash's manga / #Conditioning(18)

Complete ch 2

This was crazy wild and crazy wonderful. The art and writing had me emotional the whole ride. People make mistakes in times where they are manipulated after years of grooming and conditioning. The trauma that Mitsuru had to endure was realistic and hits home for a lot of gay couples. Accurate representation is super important, especially for long term domestic abuse victims that are emotionally dragged and verbally degraded. It’s not easy to write and it isn’t easy to read, but it’s incredibly important. You don’t have to forgive your abuser. The people that truly love you won’t stop loving you. Abusers can feel regret, they are still human and in this case he really did love Mitsuru. Properly getting to know someone is important. Abuse of any kind is a heavy burden to carry.

Complete ch 5 Couple 1: A writer who lives with a friend, said friend does a lot to make sure that the writer doesn’t die from writing. He’s ultimately ignored most of the time. Distance helps them both realize their needs. Couple 2: Gloomy and jealous boyfriend with cheery and excited boyfriend. A certain band gets in the way. Couple 3: Established office couple. A very popular member of the team wants his boyfriend bad but is scared his uncontrollable levels of excitement will be disillusioning to his boyfriend. His boyfriend is worried he doesn’t have the sex appeal after 6 months. Couple 4: Rape warning. Grooming your students for success and to fall in love with you.

Complete ch 5.5 When you believe one of them is in complete control only to learn that the other one was in control since way before. Fuck, I could read this one a million times it’s that good.

Just because you like someone doesn’t make rape not rape. The older brother didn’t want it to be like that and he had his own game to play. Stringing along his little brother that he loves dearly. Things don’t go to plan when two personalities like this clash. Besides, the older one isn’t helpless, he’s just a major brocon.

Complete ch 6 Not nearly as good as I remember it being.

Complete ch 2

I love how he just totally loses himself to the gentle touch and embrace of this man.