pluckaduck's manga / #priest(2)

very nice. it's hard to find a yaoi+actual and unique plot nowadays (there are too many stories with a bunch of filler smut and a slow plot, or shoujo-vibe shounen-ai. tbh they're boring and cliche, sometimes so shoujo that if the mc was replaced with a female, it wouldn't have changed anything). I like the recurring and diverse characters and their impact on the story's development (like, there are not merely side characters that talk). but as much as I like how smooth the development is, I think some aspects should be more delved into. like the mc's character was a bit lackluster. however, ngl Paulo was written pretty well, i think? anyways, where did father Domingo go? his relationship with teco? who exactly killed mc's parents? what do the latter know? what exactly is Misha? what is the boundary he is talking about? I also want to know the fortune-teller and clairvoyant's story? (like, it was so random! it just made me even more curious!)

premise and plot points were interesting, but no. the topic of religion/forgiveness/atonement vs one of the most heinous acts of sexual nature needs to be tread very very very carefully. this story is a shallow attempt at that. the psyche of the mc and his epiphany needs to be explored more, bc its beyond irrational that mc could find it within him to forgive the ml. 15 yrs of his life were ruined without family or friends, and it's likely that if his inmates had found out why he was in prison, he would've been killed, after prison it's just constant fear and dread and people which with he cannot form relationships bc his past always reach their ears. so it's even more ridiculous that mc came to love him. the ml was not developed well enough-- i mean he has the personality and the past, but what about his values? if the story was longer to go really in-depth with ml's past and the plot points and their relationship, it could've been good and worth pondering over even with the controversial elements. it could've offered some believable insight as to why he could ever EVER love a child rapid-murderer who did nothing when he was framed and took advantage of his loneliness to have sex when they met again.