. . . I don't really know why, but I just didn't care about this. It never really clicked with me. I finished it quite literally just a minute ago and yet I can't remember half the story.
There were a few small things in the story that I really didn't like. They were small but they brought my enjoyment down significantly. So Tokura is a—formerly—straight man, and his love for women never really ceased. That itself I don't mind, I like the "I'm straight but you're special" trope so I obviously know what I'm getting into, but the thing is that his love for women drove him to go to brothels and stuff like that. And there's a part of the story where he ends up going to a gentlemen's club due to contrived work reasons, and when his boyfriend finds out, he ends up saying he probably would end up continuing going out to brothels if we was asked to go by a client. Like, he's in a relationship but he's saying that he'd continue going and seeing women . . . Is that not insane? And it's basically brushed aside. I really disliked it. It left a bitter taste in my mouth that never really washed away.
When it comes to Tokura, I will say at the very least his storyline with his sexuality was pretty nice. I vaguely alluded to it being the "I'm straight but you're special trope," but honestly it felt more like a story of a man merely realizing he also likes guys a little later than most. It didn't feel like the story was treating him as a straight man, but rather a bisexual who might just have a strong lean towards women. Him going through these familiar yet so foreign feelings for the first time was really cute, and the small part of the end of how him being the bottom had briefly negatively affected his view of his masculinity was done pretty well.
It was cute and hot. They fucks real good. Older bottom co-worker with younger seme is perfect. Ryo was so twisted but I loved it. Only Because it's fictional. Takumi was try hard but I still like him. Don't care anymore about bad things in this story. That second dude scandal and all. Let's move on.