Comments of Smoke & Honey

❥ established relationship ❥ engagement

Honestly tho the period setting is lovely and this relationship as a combination of houses dispite age difference is very respectful...I have read some very gross stuff before but had no such reaction to the art or story displayed here. How lovely..honestly tho reading this made me feel relaxed? How strange.....

Bunji is seeexy but age gap is too much

It's a good read.
Try it

Himeko Hanatsuka, age 12, and Bunji Tsuchiya, age 30. Their relationship status is: "engaged."

Read it it's sweet ig for Japan during that era this age gap is normal so yeah don't bash it. It's good but one shouldn't examine it with modern values because it is about an entirely different era.

I Thought this was a parenting fic, help i am so lost wtf is happening. She is so cute adorable but she needs an adult, wait not THAT adult!

Ok I read everything here and this is so freaking cute, I can even ignore the engagement because thats culture stuff but the kissing us unsettling, glad that doesn't happen often. Everything else is super cute and the art is so pretty.
Also the man is 18??! Get some rest tall child! You can't keep burning the candle on both ends!
Haha but seriously he looks a very tired 30-40. War is hell guys

Aside from the fact that she is a 12 yo engaged to a grown ass military man, it's quite sweet. She is not sexualized, but rather portrayed as a little, fragile, shy and innocent girl. Of course I'd rather she was represented as a doll than sexualized.
As for the male character, he's crazy sexy, however idk if I find him attractive bc he's hot or if I admire him and wish he taught me how to bike. Freud would have said both. Anyway he's handsome.

WALA AKONG PAKIALAM KUNG MALAKI AGE GAP NILA AMP! MAGING OPEN MINDED NALANG! TAINA!!! KINIKILIG AKO KAY BUNJI!!!!

BUNJI DADDY!!!! I SIMP FOR YOU!!!

Ew bro wtf?? I know that the setting is from the period when a pedophile is still acceptable but damn this is unsettling af

The story of a 12-year-old and 30-year-old who are engaged due to tradition but Japan is westernizing around them challenging their relationship. The artwork is stunning but I'm unsettled by the theme.

i'm mostly curious to see how this ends

chapter i read: 15

The art is good but..

This is so wrong but I want more why-

I don't hate this but she's only 12!!!!!!! 12!

I like this story. Yeah it’s a little off putting that the author only established the FL’s age and not the ML (he’s a mature 18 year old btw). I think it’s good that the author is establishing that they are waiting to get married (she’ll be 15, he’ll be 21), because even though historically it wouldn’t be that weird for them to get married right now, I think the author realizes that most international audiences wouldn’t be able to handle that. Also, I can’t quite put my finger on it, but I get the feeling that despite his joking and flirting; she is more romantically interested in him than he is in her. Sure he does do things to make her happy and flirts, but there have been some scenes where I feel like he’s humoring her; more than doing it because he likes her. I dunno, maybe it’s his stoic face… but I just can’t help the feeling like this is an adult humoring a child who’s found their first love because they’re young and naive…

He’s 18 and she’s 12. Kinda okay for the era that the author is writing

Okay. Okay... Can we just talk about how fucking hot is Bunji? Like wtf? I'm in love? Take me? I'm so fuckin jealous of Himeko? Like omg? Take me
OMG HE'S ONLY 18?? I'M OLDER THAN HIM???