Historical fantasy as a thinly veiled excuse for BDSM, slavery, torture, humiliation, etc.. A king slaughters all the people of a neighbouring kingdom whose king murdered his family, except the son who he takes as a slave in order to humiliate and torture him, presumeably as an example to anybody else who gets ideas, but maybe for the shits-and-giggles. So far the aggressive king is straight out of the Snidely Whiplash school of villains, all grimaces and "grr-grrrr-grr", while the enslaved prince is a po-faced trampled blossom who is pitiful, not just because of all the spectacular bad treatment he's been dished, but because every character tells him he is. Because of this, the story tilts into bathos and is very amusing example of popcorn yaoi.
Guessing an incoming >>>Revenge-Love Hate-Enemy become lovers<<< plot. Dark History of bad blood results in bringing 2 sworn enemies too close to each other. Igen the villainous antihero with a concealed murky past of his own, massacres an entire clan & takes Kasan - the sole survivor of the alleged clan, as his new slave as an outlet of his frustration, anger & sadistic pleasure. The irony here is that the mercilessly tortured to the breaking point, Kasan is still unbeknownst to the fact that Igen is the wrethced Muderer of his family & the root of his excruciating anguish.
includes: mary sue uke who falls for the guy blatantly abusing him and is a damsel in distress ; the evil/manipulative seme that starts caring for the guy he wants to destroy, cliches and Stockholm syndrome. fun times
One of my favourite, if not my favourite, yaoi out there. It makes me cry and breaks my heart but it is sooo amazing. The art, the writing, the romance it's so beautiful. I just want them to be happy. Both igen and kassan and king akasin and caesar. What an amazing story, I need more!
AHHHHHH MY HEARTTTTTTTTTTTT. ppl say its an enemies to lovers trope but imo its more “love at first sight” typa thing but its with ur enemy. i went in expecting a lot of rivalry instead i got acceptance, forgiveness and love. loVE I LOVE LOVE!!! LOVE LOVE LOVE
I'm sure it's a good story but the more I read my blood boiled. Igen is a cruel bitch. I stopped on chapter 3 that's as far as I'm gonna go. There's no way I'm falling in love with the murderer of my family. Yusa this went too far. Stockholm syndrome? No thanks.
Very similar to Captive prince, but the captive one is so innocent and lovestruck that it's a bit boring. In captive prince, the fact that the blonde prince doesn't know who his slave really is, and also that the slave is not beautiful and 'uke-material' makes it so much more interesting.