I love your breakdown of the details of this story, and I do agree! It's rare of me to find student x teacher tagged stories that I can enjoy since a lot of them don't really place that much importance on the severity of the prompt or idea. There's a lot of romanticizing their positions as student and teacher but not a lot of respect for the characters and the thinking they go through. If you liked this one, I recommend these too:
Suki ni Nattara Dame desu ka?
Kyou mo Ashita mo Asatte mo
Both are great in the depiction of the realities people in these positions face and have very smooth and consistent storylines. Again, great critique!
Thank you for the feedback T.T I also agree with your statement, many stories romanticizes the characters positions which is uncomfortable to me as a reader. I always have trouble finding good student x teacher stories so your recommendations are super useful, thank you!! I will definitely be checking out these stories (●'◡'●)
Honestly I was contemplating whether to even read this story at the beginning because it was tagged as student x teacher but I'm glad I gave it a chance. This is a great take on the whole age gap/student x teacher dynamic that causes so much controversy. The author did a splendid job at establishing the characters positions and personalities throughout the whole story, I found myself feeling for the characters and rooting for them at the end. I do appreciate the teacher's inner conflict as it reassures the readers that this story doesn't romanticizes predatory behavior. I also like how the couple waited until the student graduated before initiating a relationship which further solidifies the author's intent to not glorify inappropriate relationships between a minor and adult. I personally do not mind age gaps (when both parties are consenting adults) and I loved seeing the chemistry between both characters, they fit each other so well! The thing I appreciate the most is how PG13 the author kept the story, aside from a few kissing scenes (and the bath scene which wasn't even explicit) it was nice to see the characters go through obstacles without the inclusion of sex. Overall this was such a nice read and I'd definitely recommend!