Yeah, nowadays, I wouldn't even give a chance to any recent manga/story depicting sa in any shape of form, but I started this back in 2008 I think - among other mangas of the genre that not only uses sa as a plot point but as in 2023 haven't ended- and the only reason I keep on reading them it's to know what the end goal is.
Like, are the main characters that usually take the role of being the bottom accept their feelings or will it be more complex and realistic situation than that and they'll figure that their sexuality and current choices were product of a series of, rather unfortunate, episodes?
Also, most of these stories takes place in modern Japan, so how/will the authors give the characters a happy ending, even when the social mandates and constructs are way too many?
As you, I'm intrigued where this is going and when it'll end.
Okay, so I was talking to my friend who, like me, started reading this manga in like 2014. Back then, we were a lot younger and were not bothered by sexual assault and even found it romantic.
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He told me that KB is genuinely an interesting depiction of how a couple comes to terms with the sa that morinaga committed against Souichi and how we are let in to Souichi's bisexuality and likely asexuality. In many ways he's grown closer to morinaga as domestic partners. Sometimes he does have sexual desires that Morinaga obliges, but most times he leaves Morinaga in the cold. I wouldn't go as far as to say Souichi is sex-averse, but more like sex is a hassle that's not worth his time unless it's to please his partner. Plus he used to be super homophobic and has overcome that. The fact that he's a prude is asides the point. Of course, this is more of a reparative reading of the manga, and I'm not sure what the author's intent was in writing this couple for over a decade, but there are still things to take out of it if you're a long-time reader.
Do I read manga/webtoons that feature sa between mc and ml? NOPE. I really hate sexual assault as a PLOT DEVICE because it is 99/100 times unnecessary. But in this manga, I'm analyzing it as if it was that 1/100 where there is a conversation around it.