To be honest, the seme's mindset and flashbacks actually makes sense to me. I think most people just don't like the portrayal of a character who deals with shady business in a more realistic sense, because unfortunately it's mainly romanticised or just as it is, fiction, in manga and webtoons.
Seme reminds me truly of someone I know who grew up with the wrong crowd and did bad shit whilst also having a similar personality. Pessimistic and that everyone has a bad bone and were often jealous of sheltered people because they have it better (which is not always the case). The underworld really exposes you to things and makes you think less of humanity. Some of these people just do things to survive or find purpose and rather not associate with others on the other end. Because with 'sheltered people', they don't have to concern themselves with law enforcement, drugs, gangs, violence and such as these people do. The circumstances that lead people like seme to these situation just can't be chosen sometimes, especially when you're young, desperate and impressonable.
I don't really mind how he thought of the uke beforehand, because they're strangers and you literally don't think of everyone positively from the get go. I wouldn't like it if a stranger suddenly got deep with me when I'm not in the mood. Or having to hear how much better people have it sometimes either when I'm in a shitty place. Also he slept with the girl without knowing she was dating, so that's not on him.
The woman is a whole another case. She certainly has problems and issues and I definitely don't condone her actions. It's sad to say though that there are genuinely people out there who don't understand what they did wrong and act just like her. Even then I know any backstory wont cut it for her, she's just unlikable. HOWEVER. She doesn't deserve to die, she needs help. Someone dying as an act of revenge for hurting others doesn't do anything. Plus it's sentarou choice to move on and not be hurt by it. One's apology or atonement doesn't start the healing journey. He needs to start it himself.
Anyways, it's called DYSFUNCTIONAL FAMILY THERAPY FOR A REASON. Sentarou too, has his own problems. And so does the kid. That doesn't mean you can just negate the seme's own issues and say to leave him in the gutters. Is he an asshole sometimes? Yeah, but he's not awful. It's hard sometimes cause even though you may know someone associated with badthings, you know they're also capable of good too.
From my perspective, it seems to me more so he's not actively engaging in the kid's life because he knows he's not cut out for it. He wants her to choose the other in the end. A person like him being in gangs and subjected to danger is not well suited for a kid. He only grew up learning to take care of himself, and he knows well that the kid deserves a better life with Sentarou. It's like, cutting the rope before it frays. Letting go of things before they become more difficult.
Anyways, everyone needs help. I think this story will honestly be of that kind. Family therapy, where everyone learns to rely on each other and help better themselves. It's not just sentarou and the kid, it's everyone.
To be honest, the seme's mindset and flashbacks actually makes sense to me. I think most people just don't like the portrayal of a character who deals with shady business in a more realistic sense, because unfortunately it's mainly romanticised or just as it is, fiction, in manga and webtoons.
Seme reminds me truly of someone I know who grew up with the wrong crowd and did bad shit whilst also having a similar personality. Pessimistic and that everyone has a bad bone and were often jealous of sheltered people because they have it better (which is not always the case). The underworld really exposes you to things and makes you think less of humanity. Some of these people just do things to survive or find purpose and rather not associate with others on the other end. Because with 'sheltered people', they don't have to concern themselves with law enforcement, drugs, gangs, violence and such as these people do. The circumstances that lead people like seme to these situation just can't be chosen sometimes, especially when you're young, desperate and impressonable.
I don't really mind how he thought of the uke beforehand, because they're strangers and you literally don't think of everyone positively from the get go. I wouldn't like it if a stranger suddenly got deep with me when I'm not in the mood. Or having to hear how much better people have it sometimes either when I'm in a shitty place. Also he slept with the girl without knowing she was dating, so that's not on him.
The woman is a whole another case. She certainly has problems and issues and I definitely don't condone her actions. It's sad to say though that there are genuinely people out there who don't understand what they did wrong and act just like her. Even then I know any backstory wont cut it for her, she's just unlikable. HOWEVER. She doesn't deserve to die, she needs help. Someone dying as an act of revenge for hurting others doesn't do anything. Plus it's sentarou choice to move on and not be hurt by it. One's apology or atonement doesn't start the healing journey. He needs to start it himself.
Anyways, it's called DYSFUNCTIONAL FAMILY THERAPY FOR A REASON. Sentarou too, has his own problems. And so does the kid. That doesn't mean you can just negate the seme's own issues and say to leave him in the gutters. Is he an asshole sometimes? Yeah, but he's not awful. It's hard sometimes cause even though you may know someone associated with badthings, you know they're also capable of good too.
From my perspective, it seems to me more so he's not actively engaging in the kid's life because he knows he's not cut out for it. He wants her to choose the other in the end. A person like him being in gangs and subjected to danger is not well suited for a kid. He only grew up learning to take care of himself, and he knows well that the kid deserves a better life with Sentarou. It's like, cutting the rope before it frays. Letting go of things before they become more difficult.
Anyways, everyone needs help. I think this story will honestly be of that kind. Family therapy, where everyone learns to rely on each other and help better themselves. It's not just sentarou and the kid, it's everyone.