Pretty sure it was intentionally planned since they keep coming back to it and taking about it. They’re not letting us or the perpetrator forget what they did. They’re also giving character development and trauma without making it look like some kind of excuse. It’s pretty good characterization and story line tbh. Yea they probably could’ve gotten it across without the rape in the beginning but atleast they’re doing something about it unlike half the other yaois out there that just forget
i can’t believe this shit is still going, the author REALLYYYY wanted to make it up to the MC for all the rape at the beginning eh