Tbh if they became a couple earlier on there’d be no more story. The author would’ve had to make up some random conflict as many have done in manga and it’s pointless.
Yeaaaah. The power imbalance is what a lot of people are forgetting. Other commenters are saying people who dislike Shougo dislike “dominant ukes” but it’s more the fact there’s a senior taking advantage of his junior. He even admits he purposely took an advantage of the seme to get what he wanted.
Exactly
You worded it out much better than me in my overtly pissed off self at the time haha. But exactly. The issue for me is not that he's the uke. Nothing wrong with power bottoms. But if he was the seme I'd still react similarly. The self-awareness and admittance was cherry on top for my dislike. I suppose this is why in corporate, some companies ban office romance—all the more when one is above the other
Bottom is super annoying. He's an ass for treating the seme like his little experiment. The seme is also a fantastic dog—just comes and goes as he's told. Not to mention the power imbalance between a well-known photographer and a C-list model. They're so frustrating I couldn't bare to finish it. For it to be so long and only have them become a "couple" in the last chapter?