Damn. A LOT of y’all are truly going to bat to defend the author who purposefully chose ...

I agree there are WAY too many stories that are like this. Like can we please stop making stories where the ml or the mc is young and the ml or mc is like 20 or sum, or if the mc raised the ml that's even WORSE

Amen

While I understand the sentiment brothers without a tomorrow has always written about adult men with consent she’s one of the few without problematic storylines I think genuinely she did it for the plot to have a strong me that could go back and survive in his own kingdom while having a seemingly young and underestimated ml who was only forced to marry a man bc he was a child that couldn’t say anything but ends up being the one that takes over that’s also why I believe she left such a huge time gap because she didn’t want them to be falling for eo when one of them is actually a kid idk just my thoughts ur entitled to your own

leave anti, no one wants ur ass around here

ugh shut uppp nobody here wants a morality police hanging on their ass

The deep meaning behind an inherently predatory and pedophilic relationship doesn’t give it the pass??? It’s horrifically disgusting to write stories about relationships like this and frame them in a romantic way—nothing is romantic about imbalanced power dynamics or straight up pedophilia. It doesn’t matter if these are two adult men giving consent, this is still a man who is preying on someone significantly younger than him(which he also RAISED for a couple years) and taking advantage of the irrational feelings that ML has developed for his caretaker. It doesn’t matter who’s taking the first steps to push their relationship forward; being a grown man that must be well into his 30s and someone whom portrayed an almost familial relationship with the ML, the MC is absolutely in the wrong and outrightly disgusting for letting their relationship enter romantic and sexual territory. They are having SEX and he is still thinking back on when the ML was a child—do you not see ANY issue in that? Do you not see a SINGLE flaw in how this relationship is presented as something romantic rather than disgusting??? There’s no excuse for framing serious topics such as these as something to be desired, especially when these plot points didn’t have to exist in the first place. There are plenty of ways to separate two lovers, or two have someone who is viewed as weak to the public NOT actually be weak. Even as a fully grown man, if ordered to by the head honcho of your kingdom, the ML would’ve had to get married without debate. Don’t forget he’s the youngest prince(I think?), so he wouldn’t have much of a say either way. That being said, there are HUNDREDS of other alternatives that the author could’ve taken to the 12-year-timeskip-so-he’s-legal plotline, and the fact that the MC openly reminisces about the times where his love interest was a child shows that the timeskip was only there so she wouldn’t be producing something outrightly illegal. It’s clear that this author doesn’t care for the morality of it, and you defending something like this while failing to recognize everything wrong with it is horrifically disturbing. Your inability to recognize when a plotline is relevant to a story or not—especially one such as this—isn’t good in the slightest.

Do not romanticize or defend the grooming or sexualization of children, that’s actual scum of the earth behaviour.

everyone who is hating on your comment are just trying to justify pedophilia

keep preaching the truth!

Idk if we read something different but there was nothing romantic pre timeskip? Like genuinely it was two ppl one being a naive child who was forced into a marriage and the child basically imprints on the mc bc he was one of the only kind ppl to him. I tried to provide a different POV because this this author does not have a record of being weird or pedophilic or writing pedophilic things and thus has the benefit of the doubt when it comes to why she chose this story line and that’s just my opinion on it. Your stance on Ana ur horse character is very rigid and black and white due to one story but Like I said you’re entitled to your own. There’s no need to get snappy or mad about a random manhwa online. It’s okay to stop reading and engaging with stories you don’t like as well.
Considering the fact that the ml is a descendant of natam he couldn’t have the plot line of drugging himself with shaiwaa because he’s wholly devoted to the mc because as soon as he comes of age he would have had the urge to bed ppl and if he remained celibate he would die long before he even met the mc. Then you’ll say he could’ve been having sex with ppl before he meets the mc then he would have had no reason to hold back from him when they meet and this this plot line of his life being in danger because of his devotion couldn’t exist. Tei also sees their relations as a means to an end to save and serve the emperor there’s still no romance here other than shurakas one sided feelings and teis mild affection. Spoilers also mention somehow tei becomes pregnant. I’m willing to bet seeing as there’s no other natam descendants that make males pregnant it’s gonna be a special exception that happened bc of shurakas devotion to one person rather than being promiscuous. That’s why I think it’s part of the plot.
Im not gonna reply any more to this thread think however you like about the story or the author you’re entitled to your opinions. I leave my comments just for others to read the discourse. No need to reply. Bye~

There being nothing romantic between the two pre timeskip doesnt take away from the fact that the mc STILL had sex with this guy! There is plenty of reason for me to be mad and snappy over the defense of pedophilia and grooming, this shit is disgusting

I had to leave this here bc u keep saying ppl are defending pedophilia and grooming when no one is doing that not me at least there being no romance pre timeskip when the ml was a child then them being separated for 12 years literally by definition shows no pedophilia and no grooming. Is tei supposed to be grooming shuraka with telepathy???? Like literally the circumstances only are there because of further plot lines. It’s a circumstance that happened due to the nature of the world they live in it wasn’t written to specifically glorify any relationship between a minor and an adult and no one is even romanticizing their circumstance other than shuraka who was a child who imprinted on Tei which Tei is aware of and thus pushes shuraka away. After the timeskip both men are adults and consenting. Tei even tries to push shuraka towards another woman but he cannot refuse shuraka who wants his “bride” bc that is his emperor and Tei sees his role as one to serve shuraka not to love him or seduce him. He only has sex with him bc it’s literally a danger to his life not to have sex. I fear you just haven’t read the story past the first few chapters and that’s okay. But you’re just wholly wrong about this whole glorification of pedophilia and grooming bc that’s simply not the case.

I agree, honestly if this was grooming/pedophilia, shouldn't tei be manipulating shuraka?? Like the point of pedophilia is an adult who loves a minor romantically and sexually and grooming is where tei takes an advantage of shuraka which tei didn't even do that, he was being respectful and professional and wasn't trying to influence shuraka to be in a romantic relationship w him before?? Also when tei first met shuraka he was shocked and confused as if he wasn't even expecting his arranged marriage would be a child, you could even see he was uncomfortable as well.

I get that y'all hate grooming and pedophilia but their relationship isn't even like that, and I'm here saying as a person who hates grooming/pedophilia as well, believe me when I say the only problem they have is their first meeting age gap itself and that's it. If shuraka was a young adult instead, I don't think there'd be any difference except that tei's shock changed to indifference.

sorry I may have actually misspoke with the whole grooming thing, what I mean is that Tei is a PREDATOR, which is just as bad!

Also that other person lowkey blocked me and I was stupid enough to only realize after writing a response but yk similar enough point so I'm gonna leave this here for you instead lol

So you're trying to tell me that it is wholeheartedly okay for Tei to have sex with Shuraka, be CLEARLY into it, and think about Shuraka as a child while doing so? Are you telling me that it is okay for there to be random cuts to when Shuraka was a whole ass kid in the middle of a sex scene? Tei is well over old enough to tell Shuraka clean and straight that their relationship cant progress past the point of friends due to their age gap and him meeting and taking care of Shuraka when he was a child, but he doesn't choose to do so. Instead, this fully grown man lets this relationship continue as it does and takes advantage of the feelings Shuraka holds instead of forcing him to come to term with reality. If you can't recognize this as predatory behaviour, that is DEEPLY concerning. Tei is shown blushing and CLEARLY enjoying his time while they have sex, and you want to say that he wasn't into it? There is zero internal struggle that Tei faces in having flashbacks to his love interest as a child at his own disgust of himself, there is no proper line set between the two of them by him, and the composition of this manhwa's panels only influences the viewers time and time again into seeing these interactions as good, rather than bad. Trust me, I read this story past the first few chapters, and I found myself deeply discomforted by what I read.

I'm not even gonna touch on Shuraka needing to have sex or he'll die because that is a stupid as hell excuse for the use of sex scenes and an overused trope, why doesn't he just jack off instead? Am I missing the important plot point of "it HAS to be with someone else so the readers can watch the two love interests bang"? That's not proving my point at all. and yk while we're here I'm just gonna say now I think you're illiterate and dont know how to properly consume and understand media. I hope that one day you will look back on what youre defending rn because this IS a blatant watering down of pedophilia and the different ways it may impact someone or the different situations that victims find themselves in. I'm sorry that you cannot recognize that. I hope your manhwa is good enough to throw away your pride and excuse one of the most blatant examples of predatory behaviour. The MC doesn't have to openly think "im gonna do stuff with this kid and im such a bad person" to be a predator, his actions and reactions to the scenarios he is put in shows much more about who he is.

Okay, no need to waste your time make a whole ass paragraph that you don't wanna read it bc it has pedophilia on it based on your opinion,that's on you not me

I'm already tired of this argument so let's just stop and say that you don't wanna read it, that's fine, but saying we defend it when we're pretty much aware the relationship isn't even okay? Where do you see that we defend it...

You inserted yourself into this argument at the end of it LOL idk wtf youre talking about but that OTHER GUY was jumping on that pred dick so yeah it was kind of defending it

I joined in because you were being dramatic over small things my guy, if you don't like the story then don't read it?? The dude wasn't even defending the questionable pedophilia???

Seeing you guys arguing with other people in different comments is sad ngl. Also "pred dick"??? Girl, you're going overboard, did someone pissed u off so bad other than this manhwa

Dude are you a real person
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This confirm my suspicion. No wonder you started going mad at people like an insane person, you didn't even bother to finish all the chapters. Look, if u dislike the story much you don't need to go out on people who enjoys it? Try fighting with other people who ARE PEDOS