This series gets it

This series is really really great so far. You can tell the artist really studied the rope ties (especially for the suspension) and the safety/ knowledge that's required in rope bondage. And the way that they talk about dynamics and fluidity within the BDSM scene was really great.

I love that conversation between the dominatrix and the mc in chapter 4. I'm friends with multiple pro-femdoms and almost all of them have been done scenes or have relationships outside of their work where they've been in the submissive/ receiving role. It's such a common part of the community to ebb and flow with roles between certain people or certain types of play (for example, I'm a submissive and a masochist but I REALLY want to learn to be a top for wax play bc I think it's pretty and most femdoms I know love being domme'd by women just as much as they love domming men). I'm just happy to see a series that's honest about the fact that people are multifaceted, can have different dynamics with different people, and aren't stuck in one position of top/bottom/sub/dom/etc at a time.

While there were a few things dramatized for the sake of the fantasy (like the rope artist touching the mc while he was tied up without pre-negotiating or consent, that's a huge no-no irl obviously and no actual professional in the scene would do that ever), this series is one of the most realistic portrayals of being/ working in the kink scene and of rope bondage I've ever seen. Like the rope bottom models being married and having a non-sexual relationship with the rope artist is so accurate to real life but I NEVER thought I'd see that in a manga. I'm super excited for the rest of this.