Why is it baffling? It seems this mangaka can't write any bl without adding rape. It's like their favourite ingredient to add to their dish. I would have supported your statement if the other title you're talking about didn't have rape in it. And it was unnecessary. Completely unnecessary rape.
Saw this from Animate and was kinda curious even though I'm very cautious about age gaps... The tags and comments on here and mangaupdates seems to show a lot of this is played off for laughs/is meant to be seen as hot... Glad I didn't waste my time on this because the art style looks pretty.
Trash. It's incredibly baffling and disappointing that this and 'the betrayer sings a love song' could ever be written by the same person. Gross.