Yo

I meant to upvote.
I thought black haired college student was 22-24 and rec haired ex office worker was 25-26.
You are right. That is disgusting because a 19 years old is a child

In Ch 1, Satuski is going out for drinks with his friend so he is at least 20 years old since that is the drinking age in Japan. 18 years old is the legal age of adulthood in most places so why would 19 be a child? You do know that age gap relationships are a real thing right? Nothing that they are doing is "disgusting". It's two consenting adults.

Actually, I reread Ch 3 where his age was explicitly stated as 19 (it had been awhile since I've read it). Even at 19, Satsuki is still an adult and its a consensual adult relationship. Age gap relationships aren't a crime by any means

19 years old is a child. Anyone under 20 is a child. And even if black haired guy was 20, it's predatory and disgusting.
It is a huge age as Black haired guy is barely an adult.
I hope that you're not over 20 and think their romance is okay because that is disgusting.
And age gap relationships are pedophelic because of power imbalances and dynamics

Could not have said it better. For normal people, 19 is not an adult.

I think you're combining a few different issues. A 19-year-old is legally an adult in most countries, even if they're still young and inexperienced. It's completely fair to think that a 19-year-old dating someone much older is unhealthy or raises concerns about power dynamics. But calling every age-gap relationship "pedophilic" isn't accurate, because that term refers to attraction to prepubescent children. Whether a relationship is exploitative depends on the individuals and the circumstances, not solely on the age difference. Age gaps alone don't determine whether a relationship is healthy.

If you've actually read the series, Takumi is very hesitant about pursuing a relationship with Satsuki, while Satsuki is the one who consistently pursues him. The story doesn't portray Takumi as using his age or experience to manipulate or pressure Satsuki. You can still dislike the age gap, but that's different from saying the relationship is inherently predatory or pedophilic.

Laws =/= morality, and no nuanced takes will change this factual truth.
Age gap aren't an issue when it's between adults with healthy and balanced power dynamics like a 25 years old with a 30 years old, or a a 40 years with a 50 years old.
And black haired guy is a child.
Anyone under 20 is.
Pedophelia is the correct term.
The author knew if she chose a 18 years old college student, people will boycott and call her out since her works get official English translation.
Oh! Takumi was very daring and brave for doubting about his feelings towards a child. How courageous! Definitely not like other paedophiles.
Japan is reputed and famous for its pedophelia and femecide
And you can define pedophelia as much as you want to, their relationship is predatory and pedophelic.
I am 26 years old and working too, and it's not normal and morally correct for me to pursue anyone under 24.
End of conversation

Thank you.
And thank you for calling out the pedophelia in this work, I didn't know as I thought black haired college student was over 22, I will re-reared very well next time.
I am 26, and I will never pursue a relationship with an under 24 years old person.
That is disgusting.

By saying that anyone under 20 is a child, you're expressing your personal moral framework, not a universally accepted definition. You can absolutely believe that relationships involving 19-year-olds are unethical, but that doesn't make every such relationship pedophilic. The definition of pedophilia refers to attraction to prepubescent children, which simply isn't what's being depicted here. I'm not sure how you can argue against the established definition of a word.

You're also free to have your own standards for what you consider a healthy age-gap relationship, but those are still your personal standards. Healthy relationships can and do exist outside of the age ranges you've listed, and whether a relationship is healthy depends on the individuals and the dynamics involved, not just the ages themselves.

I also don't understand why you felt the need to insult the work and use inflammatory language. If age-gap relationships aren't your thing, that's completely fine. You can always choose not to read the series. There's no need to spread negativity in a space where other people enjoy it.

Here we go with the pseudo intellectualism and fake neutrality and typical apathy.
You're not smart. You're not realistic. You're not "fact over feelings".
You're a predator. End of conversation.
You can write the most pristine essays to normalize and justify degeneracy, don't expect morally good people to back you up and kindly converse with you.
You're pathetic response is typical right winger bullshit answer to burn kind-hearted and smart people out.
You say lots of things only to justify pedophelia.
If you are over 20, I deeply hope that none children will he around you.
It's not "my standards", it's a universally fact that only morally good people know
So get out with your nihilistic and pedophelic rethorics.
Lastly, I am free to practise my freedom of speech, and you got butthurt because you know that lots of people are waking up and calling out and boycotting racist, pedophelic and rapey works which is a problem to people like you as it's your source of enjoyment and entertainment.

*your pathetic
*will be around you

"Individuals"
The personal is political and it's a systemic issue

You can keep calling it pedophilia all you want, but that doesn't make it pedophilia. And it is your standard, not an objective fact, no matter how many times you claim otherwise. You're absolutely entitled to your opinion and your freedom of speech, and I never said otherwise. But the arguments you're making simply don't apply here.

Personal attacks aren't a substitute for an argument. I've explained my position clearly: you can dislike age-gap relationships, but that doesn't make every relationship between consenting adults predatory or pedophilic.

It's a fact and universal truth.
Don't expect me to be kind and nice with sex offenders and their apologists

Look up "Hebephile, Ephebophile, Teleiophile" :)

What is your point? I've looked them up before. They don't really change the point I was making. The discussion was about whether this relationship is "pedophilic" (which was the term the other commenter used) and it isn't by the established definition of that word. If you want to argue that the relationship is unethical because of the age gap or power dynamics, that's a different argument entirely.

All of them are pedophelia.

And your point is?

We can go round and round all day. At the end of the day, Japanese age of adulthood is 18 and the MC is 19. It is two consenting adults - not pedophelia. If you have an issue with the age gap relationship, no one is forcing you to read this story. But it is funny that you read it not knowing the age and were fine with it. Now that you know the age its suddenly a problem

You know what is our point. Stop acting obnoxious on purpose, it's clicheand tiring to see you pretend to be composed and smart when you're clearly an idiot justifying pedophelia; it's giving Ben Shapiro's talking skills, you charlatan.
I am glad people are waking up