It's even rampant now. Lots of new story just have to involved rape and the readers are also to blame for wanting to continue reading stories like that and authors choose to write what's the readers wanted to read.
There are some story that i like but i always end up dropping them when i know there's rape. ( Cherry Blossom after Winter for example )
@Pretzel, I read the comments. They were saying (the ones visible at the time) how wholesome this story was. Hence my own comment to help warn others.
@Ash, good point! I personally have no issues with what people like to read, but I hadn't thought about it that the available products become worse because of it :'(
Im okay with a rape scene to some extent. Like rape is common in our world so I dont have every story with rape. But when its the mc or ml and they just get forgiven for it, it rubs me wrong and grosses me out. I havent continued cherry blossom after winter yet bc of what u heard about it. But from what ive looked up it isnt the ml whos harming the Mc, so I may continue it one day. Not sure yet

Why is it so hard to find good stories without rape... I shouldn't have trusted the comments :'(