Okay maybe a lot
Ur not the only one lol. I'm doing my best to ignore it, and pretend that it was a admiration thing, rather than love thing
same ..
Go look it up or ask GPT/Gemini... but if you’re too lazy to look into it yourself, I’ll do the digging for you.
In the context of the story, calling it “first love” makes sense because the feelings that emerged were a form of deep admiration (platonic/aesthetic attraction) for Xinlu’s beauty and the memorable moment when Yuri saved his life, not sexual desire.
There are several reasons why readers often misunderstand characters like this:
- Generalizing the concept of love: Many readers treat romantic love, aesthetic appreciation, and sexual desire as if they’re all the same thing. But they can exist separately.
- Not paying attention to the details: Some readers are quick to label a character based only on the characters’ ages or certain keywords like “first love,” without paying attention to the internal narration, emotional boundaries, and the character’s POV throughout the story.
- The way modern romance portrays love: Since a lot of modern romance connects “love” with physical desire, readers sometimes forget that in literature, “first love” can also represent pure admiration, aesthetic appreciation, or even a pivotal experience that leaves a deep impression on someone without any sexual desire involved.
As long as the story consistently shows that there was no sexual desire or sexual behavior toward the character while he was a child, interpreting those feelings as pedophilia is a misunderstanding of the character and the context of the story.
It’s really not that complicated... You’re literally reading the story from Yuri’s POV, yet it’s honestly sad that some of you still can’t understand something this simple
I am feeling a little weird ab the "first love" point