I applaud you for this amazing analysis.
I really love these types of comments, you made me notice so many details I initially didn't understand.
Thank you for your kind remarks, Sarah. I'm glad you enjoyed my summary:)
I completely agree great description of the story like wow did this have a twist and being sad
a very good analysis! since i dont speak english as my native language your analysis helped me to unterstand the parts that i couldn't understand. And I'm very greatful for that becouse i found the story very interesting.
Thank you very much <3
This was extremely sad ╥﹏╥
Based on Hitorita's narration, his stepfather deeply loved Hitorita's mother. It is implied his mom and stepfather practiced the BDSM type of Master/Slave lifestyle and made their living performing BDSM Shibari (Japanese art of knot tying). We can also infer this practice was illegal and their performances were conducted underground.
His mom's death had a devastating impact on the stepfather and the stepfather projected his need to "take care of" from the mother to the son. In the beginning, the dependence of the stepfather towards Hitorita is innocuous, albeit obsessive, but it takes a turn towards the sexually depraved when Hitorita tells him he's planning to move out upon graduating high school. Faced with the possibility of losing his only connection to his dead lover, (or family) the stepfather proceeds to sexually abuse Hitorita in order to bind him to his will. The stepfather's obsession further spirals becoming more depraved, possessive and obsessive.
However, the stepfather's illicit BDSM show was reported to the authorities and he and his associates had to run away. At that point, the stepfather somehow grows a conscience and instead of dragging Hitorita with him as a fugitive of the law, he decides to free Hitorita and abandons him instead.
We can infer that Hitorita's first autonomous action was to keep the Tattoo. His first conscious decision was to keep the tattoo he had initialy found shameful as a tribute to the stepfather that loved his mother, the man that lovingly took care of the two of them while she had been alive. As Hitorita stated at the beginning of the story, his stepfather was (inherently) a kind man and probably would have continued to be kind and loving if he hadn't been warped by grief.
This prequel offers insight into Hitorita's behavior in the sequel "Chou to Hana no Kankeisei". Hitorita grows up to be a dominant/assertive lover; never again a victim. Hitorita was also deeply affected by his stepfather's obsession in turning Hitorita into a submissive "female". This is why in "Chou to Hana no Kankeisei" the uke makes an immediate impact when he tells Hitorita that he finds Hitorita very masculine. That impression of being seen as manly is balsam to Hitorita's traumatic childhood, to his self-image as a man.
This is an excellent yaoi story. The type I classify as transcending the genre. I LOVED IT.