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I don’t have a problem with the uke, he is very realistic, I think, a bit insensitive. I guess most people that can’t relate to him either never been abandoned by anyone or have a problem with sexworkers. But…. The seme… he is cute, but i hate this type of stupid personality in a manga that’s not a comedy. Like, did he not mature a single bit since he left for the states? I liked a concept of a crybaby man, but this is just a 5 year old in a man’s body. And I don’t find that attractive. I get that the contrasting personalities should be the point, but this is too much, one is a person with complex feelings and the other is a parody.
I don’t think what Agia basically ever did is right or wasn’t outright horrible sometimes. But he is a very interesting character, and you can clearly understand his motivations and why he is the way he is at this point. The relationship with Ken is problematic, yes. But it is interesting, and it has layers. If all stories had all healthy and good from the get go relationships it would be so boring. I don’t like stories where it’s all toxic, but this one was changing and growing just like the characters. So yea, Aiga does a lot of things wrong, but he definitely can learn and grow, if he gets out of his church environment where he was basically brainwashed to be like this, so yeah, i like him as a character.
But Vericke. He never showed any signs that he is good, he never really cared about Ken, it’s not even Ken he wants, but the person he sees in him (who also never returned his feelings, as I see so far, so he is a creep chasing after unrequited love). And for the record he bitten Ken to bind Ken to him, kidnapped Ken, raped Ken, just like Aiga in the beginning. So I don’t really get why someone would think he is a better option. If you think that because he is charismatic, pretty and soft spoken so far, then you’re easily manipulated.
Sorry for the rant. I don’t care if someone disagrees, everyone has their tastes, I just don’t understand when people continue reading something, when they are rooting against the main characters.
Literally! Like from what we’ve seen so far Cain and Agio ALWAYS loved each other. There was no Cain and Vericke. Vericke gives me the creeps, like you said he’s stuck on the past version of Ken.
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