Honestly, I think little kids with an innocent crush on older people can be cute. But this manga is now veering into dangerous territory of sexuality of little kids. And Tsubaki (and his friend) is way too young to be this sexually aware in my opinion. I feel the author/artist could leave this out and still have a cute and adorable storyline of infatuated Tsubaki. But I guess this could create more "tension" in the story. And even though this is a manga and thus fantasy/not real, still the idea of sexualizing children does not sit well with me.
Honestly, I think little kids with an innocent crush on older people can be cute. But this manga is now veering into dangerous territory of sexuality of little kids. And Tsubaki (and his friend) is way too young to be this sexually aware in my opinion. I feel the author/artist could leave this out and still have a cute and adorable storyline of infatuated Tsubaki. But I guess this could create more "tension" in the story. And even though this is a manga and thus fantasy/not real, still the idea of sexualizing children does not sit well with me.