I honestly thought this was going to be tropy af. But it honestly is pretty cute..
Buuuut..at the same time, the pairing feels more of an older brother/sister thing. It's adorable but not.romantic...more like a crush. And please let it be so..
Atleast until she's old enough for the manga to not give grooming vibes.
So..I just had this super random thought..
See...when in shoujo or female lead mangas or dramas, I usually dislike the mary sues and cutesy ditzy girls. But I'm tolerant of those in yaoi male ukes.
Because cuteness and the helpless act is normalized for the generic feminine role, its not an interesting character design...aka just basic..aka a boring read.
But at the same time,for men the same characteristics are frowned on and so men who own their adorableness(ukes) are kinda charming and entertaining?
Or maybe I have a biased taste and I'm just overanalyzing.
Personally I don’t like this stereotype in both shojo and yaoi.
By the way, I don’t think that a cute, ditzy uke is innovative, unconventional, because the uke is perceived as the « feminine » role in the couple. Ukes are even called Mums in omega verse. So their personality traits remain linked to the female gender conceptually.
Please spoil it...there's too much body swapping thay I can't wrap my head around who was who.