this is some junjou egoist bs the author is pulling
how? what do you mean?
the kind of 'relationship is falling apart because they cant communicate properly and they cant meet each other because of work' sort of thing
What’s junjou egoist?
the nowaki x hiroki couple in junjou romantica
i perceive this as a funny satire on the magical girl genre with intriguing character development to draw you in. that good quality degen stuff. honestly, i don't think lewding magical girls is that much worse than seeing them death gamed ٩(๑❛ᴗ❛๑)۶
Overall, I think it's a pretty neat story in terms of a character study. While I am weirded out by the underage stuff, I appreciate that none of the it seems to be actively excused by the surrounding characters, and in fact they judge it pretty clearly. I think it's cool that they can accept the fact that they want these two to be happy and for any illegal tangoing to be criticzed by the people around them to the extent they are aware of it. Honestly, character-wise, I'd probably judge Haruko most harshly for being a pretty neglectful mother to Haru, but she's simply a flawed human and I can respect that. Also, hooray for the fact that Ren is legal in American standards now?
They all actively excused it did you read this with your eyes closed. They would call Haru a pervert but then did absolutely nothing to stop him from grooming Ren
I would say while you have a fair interpretation of my comment, it doesn't match my intent when I left it half a year ago. I would explain my reasoning of saying the family and friend members don't 'actively excuse' Haru's perverted actions by meaning they don't say anything along the lines of 'he's not doing anything wrong' or 'it's not his fault.' They recognize that, but can't significantly change the outcome of Haru and Ren's relationship without splitting the two either by calling Haru's negligent mother or the police. Considering that I doubt anyone of the surrounding characters would want to take such actions after realizing the twos codependency, I would argue they passively excuse it by assuming the stance of 'there's nothing they can do to stop it (without tearing the two apart by force).' At the end of the day, I do agree that they excuse Haru's actions, but because they still take the time to call him out for them, I think they play a decent role as trying to temper the situation as best as they can without destroying their relationships. :)
makes me wonder if the animal portions give them different lifespans/aging rates
Ohh that's interesting to think about