This was more nuanced in exploring gender dysphoria, objectification of women, and queerness than I expected for something which has a premise that's standard in a pwp.
For people talking about the ending, I think it fits the theme great, especially seeing the character growth and secure trust in their love regardless of gender. Like the gender swap was treated as a mild annoyance rather than something that brought significant stress to Shion. Big show of character growth and security in gender identity
What I didn't like was the SA part. Likeeee was that really necessary???
Exactly!! I dont know why people dont see it this way, this is exactly how i took it. It shows how they really just love eachother no matter what gender he is physically, bc even rui said himself, that he loved him before this even happened. He truly just LOVES him for him
When was the sa i forgot
i was like awww and then JUMPSCARE. the dad scared me fr
i fucking spasmed when i saw that last panel. aint no way they put that after they just had a serious conversation
Some of yall that hate Chika for his behaviors have never heard of age regression as a legitimate trauma response. The novel is sooo much more gruesome with his sexual abuse and it makes sense why he would regress mentally to being younger
Came to say the same. He was under so much mental abuse, he had to do stuff to survive. He's an accomplished man too, but he was forced to go through all those degrading crap. That's too heavy of a blow to his self-esteem. If acting like a child could make his abusers hurt him less, even if it's stab to his ego, he did. And it became an unfortunate habit. ╥﹏╥
It's hard to unlearn what became a routine to him in this new world.
wait so what if he's acting like a child :::) I'm a grown too but I don't really act to my age ::)
Right. Some people can't seem to handle that fact. They read past the plot and locked their eyes on him acting childish in his teenage body. (°Д °)
Y'all are reading for the plot or for the smut. Me? I'm reading for the oddly historically-accurate women's fashion references
Right? And they’re so pretty too
I kept admiring the clothes as well! Even how the archmage's outfits show hints of modernity while overall staying pretty true to the era is a nice touch.
Omg ikr they're so beautiful and intricate.
Didn't expect a damn war in the comments lmao