I started the manga with high hopes bc of the reviews and overall good score but the first real interaction between the love interests is rape. Also both the top and the bottom are so incredibly irritating and lowkey misogynistic
I agree with you except one thing: They're not lowkey misogynistic, they're very, VERY misogynistic, especially for people working in the beauty industry??? Even Ryo"s reason for liking makeup is essentially because "women can deceive men by hiding themselves behind makeup"....like?
I’m sorry, the story is pretty normal for a single volume yaoi but the age gap is just way too much. I started reading without having read the summary, so I was super surprised when it was a freshly 18 year old and a 30 year old man. Its especially odd when the 30 year old asks him to dress in his high school uniform. They are cute as a couple, but the power difference that comes with age just makes it kind of gross. Also their first meeting the older guy immediately kisses him without warning or any signs the guy would be okay with that. Also the top mentions a couple times how he likes his partners young, in fact he loves it. It doesn’t help that the bottom is pretty lanky (which is pretty normal for a teenager), and also looks really young. As an almost 18 year old myself I cannot imagine how predatory it would find it if a 30 year old was after me, especially if I was just trying to do my job. The whole age gap situation seems totally avoidable and not at all relevant to the plot, the author seems to have simply added it to fulfill some gross fantasy of a borderline crime. The bottom can’t even fucking drink alcohol, he is not an adult by any means. Even ignoring the age gap it feels like the top is just excessively pushy in his advances, specifically regarding their first meeting.