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What else can I even say? This is such a fun read! TOS is such a relatable character first of all. The way how he initially dealt with his admiration with Raizo and his works reminded me of the way how I get jealous to someone better than me XD And of course, our ikemen Raizo and with the way he's so gentle and patient with TOS. What also struck me the most in this story is the sporadic and chaotic dialogue. It's all over the place and they say really unexpected things all the times, but it made the entire interaction almost realistic and fun to read. You could also really tell that the mangaka/creator had lots of fun writing the dialogues
I also love how the mangaka immediately updated the quality of her art. She made Raizo in Volume 2 and Volume 3 even more beautiful and manly. She mentioned how her Japanese readers' encouragement pushed her to draw the following volumes, and I could really tell how she went all out with Volume 2 and Volume 3. I'm so glad her fans encouraged her to do it. Overall, such a fun read
I know the trope is morally messed up, given that seme was dating the underage uke, but I will have to disregard that for a second to appreciate how on-the-spot their trope is.
Uke is 16 on the initial chapters. He often throws a tantrum and his emotions easily gets to him. Not to say all 16 years olds were like this, but it allows immersion for the reader. Then there's the adult seme and with the way he was dealing with the young uke's emotions. He never get mad. He was mature with how he dealt with uke. Seme knew he's the adult in the relationship, that's why Seme is the one always apologizing and coaxing Uke because he understood the huge age gap and he's dating a young teen. He never gets mad.
Now Im not condoning with Seme's decision of dating an underage, but I still wanna say that mangaka did really great with creating contrast there. Whenever Uke gets mad and all, I never find him annoying as a result. He was just growing and discovering things.