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Okay now that the manga came to the part that I've been dreading but have been expecting for a long time. It is now safe to say that the whole incest premise is a setup of an effective argument. Is it a good point of discussing taboo topics and the psychological breakdown of being in their position? Yes, is it cleverly done? Not quite.
From the premise of a patient and a doctor being reincarnated into siblings, with the heavy emphasis that Sarina/Ruby had been inlove with the doctor since her patient days AND her actively declaring her love for the doctor WHILE Aqua is listening. It's not supposed to be a shocker that she will still hold feelings until this day. Like it's EXPECTED.
But what makes this icky is that personally from a writing perspective it's a wonderfuck of lackluster. Like this chapter is supposed to be the shocker of the current arc but it's just not.
Selfishness and trauma drives the narrative that Ruby doesn't give a fuck on being inlove with his brother. She is so far gone that her rationality is clouded. Aqua is just the same, in regards that he sets Ruby as a pawn in his game of chess where he pretends to be a grandmaster. Because he's aware of Ruby's feelings but is he doing anything against it? No he's enabling it.
I have more to yap about but maybe next time
Overall, the author should think of another way to make twists with their incest narrative if they really wanna make a taboo topic to be the main hook for their story.
Oh my god finally the story is picking up its pace again!!