There's been a LOT od debate about them from what I've read in the comments and replies. Personally I am more with the people who aren't fully for their relationship (I do over all like the story). While 5 years apart isn't much and I've been with multiple people who are more than 5 years older than me it's the specific ages and contexts or their situation that get me. First of all major brain development usually ends at age 20 but over all brain development stops at 25. So Arashi, likely, hasn't finished with major brain development and is going to date someone who has a fully developed brain. Also people are saying that Arashi is too immature for his age, he's f*cking 19. No he's not. He's barely an adult. Sure, maturity varies but he's still very young. He is, however, very NIAVE for his age. A 19 year old is much more vulnerable than a 25 year old. Also for most people those are very different points in life. We also have to consider that Arashi is from a different culture with very different experiences so he's pretty vulnerable and influencable right now. There's also the fact that the doctor started off as his guardian and his teacher. Those are two different positions of authority and influence. He may not be abusing his power per say but the inherent power imbalance for that relationship dynamic isn't good for a romantic relationship where you should have equal power. And people where saying home boy has a doctorate. He is young and that's kinda the point. The drive to achieve that so quickly and young and the maturity required and really most of the nuances about it just make me uncomfortable about this relationship. That's a very different point of life to be at. Arashi is 19 and exploring a world he's not seen before being guided by an older much more experienced person that WANTS him, not just to help. That's litteraly a power imbalance
I completely agree this is the shit they warn u about in those anti grooming presentations in school. Im curious if you could change their dynamic, age, starting relationship, how would you change it so that it still fits within the story and there is still chances for the characters to interact but there not such an obvious power imbalance?
I was thinking about abd they coukda done sonething similar to college programs. Where when you have a major, like a foreign language, that would best be studied in another country (or something along the lines) you can go live with families or people who open their homes up to foreign students to help them adjust and learn the culture (my German teacher did that). That way the cat mother f*cker wouldn't have been the legal guardian but still someone who fishy boi would live with and be guided by. Also home boy being older. There would still be a bit of a power imbalance but much less so and they would have been able to handle it better
Alright so that whole thing lowkey p*ssed me off. They acted as if death was the worst thing for mortals which we all know isn't true. Secondly solitary confinement is a form of psychological torture that goes way beyond "boredom" and "loneliness" (not that those don't suck or cause mental damage). Not to mention, its a small cramped space. He'd be physically uncomfortable (also another form of physical torture). His joints would ache and his muscles would cramp and stiffin. Eventually basic movement would be difficult and painful and he'd loose most his muscle mass (unless its just sorcery magic esthetic). Solitary confinement would brake most people and cause damage after a month. Time may go by quickly for him but he's definitely f*cked so this is a pretty harsh punishment. Not only that but they just take the sorcerer and ignore the blessed maiden. The person summoned unwillingly from another world now stuck in one with no preexisting system of their own surrounded by magic they don't understand. Like if Ume weren't lucky he'd f*cking die in this scenario so clearly the people's of this world's governing bodies don't care about the blessed maidens. And I definitely feel like Theo is only getting punished for political reasons having to do with him pissing someone off by being powerful and not an ally
The reason why Theo was imprisoned in the first place is because he illegally took in a blessed maiden, it goes against the laws of his world, is in theory the governing bodies did that the blessed maidens into account.
In the case of Momo and Umehiko, the military guy seems to be trying to abuse his power and get them back for his own "uses", but that part of the story is still progressing so we'll what happens.
No, I fully understand that what he did is illegal. It's more that in terms of the story I imagine that this very well is only happening because someone is uppsetty-spaggetti with him. And they said the reason why the blessed maidens for personal use where banned was because of the wars that broke out. It didn't seem like it was because of concern for the actual maidens themselves
I wasn't actually that mad about all that. More like just the bit about the punishment. And no shit I'll live (also I just curse a lot, it's not limited to my negative emotion). And for the last time fiction doesn't mean it doesn't need to make sense or have realism. Fiction just means it didn't fr fr happen. I don't understand this argument that it being fiction means it can do absolutely whatever especially when we have a lot of evidence to the contrary. And no, I don't want to be mad. I just like psychology A LOT and studied torture. I just find it's not something hard to represent a little more accurately. Realistic doesn't mean it has to be exactly like reality but based in it enough that it is understandable and relatable. The better argument would be that this is yaoi instead of throwing around the word "fiction". And I have every right to state my opinions so long as I'm not attacking or intentionally hurting others
This was really cute and I quite liked it. I relate to the struggle with naming. The author said there was going to be another one that will follow the 2nd couple and implied there'd be intimacy depicted this time. Personally I hope they're both switches cus it seems fitting but also that having an assigned position is a stereotype that applies to a minority of gay men. Mostly though that it just seems fitting if the 2nd couple are switches. Especially cus the vibes I got from the MC was that he doesn't have a particular preference (though maybe leans more towards top?)
I've been reading this for years in the sense that I dropped it for a while. Everyone keeps saying they hate all the character or just Charles and Kai is fine. Personally I very much disagree in the sense that Kai pisses me off more. Like, I'm not saying that Charles being kinda immature and always denying shit he knows is right isn't annoying but I've been around enough nuclear engineers (and am one) to not be as bothered by that. What does really bother me is that Kai in most of their interactions either directly or indirectly belittles Charles and its completely glossed over as "well Charles IS weak" or some shit. Like just because some things are true doesn't mean you have to be a d*ck about it. He litteraly told Charles that Charles is weak and dragging them down and that he needed to change that but once Charles agreed (in his own way) Kai immediately went "no, you're a wizard". Litteraly teased him for being weak, like how the fuck was Charles supposed to know he needed muscle and physical prowess for a video game world. Like, instead of pointing out that they got roles that matched their personalities and personal strengths he just went "weakling". ALL WHILE KNOWING CHARLES LIKELY HAS AN INFERIORITY COMPLEX. Charles NEEDS to grow out of it but clearly Kai wants Charles to like him and yet does all the shit that makes people with inferiority complexes feel worse and dislike a person. How're you surprised he like a stranger more than you. As someone with an inferiority complex Kai would make me feel AWFUL. Constantly pointing out my flaws bluntly or mockingly and then treating my small successes that are considered basic skills as a big triumph has definitely been the kinda thing that has lead me to low places (and not the kinky kind)
I kinda feel bad that Raven got executed. I'm pretty sure they stated that he's around the MC's age, so he was between 15 to 18. That's pretty young and while he did definitely do things deserving of punishment I think executing a teenager who is still at a point in their life where they can be manipulated but still capable of great change was a bit much. He was very clearly acting on beliefs indoctrinated into him and was definitely still young enough to be convinced out of them. He was young and probably a bit foolish and like many teens very caught up in a political ideal that his parents encouraged him to have extreme enthusiasm for. We saw he wasn't evil and probably thought he was doing what was right. I dunno, I think executing kids is just really harsh, they're young and easily encouragable. He definitely did deserve punishment though.
So I was really confused during the height of the first one. So first of all not sure how he would've thought that being a doting brother is a weakness given that he doesn't like people making wrong assumptions about him and he didn't seem to care that much besides when Arii teased him about it. Secondly they grew really attached to each other quickly which I can overlook given it's a short story. What threw me off was really (1st) that his roommate had such trust issues that he doesn't trust people who are kind and assume it's an act but then additionally projects that onto the MC. The roommate said he was being threatened but we didn't even see that, which seems like he just assumed some sort of threat was banging in the air despite even being helped. (2nd) the MC was upset that his bf wasn't jealous about him just being around another guy. If ML was jealous just cus that then that'd be a little concerning. (3rd) MC assumed ML's feelings without asking based off a lack of jealousy in small situations and then that all gets blamed on ML. (4th) the situation where the ML confronts MC and then just abandons him for a random situation is wild. After that I started getting a little lost in what was going on and why, felt like both MC and ML were being immature
So I just started reading this, maybe it gets explained later on though. My confusion is why it was necessary to make his niece pretend to be his son. There are clearly girls at the church so we know they're ok with accepting females and one of the emperors sent his nephew so we know they're ok with any relation that is a direct descendant of the original heroes. I'm not quite sure how her pretending is supposed to do anything different. Sure if assasins wanted to go after Leo they'd go for Lelia, but regardless Leo is tucked away in a castle where, without the knowledge of Lelia's existence, he'd still be considered safe. If he thought Leo was in such danger that even in the castle he wouldn't be safe and needed a stand in then the emperor would have already found one much sooner. Also how much is the church really going to argue with the emperor, especially when they keep making a big deal to reference Leo as the crown prince when so are all the others. That indicates to me that the Emperor has some special standing or influence (oh, and 100% he killed Lelia originally to prevent her from opposing his son as heir)










Imagine getting f*cked by a pastel goth bunny (you could tell he's the top with the show panel, and he's definitely the older fox brother's)