Honestly I didn't like the story a whole lot. I thought the idea of stepping out of the norm with a less traditional yaoi, but the practical rape scene was a little much, forcing "him" to put on dresses and look like a girl to pleasure himself really kind of made me upset in a way. Telling "him" to buy a new dress when "he" claimed to throw them all out was really self centered. I know that he supposedly did it to make "him" happy but I didn't get that feeling when I read it. I thought the story moved way too fast and it just didn't feel like real love to me. By the looks of it I know my opinion is an unpopular one, but I think it is good to share it.
Well, I get that some people have different opinions regarding such a topic and I wouldn't blame anyone for not liking it. But I just thought that since you put your opinion out there, I should put mine out to.
1) First of all, there was no rape scene. He didn't really DO anything that can be considered rape. If you brought this to court, I doubt you can find evidence to prove it. Momose ripped his pants off, big deal. At least he didn't touch anything nor did he try to claim Yashiro.
2) I do agree that Momose forced Yashiro to wear some clothes he brought but I don't believe he was doing it to pleasure himself. Momose brought the clothes because he knew Yashiro would look good in them. It's actually quite flattering if you think how much thought he gave into "giving" [okay, "stealing from his sister" is a better way to put it] those clothes to him.
3)Momose knew that Yashiro enjoyed dressing up as a girl. Call it a hobby or a lifestyle but even someone as reclusive as Momose knows real interest when he sees one. To deny himself the right to enjoy something would make any decent person do what he did.
4) It had a pretty good pace for Yashiro to open his eyes and see the reason why he enjoyed crossdressing. As for their affair, I can't vouch for their love. At least for me, they had the right idea going for them.
Thank you for sharing your opinion with me, I can see your point in many things, (It's been a month so I am a bit fuzzy on what happened,) But I am still going to hold my ground when I say it seemed very "forced." I have no disrespect for cross-dressers (Not sure if what I wrote sounded like I did or not.) and I think it's a great thing if that's how you want to live your life. I think it was for the best that Momose got Yashiro back into doing something that he loved, but I just didn't really like the way it was all played out, I hope my opinion seems fair. I guess this is just not my kind of yaoi/manga. Again thank you for your input, I am actually glad you tried to clarify me on the subject rather than lash out, I think that's awesome. :)
Wah~ Seeing people have different perspective but discuss politely with reasoning, impresses me. (^‿^)/
Although I'm glad knowing people think/feel the same way. I don't mind people like or dislike the manga different from me. As there are some manga that many people recommend but I don't like. Sometime I even like the unwell-known manga. HA+
So, this story was extremely good. First of all, absolutely great story it was so original i was amazed. Second the art is pretty well. Third I loved how they portrayed the grandfather when he was younger, his story was so tragic yet beautiful. In a way it's funny how people so different can love each other so much. Now while at first I was slightly confused, once I realized it was going back and forth to the grandfather I realized, and I find it so special that he allowed the grand father to re-live his youth with the grandson of the person he loved.. So, basically this story was beautiful.
As many others say, it is really cute! Wish there was more too it, but, it was cute. :)
Love love love love <333