The foreboding building up in this chapter was so thrilling. My heart is legit still pounding, I love Minyoung so much
The fact that these teenagers are built like absolute brick shithouses is frying me
LOL LITERALLY it cracks me up how they’re all buff than most teens are
This story is flawed af but we can at least live in the happiness that they don’t go vanilla after confirming their feelings like 80% of BDSM works
Atp we have already seen all of the, at its most charitable, dubcon with Yuki and Mako at the start of the story but my theory around Yuki being a pos is more related to his reactions to Ryohei, his possessiveness, and the aftermath of Mako being raped.
Mako defenders will reference how realistic it can be to continuously go back to an abuser, etc. but what isn’t realistic is YUKI’S reaction in that situation. After the second time Mako was raped Yuki being like - oh you’re just too nice- does not make sense unless he’s genuinely a bad person or the author is a hack. A person who is genuinely concerned about Mako’s safety and happiness would immediately make it clear to him that NONE OF THIS WAS HIS FAULT. He should implore Mako to not be alone with this man under any circumstances and make it clear that what happened was not appropriate or normal given that Mako doesn’t seem to feel that way. Yuki is not characterised as a stupid person, if he doesn’t say any of this stuff it’s because he doesn’t care, he is manipulating Mako by allowing this to happen, and/or the author wants an excuse to have Mako gratuitously raped on screen again.
Whenever he does something to provoke Ryohei it falls onto Mako every time. His reaction to his confrontation with Ryohei was to pressure Mako into a sexual encounter in a public place in order to assert his ownership of him. He provoked Ryohei then even though he knew last time he provoked Ryohei it only ended up with Mako being hurt. Yuki initiating intimacy after both rapes is the well worn overwriting a bad experience trope but it is just selfishness on his part to touch Mako in that situation. He doesn’t need to nut stop touching him!!!
Honestly, I think the author might just be kinda ass but if I take this character seriously he actually cannot be anything but a piece of shit who likes Mako but not enough to put his ego aside and keep Mako safe (which is a fine character trait in a fictional character but it had better be acknowledged in the actual story I stg)
This genuinely makes so much sense to me idk
If Mako is raped by that man again I am dropping ts. There’s being naive and being fucking stupid - one of them will *surely* suggest Mako bringing a friend next time he confronts the man who has violently raped him twice
Watching all of this remembering there’s a camera in the room and Joshua’s workmates are probably averting their eyes in the security room
I was thinking the same (￣∇￣")
Especially Seth the real one making mental gymnastics while knowing everything
I remember it was turned off.