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I honestly think it was a decent story despite the ratings and the comments. Ryou was perfect! Yoshi made me wanna cry and cheer for him. It was such a sweet contrast to the first chapter and I loved it.
I understand why the sakumi-sugao storyline was there and I honestly feel fine about them ending up together. It just feels a little fast and unearned since their characters weren't fleshed out so much. We never really see any redeeming features of the sensei so I get why so many people didn't like it. He was an asshole in the beginning, never cared about anything, stayed trapped in his trauma, and he was still the only one pursued. He never did anything that made us feel slightly sympathetic so the backstory comes out as more of an excuse for his character than a traumatic experience that he struggles to let go of.
The story might have been better accepted if there was a bigger chance for sensei to reflect on his actions and learn his lesson (and maybe idk PROPERLY pursue sugao too, i feel for the guy). Anyway, it had a nice comeback despite the awful start. Yoshi and Ryou warmed my heart.
I hope to find more stories that give shitty semes and ukes more character and reflection/redemption.
there are definitely more fleshed out stories that work better in terms of the fated pair trope but this was really heartwarming and the characters were amazing, taiga is my fave because although he could have used a little more detail in terms of his redemption arc, his character was precious and i was definitely rooting for him