miseryxcompany's manga / #Noncon(5)

Aya's just way too much of a dorkass antisocial loser for me to see him dating a highschooler as anything other than pathetic so couldn't get into this. He walks in whatever direction his dick twitches and is not at all intimidating even though everyone treats him like he is. Maybe if he were jacked or something but those are twink hips. Only good part are the sex scenes, only because Azuru is so dedicated to his sisters teachings that he lets that loser do basically whatever he wants to him.

After sitting on it for a couple days I've come to the conclusion that Stigma is just okay. It doesn't approach it's subject matter in a particularly unique way, and it doesn't need to, but ultimately I could not get myself fully immersed in the world of Stigma. To start off on a positive note I really enjoyed how it explores different responses to abuse through Boris. His sister is lax around men she doesn't know and still offers kindness to strangers despite what she's been through, and Sehyun tries to have sex with him after being raped by Michael. Boris cannot understand how Elena can be so trusting or why Sehyun isn't completely repulsed by sex and his concern is often aggressive to the point of hurting those he cares about. It's heart wrenching and simultaneously cathartic in its graphic depictions of sexual violence, abuse, etc. but it's insistence on containing the story within a handful of characters' lives only dampened my enjoyment. One of the few times I think a story has been held back by refusing to involve characters and storylines not directly related to the main pairing. In the epilogue Sehyun says Boris told him Tracy wanted to be a dancer, alluding to a deeper connection between the two than we are initially led to believe, or Boris learning about Tracy after her suicide. This isn't explored, though I think giving her that panel time and making her feel like a person rather than a plot device would've made for a bigger impact on the trajectory of Boris' life. As is, she's sidelined in her own tragedy and her rape is treated as something that happens *to Boris*. From the beginning Linda has been dropping hints to Maureen about wanting a child-- and the exact nature of the relationship is totally muddled; Are they dating? Is it a situationship?-- and she seems to live vicariously through Boris' love for his neice Anya. She even tries to coerce Boris into having sex with her with a sob story about her abusive father because Maureen won't give her a child. This will never be mentioned again. We'll never see anything detailing the nuances of her relationship with Maureen-- who I'm pretty sure isn't even named until chapter 26, by the way-- and this b-plot will never get a proper conclusion. My biggest gripe might be with Michaels mom. Michael is a child of rape and was neglected by his mother, regardless he still bends to her every beck and call in attempt to get her to acknowledge him. He tries to give back because he "doesn't want to create more trash in this world" but ultimately subcumbs to the gnawing realization that he'll never be loved. Sehyun becomes an outlet for his anger and sexual frustration, having someone that could take his place as the trash he is made him feel better about himself. This is all fine on its own I guess. But with Anya also being a child of rape, yet still loved by her mother, and his mother being an elitist bitch who expects others to grovel at her feet at the slightest bit of pity, it kinda reads like his mother is what made him a rapist. A "Fine, I'll be the monster you treat me like I am," kind of thing. And just why does she want Sehyun to kill him in the hospital? Is it because she doesn't want him to ruin her already damaged reputation? Does she just hate him that much? Is he not useful to her anymore? These are things you could write about!

The comments on this are funny, when did Harada become the means by which we measure how fucked-up something is? lol I thought this was just alright. It illustrates the cycle of depravity well enough I was just expecting him to become more of a degenerate pervert rather than a put-together salaryman with a sadist streak.

He’s so, so stupid. I’d take advantage of him too.

There’s no point to this other than being gross. You just kind of sit there and physically recoil as this four day unshowered hikkikormori fudanshi neet rapes his brother in law, clearly getting off on having him swallow the dick cheese out of his foreskin like it’s a slurpee, and it’s almost impossible to not imagine the acidic smell of sweat and dried out cum while he rubs his dick all over the guys face and fucks him with it. Though that I was into it probably says more about me than anything.