Pleb's manga / #Toxic relationship(16)

Very toxic relationship disguised in fluff. Author uses abuse as a plot device without understanding the severity of the situations. All the characters need therapy and better communication skills.

Don’t let the cute cover fool you. This story revolves around rape, sexual coercion, and blackmail. The victim is written as being at fault for not noticing the rapists feelings for them.

Byun Minho deserved better.

Don’t be deceived by the cover. It uses a nasty old yaoi trope: getting raped and then falling in love with the rapist. Ugh they even wrote the ml to be so pretentious, and somehow made him all knowing and that’s why he’s right all the time. There are better stories about finding yourself and feeling confident being authentic with others. Do better. :/

Old plot dynamic involving MC being depowered and go along with the ML because plot. :/ Tired misogynistic trope found in a lot of manga, but because bl/yaoi authors are mainly women it’s supposed to be palatable since all the characters are male. MC is reduced in all aspects of life in comparison to the ML. MLs are always richer, stronger, more attractive, have social support, narrative is written in favour of their views, always right, get their way, better then the MC at anything they’re good at. Because if you bottom that means you can’t ever be ‘better’ then the top.

Do authors who create stories like this hate their protagonists? Mc gets in trouble and is depicted as the aggressive one when he defends himself from sexual harassment. No one listens to him or validates his feelings (I.e being publicly ridiculed and sexually harassed) and he’s made to feel like an ‘immature kid’ throwing a tantrum. Good god the ML is a piece of shit. Never once apologizes. Uses his power (career wise) to make choices for the MC, and is a violent asshole. Ch 4 was ridiculous. After the ML bullies the MC - MC gets hard ?????????? Wtf. Why???????????????? There was no indication that the MC liked this dude. In fact the way he expressed his anger was 100% legit. And then randomly b/c the author wants the characters to bone MC gets turned on after being patronized and belittled. Like respect your characters.