@mommunism I’m implying that review bombing this after one chapter just because it’s of a festish that is significantly more niche than other garbage “wish fulfillment” is hypocritical when the other aspects of it are just as trashy as the “””rape””” and yet have significantly more chapters/readers and praise. It’s a knee jerk reaction that I’ve seen in other places where the (annoyingly) common sexual assault/harassment scene shows up in an “””average””” series and then all of a sudden the comments that maybe average a dozen or so a chapter jump up to multiple dozens of comments and usually a number of “deranks” from people. Disregarding the fact that I I think rating something after *one* chapter is absurdly short sighted and immature, I still defer to my previous statement of this no more garbage than tens if not hundreds of other Isekais i -and many others- have come across, but simply due it being a more niche fetish than “normal”, it’s getting a shitstorm around it.
I’m not implying that an author “throws a dart a board” for a fetish. I am, however, implying that “fetishes” are not all equal in popularity and certainly not in “acceptability” (obviously) and thus that this manga is not being judged entirely on its own merits and instead by people who see a single chapter (yes, I’ve read the description and don’t expect it to get better) and then are somehow taken aback that the shitty premise presented in the synopsis comes to fruition.
I don’t particularly feel like filling the rest of these comments with the arguments I’ve seen on various NSFW Reddit’s and discord’s(and hentai sites) about “rape” in anime/manga and where “consent” ends in relation to fantasircsl/fictional elements, but *this*, to me, is not rape. Contextually it’s VERY technically consensual (I’m not an idiot, but stupid magic is stupid magic) and even out of context there’s plenty of examples of things like this happening -usually in NSFW material- which is very similar and still concludes in what many would refer to as a “””vanilla””” ending. The guy isn’t forcing himself on her, she isn’t resisting in any form, and she’s clearly enjoying it.
I understand that’s all due to “magic” and the arugemnt that’s always made is that she wouldn’t sleep with the person otherwise, which I honestly tend to agree with. But due to this being manga and not flat out hentai, the guy is not portrayed as “evil” (yet) and the girl is even portrayed as (seemingly?) the only character who somewhat cared about the MC after he was ousted from the group. I’m not implying that’s any form of “consent” or that it even justfies this bullshit story, but frankly it’s a hell of a lot more “consent” than I went into this manga expecting due to the synopsis and title.
If you want a better example of an actually good series getting this type of knee jerk reaction treatment in a different situation but similar result scenario, I recommend looking into the “controversy” that loomed around the anime community after “Shield Hero’s” first episode
If you have any other grievances with my point of view I’d be happy to hear and attempt to address them as I try my hardest to properly convey my opinion to others despite many comments simply replying with single sentences or Insults.