For the people complaining about family abuse being far too common in romance manga, well it's even more common IRL. Part of why people write about it is because it's a very common and shitty experience, maybe the author was abused or they know someone that was. I have gay family members and some other family members that unfortunately have less than favorable opinions of them, or if it's not about being gay it's about something else. Ultimately at the end of the day some family members are just mean people, sometimes they're older and have dated thinking that they were raised on in a different time period, I think this applies to a lot of people's families.
Exactly. This is one of my pet peeves when I see people screech, trash the author and drop a story the moment there cute little anime girl and her cute little romance turn out to be less than perfect. There are a lot of hurt and deeply emotionally damaged people out there in the world and and just because they aren't easy to look at doesn't mean you should avert your gaze and pretend they don't exist. Often people who do this sort of thing with fictional characters and settings are the same ones who turn a blind eye to real world suffering and malice because its easier and more comfortable for them to do so. There is a lot horrible ugliness and cruelty in the world and those who willfully look away and pretend those that suffer do not exist are just another flavor of that cruelty and ugliness.
There is no real harm in people doing this sort of thing with fictional characters and stories, but they must remember not to turn that same blind eye to real world suffering when the time comes. I see it all to often and it makes me feel sick inside.
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