I'm not arguing about the whether or not it should've been in the story, okay? And that's not what the other commenter was saying either. They said that the idea that the queen was being raped was projection, and I said that even if she didn't outwardly protest to either sex or marriage, the fact that she felt as though she had no control or power to say no, despite her clearly wanting to, does constitute rape. There's actually a word for that, you know? It's called marital rape and is not only the most common form of rape, but in many countries it is either not illegal or the law goes entirely unforced. The incessant dismissal of these facts in this discussion board is what I am arguing against.

I mean, the king is shown to have been as apprehensive as her before the marriage, if not more so, so I really can't see this reading as anything more than a projection, unless you want to insist that she raped her husband as well. There is not indication of either of them forcing the other into anything, they certainly would not look as fondly back on their time together as they are shown here if that were the case.

Cute.

Unexpected rare pair with a twist. :D

I think this actually counts as a twist. But hopefully we'll get another as well.

Cute.

On one hand, I do remember having similar feelings about my own (by now ex-)girlfriend with a similar age gap, and I did my best to hide my feelings at first as well. On the other hand, my mother's parents apparently had twice this gap, so...

Mai-chan is starting to realize her own feelings. ^_^

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And yet, I think that if this story ends with Aki and Momo breaking up, Momo having to marry and bear the children of some Penguin prince or whatever, and a "happy ending" in which she's shown to have a happy family and being good friends with Aki, people will not say that this was okay and that is how it should have ended.

Why are we even having this discussion when Momo has already made it clear that she will accept no such engagement...?

Ah, Seika's harem. ^_^

Lovely.

Do it, Yua Serufu!

Failed shakedown.

Very nice.

Lovely.

Perfect. :D

Nice.

Cute.

Cute.

Nice. :D

When the TV is talking directly to you.

It's a date, then.

Cute.

That said, anybody who hasn't picked up on all the foreshadowing that Aki's temporarily embarrassed wolf royalty is reading a different manga than the one I've been reading.

If they need it spelled out, look to ch.23 p.17 top panel.

Yeah, that's a total normie family living in a total normie house.

Easy to forget in the time between chapters, but yeah, having just re-read this, it's one of the two moments I pointed out on the previous page that may indeed point in that direction, the other being the queen's reaction to her last name.

Wouldn't call it "all the foreshadowing", but there certainly are clues that support this reading.

Friends!

Neither is entirely right or wrong in their assumptions, but at least they've made it to a point where they both know a confession has to come sooner or later. :D