I can't really see Tasuku's words as anything more than complement. It wasn't like he said it was Misora's fault for tempting it or anything. He simply stated the fact, that if Misora was seen as a boy or wasn't as pretty, he most likely wouldn't be targeted by scumbags like that. Definitely not like 3 times in the row. He was making genuine complement, "they are attacking you because you perfectly pass as a pretty young girl".
I also agree, that the main character didn't do anything wrong in the last chapter. Yeah, maybe the line he used was a little bit unfortunate, but it was totally obvious, he just wanted to calm down Misora, not to blame him for provoking the attacker. He also asked, if he saw who it was, so it also seems pretty obvious to me that if the Misora actually saw someone, then the main character would hit the pervert or something. So defnitely not a rude behaviour at all. On the other hand Misora was probably extremely shocked (considering his age and the situation), so it's understandable, he was exteremely agitated and got it the wrong way - but he was still the only one being extremely rude and insensitive So blaming the main character seems extremely harsh to me.
I hate bringing up old beef but I just read this manga so it's new enough for me.
I definitely agree that Misora's reaction was out of line and Tasuku didn't mean any harm by his comment of, "you were targeted because you're cute," but people often say things without thinking how their words may be interpreted, and even if they have the best of intentions, it could still hurt the other party (plenty of examples of this, just look at two of the more unpleasant characters: Koyama-san and Tsubaki's dad).
Tasuku probably meant it as a compliment or a reason as to why the groping happened but Misora read it as a classic victim blame, and being in a particularly vulnerable position, lashed out. I don't think what Tasuku said was something we should normalize and excuse. It's disturbing for me because I actually flew by that part on the first read and had to re-read it when I was confused as to why Misora was flipping out all of a sudden. It seemed like a perfectly natural thing to say in the situation but within the words are a nuance that shifts blame to Misora as well as inadvertently supporting a society where it's perfectly normal for pretty girls to get groped. Tasuku made a mistake out of ignorance but that doesn't leave him blameless. It's up to him to own up and learn from the experience.
As to why I didn't rail on Misora for pretty much outing Tasuku in public, I think we all know why what Misora did was bad; Tasuku's mistake just seemed less evident.
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