The people who are proficient in the story are concentrated in China's forum and I told them here, but I don't know if they would like to come here to discuss it .
I haven't finished reading the manga, but look forward to seeing these discussions.
Am I not only one not getting what the heck people are talking about in this thread?
The people are trying to say that AxF is real, that Aki is a beard so that Asami can pursue his true love, Fei. At least, that is what I gathered from the OP, others are calling bull and are asking for OP to prove the theory, which has not happened (as there is NO evidence for the theory)
Seriously though, you're both right. They certainly weren't a couple, but other reasons made it that he had to get out anyway.
Honestly, I always interpreted the whole kissing, handjob and overall dominant attitude thing as Asami's way to stress relief him because he was getting too reckless.
Or, he was a 'ladies man' on the prowl and was feeling horny, but saw that Fei could be an ally and held back ... plus he saw that Fei was too vulnerable for a one nigh stand at that time.
Asami you got me crazy!!
Look at the page superscript, in the introduction three main characters are "Target in the Finder" target 001 002 003
http://www.mangago.me/read-manga/ayano_yamane_illustrations_aya/bt/30818/Ch1/25/
http://www.mangago.me/read-manga/ayano_yamane_illustrations_aya/bt/30818/Ch1/26/
I agree
I still believe that the AXF pair has not been and will not be there. But I also think that Asami was attracted to Fei. If we consider the facts, Asami tells Fei he does not want to force him. These are his words, not an interpretation. I do not think he just wanted to calm him down, no sense, Asami does not kiss a man he does not like. he tried to hold back, but whenFei cries he does not resist and kisses him Then he realizes that he has gone further, caresses him after the orgasm, and when he sees Fei's embarrassed reaction, he renounces. Asami understands that Fei wants a father, not a lover. After seven years Asami meets Akihito and falls in love, without any doubt. Asami loves Akihito, he wants love form Akihito, not from Feilong.
I believe that explanation is this, but obviously it's just my opinion. It provides the initial plot that sensei wanted to give to VF and which then changed. Sensei had initially thought of a plot in which Asami and Feilong had had an erotic past (not romantic, erotic) that would not have developed in the future because after seven years Asami would have fallen in love with Akihito and Feilong would have to die. Fei was supposed to be an important character, but totally negative that moved by the desire for revenge (and jealousy?) should have hindered the main couple and then died. The death of the "third inconvenient" would have sanctioned Axa's love and happiness without any problems for anyone. HL is the mirror of a real erotic tension. Then something changes. Sensei understands that creating such a heavy weight between A and F could have made VF a little appetizing to many fans. The fandom wanted to see a "pure" love without interference from the past. Also, Feilong gets a success that Yamane did not expect, and decides to change the plot and let feilong live. To do this and "save" goat and cabbage must "erase" the HL's atmosphere and does it in the scene where Asami and feilong collide, Fei kisses Asami and he has no reaction. This point is fundamental because NT's clear message is that Asami does not want to Feilong physically. The contradiction of Asami's attitude between HL and NT remains a big difference, which has no solution because now HL has been written. A bit like the first chapter of VF: Sensei says he does not get fed up with his work: too raw and hard. But he can not delete it now: when he designed it, VF was to be a oneshot, then the plan changed. The fandom in my opinion has a lot of influence on the plot.
I want to point out that this is just one of my reconstructions that is based on chapter reading, Sensei's words and some fan comments. In my head the contradictions of VF do not conceal the intent to lead to a change of pair, absolutely not. I'm just the mirror of a change in the editorial line. And I would like to point out that in both cases I have never questioned the Love between Akihito and Asami. There is no discussion of this. We only discuss about Asami and Fei in HL, seven years before, and I emphasize BEFORE, Aki's entry into Asami's life.
I finish this long comment saying that for me now this is no longer important. The first images I see of Feilong show a calm and contented person. Even FNR reading makes me believe that by now Feilong (finally) has gone beyond the past. Sorry the long comment, maybe boring, but I just said all I thought. The end.
U are trying to connect what Y.A said in real time to the manga. as to how she and somehow connect it to Feilong Asami and make a timeline that does not exist. The fandom did not influence the plot. The plot never changed, The chap. where Asami meets Feilong for the !st, time was to show that whole chap. between Asami and Fei can be taken as setup for the Hong Kong story why Fei do what he did. Why Fei after Asami in the first place. When that chap. takes place there is no Takaba and Asami and as such can be taken as background information. She says Feilong became popular(fandom influ.) he lived, but I kind of think that would have happened anyway. Feilong being alive did not change the plot. It was still abt. mc Takaba adventures.
Certainly it is a personal hypothesis. However, what I have said does not rule out the fact that HL was conceived as an explanation of the actions of Fei and Asami in NT. I just think that the past of Fei and Asami should have been more consistent with Asami's physical approach to Fei. To say that Asami only wants to calm Fei, or that he did not like at the time, is strange because it contradicts the same Asami's words "I will not force you". There is sweetness in this sentence, not repulsion.
There is no contradiction unless the reader infers what is not there. What is there is very clear. Asami himself tells Fei and the reader outright that he is not interested. Reinforced by Asami's lack of reaction to Fei's kiss in Naked Truth. There was nothing to contradict except what readers have built up in their minds because they have fallen for the sad underdog trope.
What's your point? There are cast pages for volumes seven and eight, too, which list Kuroda, Sudou, Sakazaki, and Mitari. Are they main characters, too?
Le perdant, vous dites? Take fresh air darling, you need it.
Jetez le masque, chéri
c'est moi
You're losing your cool darling, why are you so desperate?
Mon conseil: air frais et eau froide
I don't offer any ideas, just want to say we underestimated Sensei (=・ω・=)