I don’t hate Kou, rather neutral toward him. I was a little disappointed with his character being in his late 30s and still lacked emotional maturity to know that relationships were not simply a game of screwing someone then leaving them. Of course, it was a habit he formed before he met Shinobu, but well, at least the ending showed some development with his character. Other semes don’t show development and the ukes just accept them. So yeah, I thought the ending was a positive step forward in their relationship.
It's precisely because of the common, and clichéd, attitude that someone changing should be enough to give a former abuser a second chance that I'm unwilling to give them a fair shake based on that assumption (at least, substantially). No the only reason I'm willing to give him a fair shake is because SHINOBU forgave him, which is also why I didn't hate too much on the abuser in Deep Flower (Riyu Yamakami). Plus in both cases the abuser had to change, not the victim, AND neither of these victims were forced to believe it was their fault for being abused. Saying that Shinobu moved forward is essentially putting the onerous responsibility of the abuse on the victim's shoulders, again. T.
Everyone hates him, but i love Kou
He is 35 and doesnt know what love is, ofcourse he is confused by what he is feeling because he treat love as plaything (I know, this is bad. Hes a fucking playboy. Lets slap him, but all his boys are all flings though). And when Shinobu shows up, he doesnt know that what he feels is real and he fuck up. Ive seen how he ponders his thoughts, and how he suffered because he lost the very first person he fell inlove with and i saw how he wanted him back. How sorry he is and how he slowly his helth deteriorate because of his loneliness. How determine Kou is to let Shinobu feel his real feelings for him and how trully sorry he.
Ofcourse I love Shinobu too, and i agree that Kou shoundt treat him the way how he did it knowing that he was brokenhearted. I salute him being strong and moving forward and having courage to forgive Kou and give him second chance.
As they says, everyone deserve second chances, but if kou fuck up for the third time. He desserve slap on the face and birds. But why cant people just enjoy the ending? In my opinion it was good, well done. Kou changes for Shinobu and Shinobu learned to move forward. This is what you call love, it has ups and down but at the end, you will always learned from your mistakes.