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It's all fun and sweet until a bad man shows up. I liked everything about this story. From Kajima and Hiro's seemingly hot and wholesomely cute relationship development, to the side characters that added vibrancy to the story, and the deep drama that was caught at the climax. Somehow through it all it still continues the flawless flow progress in which concluded as how it started - being fun and sweet. The mangaka liked how the bad guy somehow got his redemption arc by doing things right in the end, but based on his past actions I would've appreciated if he was dealt with accordingly ... on what he has done, and that's where he gets to correct his life afterwards.

TRIGGER WARNING - DOMESTIC ABUSE & possible as well as attempted human trafficking/forced prostitution/blackmail

The main story between the two was cute and good until the ML's (the ukes) ex shows up, the ex who used to physically abuse him and choke him until he passed out, it shows some scenes in flashbacks a few times so warning for that, however later when they meet again he tells the ML that he told his friend about him and he is going to hand him over to him so he can have sex with him (forced human trafficking) which means it was possible a thing he did ... to the ML as well since the ML had mentioned something else about bad taste in men and how they hurt him and used him, not only that but the ML is stupid as well as the MC for not communicating more and then the ML going to meet that ex again because he "was scared for the MC" and he almost got raped again, thankfully the MC arrived at the hotel just in time to stop the door from shutting as the ex had dragged the ML inside. Now the stupid part on the MC is for not talking to the ML that he was working a case against the ex which had also abused other ukes one which comes forward and tells them how he choked him out so bad that he was about to pass out. The reason this was rated a 3 was because all that build up just so the ex can get away with being abusive and have some pathetic story of "Oh well his wife left him and cheated on him too, as he was cheating and now he is taking care of the girl so lets just gather this evidence talk to him and keep it incase he does it again and bothers you" and just like that the ex has magically changed his heart and loves his daughter and leaves the ML alone what??!!!!! NOOOOOO what is the point of adding that nonsense of "building a case against him" if all you are going to do is just threaten him and then write him off as a changed man even though he used to abuse the ML and had abused many other ukes, as well as forced the ML to sleep with other men or at least planned for it to happen. Noooo someone like that should not get a redeemed story where he gets to be happy with his daughter, who knows if he will hurt her later on.

The author should have just stuck to a simple BL story and not one with Domestic abuse/violence since they clearly can't write a good closure for it.