Manga with great potential, ruined due to the romanticization of rape.

The manga cover immediately caught my attention, and I started reading it with an open mind. My first impression was genuinely positive. The premise felt fresh, the artwork was vibrant and expressive, and the concept of one protagonist transmigrating into two different bodies within the same world, each with a different mission, immediately stood out from the many reincarnation stories I've read before.

The art deserves special praise. Every chapter is colorful, detailed, and visually engaging. The character designs are attractive without sacrificing expressiveness, and the backgrounds complement the fantasy setting beautifully. Visually, this was exactly the type of manga I had been hoping to find.

The story itself also showed a great deal of promise in its opening chapters. The relationship between the two main characters immediately sparked my curiosity. Their dynamic felt unpredictable, and I was excited to see how their personalities would clash and evolve. I especially expected the second life to gradually develop into an enemies-to-lovers relationship built on trust, understanding, and personal growth.

As the story progressed, however, I became increasingly disappointed by how small the cast remained. I kept waiting for supporting characters to become more involved or for a secondary couple to receive attention, but that never really happened. Side characters often play an important role in helping protagonists grow, offering emotional support, different perspectives, or simply moments of relief between heavier scenes. Here, almost everything revolves around only the main character and the seme, making the world feel surprisingly empty despite its interesting setting.

At first, I was willing to overlook many of the seme's questionable decisions. Although he often displayed possessive or controlling tendencies, I believed the story was setting him up as a flawed character who would eventually confront his mistakes. The warning signs were there, but they seemed to point toward future character development rather than outright cruelty.

Unfortunately, that expectation completely fell apart.

Once the seme realized that the protagonist no longer loved him—and discovered that the person before him had never truly been the naive individual he believed him to be—the story took a direction that I found deeply disturbing. Instead of confronting his emotions or communicating with the protagonist, he kidnapped him, imprisoned him, and raped him. The emotional abuse that followed only reinforced the imbalance of power between them.

__This was the moment when the story lost me entirely.

For me, this wasn't simply a dark plot twist or dark romance. It fundamentally changed how I viewed the relationship.__ Whatever emotional tension or chemistry had existed beforehand disappeared because it was replaced by repeated coercion, captivity, and sexual violence. From that point onward, I found it impossible to view their relationship as romantic.

One of my biggest concerns was I immediately knew where the story was heading right when the first rape scene come. I was rightfully worried that the protagonist would gradually stop resisting, remain with the seme, and eventually interpret his abuse as love. I personally felt the manga presented a deeply troubling message. To me, a relationship that grows out of captivity, fear, or psychological dependence does not represent healing or genuine romance.

Rape is an extremely serious subject, and fiction is absolutely capable of exploring it responsibly. Stories can examine trauma, recovery, guilt, justice, and the lasting psychological consequences of abuse. However, I believe those themes require careful writing and meaningful reflection. In this manga, I personally felt that the assault functioned primarily as a turning point in the romance rather than an event whose consequences were thoughtfully explored.

That was especially disappointing because the story had so much potential before this happened. The fantasy setting, the transmigration concept, and the early relationship between the leads gave me hope that I was about to read something unique. Instead, I felt those strengths gradually disappeared behind increasingly toxic relationship dynamics.

I sincerely hoped the story eventually would address the assault with the seriousness it deserves and allows both characters to face real consequences for their actions.

Despite its beautiful artwork, creative premise, and strong opening chapters, I ultimately came away feeling disappointed. What began as one of the most promising series I had discovered ended up becoming a story that, in my opinion, sacrifices its strongest ideas in favor of romanticizing an abusive relationship. That is what I found most heartbreaking of all.