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Eikyuu-ni-Ai [2011-02-13 06:04:27 +0000 UTC]

That is true if you look at it a little below the surface, the "surface" being their "love story." Love can make people do anything, and paired with desperation it can kill.

Koji reacts so violently in his affections for Takuto because before he met Takuto, Koji had been living his life essentially like an empty shell. He had no motivations, portrayed no emotions, felt neither pleasure nor displeasure. The day he first saw Takuto, he witnessed a fiery passion he'd never experienced before and he felt as if he'd lost before he even began. No one has ever, or since, made such an impression on him, and as he continued on with his life he began to subconsciously search for that same feeling again. That is why he became a rock star, but it wasn't enough. When he met Takuto again, all the emotions he'd been lacking suddenly flooded him. For someone who'd never had to control his emotions, or deal with them, the way he reacts to Takuto is understandable. When you're in love, you want to monopolize that person, their time, their thoughts, their actions, their space, but you're able to control those wants to a reasonable compromise. Koji is unable to do this, and when Takuto pushes him away, his fear of feeling empty and hungry feeds his need to keep Takuto with him. It became an obsessive, almost spiteful, love that stifles more than it nurtures.

As for Takuto, he rejects Koji so strongly because of what happened with his mother. A love so intense that it drives one to madness makes no sense to him and scares him to the bone. He was only 5 years old when his mother killed his father and then herself out of love, much too young to understand love's complexities and the lengths it is able to drive people. As a result, that incident caused him to fear love itself. Outside of his sister and brother, he kept people at a distance, refused to let anyone in. He developed no friendships and paid no attention to anyone in particular. This coldness prevented him from learning anything about love, so when he was confronted by Koji's overwhelming passion, he felt like his 5-year-old self again. With his parents in mind, Takuto violently rejects Koji's feelings, his fear overriding any logic he might have been capable of. Usually when he pushes people away, they retreat almost right away, but Koji adamantly refused to budge and latched on tight. Takuto continues to reject him out of fear, but he also craves the attention, the warmth, that Koji bestows upon him unconditionally.

I wouldn't call him the "more innocent" one, but only because he pulls Koji along then pushes him away, only to pull him back again because of his own confused emotions which he continually refuses to face. He does this knowing it causes Koji pain, but Koji is happy so long as he is with Takuto so he'll never complain, something Takuto takes advantage of. If either one of them is to be labeled as "innocent," it would be Koji since he faces his wants and emotions head on and chases Takuto without questioning anything.

With all this in mind, their relationship really can't be much of a surprise. One is unable to control the intensity of emotions he's never felt before, and the other both resents and yearns for those same emotions out of fear and need. I really have to commend Ozaki-san for this story and these characters. "Queen of Dojinshi" is correct.

That being said, I honestly laughed out loud when I saw this picture. Great job. I hope I didn't offend you or anything with my above comments!!

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madbara [2010-09-12 14:04:52 +0000 UTC]

Well done. ^.^ It's very accurate. XD

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Magamish [2010-07-20 03:09:25 +0000 UTC]

This comic is adorable, but your message about what Zetsuai portrays is, I feel, very accurate. I wouldn't call what they share love in the purest form, but it's fun to occasionally portray them as a happy couple. That's why I enjoy volume 8 of Bronze so much.
Their entanglement began with rape, and ended up with consensual (protected even) sex and the, a dramatic character shift if you think about it.
And to clarify, there are 14 volumes.
Thank you so much for this and your message!

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