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Starting out with the positives: Beautiful art, nicely paced, interesting backstory for the 2nd male lead, and non toxic main couple.
Now on to the negatives. *A bit of spoilers* While it does treat rape as if it is a negative thing, there is a time where the mc gets raped and is upset about it for a scene, and then afterwards he just kinda... forgets about it. The other male lead having been raped in the past several times was treated with much more severity and I did appreciate that, but at the same time it did follow the trope of a man getting raped ... and then selling his body after. I would also have appreciated if we got more backstory for the main character because he did seem pretty unique as far as male yaoi mc's go, but the problem is that he isnt really as fleshed out as the other male lead.
I did appreciate having the perspective shift to the other male lead instead of only being the mc's, and I can see WHY they shifted perspective, seeing as the relationship seemed to advance a bit fast, and they needed some explanation as to why he warms up so fast to our mc. Im not really sure whether to call this a negative or not, but at the same time, between the time that the mc meets and starts forming all these opinions on the love interest, and when we get the first perspective shift to said love interest, it kinda feels like two different characters. My issue was basically that I couldnt pin down a solid personality and flaws in the 2nd male lead outside of him being willing to do anything to keep other people from hurting our mc.

I came from the tv show (On Crunchyroll) to read the manga because I figured there'd be more content and less censorship, and so far its basically the same quality, and I love it! I couldn't find the listing on here for the adaptation (Maybe cause the tv show is live action, not an anime) but if the manga has the same story beats as the adaptation then I'll go ahead and say that I'm going to love the manga!
The art does look a little off in some places (like the noses and sometimes the hands) but overall the characters look pretty cute, ... though my heart belongs to the beautiful smile of the other male lead in the show. If you haven't yet seen the show, its excellent, I highly highly recommend watching it while you wait for more chapters to be translated, as there are only 11.1 out right now that I have been able to find.
ALSO MAJOR HUGE HUGE POSITIVE OF THE SHOW: You never have to worry about homophobia or violence or the leads being too aggressive (Looking at you, Sekai Ichi Hatsukoi) or anything like that, and also the two couples that are featured here actually interact and support each other! And there's a few characters that may actually be straight that support lgbt people! ALLIES!!
In short, this has been hugely refreshing and Id recommend it to anyone that likes romance media, though I will forewarn that the manga supposedly has more sexual scenes, though as of chapter 11.1 its been pretty light (a little bit of slightly dirty talk), but the show is pretty damn innocent. Definitely not your typical BL.