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Not only is the teacher using his authority over a minor to prey on him, but he emotionally manipulates him as well. It's rape. I enjoy yaoi novels.
The rapist (I refuse to call him lover) also cuts ties with the only other person of authority that the young man can trust. Pure and simple. There is no seduction.
Stay away from this one. And then tries to make the young man feel stupid for being upset about it. I hated this and if I could give negative stars, I would.
I understand having a fantasy of being taken and being swept up by passion, but the this more about a rapist and stalker preying on an emotionally neglected minor. After professing to "love him", the teacher then sleeps with someone else, a 14 year old girl, no less.
Give me a break. after the second rape scene and then the uke acting like he might actually like it. Then. Rape is generally *NOT* an enjoyable thing.
I got half way through this thing and threw it in the garbage. This is just wrong on so many levels and I'm appalled to have spent MONEY on this. after the second time he starts to have feelings for him. Literally.
O_o You start to see signs of traditional rape issues after the first experience the uke has in this book. It makes me sick. I have read many Yaoi novels and this one. just grossed me out and appalled me.
*SPOILER*Since the beginning of the story, we are told that he doesn't get a long with his family, in fact, they all ignore him completely. I'm so glad I didn't read the reviews here before reading the book. O.o it was mentioned ONCE and almost at the end, and the author didn't even describe it (thank goodness because I'm not interested in reading hetero sex) and it's not like she was raped, she was all for it. I'm tired of all the sweet yaoi stories, we need more hot, twisted yaoi novels like this one.
Geez, who would ignore a son just because they're more popular than the other. now that's lame.Other than that, the story and characters were great. I think I was expecting some kind of twist in the story but nope. But we're not told the reason behind all this until the end, and when I found out why.I didn't know whether to cry or laugh.
I came to amazon to read other people's opinions. anti-social) he doesn't have any friends due to his family behavior towards him (until he gets to know his sexy, mad seme). Most of the 1 star reviewers didn't like this novel just because the seme had sex with a 14 year-old girl. Thus, the uke (I don't remember the names.it's been almost a year since I read it) doesn't know why and develops a kind of a shield against everybody (ie.
Immoral darkness has the hottest yaoi scenes I've ever read, the only thing I didn't like about it and I admit it left me kind of "WTF just happened." was the uke's "traumatic" past. When I finished the novel, I was extremely happy because I thought I've finally found a good yaoi story (not the best but it's good nonetheless). Needless to say, I was utterly shocked at seeing how poorly this wonderful novel was rated.
There is a lot of sexual harassment going on in all those books I mentioned. Of course Sasagawa is a repulsive person, but that's what the author is trying to tell us.
This story really makes me wish for a sequel. Yaoi fiction can't all be "Only the Ring Finger Knows".
After reading the other reviews and then reading the book, I wonder what all the fuss is about. I think Immoral Darkness is fast-paced and well-written.
I want to get more inside the characters' heads - particularly to find out how Sasagawa became the hateful person he is. This is not the only yaoi novel that has a demented seme.Sagami in "Sleeping with Money", Hodaka in "The Guilty Volume 1" and Munechika in "S Vomume 1" come to mind.
Besides, Shiina, the uke in this story is damaged goods himself - he is having sex with a woman more than twice his age for money - because he thinks of her as replacing the mother he can't reach emotionally.
The judgment of the characters is left to the readers. Due to mature and realistic content / situations the story describes, it didn't even felt as a yaoi novel at times. The theme of immature young people being lured into relationship by immoral adults is quite strong and realistically described in this book. Because it's intense, fast-paced, original and atypical. The title for this novel suits it very well.
For one thing, the seme is not a "good" guy that I *must like* just because it's our current yaoi "market standard" to have *good* semes and ukes: I actually really dislike the seme in this story and his immoral behavior. (Note: No actual sex with that girl is described and basically no detail on that situation is given, which I obviously think is a must / a good thing). The story is relatively well-written, especially for yaoi novels. I'd probably rate it 3.5 - 4 stars, but in today's thin US yaoi market and given all the bad reviews, I decided to somewhat inflate my rating and give it five stars, as there may be still potential readers who'd enjoy the novel but may get discouraged by overall negative reviews. Rather, I suspect, a lot of the US yaoi readers are not prepared to have a seme in the story who's actually *bad*, so they were obviously appalled by this novel (see previous reviews for this book. So, if any of these sounds like not what you want to read, please stay away from this book: it will only disappoint you.
The story is immoral and dark.This novel contains very mature and dark themes such as rape and emotional manipulation in relationship. Also, the seme is (obviously). Why I like this book. Sex (i.e., rape) between the uke and seme is quite explicit. Most of them are really negative). However, I don't see the author describing the seme in any "positive light" (as one of the previous reviewers wrote): the author is using quite an objective, "matter-of-fact" language.
It also contains a mentioning of one of the main characters (seme) having sex with a 14-year old girl. quite a bad guy (and the uke allows him to manipulate him and seems to be quite weak-willed most of the time).
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