FairytaleCatastrophe

People are comfortable with the pedo anime because it's a man and a girl. They wouldn't have been comfortable if they were both male, we see how you/they reacted to this novel. It's giving fetishizers. You/they are fetishizing straight identifying people

"Don't start with that bs about being h0m0ph0b!c when i'm literally part of the community"

Homophobia is like the common cold, anyone can catch it, gay, bi or straight identifying. It's easy for it to spread and infect the members of the community

"Stop defending and trying to justify a 47 yr old being in a relationship with a 17 year old"

We're talking about a 17-year-old dating another 17-year-old. It's legal, even though one of them was a 47-year-old gangster in a past life. The 47-year-old character has been reincarnated and is experiencing life as a teenager, it's a significant factor you're not considering to push a homophobic agenda. The situation doesn't fall into the "predatory adult preying on a minor" category. If it were a straight story, the same people complaining wouldn't bat an eye

Please don't pretend that straight media has been a paragon of healthy relationships. "Twilight" had a 100-year-old man preying on a 17-year-old girl, and it was popular. There are more popular straight stories with huge age gaps and power imbalances that were romanticized. When it's a fantasy, soul-swapping gay relationship, everyone loses their minds

Take a breath and remind yourselves this is a fantasy, it's not meant to be a blueprint for real life relationships

It's not a crime

This is fiction, remember? The laws of reality don't apply. If we were to start making laws based on the whims of fictional characters and scenarios, we would make it illegal to fly on a broomstick or use a time-turner to go back and change our grades in school

And we're talking about a 17-year-old dating another 17-year-old. It's legal, even though one of them was a 47-year-old gangster in a past life

Don't jump to conclusions. Grooming is manipulation and abuse of power. Deuk Pal wouldn't be manipulating anyone by waiting for Se Kyung to be of legal age before expressing his feelings. That's called being a gentleman. Besides, people's feelings can change and develop over time

Deuk Pal could've developed feelings for Se Kyung later on in college, and it wouldn't have been problematic or grooming. He'd see Se Kyung as a friend in high school, and more than a friend in college

Don't jump to conclusions. Grooming is manipulation and abuse of power. Deuk Pal wouldn't be manipulating anyone by waiting for Se Kyung to be of legal age before expressing his feelings. That's called being a gentleman. Besides, people's feelings can change and develop over time

Deuk Pal could've developed feelings for Se Kyung later on in college, and it wouldn't have been problematic or grooming. He'd see Se Kyung as a friend in high school, and more than a friend in college

Deuk Pal could've developed feelings for Se Kyung later on in college, and that wouldn't have been problematic. Feelings are complex and can change. He'd see Se Kyung as a friend in high school, and more than a friend in college. And he should've declined blind date opportunities with girls, he wouldn't be interested in pursuing relationships with people outside of the bond he has developed with Se Kyung

"There is difference between 17 year old and 20 year old, btw"

Deuk Pal's soul could've dated Se Kyung in college when he's 20+ and not 17, so ...