What's kind of interesting is that this exact subject is brought up in Skip Beat, where everyone is all butthurt while the girl is in highschool, but as soon as she graduates no one gives a damn. It's a bloody story, and while a 16 year old marrying a 40-ish year old might not settle with you, get over it, it's legal in Japan and in most US states it's legal. Don't rate a series low just because you don't agree with the subject matter like some moral crusader, rate it low because of the story. You're the same kind of idiots that would disagree with something that was proven right just because you didn't believe in it.

Ok, i read some of these comments and i was like WTF!? Was i the only one who enjoyed this so much to give it a 10 and type a comment? Yes, a 16 year old and a 40 year old is very disturbing, in fact, they've had sex. If you dont read the manga because of this, you are missing out. The main guy HAS a girlfriend, so i dont think he will be cheating anytime soon. It has a good story, and the are is amazing. I recommend it to everyone.

very sensitive topic but i dare say he has guts to do it and it ended up really good. I cheer that his dad it setting her up for his son to actually enjoy her youth rather then feeling of attachment of the only person there

Did not want to read this one to begin with because of how others of its kind end up. But i have to say so far that this is a good one and is not the same old thing.

For one yes the girl sleeps with the guy who is between 30-40 years old but he shows compassion after realizing that it is pain full for her when making love.

Also the son has the chance to have sex with his girlfriend and after noticing that she really isn't ready for it backs off and just sleeps with her instead of just forcing It onto her
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If you stay with it and read chapter 7 you learn that it is Imai that fell in love with his dad and not his dad that forced himself on her. Sure he could have said no to her and pushed her away but you can't really force yourself not to fall in love with someone and with as much time as they have spent together its probably mutual.

Also i may be naive or dumb but it seems to me that the son likes her but want's to only help her. He already sees her as the person married to his father not a person to hook up with.

... Last updated on November 9th, 2009, 3:28pm

well , not exactly cause the relationship of an older guy with a young girls, nor having your mom been your same age, but cause i hate heartbreaking story when u just cant get what u want (in love)

I'll read this to the inevitable point where the main character's feelings for his father's new wife is actually expressly shown to the readers.
The longer the series goes, the more I realize that the odds of the above not happening are getting slimmer and slimmer.
Hooking up with the girl your father has sex with is a concept I personally find too disgusting to actually enjoy, even when it's fictional. Other than that the whole idea of the protagonist coming to terms with a classmate as his new "mother" is somewhat interesting and well worth a read.

EDIT: Also, the fact that the father's wife seems to want to become a "real" mother to the protagonist despite being his classmate and the same age as him is so ridiculous that I don't know what to say.

... Last updated on February 14th, 2010, 3:26pm

Up to chapter 6 now, and we know nothing about the circumstances that surround Imai and her situation. What we do know is that she is 16. Practically an adult and all you guys can do is be judgmental. "Oh she's too young for that!" "Oh she's throwing away her whole youth!" "Oh she just had sex with an older man. How disgusting!"

Seriously. Come on.

And the son is trying his best to grasp his head around all of this while maintaining his own tumultuous life.

*Rating not final.

... Last updated on October 15th, 2009, 11:16am

I feel the same as the previous posters, I don't like how the father who is in his 30s-40s is married to a high school girl. Also I don't like how the girl agreed to the marriage/relationship, what is she thinking? It frustrates me a little and even after chapter 5, knowing what the father and the high school girl were doing, it somewhat upsets me a little. Would have liked a twist if the high school girl was actually the son's fiance and the father marrying her was a lie.

The more I see Imai, the more I feel disappointed. It feels like she's throwing her youth away by going out with the middle-aged man. Are some of the girls there really like this? Ryou's father should have found someone around his own age, I can't help but feel disgusted at the father. Others might have a different point of view, but that's just how I feel, sorry.

... Last updated on August 13th, 2009, 1:51pm

I'd have to agree with KLGChaos, this manga would probably be way better off as a comedy. There are many questionable scenes that would make ANYONE go "wtf?" Yet the main character acts as if its nothing special and that it is not that abnormal at all. The logic is terrible and the reader will only be pissed after chapter 5. Chapter 5 was probably the point where I just dropped the series, at that point you'll realize that no, there is no special circumstances, and the is just father sick and disgusting, and your hopes for the most natural relationship in the manga are broken, and even if it that relationship somehow occurs it will feel unnatural and not that great.

I have to rate this low. Maybe it's just me, but I can't take the whole guy pushing 40 married to a 16 year old girl in high school. And after seeing what happens in chapter 5, I just want to take a shotgun to the dad's head and the fact that he's some faceless character makes it even worse. I know in Japan this kind of stuff is more acceptable, but the American in me doesn't like it. If I knew my dad was married to a 16 year old, I'd probably disown him. If he was doing more... then I'd have him arrested.

As bass3p said, the fact that the son acts as if nothing's wrong is completely abnormal. Hell, he's dealing with the situation better than she is. I'm wonder what other people reading the series think. I mean, someone tore up their books because a character in one of their mangas had a boyfriend previously (Kannagi). I can just picture the backlash on this.

I'm just waiting for her to get pregnant. Can't wait for the kid to grow up wondering why his/her brother is the same age as his/her mom. I can even picture the father dying and those two falling in love and getting married. Then he can be his own brother's step-father! Someone call Jerry Springer.

... Last updated on August 13th, 2009, 8:52am