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Just found out that thereâs apparently discourse regarding Katsuya and lemme say that I will personally fight all you punks that disrespect riceball dad.Â
you can love a story and STILL criticize it for being problematic. the relationship between Katsuya & Kyoko is hella problematic, like she was still a minor when they got together.
it literally does not matter that they were âsoulmatesâ or whatever like he was still a GROWN man that thought it was okay to start a relationship with someone who was, what, 14? 15?
there are elements that i really like about their relationship but itâs hard to look past that age gap. itâs kinda super gross and honestly kind of dangerous material
{{MAJOR SPOILERS TO ANYONE WHO HASNâT READ FRUITS BASKET OR HASNâT FINISHED VOLUME 16}}
While I agree with your premise that you can love a story and criticize it for its issues, Iâd have to respectfully disagree with your claim that their relationship, itself, was problematic.
If you take it at surface level, then yes, it seems morally shaky. However, you fail to consider the context. *Note: Iâll be using the official Tokyopop translation for this discussion.Â
As @ethics-basket mentioned, Katsuya never intended to enter a relationship with Kyoko until she at least was presumably either finishing high school or finished high school (at the very least until she was of legal age).Â
Thatâs why until the turning point, he never made a move on her. She fell in love with him, but even Kyoko was unsure if he reciprocated or if he was just pitying her (like he saw her as a stray dog he took under his wing). But Kyoko was so desperate for positive attention of any sort, she was willing to even accept the âpityâ that Katsuya gave her. But, all the same, she didnât want to burden him.
It was very clear that Katsuya wasnât going to move forward was this relationship until Kyoko was at least of legal age. Thus itâs clear that he wasnât in love with her for her age (like a creep/pedo would be), he was in love with her despite her age. (Also note: yaâll be acting like heâs in his late 20âČs, but the guy is like 20-21. Heâs still really young.)Â
However, now the whole context thing comes into play. Keep in mind that Kyoko literally just got beaten the heck up after quitting her gang, kicked out of her parents home with little warning and only a small duffle bag and the clothes on her back, wasnât able to enter high school (and likely wouldnât have been able to pay the tuition on her own regardless), sheâs far too injured to work, has no money to find a place to live, if she stays on the street her former gang will probably beat her up again (or even kill her) or even worse sheâd get abducted by an actual creep because she canât fight back due to her injuries. She literally has nothing. If she goes to the police, theyâd just throw her into a foster home or adoption agency where the cycle of abuse would likely continue (since no good family would adopt a former delinquent who probably has some criminal records on her), or the police might even throw her in jail once they see her criminal record, and sheâd continue to break and potentially regress into the husk she once was. Katsuya couldnât even refer her to a family member to stay with because he wasnât on good terms with any of them, even his own father and siblings, and even if he was they DEFINITELY wouldnât have taken her in (and we see how much they hated and looked down on Kyoko in the first volume itself, to the point where their disdain carried over onto Tohru, their own flesh and blood). Basically Kyoko had nowhere to go and no way to support herself, she was pretty much left for dead. Katsuya was her only lifeline, and he was completely aware of that. He knew there was only one safe option for her.
So instead of being wishy-washy and vague, and playing around with her feelings. He was extremely direct with her. He proposed and took responsibility for her. He basically declared that he would take care of her, protect her, and be by her side to support her for the rest of his life (/sobs/).Â
Now I just want to say that no, this is clearly NOT the ideal situation. Even Katsuya (Mr. Always 3 Steps Ahead) didnât plan for this. Ideally, of course, Kyoko would have graduated high school at 18, and then they would have entered a relationship and eventually gotten married. He loved her enough to be willing to wait for her without even making a move until then. However, when the cards were dealt and they were given a crappy hand, he made the best decision he could come up with. He did what he could, which was take responsibility and marry Kyoko (his way of protecting her without beating around the bush like most shoujo mangas tend to do where they live together and try to be platonic but then drama happens and they kiss and stuff but the guy doesnât want to get serious, etc etc). So no, it wasnât ideal. But when has ANYTHING in Fruits Basket been ideal? This is a series about a group of emotionally (sometimes physically) abused and neglected children (except Hiro) who work with what they have and do their best to heal. So no, obviously I wouldnât want this exact scenario to happen to in real life, but I also wouldnât want the rest of Fruits Basket to happen in real life either. You may say that the premise is problematic, but thatâs the whole point. Everyoneâs backstory is problematic, but theyâre still making the best of it. The circumstances behind the relationship is problematic (ie. her abuse, neglectful family, getting injured, unable to enter school), but the relationship itself is far from problematic. Thatâs the beautifully crazy part about this manga. NOTHING is idealized. Everyone has their traumas and their wounds hiding underneath their mask, but theyâre working with what theyâve got to make the best of life and become better people to end this cycle of abuse.Â
And also this isnât just some guy in his mid-to-late-20s picking up a random, normal 15-year-old middle school girl and dating her. This is a guy whoâs fallen in love with a broken girl who basically gave his own life meaning, and was willing to wait for her, but, in order to protect her from unforeseen circumstances, had to speed up his plans a bit.Â
So yeah, Iâd argue that due to the context of the manga, the relationship itself isnât problematic at all. Takaya does a really good job to prove to us that their relationship is very wholesome, especially considering the circumstances of it. It develops both Katsuya and Kyoko into better, stronger, people and it clearly shows that no matter what happens theyâre always supporting each other, and they gave Tohru and even the other kids a loving environment to grow in, thus breaking the cycle of toxicity and abuse they both grew up in.Â
ngl i didnât read all this. thereâs something super gross about someone defending pedopholia with their whole heart, even in fiction.
also, just because he was waiting for her to be 18 doesnât make it any better. a grown man waiting around for a minor to be of legal age? Gross.
Like I said, there are aspects of their relationship that I like that you mentioned here. But, you could get the same affect WITHOUT a student-teacher relationship. Kyoko didnât have to be 15. Or Katsuya could have been more her age. Doesnât matter, the point is there didnât have to be that disgusting ass age difference to get all of what Takaya wanted us to feel/see from their relationship.
and pedohiples in real life literally use that defense about how they were in âloveâwith a minor not because of the age and blah blah blah and If you canât see how thatâs wrong, I donât know what to tell you man.
Just found out that thereâs apparently discourse regarding Katsuya and lemme say that I will personally fight all you punks that disrespect riceball dad.Â
you can love a story and STILL criticize it for being problematic. the relationship between Katsuya & Kyoko is hella problematic, like she was still a minor when they got together.
it literally does not matter that they were âsoulmatesâ or whatever like he was still a GROWN man that thought it was okay to start a relationship with someone who was, what, 14? 15?
there are elements that i really like about their relationship but itâs hard to look past that age gap. itâs kinda super gross and honestly kind of dangerous material
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