No it doesn't irk me at all in this case, cuz age of consent would be 16, but since this is kidnapping to kill him, and since early in this story he got 18 and I don't know if he was 17 or 18 when they had s** I would give him the benefit of a doubt and say he waited until he's 18.
And yeah, he looks younger than he is, it's not a fetish of the artist, it is to show his malnourishment.
I see it from this way: If the only way for this naive child to live a happy life is by the side of a grown mature adult - and as it developed it really is by his side as a partner, then so be it. That a 40+ guy has s** with an 18 yr old boy is something some people don't wanna read. My point is, if both consent it's fine. Since MC returns on his own every time, and can consent so he it. If it irks you, that's fine, too.
And no, this story doesn't take place in some Muslim country where the age of consent is 11, 12, 13, and I've read that argument ofte enough
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