seriously though. its a perfectly fine storyline with there being some moral ambiguity - the townspeople captured the elves to save the town, its a bad deed but done for good reasons. but why the fuck is she stripped down? what the fuck japan. your obsession with sexual violence as a tool to make characters more sympathetic or appear more heroic is actively worsening your stories by removing any sort of moral consideration on the part of the reader. it doesnt even fucking make sense here cuz the villagers are shown to be sympathetic characters who wanted to help the elves but were forced to do horrible things. so why the fuck is she shown shackled up, stripped down, and in a pretty sorry state, implying rape or abuse or something, when it's just the villagers who are keeping her there. surely they could just lock the cellar doors and let her keep her dignity. i wouldnt be so mad if this was an isolated case but its like every fucking manga these days has to have a rape victim join the party so the hero looks like more of a savior its disgusting.