I was told this is a good place to share my story

I live in Japan with a nearby military base from the US. It is a common thing that the americans there will harass and assault local women. If you grow up here, it is something you are warned about. "Avoid talking to the americans" and such. It is because they have a lot of impunity.

I also grew up with anime and manga. And i always liked those strong heroes in them, that fight for what they believe in and don't submit to anyone. But these people don't really exist in japan outside our entertainment. Japanese men are very meek and submissive. So i had to accepted that and started to date a cute boy who had a lot of qualities. But i was never really into him the way i was into anime characters. It often felt more like he is my best friend and i am dating him to make him happy.

One day we were on our way home from a cos event and my boyfriend went into a store to buy some snacks, when an american came and talked to me. He made a lot of comments on me that i look "very cute and fuckable" and such things and he groped me too, but then he left again. I didn't tell my boyfriend about it, because i didn't wanted him to worry. It was done.

A few days later we came across the same guy again and he flirted with me in front of my boyfriend. My boyfriend didn't really notice because he doesn't speak english aswell as i do. I tried to be polite so i thanked him for his compliments but also said i have a boyfriend. He responded by saying that "he looks like a bitch". I told my boyfriend that the american was just looking for directions.

Another week later, my boyfriend and i were out at night in the park and we came across him again.

This time he was very different. He started to touch me while calling me a lot of things. My boyfriend was trying to tell him off in really bad english but of course he didn't achieve anything. He then kissed me and put his hands under my skirt. That is when my boyfriend tried to fight him and the american defeated him very easily. The american pushed me down on the ground and had sex with me in front of him. He took big pleasure in that. Eventually he was done, he got up, made fun of my boyfriend and left.

We both went home without talking a lot that day.

I will skip what happened the next few days.

I have to admit, i enjoyed what happened. It reminded me of a Netorare story, "taking someones loved one" that i read in the past. It was better sex than i had with my boyfriend too.

And i realized that my boyfriend will never become the kind of anime hero i am attracted to.
If anything, i became less attracted to him, because he couldn't even fight for me.
The american on the other hand. I couldn't stop thinking about him.

I broke up with my boyfriend. I told him it's because of what happened, and that is not a lie, but it is more that i don't see him as an attractive man anymore. When i already didn't do it a lot to begin with.

A few weeks later i met the american again, calling after me when i went down the street to a cafe. And i liked it. I hesitated about what to do, but when i left it, i went to him and gave him my number. We have been dating since. And i feel like i finally have a strong hero at my side.