I really like this story, and the characters, even Takatora, he is like a fun, yet dramatic train crash that keeps on going, that you can't look away from (I know, weird description). And I've gotta say, I feel bad for him, cause every major event in his life is immediately greeted with a traumatic experience or 2, and soap opera levels of relationship drama, and the person who he turns to for advice (uncle tsuruta), their only advice is always either "suck it up and be a man" or "start making babies by any means necessary and marry an alpha for the sake of the family", when said family disowned him and kicked him out of the house at 16 (he was literally still a kid) because he made it so he couldn't get pregnant. I feel like that and his sheltered to the point it was a prison kind of upbrining, is a major cause of what's stunting him as far as getting over the internalized misogyny, and improving in both his relationships, and as a person.
Like a bit of SPOILER in my mini rant, but not a big one... . . . . . . Like from day 1 of finding out he's an Omega, he finds out because large group his classmates to SA him, then the dude who saves him ends up SA'ing him that same day (Arisaka), then he starts dating him. That there is already messed up. Because he has no intentions of giving birth anyways, so that there is no possibility for him to get pregnant, even if his parents try to marry him off like Wanibuchi mentioned, or if he is SA'ed, he removes his uterus. Then his parents disown him and kick him out of the house at 16 because now he can't get pregnant. (again this is all in the span of like a week.) And his uncle, with the worst advice and alterior motives ever, is the only family member who takes him in after his parents kick him out.
Dude later on mentions in a chapter not yet translated, that his dad and grandpa taught him as a kid, that Omega in the family are not meant to be seen or heard, because their purpose bassicly solely to have kids and then stay out of the way. He mentioned maids raised him, he doesn't like his mom (dunno why) but he barely saw her anyways, and his dad treated him and his brother like they were there out of obligation, and otherwise didn't have much to do with them either. But he and his brother also wernt allowed to go to school (they had tutors) or really leven eave the estate till high school. So his life and social skills outside of home start at 15, a year before the start of this story...
Also upon his high school graduation day he gets dumped by said boyfriend who SA'ed him, via ghosting, and has to find out he was dumped by his friend Kameyama, who later on becomes Takatora's boyfriend.
Then the tech start up is finally about to get itself off the ground, so he can be completely independent from his family if he wants to, and he is trying to make it so he doesnt have to always rely on his uncle. He's es in a relationship with his boyfriend since college, and Takatora's uncle is pushing him to marry random alpha. And then, his coworker and project lead SA's him... and his uncle tells him to "man up"... then the uncle is more present in the business because Takatora doesn't want to be around the guy that SA'ed any more than he has to be, and Tsuruta ingratiate himself in the board too. So Takatora took a step back again from being independent, to avoid being near the dude who SA'ed him. Then he spirals into "let's have kids, let's start a family" cause now he wants a family who actually loves him, cause he doesn't have that. Even Tsuruta doesn't really care about what he wants.
Major life event 3, Now Takatora gets dumped by his fiance and boyfriend of 7 years, and his uncle takes advantage of his drunk depressed state by lecturing him on his important it is that he starts making babies for the sake of the family, and the uncle tries to make him go out and marry a megachurch pastor's alpha son, for the sake of his uncle's own business.
Major life event 4, Takatora's start up finally gets big enough to enter the fortune 500, as one of the few companies apart of it, run by an Omega CEO. Upon this new development, uncle Tsuruta convinces the board (against Takatora's wishes) to have Takatora's company merge with his dad's conglomerate. So now his company belongs to the people who disowned him as a kid, and uncle tsuruta is trying to convince him it's a good thing, because "it means your family acknowledged you", which Takatora mentioned that he didn't want anything to do with his family anymore outside of his little brother and the uncle.
Major life event 5. Osuzume is now confirmed pregnant, and Takatora has to announce the merger at a live black tie event organized by the uncle. And at this announcement, Takatora decides to be petty (honestly good for him) and uses this at the platform to come out as gay publicly, announcing he's married to an Omega, and that his partner is pregnant, and that he's stepping down from his company, and taking a break from working to take care of his wife and to be present and raise his kids, because he wants to spent time with his real family. (Yes, go petty queen) And that is met afterwards, with uncle tsuruta being livid that he is leaving when his parents finally acknowledged him, and upset that he actually married/adopted Osuzume, and made it public, and he was angry that Osuzume wouldn't take Takatora's last name. Then it devolves into an argument because Takatora had already discussed and agreed to Osuzume keeping his family name, and even Takatora coming out publicly, and quiting his company to be a stay at home parent.
Takatora even mentions he and Osuzume rushed the date they were getting married because the uncle was secretly trying to find a way to get Takatora to marry the guy at his company who SA'ed him... and to get the uncle off of his back about everything, upon stepping down, Takatora makes that same Alpha who SA'ed him that the uncle wanted him to marry, to CEO of his company... fuck unckle Tsuruta honestly
And the closer it gets to the baby being born, and Takatora, Enma, and Kameyama teaming up for an Omega medical research project that Enma started, Takatora thinks Osuzume is cheating on him with his ex Karasuma. He wasn't, and that gets sorted out fast in the craziest way ever because Takatora makes a scene at Karasuma’s house.
I really like this story, and the characters, even Takatora, he is like a fun, yet dramatic train crash that keeps on going, that you can't look away from (I know, weird description).
And I've gotta say, I feel bad for him, cause every major event in his life is immediately greeted with a traumatic experience or 2, and soap opera levels of relationship drama, and the person who he turns to for advice (uncle tsuruta), their only advice is always either "suck it up and be a man" or "start making babies by any means necessary and marry an alpha for the sake of the family", when said family disowned him and kicked him out of the house at 16 (he was literally still a kid) because he made it so he couldn't get pregnant. I feel like that and his sheltered to the point it was a prison kind of upbrining, is a major cause of what's stunting him as far as getting over the internalized misogyny, and improving in both his relationships, and as a person.
Like a bit of SPOILER in my mini rant, but not a big one...
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Like from day 1 of finding out he's an Omega, he finds out because large group his classmates to SA him, then the dude who saves him ends up SA'ing him that same day (Arisaka), then he starts dating him. That there is already messed up.
Because he has no intentions of giving birth anyways, so that there is no possibility for him to get pregnant, even if his parents try to marry him off like Wanibuchi mentioned, or if he is SA'ed, he removes his uterus. Then his parents disown him and kick him out of the house at 16 because now he can't get pregnant. (again this is all in the span of like a week.) And his uncle, with the worst advice and alterior motives ever, is the only family member who takes him in after his parents kick him out.
Dude later on mentions in a chapter not yet translated, that his dad and grandpa taught him as a kid, that Omega in the family are not meant to be seen or heard, because their purpose bassicly solely to have kids and then stay out of the way. He mentioned maids raised him, he doesn't like his mom (dunno why) but he barely saw her anyways, and his dad treated him and his brother like they were there out of obligation, and otherwise didn't have much to do with them either. But he and his brother also wernt allowed to go to school (they had tutors) or really leven eave the estate till high school. So his life and social skills outside of home start at 15, a year before the start of this story...
Also upon his high school graduation day he gets dumped by said boyfriend who SA'ed him, via ghosting, and has to find out he was dumped by his friend Kameyama, who later on becomes Takatora's boyfriend.
Then the tech start up is finally about to get itself off the ground, so he can be completely independent from his family if he wants to, and he is trying to make it so he doesnt have to always rely on his uncle. He's es in a relationship with his boyfriend since college, and Takatora's uncle is pushing him to marry random alpha. And then, his coworker and project lead SA's him... and his uncle tells him to "man up"... then the uncle is more present in the business because Takatora doesn't want to be around the guy that SA'ed any more than he has to be, and Tsuruta ingratiate himself in the board too. So Takatora took a step back again from being independent, to avoid being near the dude who SA'ed him. Then he spirals into "let's have kids, let's start a family" cause now he wants a family who actually loves him, cause he doesn't have that. Even Tsuruta doesn't really care about what he wants.
Major life event 3, Now Takatora gets dumped by his fiance and boyfriend of 7 years, and his uncle takes advantage of his drunk depressed state by lecturing him on his important it is that he starts making babies for the sake of the family, and the uncle tries to make him go out and marry a megachurch pastor's alpha son, for the sake of his uncle's own business.
Major life event 4, Takatora's start up finally gets big enough to enter the fortune 500, as one of the few companies apart of it, run by an Omega CEO. Upon this new development, uncle Tsuruta convinces the board (against Takatora's wishes) to have Takatora's company merge with his dad's conglomerate.
So now his company belongs to the people who disowned him as a kid, and uncle tsuruta is trying to convince him it's a good thing, because "it means your family acknowledged you", which Takatora mentioned that he didn't want anything to do with his family anymore outside of his little brother and the uncle.
Major life event 5. Osuzume is now confirmed pregnant, and Takatora has to announce the merger at a live black tie event organized by the uncle.
And at this announcement, Takatora decides to be petty (honestly good for him) and uses this at the platform to come out as gay publicly, announcing he's married to an Omega, and that his partner is pregnant, and that he's stepping down from his company, and taking a break from working to take care of his wife and to be present and raise his kids, because he wants to spent time with his real family. (Yes, go petty queen)
And that is met afterwards, with uncle tsuruta being livid that he is leaving when his parents finally acknowledged him, and upset that he actually married/adopted Osuzume, and made it public, and he was angry that Osuzume wouldn't take Takatora's last name.
Then it devolves into an argument because Takatora had already discussed and agreed to Osuzume keeping his family name, and even Takatora coming out publicly, and quiting his company to be a stay at home parent.
Takatora even mentions he and Osuzume rushed the date they were getting married because the uncle was secretly trying to find a way to get Takatora to marry the guy at his company who SA'ed him... and to get the uncle off of his back about everything, upon stepping down, Takatora makes that same Alpha who SA'ed him that the uncle wanted him to marry, to CEO of his company... fuck unckle Tsuruta honestly
And the closer it gets to the baby being born, and Takatora, Enma, and Kameyama teaming up for an Omega medical research project that Enma started, Takatora thinks Osuzume is cheating on him with his ex Karasuma. He wasn't, and that gets sorted out fast in the craziest way ever because Takatora makes a scene at Karasuma’s house.