Omegaverse is bodyhorror and I tend to avoid it

I don't think there are "trans" terms in omegaverse, at least so far. Takatora was raised as Alpha since birth, but when he turned out to be omega, he had a hard time accepting it. To me, this manga is more feminist than anything else. Here, omega disposition was taken as a metaphor for women in real life hardships in men dominated world. If you read it carefully, you will find so many real-life issues that women are fighting for. From social expectation to safety at workspace to childbirth right.

I can go on and on on this, lol. So, I should stop XD

I think a Trans reading is valid, but most of the reasons mc rejects being an omega are tied to the oppression they faced so it's hard to tell if it's that or dysphoria. If omega weren't opressed would he be against being one? Pretty interesting either way

That's how I see it as well. Also, Takatora was socialized as an alpha early on, so the internalized struggle with his actual secondary gender seems to stem from the expectation he'd actually become one (besides the treatment by the sexist alphaist world) instead of secondary gender dysphoria due to just being born this way.

Very true, I do find it interesting though that regardless he still has attraction to omegas only and seems to affirm himself through being the "dominant/alpha" adjacent role he has in his relationships. I do wonder if there is some dysphoria that does happen if he feels omega-like in a relationship. I think that would be the biggest clue as that is his private life where people have the least influence on and yet he still does have heavy emotional feelings of being anything but the "alpha" despite his assigned omegaverse gender. His attachment to gender binaries (nuclear family fixation) could be read either as a desperate way of passing as alpha or not wanting to conform to his discriminated gender. Whichever it is, very cool to see haha (sorry for the rant)

No, it's not a rant, it's very well structured and what you're saying is correct, there are layers to Takatora's gender identity issues, both external and probably internal, so it's not as easy to exclude the possibility he might be trans secondary gender as well. One would have to test it by excluding all external factors pushing him to perform and present alpha like secondary gender expectations towards him, sexism against omegas, and his own alpha expectant upbringing, to try and peel off more layers to get to his core. And maybe, at his core, he might as well not be and feel like an omega, so the fact he manifested into one must've been absolute body horror for him, pushing him to affirm his own true self by adhering to a traditional alpha role as it's the one most widely accepted and recognized in omegaverse society. That's his own gender reaffirming care in a way. Or he might as well be an omega, but one who doesn't want to perform omega gender roles. In that aspect, we have to take into consideration that same secondary sex attraction is yet another societally judged and probably punished relationship, so maybe Takatora has internalized that as well, feeling like he can only like other omegas when he himself performs the alpha role. Kinda like how ignorant people ask who the man or woman is in a same sex relationship lol, so Takatora, in a way, is placing that gender role binary onto his own relationships. He's a very interesting character to dissect overall, there's no right answer tbh.

Thanks for the amazing reply, honestly it's one of the more interesting things about the manga that is rarely explored in BL and Omega verse. Takatora is a well written character to me at least because of the nuances in his gender performance. (Unfortunately he himself feels very unreliable, so who knows what he actually feels internally). I really appreciate your thoughts! As you said there isn't a right answer unless the author explores his psyche and the hypothetical youve mentioned. It's so hard to navigate because IRL, transness especially FTM is dismissed because of the idea that "women only want to become men because they want to escape misogyny" and maybe it's wishful thinking to hope the author addresses this aspect of him in some way that touches upon this intersection of misogyny tying into Trans experiences!

Who knows but again loved talking about this!!!!