I always feel bad when the uke is fired, quits, or is undermined at work. I want Hikaru to have his own career and a relationship. And while I get that Shinobu wanted Hikaru to talk to him, he never pressed the issue when Hikaru seemed suspicious; he just let it go.
So we're putting all the blame on Ethan?! Jane said "I just gave you the opportunity." Let's not gaslight; he knew Ethan had little to no choice, and Jane has been very vague and secretive about his past and motives and has clearly said he has no plan. Why should Ethan trust himor more to the point, why should Ethan be blamed for not trusting him? Heck, this story took a weird turn of Jane being desperate for Ethan to trust him and it being thrown in Ethan's face that he's wrong for not accepting help. They didn't set up the story well enough to give Jane moral groundplus the kiss doesn't feel earned at this point.
MC says he likes how ML treats him like someone special...but he's favored by his familythe restaurant is NAMED after himhe has a friend, and a bunch of lovers. I never really got anything in the story where I should understand this. It's not like he was lonely or overlooked; he was spoiled AF. It'd make more sense if he said he liked that ML DIDN'T treat him like he was special, and that's what made him feel like a person, or something.
The couple has made so little progress that this sudden confession feels left-field; Chani Chani has apparently been looking for a place for him and Seokjun...but he insults Seokjun all the time. Why is Chani Chani seen as the guy in the right with the "you should've talked to me" thing? That's OOC, considering he always called Seokjun ugly, threatened physical violence, and usually only called him for sex.
And how is a deal different from a wish? Seokjun said he was gonna face consequences of a wish anyway, so how is that different? That's just semantics, and the god should've still been in jeopardy anyway.
We just finished the second season, but all the important stuff could've been made into one; we could've just cut some of the constant sex that didn't move the plot along.
I know you can't penalize someone for their thoughts, but this seems more than simply intrusive ideas. Does the ML get better, or is this a recurring "comedy" thing where he's homicidal and MC just has to deal with it no matter what? Wanting to matter in the world can't make me like him if he refuses to work on his social skills. Honestly would've been more interested if he came off as more bubbly and had thoughts that contrasted with them.
I didn't even register the blue eyes until his dad popped up (that seems to be a trend in Wasian fiction), but no one mentions the elf ears?!
The whole "I'm gonna get you hooked on sex through dubious means just so I can have a bunch of sex of my own and you don't become my football opponent down the line" is so unnecessary since MC changed his mind rather quickly and now they're pretty much just getting along.
Also this "freak accident" feels so sus due to the timingbut I'm gonna assume it's not supposed to be dark or anything.
I see a comment explaining it, so thanks for that! In any case, I'm questioning why the main story wasn't an omegaverse. It actually fits really well with the themesthough I do question why the author chose such a sad ending for the AU, especially since having kids was something they discussed earlier. It does feel rushed at the end, and I'm curious if the author intended that to be romantic? No, I don't think a miscarriage and the resulting closeness is romantic.
This story is really interesting, but given that the core is Shane and Diego's relationship, I can't fully immerse myself, since Shane has manipulated and assaulted Diego, killed his assistant of 20 years at the dropof a hat without talking to him, and showing no consideration when Nine died. Shane just isn't a good person; he's fixated on Diego, so nothing else matters.
Just stick with Danny and report the rest. This is basically "The Bad Life."
Jane hasn't said much about himself, but he keeps pushing Ethan to rely on him and work with him. He should realize that isn't gonna work, but yet we just flip it around to Ethan's stubbornness rather than Jane's secretive nature? Ugh. Also, that ending felt like things escalated quickly; gotta see how it pans out.
And RIP to the second couple; I know they weren't an actual couple (dead guy was married with a child, unless they pull a "Neck and Neck"), but I was kinda hoping they were.
I'm glad Hikaru and Shinobu talked about the whole lying thing concerning their relationship, but that was small potatoes compared to the "I might be changing jobs" thingwhich shouldn't even be a big deal since Hikaru wants to live with Shinobu anyway, so not seeing him at work shouldn't be an issue. The fact that they had such a breakthrough but missed an important conversation is frustrating. And I'm worried Hikaru is gonna turn down the job simply so he can keep seeing Shinobu at work.
You know, the one where an uke is rich an powerful and the seme still holds sway over him?
While I usually loathe "seme who follows around the troubled uke to save him" trope, I do like that MC isn't a puppy dog type, and he is about business, not just getting sidetracked. But it's weird, in chapter 12, ML changes his mind about MC and gives into being with him (or around him) at the drop of a hat?
It's unfair for Ji-hoon to say "you broke up with me for YOUR career" when BOTH of them are debuting in a group and to essentially trick Young-jun by convincing him to have sex with/kiss Ji-hoon again. You KNOW this could damage all you've worked for. Why suddenly be obtuse about this?
BUT! To Young-jun, it's also unfair to be like "you're not allowed to be intimate with anyone else because I still like you." I'm on your side about the career aspect, but you can't be surprised about Ji-hoon wanting to be intimate with someone else if he's into skinship like that--if anything, you should be more upset that he's seemingly more ready to move on.
Both of these guys have points, but they're not really trying to understand the other person: they worked so hard for these careers, but it'd also be hard to suddenly make a clan break from each other.
So what is this story about? They're breezing through things that don't revolve around the relationship, but the relationship itself isn't developed. I found the "omega forced himself to be an alpha for his career" to be so interesting, but we're not really paying attention to it--though for whatever reason they add insult to injury that a girl the MC is with says she's gonna spread rumors that he's impotent so she doesn't look bad. Huh?! Is the goal of this story to make the MC trash and then make you feel bad for him in the same breath?
Kosuke doesn't want to tell Haruka that he's an omega, but isn't that kinda messed up? In an omegaverse, I imagine there'd be probably some laws/policies about that since pregnancy can occur and you don't know someone's secondary genders when hooking up with them; it's not like IRL where a hetero couple knows what gender the other is when they have sex. I know it works out in the end, but Kosuke wanting to keep it a secret but KEEP HAVING SEX is...not a great move.
I've said it a bunch of times: this story has a REALLY interesting concept, but they're not capitalizing on it. Like many BLs, they're just focusing on the couple over the worldbuilding--which can make the story feel less interesting, especially one about vampires. We don't even get to see the ML's one friend outside of MC. School's faded to the background, work's faded to the background, and every time the vampire stuff pops up, we just push it to the side, even though the ML said early on that he was ostracized for being half-vampire. Both ML and MC are keeping ML from getting more involved in the vampire community--and the worst thing is that it's used as a "connection" thing, that ML would probably feel more comfortable with MC than other vampires. That's fine...but don't give me a vampire series that skimps on the lore. There have been TWO times now in this series where MC finds out that vampires work at his job, and it's treated casually and nothing really happens. At this point, with how the romance is a slow-burn (and the MC is likely gonna be the uke), I'm mainly reading for the scraps of vampire content.
An alpha being injected to change his gender isn't anything new--albeit it's a new twist to make him want to do it, as well as an omegaverse that acknowledges alphas at the top of the food chain but give them challenges. That said, I mainly read omegaverses for mpreg and prefer BLs with healthy couples. Pretty sure this is gonna offer neither.