the difference between the art style on the author’s first work and this is insane everyone looks so hotttt now
as fucked up as everything in this manga is i still can't help but feel intrigued as to how the story manages to so flawlessly execute the way in which narratives affect the way people act. the biggest reason why the classmates feel that they have the freedom (or rather the lack of moral constraint) to violate kanae as to satiate their desires is under the common notion that "omegas are weak in nature and that they are made for alphas" which seems to be supported by the fact that the biological distinction between an alpha and omega is clearer than day and night. this is especially true with ougi’s competitive nature with his other alpha classmates in trying to pursue kanae, in which such affect his actions and his primal reason of approaching kanae even if it was done with no ill intent.
it also seems to me in this story that kanae would be the catalyst for breaking these harmful narratives down because the fact that he’s willing to go through all that he’s encountered to defy the narrative his environment tries to put around him and reach a happy ending with his partner has also impacted to a significant extent the way his community acts around him. although arguable, i do think hayato would be a good example, as he inevitably realises the consequences of not only his own actions, but the narrative that occupies his subconscious into doing what he did into kanae.
however, nobody is the true good actor in this story either. the way kanae treats his classmates with such kindness and pity even after all he's faced also seems to reflect what society has pushed onto him, which in turn makes him also blind to the justice that he actually deserves. i do nevertheless think that the main point of the story is that nobody is fully conscious of their actions towards one another, whether it be through one's heats and ruts or through what society subconsciously enforces a person to do.
overall, fucked up but insightful read（￣へ￣）
THE ANIME IS PROBABLY GONNA COME OUT AT THE SAME TIME AS THE EVENTS IN THE EPILOGUE HAPPEN WHICH IS 10 YEARS AFTER THEY MEET
realistically it'll come out at around 2028 to 2029-ish but ehh it's the thought that counts ig ╮(￣▽￣)╭
im sosososos glad this has an adaptation 'cause this was literally the first chinese bl ever read OMGGGGGGG
backside chapter pg10 instead of a continuous rectal line the dick looks like its hitting a certain "roof" lolw
nvm its pg8 but its the one with the x-ray shot
is it friendship? is it love? WORSE. IT'S THE ENLIGHTENMENT
THIS SUMS THEM UP AS MUCH AS WORDS POSSIBLY CAN
remember when this used to be on the top 5 or something in the yaoi category back in like 2021
and the build-up to the plot twist is….anticlimactic?