In the case of the one shot I think people may be over simplifying this and probably because a lot of readers are straight women. Most queer teens experienced a hetero relationship before realizing they were gay or while still figuring things out. In the case of the one shot he was beaten by his brother for kissing a boy as a kid so obviously that’s going to cause some repression in terms of figuring out if you’re gay or even feeling like you can be gay. And based on the vibes here I’m guessing the girl asks him out, not the other way around. As a gay person with similar experiences I think this is a pretty reasonable depiction of being a gay teenager to include dating a person of the opposite sex. Sure it’s not great that you may date somebody who genuinely likes you that you come to realize you just can’t like back in the way they want you to. But in this case, I think it’s meant to be a depiction of a common gay experience rather than misogynistic plot device. I think it makes the work feel more grounded and realistic than a less serious BL where girls (and other guys) are used to push a couple together faster. I think her presence honestly doesn’t help push them together because it wasn’t that he started dating her and now the other guy is jealous and must confess. Rather he experiences trauma, his friend moved away, he moves on and tries to “be normal”, only for the old crush to return and motivate him to confront his feelings. But we will see how it plays out.
Really well put!
That's so true. Judging it and calling it misogyny seema far too superficial tbh. We shouldn't judge Reo orntye author just by reading the first pages of that manga. That's rude. And I really don't think the author is that kind of person (๑•ㅂ•)و✧
I m straight women and i wouldn't say its misogynistic at all they are kids exploring life and understanding slowly everything building courage to face harsh world instead of seeing that lots of people make girl victim ... She has her own role here which is important instead of pitying her they all should understand the core of these characters
Thank you. It’s so frustrating reading some of these comments from people whom have clearly never experienced being young and gay. Especially in a time and place where it is not accepted or the norm. Reo is a kid who has no frame of reference for what he is feeling and trying to figure it all out. Just let the story cook my god..
Ugh I hate love triangleeees. It’s too sad. It’s clear the childhood friends will end up together after dragging it out a little to properly crush the second leads heart. I don’t wanna see that!!! What do any of us get out of that, its just saaad T.T
But even if it goes the other way…what’s the point!? It’s not like I wanna see two people who like each other fail to get together because of miscommunication or something. Love triangles end in SADNESS. Sadness for the characters and sadness for me…
So this title is licensed in English and easy to purchase. Support the artist and English translation by buying it here: https://kodansha.us/series/omega-megaera/
All English licensed manga companies start to fail after a few years because of all the piracy. The least you can do is retroactively pay for the stories you enjoyed to show there is a demand for the stuff you like so that we can get more work officially translated.
Next volume will be out in September
Omg I can't wait ヾ(❀╹◡╹)ﾉ
Just binged this. So good. I can’t wait for more chapters after ending on Mamiya and Iori meeting again!?! I’m very excited about Seira and learning more about me…one half of me wants yuri while the other is very sad for Lily/Arinori…WHICH is still basically yuri because lily seems to be gender fluid/non conforming. Lily is a good person and I want both Lily and Reiko to be happy.
I also need to see Shiba and Saimon again. In the end, Saimon was a good mother who protected Mamiyas future even if that wasn’t totally his goal. But he really snapped after what Seijirou or whatever his name said he planned to do with Mamiya so I think in the end it was him not just being upset for himself but for Mamiya.
There are 5 volumes/20 chapters in Japan. It’s licensed in English. Go purchase the English copy of volume 1 so the rest are translated!!
https://kodansha.us/series/what-if-i-said-i-love-you/volume-1/
Because this shit is STILL UP this is a warning and reminder to anyone who stumbles upon this that this that hopefully reads comments before reading that this is CSAM and is made by a pedophile with a fetish for rape and little boys.
DO NOT READ THIS. Protect yourself.
I can only hope there will be a sequel…read on mangaplaza. Chapter 1 is free and the rest of the chapters are a total of about $5. If you say you can’t afford that you’re a liar or a kid who is too young to have money they can access digitally AND to be reading a book of this rating so don’t even complain and beg
Link https ://mangaplaza.com/title/0303013027/?content_id=103030130270002
I bought it the day it released on MG (also the JP version cuz it was cheap af) and I also pray to god it gets another volume cuz it was so good. The English version didn't translate the extra chapter which kinda sucks cuz there's a really cute scene between the main characters in it
Aww that sucks. Hopefully they will translate it otherwise I may have to hunt down the Japanese copy
Once Reyymmi uploads the officials I can upload my TL for the extra and if the officials translate it later then I'll just delete my upload!
Chilll some of us fr broke why you think we on a FREE manga site lol
You’re good to upload them. Sorry I just put the notice in case. Feel free. It’s gonna take a minute for me to do so :)
Thanks, I'm in no rush so I don't mind waiting plus it's just the extra that I translated so I don't wanna upload that first before the man story is posted. <3
Please upload them if you can thank you so much ╥﹏╥
Okay i bought the entire thing on mangaplaza the dynamic and chemistry is so good but the last chapter with the wife idk how to feel about that one...
If you can afford WiFi you can spare $5 to support an official English release to pay the author and keep cheap official chapters being produced. I said what I said, bum
plsss do i need to read this so bad. i’ve been checking every other day to see if anyone has uploaded no joke
I just finished. You can do the extra whenever wanted. Thank you
Thank you <3