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I liked the story very much. It focused on the ties of friendship that could overcome so much. Shun was a strong omega in an Omegaverse world where omega’s had no rights if they weren’t paired and very little to no apparent value beyond breeding an alpha. His best friends Kiyohisa and Haruto were alphas and the three had a strong friendship in school. However, in that time Shun fell in love with Kiyohisa and the strong entrepreneur loved him in return, admiring the strength and vulnerabilities of his little omega. Haruto meanwhile, had fallen in love with Kiyohisa but he knew his friends feelings and that his love would never be more than a fantasy.

After graduation, Haruto’s mother (a top genetic researcher) arranged his marriage to Shun, going so far as to lock them in a child breeding room when both refused. Luckily for the in love couple, Haruto was able to alert Kiyohisa who rescued Shun, bonding and marking him before stealing him away from the machinations of Haruto’s mother. This wasn’t the end though. I felt a little sorry for Haruto, but the other 2 were very much in love and you could already tell that this was not the kind of relationship that would work as a 3P.

When Shun was kidnapped again and forced into a heat while locked with Haruto, the story took a bit of a sad turn for me. Even though Kiyohisa was able to be the one to impregnate Shun, I found it really sad that Shun was locked up for the 9 months of his pregnancy separated from Kiyohisa (apart from the occasional visit). That was special time in a couples life they can never regain. Then, trying to steal the baby was awful. I am glad Haruto changed his mind and the bonded family went on the run while Haruto worked to bring down his mother’s activities. Again, Shun was the kind and strong one sustaining the friendship before all else. When they reunited at the end, I got the feeling that Haruto may have to wait for the baby to grow up for his HEA. It would make sense for the child of the two people he cares about most in the world would fill the loneliness in his heart and one day be his partner.

Tip: Kiyohisa fringe/bangs parts to the left when looking at him and he has darker eyes. Haruto hair parts to the right and he has lighter eyes.

Trigger warning: Rape, abortion, blood
A dark Eren x Levi Omegaverse story. Twisted and sad, I feel so sorry for Levi and I don’t foresee him carrying this third one through even if Eren has stopped it for now. For a psychological story, this certainly hit the ‘disturbing’ mark. There may be obsession here, but there is no love. What a sad way to see these 2.
Time to find something fluffy, fast.

Two Omegaverse stories, loosely tied together by Nagaoka (omega) of the 1st story and his vile cheating ex Shichiku (beta), seme of the second story and all round low life scum bag. When Nagaoka finds out his ex is engaged and a cheat, he dumps him in a raging fury. Storming home his heat starts and he is saved by a kind beta stranger, Bandai. For Bandai its love at first sight, and he asks the bitter omega to move in with him. Hurt and resentful still, the surprised Nagaoka accepts, fully prepared to use the naive beta and pay his way with sex. And while he starts out like a selfish and entitled bum, Nagaoka can’t help but be wooed by the caring support of Bandai. The turn around when Nagaoka starts to realise how special Banda is was sweet, and these two just became more lovey dovey after Nagaoka opened up honestly.

Now for the second story... Shichiku found himself a new omega after being dumped by Nagaoka. The young and tiny Nagisa was used for sex, hidden away in an apartment by Shichiku so that he could keep his fiancée and lover separated. When Nagisa found out about the fiancé he did not leave because he loved Shichiku too much. Hardly believing his luck, Shichiku strutted his way through his days until his fiancé left him for an alpha, then his subordinate at work (alpha) received a promotion over him and he had a public meltdown at work. Going home, he vented his anger on his tiny omega; hitting him, smacking him to the wall, raping him, verbally demeaning him.. In every way an abusive man who takes out his frustrations in life on a weaker partner. The only “good” thing that came out of it was he dumped Nagisa (the omega would have stayed, still loving the beta P.O.S).

After this situation, the author had the beta hit rock bottom in life. Which, to me would be the perfect ending (other than arrest for DV and rape). But no.. he and Nagisa get back together, and the loyal support of Nagisa finally warms his shrivelled heart. Yada yada, happy ending, BS wtf.. Nagisa deserves better. Heck, pond scum would deserve better. This story was a TOTAL fail for me. All I could see was selfish prick rapist domestic abuser x victim. Where is the romance in that? Abusive partners are not ok.

I think this mangaka does not like her uke’s very much. In the Omegaverse story the alpha deliberately raped and bit the omega. Not because he was overwhelmed by his nature, or full of lust and/or love. Simply from cruelty, the desire to control and dominate his boss. A horrible story because even at the end, the omega hated the alpha. And the bullshit excuse of putting up with a lifetime of rape and bullying so he doesn’t have to take his suppressants? Wtf kind of crap is that? Then, the other stories... The high schooler who blackmails the salaryman over old AV vid he was in and makes him have sex in public. Turns out the salaryman was fine with it but the dynamic was poor between the two. The story was meant to be erotic with a foot job under a restaurant table and fear of being caught, but the pair had no chemistry. The suicidal friend story I was looking forward to, but it ended unresolved and was way, way to short to do justice to such a sensitive topic. Total letdown, but has potential. The otaku friend in bondage story also had potential but it fizzled as it felt like a meaningless and opportunistic fuck with zero deepening of their friendship subsequent to having sex. The only story that was ok was the horrible doctor one and the male nurse. This one was good because they both recognised the dark nature beneath the friendly smile AND they developed feelings for each other. But even in this story the uke had to be sexually assaulted by a stranger.. like I said; this mangaka doesn’t like their ukes. They don’t have love enter the stories, they like the ukes to be raped and powerless without any retribution. It’s not even reflective of good BDSM relationships which have aftercare and trust and safe words. So, read if you like these kinds of stories. I was really disappointed.

A great Omegaverse story that had some lovely messages that fit the plot and didn’t sound contrived. Like not being limited by your gender and being your authentic self. Which, given that idol Mitsuo was an omega passing himself off as a beta in the public eye, resonated well with his character as he fell for his new partner, alpha Seto, and was publicly outed. The romance between the younger kouhei Seto and Mitsuo was sexy and sweet. Uncensored, pretty artwork, & likeable MCs, this was great.

Trigger warning: Gang rape, prostitution, violence
This Omegaverse was very well written and had some lovely artwork, but the plot line was one of much suffering for the uke and not an easy read because of that. Nanao (omega) was a collared, ‘owned’ piece of property available to a select group of powerful alphas and teachers at his boarding school. His hatred of alphas ran deep but he was willing to use them for money (they had been raping and abusing him anyway) that he used to buy his heat suppressants.

When new transfer student Souiji (alpha) started he fell for Nanao at first sight, but refused to have sex with him. Even when he joined the circle of alphas with access to the omega’s, he chastely wooed Nanao with words of respect, treasuring him as he bought all of Nanao’s time. Through some ups and downs these two slowly developed a trusting relationship that would have been sweet (and it actually was) if it weren’t for the toxic treatment of omegas in this world (and of Nanao in particular).

A quick example: Ryosuke (in charge of the alpha’s club) called Souiji in to watch him fuck Nanao. He ordered Nanao to rape Souiji with his heat. He offered up all his omegas to the entire school to be fucked if they were caught, giving no warning or time for the omegas to run. He profited off selling omega’s for sex. All that but because he was drawn to be good looking he was given a hinted love interest...bleh. All I can say is that if I had boarded at that school and was an omega treated as Nanao was, Ryosuke’s would be the first one I would slice to death in a killing spree. Two points for guessing where the slicing would start

I read this knowing it would be a story of human trafficking. I was interested in seeing if there was a way that the author could create something believably romantic from something so hateful. Sadly, it didn’t achieve redemption for me. While the vile father selling off his son was a loathsome thing to do and upsetting to read about, I accepted that as a plot contrivance that had the protagonist omega undergoing an extreme situation where we could be rightfully supportive as readers. That was achieved to a degree. But when it became clear that Shion (beta), his trainer who prepared omegas for being sold like a commodity, was to be the romantic interest... my hopes were dashed for this story.

I realise that we were meant to feel some empathy for Shion for his losses that led him to be a human trafficker, but no. He took such joy in getting to sexually train omegas to be sold, and it stuck in my mind how many times he was part of the system that ruined the lives and dreams of omega who sought love and their own lives. Just to be felt up at private showings by alpha and either sold off or sent to the brothel downstairs. A character like that is beyond redemption, or at least the mangaka failed to make him likeable in my eyes.

It would have been better to have the childhood friend come to the rescue and not be a selfish dîck who, by his deliberate inaction, let his childhood friend and desired bride, be sold off to be sexually trained and touched by random strangers. He was a creep too.

Just..disappointing all around. From the pushover omega who just accepted his fate and passively let anyone do anything to him (there were a couple of times Shion scared him by making him feel good and he pushed away, but he was really either passive or being sexy or sending shining smiles like wtf!?), to the seme beta who loved profiting off treating vulnerable omega like Bitcoin. Bleh. So much could have been done in a story like this, and sure it’s a happy ending, but it just didn’t hit the mark for me.

This was an interesting story. Set in the world of civil servants in the bureaucracy of government, working for the betterment of Japan, we got to read about the heavy demands of the job and workaholism on the MCs and their relationship. Kashiwagi studied law at Tokyo Uni and moved straight into bureaucracy roles. Serious and thorough, he is mentored by Imamaya-san (Section manager of the Policy Division of the Economic and Policy Bureau) and over the years also becomes the protective nurturer of the quirky boss who forgets to eat, drink and sleep when busy (aka always). In the story we follow the cost of a job where you may get 3 hours of sleep a night in terms of relationships (Imamiya-san divorced x 3, father of 1 and Kashiwagi divorced x 1) and health as Imamiya collapses from a heart attack at work. How can the MCs have a romance in all this? The confronting illness and caring by Kashiwagi are the impetus needed to get these two bone heads to turn to each other. Their romance is sweetly “them” because the caring they have towards each other has been evident for ages, but now they show their vulnerability more and Ofc skinship, kissing, sex etc. I have never read a story quite like this, where almost all the MCs identity was tied to work. It was confronting yet charming, and worth your time if you like something different.

Such a beautiful story! The relationship between Tani and Towada had a deep intimacy like soul mates connecting that was lovely to read and watch unfold. The vulnerability of Towada had me bracing for tragedy and I am so glad that the author decided not to take that path. That lonely guy needed his specific someone and Tani was so decent and nurturing (lol mother) he was perfect. The artwork was exceptional too, just so very, very pretty.

It's sad how many just didn't get this amazing story.

The author deliberately made the fated mate of Chika young, NOT to be a shotacon story, but to focus on all the 'what ifs' of a cruel twist of fate: What if you meet your fated mate way too soon?

From the outset Chika was an atypical omega, perhaps thanks to his parents not telling him he was an omega, he achieved everything in life (great grades, excellent sports skills, popularity etc) through his own hard work. He truly believed he was an alpha. Imagine his shock to stumble across his fated mate and discover that it was a boy, 10 years younger, and that he was not the alpha he always thought but an omega..

Suddenly, he was drawn by his nature to be near his fated mate. He was overwhelmed by a bodily reaction he never prepared for that was driving him hard, and he was a 17 year old boy ffs... Give Chika some credit for putting Haruka first in every way he could whilst dealing with meeting his fated mate too soon. Fate was cruel to this boy and so many jump on him like he is a pedo looking at child porn and grooming kids. In the omegaverse a fated pair are pulled together by their very natures.

But Chika met Haruka's mom, he asked for her understanding, he went over for play dates to play ball in the park, and he lived and breathed to make Haruka smile and be happy. To the point that he was killing himself by suppressant misuse. And never once, in all their time apart, was Chika unfaithful to Haruka. I also love how he went into the pharmacology field to help create better suppressants.

This manga was outstanding and Chika would have to be one of my all time favourite Omega (even uke). Haruka is one lucky guy and he knows it.