TachibanaChiharu's manga / #Childhood Friends(3)

Two couples, childhood friends to adults, omegaverse. The kind Kaoru always followed along after his neighbor and friend since they were small, the popular and outgoing Yuka. In MS, Yuka stepped away from Kaoru who was kind of a gloomy loaner, and made new friends and avoided Kaoru. Then they had their 2nd gender test, only for Yuka to have his world destroyed to learn he was an omega. One of Yuka's new friends, Taiga, attacks him at the school and Kaoru forces a bite-bond on Yuka to keep him from being gang raped. Flash forward to adults, and now 20-something or 30-something Taiga is living with a teenage omega Rin for the sex, but refuses to bond with him because Rin is not his fated partner. Then Rin realizes after running across them that Kaoru is his fated pair. What will happen? Excellent series; makes very good use of the omegaverse setting, and the Fated Pair trope is used in a very interesting and unique way. All of the characters are complex and interesting, and it's heartbreaking the challenges they face and the things they are forced to go through. This is probably the best omegaverse ever written; it has complex thoughts on the subject and human nature in general. It doesn't get better than this. A+++

Adults who were friends since elem. Mc's best friend tells him one day that he's getting a divorce, and suddenly all the mc's old feelings for his best friend start resurfacing. It doesn't help that the best friend has always been very clingy with mc, and was very touchy feely since years ago. Best friend moves in with mc temporarily and begins the journey of understanding his own feelings while the mc starts a new relationship with someone who reminds him of his best friend. This actually ended up being pretty good by the end. I do think all the characters' various neuroses are explained and threaded into the story and their actions well. I do feel like Seth's character was kind of a waste (give him a better chara design please). This sort of story feels like a character like Seth is owed something by the end, although I will admit their closing statements do kind of wrap it up, even if Seth isn't happy. Some other characters were squandered, such as Will, plus the ex-wife is forgotten after the moment she talks to the mc. I do feel like Henry/Sam's relationship was built up very well (although Henry is way more stubborn than he needs to be), and that things feel properly earned by the end. This is definitely worth reading. I don't know if it needed to be 70 chapters, but it was pretty good storytelling.