Sleeps In Sunbeams's manga / #children(11)

Sweet, old style stories. Note: If you expect a tough Yakuza story this isn’t what you were looking for.

Single omega parent with a history of being a delinquent who slept with anyone and an alpha kindergarten owner with a history of raping his best friend when a teen (alpha first exposed to omega). Both characters carry the wounds of their past that shape their present. Is their love enough to forge a future together? The story was a nice read, not one I would read again but it had plenty of sweet moments and little omega’s babies.

Bitten Til I Melt: Takeshi (alpha) and Yoshihisa (omega) have been best friends since school and dating for 6 years. Despite not being a Destiny Pairing, they are happy together as best friends and lovers. But Yoshihisa has always worried what would happen if Takeshi met his Destiny Pair. Would what they have stand up to destiny? And then Yoshihisa had an unexpected heat with Takeshi and still no proposal. All just before the Destined Partner turned up. What happens now? Adorable, fluffy story complete with babies. Short but wholesome (except for the sexy scenes lol, they were spicy). Fulfilling My Needs With You: Music genius and slightly sadistic playboy Fumiya hooks up with salaryman Seijiro for a night of fun. The serious Seijiro is a little overwhelmed to have had his first experience with a man and to have picked up the glowing man he saw on stage, and made breakfast for Fumiya. Perhaps food is the way to a mans heart. That or the incredible sex he continues with Fumiya as he steadily falls for the younger guy. But then Fumiya is called away by his career and Seijiro misses his chance to follow his dreams. Will he get another? This was a lot sweeter than I anticipated considering Fumiya was called a “super sadistic fuck anyone bitch” and starting with a one night stand.

Trigger warning: Rape and emotional trauma A surprisingly powerful story that packs a lot into 5.5 chapters. This starts off lightly with workaholic salaryman Shoma Otsuki (omega), who is flung unwillingly into plans for an arranged marriage by his concerned mom. Stumbling home drunk one evening, Shoma is helped by a vagabond young alpha with a pretty face. Drunk inspiration has Shoma asking Kanata Tachibana to pretend to be his lover in order to deter his marriage candidate. That is the start of these two total opposites relationship. By living together they become close, but both need to work on relying on the other and honest communication. Then there are hate filled others and dark times to deal with. It’s not all smooth sailing but it’s real love for the MCs and the family they create together from such an unlikely beginning.

I liked the touch of sadness and loneliness in this story. It made falling in love that much of a sweeter balm for bth MCs. This story would flow much better if it ‘ended’ at the moment of happiness together. Then, title the future parts as an epilogue and extras and it would flow perfectly and be satisfying (instead the jump was very jarring).

Potentially an excellent story, just a few things that let it down for me. Firstly, Yamagi did something worse than rape Hibiya. He unethically experimented upon him, changing him from a beta to an omega because he had loved him for years. This was devastating for Hibiya, and I know that everything all got tidied into a tidy bow of omega falling for lying alpha and won over by long term love. But it really rubbed me the wrong way to arbitrarily manipulate someone’s gender in such a deceitful manner. My other problem was how the plot became challenging to follow after Hibiya started becoming symptomatic of being omega. Maybe it was all the secrets and alluding to the secrets, or maybe it was just lost in translation. I did like the way Yamagi had loved Hibiya for so long, and how in every other way than exerting his will over a non consenting adult and lying he was nice. Ofc I loved their child, and that they had a HEA. All that was sweet.

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.

How sad to be rejected by your own child so harshly and to have missed so much of their growing up. Not only that, his romance never took off and stagnated over the separation (though ofc they are childhood friends so still have much common history). Tbh, I found this disappointing in every way as a 3 part DJ.

When your dreams make you pay the price! Those little babies were adorable

An epic graphic novel set in the time of the dominance of the ancient Hittite Empire. The FL started as a 15 year old school girl from Japan who was forcibly transmigrated many thousands of years to the past and the city of Anatolia. There she met Prince Kail and found herself falling for the roguish playboy whilst becoming embroiled in the murderous schemes of the Dowager Queen. This story spans years and along the way Yuri is in the thick of political intrigue, war, kidnappings and revolution. I liked how she became stronger as a woman over time. Always a little impulsive and reckless but gradually tempering that with maturity. Yuri was charismatic and I appreciated that she wasn’t restricted by her gender in her ability to be a powerful woman in her own right. The romance plot line was very sweet. Yuri and Kail were devoted to each other and for all the prince wanted to keep Yuri tucked away and protected he never stood in her way and valued her opinions and independence. The secondary characters were great, from the twin bodyguards to the enemy leaders and generals to the dowager Queen. There were some heartbreaking moments that had me crying, but overall this was a really entertaining romantic adventure that I loved.