This is great: the relationship builds up organically, the sex scenes were amazing and enthusiastic, the characters weren't cardboard cutouts... *sighs happily* 10/10
Oh wow. Tried reading it, but it managed to feature ALL of the exhausting omegaverse tropes in the first TWO chapters. It deserves a medal for its efforts, here we go:
Sorry I meant to like
No prob (▰˘◡˘▰)
Misaka-sensei is a god(dess). I hope they continue to bless us with such beautifully drawn, tasteful smut. (づ￣ ³￣)づ
If you, like me, also avoid omegaverse like a plague, give this one a try. It's adorable, doesn't fall into the old tired tropes of this concept, actually try to flesh out the world it's set in and the artwork is gorgeous. I'm excited to read more.
This is the comment that I needed to see, lmaooo
Happy to have convinced you! :D Pls tell me what you thought after you read it!
So I just finished reading the current chapters, and tbh, I totally forgot it was omegaverse in between the times that it was mentioned. Also, the relationship is pretty cute so far, lol
I'm glad you liked it (▰˘◡˘▰)
ah, so good to see that i'm not alone! sometimes i wish they put a lable on omegaverse comics, so that i don't even waste my time reading the description, or, worse, 1st chapter. but i'm also give this one a try. thank you!
I absolutely HATE when webtoons get licensed by tapas, seriously. WHY THE F*CK GIVE THE CHARACTERS ENGLISH NAMES. "Oh hi, i'm John Smith and I live in Seoul", aham, right. Like, international readers are not stupid, we can read korean names, for GOD'S SAKE. AND THAT NEW TITLE SUCKS. (╯°Д °)╯╧╧
(All that being said, I'm very thankful to uploader-san for making this available to us, this is not a dig at you! (づ￣ ³￣)づ)
(I know tapas is not the only one that does this, but from my experience they're the ones that do it most often and I've had these name changes completely pull me off series that I enjoyed reading. Suddenly, I did't know who was who, because the names were different and I'm like "who the fuck is John/James/Michael/Richard/*insert really WASPy sounding name here*??"
I'm just salty, I'm sorry.)
I feel you, the WASPy names give me physical pain, lol especially when the manwha starts with normal names, and then abruptly changes, it's so awkward. I'll go to the next chapter, and I'm immediately like "who tf is R o b e r t"
RIGHT !!! its completely throwing me off that thats his name plus they also change the names of other things and just confuses me in the story, like leo and ricky have me suddenly confused and idk im just going to re-read it and try to make sense of this w their new names
My EXACT reaction, everytime. xD This situation is so funny but frustrating at the same time.
Yes!! And I just don't see the need to do that.
I have to reread it all too, and it once happened to a manwha that had had a fan translation for a while so it already had like 20 chapters or something, and I got so confused with the sudden change that I had to drop it.
Same! Lol. Someone said something about how English-sounding names are easier to remember but it’s ridiculous how even their family names are changed.
I feel like we went around in circles and got nowhere... The boss is the perfect example of an overdone tsundere: yeah, we get it, you're tough, that attitude ain't cute.
Honestly, I just don't get what the conflict here is. We got ourselves a proper antagonist now (an asshole, btw), but I just don't get what was keeping the protagonists apart before that!! Why is Munakata being all "oh I'm /sullying/ this young man"? It might be just me, but I think this young pure man is quiiite happy to get down and dirty with ya and be all dom to satisfy your desires... So what's the effing hold up??
Tbh, it seems like the author wanted to write a sexy story, but also a serious story about abuse and got lost in the middle (and, y'know, getting quite close to the old stereotype that people who are into bdsm are perverse and/or victims of abuse... Which just... Can we let this trope die with fire?)
I'm sorry, this might not even make any sense, I'm just ranting my thoughts after finishing reading...
I feel the same lol
Well, the emotional conflict is actually very obvious. First of all, we see that Munakata is not okay with himself being so lewd, it's just that he cannot control it - he is an addict, a person who was dominated by a superior. Even though he says deep down his heart he wanted it - it's still sexual abuse and in this case - more than perverted one as it's clear that blond bastard was training his kohai, making a toy out of him.
And it's bearable to live your life knowing you are "dirty". Some victims of rape and similar harassments manage to live with it hating themselves though.
And here we see Tooru, who is young, bright, a bit silly, naive, kind and so pure. And now the roles switch - Munakata finds himself to be a lewd superior (like that blond asshole was to him) and Tooru takes his previous "poor and cheerful kohai" position.
And somehow it's repeating: he, Munakata, is the one who "seduces" the "innocent subordinate", he - who knows the best what it is to be broken, to be twisted, to be used (!) to satisfy one's desires - uses Tooru, makes him "dirty", makes him as lewd and lost, as he is. For him, it's nothing but a rat race. And, of course, starting to have feelings for Tooru doesn't make it any better.
It's we, the readers, can see both sides of the story, we understand that Tooru likes Munakata and sex with him is a blessing for him, not a curse or obligation or just a routine or anything. But Munakata doesn't know it. He's definitely sure he deserves no love and cannot be liked because he is so "dirty" - this misconception is also one of the factors that make him blind to the way things really are.
So yeah. It's all logical and easy to read.
Omg, I feel so dumb right now! When you explain like this makes so much more sense. I just, idk, felt like it was "drama for the sake of drama", but that cycle you mentioned explains it perfectly.
I still don't feel confortable with the trope of masochists = victims of abuse, because I feel like this is done so often, and reads a lot like kinkshaming, idk, but I get it how this is relevant to the shame and inadequacy that Munakata feels.
I'm sorry, it didn't seem obvious to me at all, thank you for taking the time to explain. ♡
(づ￣ ³￣)づ
Ohmygod the angst, the yearning, yass I LIKE THIS. ╥﹏╥ I like the suffering.