beta
I love this story so much but man the ending of the first chapter ruins it for me. It’s also out of nowhere and too cartoonish for the rest of the story. Just tone it down a bit and have the omega try to go further with the alpha but it stops earlier he didn’t need to tie him up??? The stalking too, it could’ve ended at a confrontation before rape happened, but that’s a common trope so I understand why it’s there but I don’t like it. I always come back to this manga it’s one of my favorite stories and probably my favorite omegaverse one. But it could be so much better.
As always I assume these themes of sexual assault and rape are included because it’s part of the author’s fetish or appeals to them in a revenge way. There’s plenty of manga, movies, shows etc. with rape scenes that could have been removed and not affect the story much. The story is kinda about the omega standing up for himself in a world where sexual assault and rape is definitely treated with a big helping of victim blaming. His mom and the alpha feel like they should have protected him better. But the point is even at a “lower” societal status he can still be happy as an omega.
He stands up for himself and tries to act more normal. Because of that people think his friendliness is flirting (afab and or female presenting people probably understand what that feels like). He takes control of that, he wants to live with the consequences of his actions because he doesn’t like being coddled.
The omega’s story arc is finding a balance between the “you should have known better” victim blaming and being completely stripped of his personal freedom. Like he said he just wanted his mom to say “you finally noticed?” He just wanted the alpha to ask if he was okay. He didn’t need their pity or protectiveness. Even with the alpha having thoughts of wanting to lock him up and keep him isolated at the end the omega just takes control of the situation.
This kind of story is difficult because it feels like victim blaming. It feels like the author is saying if you’re assaulted you just need to fight back, which is impossible in a lot of situations. But there is a nuance to it that I really relate to as a woman in society and more generally as a person.