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I loved this! The art style is wonderful and it was funny and cute. It's just that I'm not quite sure how to approach this because on one hand, Yurine is definitely acting sweetly towards Koutarou and while at first he just seemed like a natural at that, as time passed it seems he likes Koutarou.
On the other hand, Koutarou, being a little dense and a little lonely (and perhaps because the misunderstandings earlier made him believe that Yurine is just the way he is: a smooth prince and charming sweet talker) still considers it as a mere extension of friendship when it already seems to be at the boundary beyond that. With Yurine not being too clear and Koutarou insisting on "friendship", I don't know if they're just "friends" that can get close, sweet, and handsy, or if they're dating. While it doesn't seem all that important in the grand scheme of things, and is too serious for such a light hearted story, it adds to my confusion and now I don't know what to see them as. (The last bit of them behind thr curtain definitely doesn't look like mere friendship to me, Koutarou, and you know it, but I can't tell due to ayurine's previous offenses.)

For my peace of mind, I just decided to think of them as somewhere in between. It just made me wish there was more...

I understand that nothing everything has to be conventional, and sometimes divergence from normalcy can lead to different perspectives. Sometimes, things are just different. Odd. Uncommon. Uncanny. But, I think Sui and his family definitely have something going on in their heads.
Never mind not caring about propriety or decency in public, they're the type who takes what they want, in an almost instinctual way.
Sui didn't care for Leo before: complete indifference. Understandable. But in that one moment when he saw Leo as distinct from the crowd, it's like there was a switch, and now nothing much else in the world matters. Not where they are or what time it is, or even if there are people or anything - just him and him alone. Perhaps it is love, or perhaps it is lust;
I guess it is also a form of love, in that he's the only one in his sight.

I know that they find each other beautiful.
I also know that Leo is the one who gives in to Sui, and Sui loves that. So I guess, in that form, they truly love and complement each other so well.

But then there's the parents. Putting aside the betrothal and their advocacy for the marriage, what do you mean, it's okay for him to do "that" there? Even if you completely love the fact that they're getting married, witnessing such intimate acts with vigor feels off.

I don't know, it just felt like a continuous stream of: "I guess this is happening here and now, might as well go with it.", with Leo being from our world, being the one who has the most common sense.
Indeed: Why the sudden change? Why utter intimacy after a long period of not caring at all? Why jump straight to things without considering any amount of complications? Eventually, like the reader, he just accepts things as they go, questioning occasionally (like in the dinner party with the parents) but generally not minding anymore.

It's not a matter of dislike or like, it just confused me. It's like witnessing aliens interacting with humans. In the end, I suppose it's another case of "random reader thinks too much even if there was no need to". It can't be helped: the plot appeared in the middle, and then there was a mishmash of random things happening at once!

Oh, well, this is their normal, and everyone is happy, so I guess I'll just write it off as, "They fell in love and found their happily ever after. The end."

Upon reading this, I noticed something:

Side story 1 said Carmide died, and that in that moment of peace, Sa-Yan was bored. But Carmide is the reason, directly and indirectly, for the things that happened in the main story - the war, the secret child, and his sister.
They even said in Side 3 that Carmide woke up and that the pope sided with him.


I couldn't properly dismiss it, because it was boredom (said to be brought about by the peace due to Carmide's death) that led him to hunt, which lead him to witness Ilic's crime and love affair.

I could only surmise that he wasn't dead then (despite what they said) but weakened, leading to a "momentary peace", that lead to his boredom.

I think many people might have noticed this and done the same, but it just felt like a big jolt or gash, like a straight line that suddenly swerved diagonally, then resumed its original path.

I think the point of this being an Omegaverse is not necessarily to explore the dynamics of the Alpha-Omega pair; but the battling of instincts and inner-conflicts that arise because of it.

Kiryuu had a bad past because he's an alpha, and Aoi wanted to prove that he loves him beyond their assigned secondary genders, which is hard because they seem to be a fated pair.

In this story, their roles and instincts are meant to be an obstacle. It IS the conflict.

I think the reason for the uncommon pairing position is because this story is supposed to show that Aoi's love for him is beyond the typical omega yearning, as observed by Kiryuu, which may reassure him (considering his past) that he sees him beyond being an alpha. (He remarks that it's strange that he's different from typical omega instincts - he's worried about instinctual yearning - Aoi surpasses that consciously and subconsciously)

Without the omegaverse part, they'd only have the typical conflict of Teacher-student type of story. No instincts to battle or overcome, no strange occurences in the past or present, no approach to the atypical and divergent roles.

Then again, this is just my perception of it.

"The end" does not feel like the end. It's not even a cliffhanger or an open ending.
There should be more.

One of the sparkliest shoujo manga I've read in a while.

At first I was fairly confident that he was just the typical obsessive love-interest, who has zero clue as to why Nadeul dislikes him, but the more things happen, the more I can't trust his "love" and "affection". I'm more eager to believe it's some sort of revenge plot or something.

1. What was his hand doing hovering over Nadeul's neck?
2. His happiness a split second before losing in the game makes me think that there's something turning in his head.
3. I understand being flustered, or snatching the rock photo away, but downright punching a hand hard then smiling and offering an explanation while holding it close and not showing it again makes it so suspicious coupled by his previous action.

These make me wonder, are these just things I speculate too much about and think terribly of, or is there real gravity to my and Nadeul's suspicions?

This leads me to think that certain "coincidences" might not be coincidences at all, and Nadeul should stay vigilant towards this guy - he might be obsessed with him in a manner of actually wanting to destroy him. It might not be "kiss" but "kill".

I kind of want to see them return to their world in order to affirm their feelings more concretely without any rules and stuff over their heads.
I know they truly like each other, wherever they might be, but I feel that both of them would also be subconsciously relieved anyway.

Also, if there are parallel people in this universe and the other, I wonder what kind of story the other side would have to tell? This time, the world allows for single people to exist.
I feel like Yukito will probably affirm his singleness, like he's free from the world's rules, and Towa would still be by his side, since Yukito would no longer be seeking romantic love. Maybe he'll try to get Yukito to look his way as well, without rules or regulations.
And if their current selves are anything to go by, it's like that Yukito will still fall in love with Towa, and they'd still end up together.

(Like they said, the only thing that'll change are the world's rules.)

I kind of hoped there was an extra chapter detailing Subaru and Yuto... but in their situation maybe an entire volume might be better. They can't stick with that arrangement forever... right?

I read this long ago, and had read this bit by bit. After it was retranslated, I reread it, but as it was making me feel sad, seeing Tama's life and Uchiumi's misery and the situation between them, I felt that I was not ready to read it all.
Today, I decided to put it aside, and drink the tea that comes with the cake. Take in the bitter, not just the sweet.

I realized just how much sweeter it all ended up after taking in the bitter parts of the story - his being detatched, remaining unable to trust anyone, not belonging anywhere, and cannot sincerely dedicate his heart to any person, not even Uchiumi.

After the catalyst that is the meeting with his brother and the truth about his past, he realized that there is a person who willingly accepted everything about him, including that which he was not willing to let anyone see. I suppose that was when he decided to put his trust in Uchiumi and desire to love him... although this time, and understandably so, Uchiumi is the one who tries to clear things off, hoping all the best for him.

I think that at the last part before their reunion, he had decided right then that after protecting himself from the harshness of the cold and lonely winter that is his life, false warmth isn't going to give him anymore fulfillment, not after experiencing the genuine blaze of flames from Uchiumi. He had decided right then, after cleaning things up, that the thing that had been restraining him was not necessarily his past, nor his troublesome lovers or clients, but himself. Perhaps, by being with Uchiumi, he would be freer than he ever was; in fact, he probably wouldn't mind being bound if it's by Uchiumi.

He shed his protective layers and decided to fully believe that now, he will no longer be alone. Now, he has someone he genuinely wants to be with; someone he wants to bring happiness to, and be happy with for the rest of his life.
His hair is cut, the cat ears are removed, and his name is revealed: Tama the stray cat has finally found a place where he can finally be a human.