Haven
Seriously...the people responsible for the cover pages need a raise..luring me to read this kind of manhwa..I'm not unfamiliar with the so called "possessive/territorial' seme bordering abuse (in some cases 'yes')..but wow this really takes the cake for the shittiest seme and uke combo I've seen and trust me I've seen a lot...stepbrothers with an age gap of three years..the younger brother is a model and elder a food designer(?)of some sort...the uke used to be different...getting into fights, not caring about anything..he was a thug basically..but an accident occurred where he met this mental dominant alpha who did something to him...oh by the way it's an omega verse (SURPRISE!!)..He used to be a beta but now is an omega..so alpha×omega..anyway he is blind on one eye and his whole demeanor and vibe.. personality changed...in my opinion for the worse..he saw his younger brother after that accident and decided to live for him and change...the younger brother went through physical, mental, emotional and all type of abuse..heck maybe spiritually also...who knows? from his mother who is a dominant alpha (therefore he is too)...his bio dad is a painter someone with a lower background than his mom..they got married..divorced...mom descends into madness..remarried..abuses her son..her new husband walks on her suffocating her son with a pillow...takes ml out of her hands and remarried with MC's mom..viola they meet..blah blah...ml develops an unhealthy in all ways possible attachment with mc...cuz he treats him with care, affection and all things good...he needs a therapist and bring uke too...but not together cuz that's dangerous...seme goes into a rut and goes to mc for it...they have sex cuz uke couldn't see his little brother in pain or distress so SEX..the relationship continues..the seme spies on him...listening on his conversations... monitoring him using that glasses of uke...either uke is stupid or the writer is...pick one...he just randomly leaves work when he sees mc talking with someone he doesn't know and barges into uke's cafe..this happens several times yet uke doesn't suspect a thing..huh? Nani?..the sex isn't good..the characters are all anorexic as hell..the drawings are creepy..some level of mystery that isn't really a mystery is there...I managed to read till ch20 plus a few scenes of ch21 but yeah I dropped it...therefore it is in the 'already read' section... currently it is upto ch50..I'm only writing a review so I can spare myself some time in the future when I come across this cuz I'm gonna forget it and wanna read it...so let this serve as a warning ️️..DO NOT READ!!
Love Shuttle
The first omega verse I ever read...it holds a special place in my heart..it has some cliches yet it doesn't matter as it serves the plot..the seme and uke are very casual around eachother...there is no power abuse going on...God knows how rare that is in YAOI...also their dynamic is so wholesome? The seme is possessive yet still cares for the uke and doesn't cross the line...maybe sometimes...the uke is not the typical omega as he is strong, has a large build, is not feminine, cute...so people around him are unaware of his identity as an omega and assumes he is an alpha...love uke but it kinda upsets me how he treats his elder brother when he only cares for him...on that topic the brother's relationship with the doctor is worrying me...if the main couple relationship is a breath of fresh air with no power abuse, age gap, or like experience gap or whatever that thing is....the side couple's relationship is exactly that...the brother is so cute, sweet and tries his best but that doctor is a sadist through and through...no one can convince me otherwise...the sex scenes are WOW... Currently I'm at ch74..will continue at a later date
Waterside Night
I already read the earlier chapters of this and dropped it because it wasn't my cup of tea. Saying that, I am willing to give it another try because Lucy recommended it to me and informed me it gets better. Personally, when the top forced himself on the bottom and blood dripped from the bottom's ass, that's where I drew the line. It made me question things and put me in a sour mood. I know that the story will probably delve deeper into the psyche of the top considering from what Lucy said, that the top is beginning to trust and open up to the bottom. That tells me everything, what the author prioritise in their storytelling and so on and so forth. I was fully expecting the top to be head over heels in love with the bottom by now, bending to the bottom's every wish and whims but that does not seem to be the case. Maybe we get that sprinkled here and there but I have an inkling that that's not the forefront of this manhwa.
The Origin of Species
Wait a minute..I already read this. Wow I wasn't expecting that. The gist of this story is powerful and shady figure comes across a young genius of a hacker trying to dig into their shady business. Of course the latter gets caught and the mission is put to a halt. The sex scenes I feel aren't the best that this medium has offered me but it's not the worst either. The dynamic is the same typical powerful and overbearing seme×pushover and timid uke so yeah..
Kiraide Isasete
This cover is very familiar to me because it's basically everywhere and I have always put off reading it since it wasn't my taste. But I picked it up and read upto CH10 and it went exactly how I expected it to. Though the alpha being 27 years old at the start threw me off with the omega being 21..so a four year gap. Sweet Jesus. Omegas are discriminated against, they are basically treated like women. They rape them and then tell them it's their fault for dressing that way, in this case it's the scent that they give off. What I hate about this manga is that even when the Alpha console the omega, it's like 'You did well for being an omega', 'You are not built like me so you did well till now' and 'I will protect you'. Like it's their job to give them happiness or some shit. Also the janitor has to be the MVP. This is also some conservative shit that they are trying to spread, like ofcourse it's brave of the MC to give birth to the daughter of the man who raped him but the justification 'I can't hurt/blame an innocent child for this' is so ugh...like I hate people that say abortion is wrong. The thing is women are the one that will be ostracised, a teenager gets raped and decides to get an abortion for her future but she ends up being blamed. So if she gave birth, she won't be able to attend school cuz duh..and then she has to look after the child and then no-one will like her as a partner, people will point their fingers at her for being a slut while the rapist gets off scot free. I hate that so much. Anyway...the omega is very submissive, crying in every scene and the alpha comforts him every time. Every words said to him gets to him, he blames himself for everything, does not want to rely on anyone yet ends up relying on them. Also he can't hide his expression so it is obvious when he lies so why hide it in the first place? The alpha being angry pissed me off not gonna lie. His mom is a creep, the rapist a spoiled brat and the MC a spineless idiot. I hate the saviour trope in general so there's that. Also the whole alpha × omega thing is not for me, I hate the whole fate thing anyway like mates and all, with the added combo of pheromones so you can't control whom you like~ you are horny when you smell a scent~ you have a heat cycle but forget to conveniently take pills~. Ugh like there is no free will, also I hate it when they get hard over a scent. Leave it be. Like instant love is so overrated..for the whole fate/destiny thing anyway...I know love at first sight is a thing so. It's like you love them because it's predestined you don't love them of your own volition. The Lil girl was cute tho
Honey Trouble
I like this. There are only 12 chapters as of now (15/3/23) but so far, everything has been enjoyable. The characters are a delight and no-one is annoying me. I read the comments first..as always and they talked about a love triangle. Now I immediately assumed that it was a love interest for the MC but that does not seem to be the case. Now the thing is, the MC is a architecture student so he looks upto a famous architecture..who happens to be someone that the seme is acquainted with (we don't know how yet). The guy seems to be interested in seme since he had that picture of him with the uke smiling..and it zoomed in on seme. Now this gives me 'guy from high position monitoring the guy he's obsessed with as if it's normal' vibe. The seme is very very pretty with platinum blonde hair, long eyelashes and pale skin( not my type, but he's a pretty guy). The uke is like Cale Henituse reincarnated, his semi-long hair that comes to the nape of his neck and his piercings as well as his style..I have never simped harder for a bottom (uke from (main couple) love so pure is a close second). The artstyle is also my style so everything is aligning in place. They have known eachother for 2O years, which we get a glimpse of from when the seme dreamed about their first encounter when they were in kindergarten. The seme had long hair then so he looked especially like a girl(a pretty one), the uke approached him first with him nudging closer to where he sat and commented that he looked like a princess. To which he gets mad at and is offended so he pulled up his shirt or pants and his jalapeno appeared (off-screen ofcourse, we don't wanna see a child's ding-a-ling). The uke cried at the sight to which the female teacher calmed him down with him on her lap, he fell asleep and we see the cutest most adorable child with tears in his eyes(they are closed btw). The seme is just as stunned as we are(first simp alert) and he leaned closer while clasping his hand muttering a 'sorry'(the teacher told him to apologise). Now the deal with the cousin. She is the female replica of the seme. It is blatantly clear that she isn't interested in the uke in the slightest and her personality is what you would expect from her face tbh. She is very clear-cut and is straight-faced most of the time unless it's about the owner of the bar where the uke worked at(a female and a beta at that). The seme notices this and use it as bait for her to go along with his play. So that clears up the situation in ch1 when he asked for her number and said that it was for personal reasons. I thought he was bi and since this was an alpha×beta×omega manhwa, I didn't think a big deal of it. I assumed that the seme was a playboy and that uke was the one who liked him with them being sex buddies. Boy..was I wrong. The cousin brought up an interesting point when the seme asked for every detail of her talk with the uke and him telling her not to let anything slip about him and his family to which she commented 'So u can know everything about him but he can't know anything about you?' to which he smiled and said 'Yep'. He hates when interviewers ask about his famous actress of a mom too(who we are informed is currently in UK, she immigrated there(?). He works as a model and is famous in the field as you would expect. He is a nepo baby with the looks and figure for it so..He is also very closed off with other people and has a 'no nonsense policy' example when a guy approached him talking about how he still doesn't have an omega's scent on him yet to which he offered a deal with his cousin having ties to procure some drugs that can let betas have pheromones or some shit. He replied to that with 'I already tried that and it don't work'...ummm S-sir?? He also warned him to know his place and not to act like he knows him or some shit. The deal with the beta thing in this genre. Now I already know that alphas and omegas are like the...ideal pairing. Since they can both feel eachother's pheromones and omegas irregardless of their gender can get pregnant and have a womb. And it's been noted that betas can't feel most things an omega can (we see this when the uke commented that he isn't an omega so he can't 'feel' it when the seme was fingering him. Well..he proved him wrong when he touched his G-spot). We even see the seme searching in the net for how 'a beta can be turned to an omega'. I figure that's the only thing holding him back from making things official with him since society and all other stuffs. The thing that came up when he searched that you was comical...it was basically like 'You should love yourself. It is not a surprise that you would want to be an omega or alpha since they are the minority(oh..the irony) but you should be proud of your identity'. To which he had a "trauma" on..with the emoji used, he even asked the uke not to use that emoji anymore while they were texting eachother. The sex thing. So the uke claims he likes the cousin, to which the seme says that she pegs guys to ward him off but he is resolute to change himself to fit her taste. He further added on that she likes guys blindfolded and hand-cuffed (which are his fears..he can't stand the darkness and being tied up), he expects him to give up at his point but he is adamant that he can do it. So they ended up doing it...slowly and over time ofcourse. He started fingering him with two fingers first but the uke has a 'no kissing' policy since there was nothing between them anyway to which the seme think 'he is OK with me sticking my dick in but he has a problem with my tongue ?'( I weirdly agree with the uke in this, kissing is much more personal and intimate than sex I feel). Also it was comical how the seme was so offended whenever the uke whips out the giant dildo that he purchased. But I agree with him, sticking that thing in his tiny asshole is incredibly risky. But I don't condone how he tricked him when he was scared to do it by wearing that silly eye-mask and when his guard was down, thrusted and filled him half-way then all the way in eventho he promised him to only do it half-way. He compared it to a pediatrician and called it 'something trick' which the uke responded with 'am I a child?' Now, like the alpha is certain that the uke likes him..I agree with that take and I think it is made abundantly clear that the beta likes him as well. There is no way he fell that fast and hard for the cousin. His first impression when he saw her was 'The resemblance is uncanny'. Then he likes her and is supposedly willing to do all these absurd things for her. Nuh-uh, you can't fool me. I think because he is aware that he can't be with him by normal means since he is a beta, he resorted to this. He himself might not be aware of this, I would be pleasantly surprised if he were. He feels safe with him, I still think he hasn't overcome his trauma (can't wait till that is explored) but he seems to think he overcame it since he could withstand being handcuffed and blindfolded (remember this was when the seme was with him). Also the scene when he was a stand-in for some online modelling gig so his neck was scratched(by him) when he was asked to change in the dressing room. He even asked if there were another dressing-room available. The thing that bugs me is the seme is aware of everything alluding to the uke, even that trauma since it happened 10 years ago and they are basically joined at the hip for 20 years... give or take. But he doesn't know anything about him, which the seme makes sure of. The cousin also confirmed (for us) the reason the uke wasn't aware of her existence and that she was his cousin was because he probably made a fuss to his friends not to tell him. The uke's behaviour and response to some of the seme's actions are interesting.. when he suspects the reason the seme asked his boss for her number, he acts like it doesn't bother him and doesn't let that show or when he assumes that the seme hooks up with a lot of random people when he said that he practiced( the uke asked how he was so good at sex since he didn't have any partners that he was aware of). He had on a monotone expression and just willed himself not to think about it. I thought that it would come up but he hasn't let it show. Very very impressive.. with his personality, you would assume that he won't be able to hide anything and blurt everything out or be very emotional but that is not the case. Umm..also the seme supposedly 'trains' the uke's body so he can feel 'it' even more than a omega so that he would be able to get aroused.
The Rogue Prince Is Secretly an Omega
I like the premise of this story but everything seems to happen for the sake of the plot. The Emperor and the Empress are a laughing stock, the influence of the Empress imo isn't that strong, she also seems very dumb. The ML is the best character for now, but he seems very naive. Like I would imagine him to find something amiss about the prince since he has known him for how long? But he only asked to conduct an investigation recently. All of his people are aware of his affections for the prince yet they don't seem to take him seriously either. I am so used to MLs in this genre no matter how easy going they are to have their subordinates take everything they say seriously. I understand that they think only an alpha and omega should get married, especially since he is a Grand Duke but them asking him "You're not doing this because of 'him', are you" rubs me the wrong way considering in the previous chapter they acknowledge that the Duke only attends parties where the prince attends. The characters are not the smartest, I guess it's better to write dumb or average characters since they are more predictable and you don't have to go through hoops so that they don't seem to be out of character. That's why Gege hates writing Gojo from JJk since he is so OP, he has to modify and think things through since he is a pain to write about since he could change things with just a wave of his hand. The MC being an omega and therefore living a life where he has to hide his identity since in the imperial family only an alpha can become an emperor is very sad but I wish he wasn't that much of a pussy. Like he is so easily pushed around. Istg when he woke up after being forced to eat those suppressants by his mother, and decided to use the back door since he didn't want to open the window(it would wake his servant who was sleeping after caring for him) which btw only the duke and him know the location of, I rolled my eyes since it was so fucking obvious that it was a way to make him meet with the ML. Also conveniently that's when the ML suspects him to be an omega, he even asks his subordinates if it was possible for a beta to smell like an omega and the obvious answer was 'no'. But there could be two reasons 1) there was an omega who passed by in that area so it was the residual scent/pheromone left by that omega. Of course this is ruled out since only him and the prince knows this place. 2) the omega mistakes himself to be a beta. They brush this aside since it was preposterous and such a thing couldn't happen. But not the ml, a lightbulb seems to go off in his head. I am worried tho that he will be too careless and that will cause the Empress to find out and cause more trauma for the prince.
MR. BETA
Chapter 3 is missing so I am left out of something but I won't take it too badly since this isn't a plot focused bl. The art style is very cartoonish, it reminds me of Webtoon stories. The storyline is very simple, the beta is very cute and kind. The ML is alluded to be sexy, a hunk, hot etc but I just can't see it. I can't take it seriously because of the character design and things progressed so fast. It's common in omega verse because of the pheromones and them going into a rut but I just think it's sloppy to take advantage of them in their muddled state of mind. To make the characters do something that is out of character is so.. I don't know lazy.? Whatever. Ch6 is where I'm currently at but it seems like this won't be continued here.
Love Is An Illusion