sadslime's manga / #Fated pair(16)

Kujo is a beta and Yao is his rival in the track club as well as an alpha. Everyone tells him not to bother since alphas are going to win by default, but Kujo is determined to try fifty times as hard. But when Kujo suddenly transitions to an omega, only Yao can save him from being raped by every boy on campus by sleeping with him. Yao continues to help Kujo keep his heats under control after that and eventually confesses, but just when it seems they've found love, it turns out that Kujo has already met his fated pair at their school, and the time of his first heat is fast approaching. This is a bizarre world where not pairing with your fated pair can kill you, and that took me out of it a bit, but other than that it's a solid story. Trigger warning: attempted rape.

Asahi has sworn off alphas after his ex, Masuomi, left him for his fated pair, but when he gets drunk on his birthday, he mistakes a stranger for Masuomi, and they sleep together. The next day he learns the stranger is actually Akiomi, Masuomi's twin brother, who wants Asahi to fake date him to keep the annoying girls from clinging to him. Akiomi helps Asahi overcome his trauma from his breakup with Masuomi, and just when Asahi thinks he can open his heart to Akiomi, the two of them run into Masuomi alongside his fated pair, who it turns out is Akiomi's fated pair, too. The breakup between Asahi and Masuomi is gut-wrenching, and I think they needed to show Masuomi's side more as well as put more blame on him. The rest is cute. ️Trigger warnings: dubcon(heat), cheating.

Naoto is an omega who was raped in high school and gave birth to a beautiful young daugther that he's struggling to raise alone. He finally lands a job as a school janitor, but it turns out the school belongs to the alpha Hazuki who Koga had met the day before and who is convinced that Koga is his fated pair. Hazuki is determined to show Koga that he can love and protect him as his pair, while Koga is frightened to let anyone close to him again and to trust an alpha. This one is fine, but I felt like the first volume was a good enough self-contained story, so I never finished reading it. Trigger warnings: rape, attempted rape, discrimination.

Chika has always believed he was an alpha, as demonstrated by his perfect record in school, sports, and his spot as the class president, until he met his fated pair, a seven-year-old boy named Haruka. Although this completely shatters Chika's perceptions of himself, and although his sexual urges threaten to run wild whenever Haruka is near, Chika can't stay away from Haruka, even if it means abusing his suppressants to give them more time together. This story is not for everyone since it has a teenage lead in love with an elementary schooler, but I honestly think it's an interesting take on the omegaverse and the idea of fated pairs and was overall handled well. Trigger warning: kissing/touching a minor, shotacon.

Riyuu is an omega working nonstop to take care of his five siblings after his parents' death who looks at a strange website by chance that claims he'll meet his fated pair after a series of coincidences. He brushes it off, but the next day it happens and he meets Jou, who immediately takes him to a hotel and tries to pair with him only to find he's just too big to go all the way! But upon closer reading of the website, Riyuu learns that if they don't pair within a month, fate will just kill them, so they've got to figure out what underlying traumas are holding them back from really connecting and make it work. Trigger warning: passive suicidal thoughts.

Sakutarou is an omega high school counselor who has always admired beastmen, but when he grew up that turned into a sexual preference. Unfortunately, there aren't many opportunities for the two races to intermingle, and that's even more true for a male omega, so he's basically given up. But one day he goes into heat on the street and meets his fated pair, a wolf beastman named Yamato who also happens to work at his sister school, bringing the two into close contact. Yamato suggests the two try dating and see if they want to become a pair, and Sakutarou ends up having the relationship of his dreams, if he can just stop overthinking it. Cute story, good consent and communication. Trigger warnings: furry, dubcon(heat), attempted rape.

Kei(omega) knew from the moment he met his new stepbrother Kouki(alpha) that they were fated mates. Kei tried to hide it for years, even telling Kouki he was a beta, but when his meds stop working while his parents are away, the two wind up getting swept up in a passion that leaves them unable to let go of each other. The story for this one is fine, neither of the leads are standout, but the mom is insane. They act like she's redeemed at the end for suddenly deciding she does actually care about Kei when she's completely neglected him and actively verbally abused him this entire time. They really needed to spend more time on her character if they wanted to go for the happy family ending. Trigger warning: incest themes (stepbrothers), child abuse.

Airi Yamashita(beta→omega) is a driven career woman who just lost out on a promotion to the handsome Ren Kugayama who entered the company at the same time as her. But when they go out for an office drinking party, Airi totally loses control of herself and sleeps with Ren. The next morning, he tells her it's because of her omega pheromones, and sure enough, the doctor confirms that her gender has changed. Ren then offers to help her deal with her heats, but what he doesn't tell Airi is that she's his fated pair and he's noticed her pheromones for a long time. Trigger warnings: drunk sex, drug(roofie), attempted rape.

When Kai was still just a child, his father dumped him on the footsteps of the beastman Ruado just because he was an omega. Ruado took him in without really understanding why he did it, and since he's raised Kai lovingly, trying to let Kai pursue everything he wants without being held back by his omega gender. But now that Kai is an adult, he should have reached his first heat, but it still hasn't happened. What Kai doesn't realize is that Ruado hasn't told him everything about his omega gender and what that will mean for the two of them. Trigger warning: child grooming.

Yoshiharu is the number two in a yakuza gang and he should inherit it from his grandmother. The only problem is, Yoshiharu is an omega, and the yakuza world is still very alpha supremacist. Worried about her grandson facing all this alone, his grandmother forces Yoshiharu to attend wedding interviews that all go terribly, until one guy drugs him. Yoshiharu is out of it, but he swears he smells the pheromones of his fated pair, but the only person there, his faithful retainer Makoto, says there was no one. Then, only days later, Yoshiharu smells it again and realizes Makoto isn't the beta he thought he was, and is actually his fated pair. But while Yoshiharu is ready to go all in on Makoto despite his general hatred of alphas, Makoto struggles to believe in Yoshiharu's feelings or that he could ever be good enough. I liked that Yoshiharu's character was strong and not a pushover, even though he was an omega, though he was rescued once. ️Trigger warnings: drug (heat), attempted rape.