ArtemisFowl's manga / #omegaverse(5)

Oh my gosh this was soooo good. I was put off by the comments for a really long time, but got tricked into reading the first chapter on one site (and decided to read the rest on mangago). Why is every freaking person in the comments section trying to shame the uke? Why should he be ashamed of himself? Even if you’re in the camp of “oh, the uke slept with so many people, stain on his purity, for shame!” — what about all the people he slept with? Shouldn’t they, in your eyes, deserve equal or more shame than him? Stupid double standards. Aside from my rant, I just want to say this was an awesome manga. It had so much emotional and philosophical depth; both characters were struggling with so much prejudice, and they grew in their interactions with the other person. I understand completely why they fell for each other. They were BOTH competent, likable characters. I can’t believe I skipped out on such a treasure. What a treat. Obviously there were dark parts to the story, concerning both trauma and abuse, but this story was so compelling. Despite not being attracted to stories that are gritty/traumatic, as well as in the omegaverse (which I normally super hate, mostly because it peddles in trauma, abuse, and sexism for tension), I again really felt like this story was just so good. I’m formally going to rate this manga, for the first time ever in the history of making this account. It deserves five stars.

Sequel to: Kurui Naku

I actually really liked this one! There is the whole gamut of omega verse tropes (where the uke is repeatedly vulnerable to assault, which is sad to say that is a trope, one that I hate), but I liked their personalities. I think the seme is truly vulnerable without disrespecting his partner, while the uke is kind of doing his own thing, dancing to the beat of his own drum. I don't think they would have ended up together in real life (minus the omega verse, with their personalities the same as they are), but I liked the healthy dynamic between the two of them.

It’s actually really interesting. The manga doesn’t take its own tropes seriously and pokes fun at them while dealing with the plot in a serious manner. The dynamics between the semes and the uke are fantastic, and they really make a great group of friends.

Omegaverse but boy is it so much better than that. The story is much more complicated than that, and has a very egalitarian tone -- something that I truly do appreciate in yaoi, and in omegaverses in particular. I think this one is particularly interesting because the way that it talks about omega-verse sexism (that's what it is at its core) is very appealing. I think looking at things from the different characters' points of view was interesting. It is the story of a cop and an informant, and within this arc they get involved in a particular case with a beta who is drug-dealing a "solution" to the problem of being chained to an alpha. ~Chapter 4