Megumi & Tsugumi, Vol. 1 (Yaoi Manga)

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So, I’ve been super excited to see more publishers dipping their toes into licensing omegaverse manga series in English. Just last year, Yen Press gave us a pretty tame omegaverse standalone, I’ve Become an Omega Today and Sublime hit us with Aya Sakyo’s Scattering His Virgin Bloom, which I liked, but couldn’t help but want more from. So, when Sublime announced they’d be releasing Megumi & Tsugumi I was cautiously optimistic, but literally EVERYONE I talked to raved about the series so I added it to my buy list. If you like omegaverse BL mangas but are tired of the stereotypical helpless omegas and overly possessive rapey alphas, you'll probably like this manga. While still containing a lot of the tropes often depicted in omegaverse, and particularly the BL take of it (such as alphas being "high class" while omegas are looked down upon, alphas preying down on omegas, sudden heats at the worst moment, etc), it's a fresh take on it and it's a more fun read than many omegaverse BL that lean more on the ansgty side. While many other omegaverse BL (at least the ones I've read) focus more on the The whole premise of the manga is that Tsugumi has internalized some of the anti-omega prejudice, and uses anger, violence and sheer will to manage his heats, refusing to take suppressants. He also despises all alphas.

Believing all alphas view omegas as nothing more than tools for reproduction, he holds an intense hatred for them. When Megumi makes it extremely clear he does not feel that way—and confesses feelings that Tsugumi does not understand—Tsugumi starts to doubt the strength of his willpower alone.omega's feelings, I like that this one also focus a lot of the alpha and his feelings regarding the whole crazy pheromones thing. Megumi and Tsugumiis an omegaverse boys love manga by Mitsuru Si and published in English by Sublime Manga.A tough-guy omega who believes he can control his heats through sheer willpower meets his match when he faces off with an alpha unlike any he’s ever encountered before! Also incredible? Tsugumi refusing to use suppressants and going on and on about his iron will and how that’s gonna keep him from going crazy during his heat 😂 I love my gremlin omega son Both Megumi and Tsugumi have a hard time navigating their budding feelings for one another, which leads to some hilarious situations. Tsugumi spends the better part of the volume confused by his conflicting feelings for Megumi, so he keeps showing up to his school trying to beat him up (much to Megumi’s annoyance). And Megumi, who has never been interested in guys before gets a tingle in his dingle when he thinks of Tsugumi. I love their entire dynamic, it’s cringy and chaotic, and downright hilarious. They are constantly fumbling around trying to get a handle on their feelings and I like that both Tsugumi and Megumi have pretty strong support systems. Megumi has a great friend group that he turns to for advice and Tsugumi’s dads are the highlight of every scene they’re in!

I also liked that there is genuinely consent in this manga. It’s not clear-cut and perfect, but the characters do actually talk it out. They both eventually make it clear that they fully consented to everything they did because they do like each other and feel an inexplicable attraction beyond what their omega and alpha instincts dictate. When you start reading you start to see that Megumi is really what Tsugumi should have turned out in the home he was raised. While Tsugumi should be like Megumi based on the home life he had.

Megumi and Tsugumi

On the other side, there is Megumi who is an alpha, but he hates the idea of being controlled by his own instincts and is scared to end up like his father.

Megumi & Tsugumi does a lot of things right, both as an omegaverse and as a boys’ love story and is sure to be a new fave for folks even if they aren’t into omegaverse. Y’all, Megumi & Tsugumi is top tier good shit! This manga is everything I wanted from an omegaverse adaptation and more. This series is damn near perfection! Megumi is an alpha, quite a popular one from a school for all alphas. One day two of his friends ask him to help them deal with a guy who had beaten them up. The guy is Tsugumi, an omega quite ready to use violence when needed and also hating most The art is overall quite nice and the sex scenes are pretty spicy (and there're plenty of them). In general it's all consensual, tho there's one scene in which they both get overtaken by their hormones and get carried away.Both main characters are likeable and have good chemistry, their dynamics are really fun with plenty of cute moments. If you like caring tops and/or buff and assertive bottoms in your BL, you'll like this one. Tsugumi is way more proactive and sure of himself than most omega characters tend to be, which is really refreshing, and his dumbness is quite entertaining, and Megumi is such a great kid that tries to do his best and be responsible, I like him a lot. Tsugumi's parents are also a great couple and really adorable. it comes to sex. The duality is interesting. The person teaching him all this is Megumi & he's having a hell of a time since he's having his own issues. He's seeing the love & care of Megumi's home & what he wishes he'd had.