This is how you do omegaverse right! This story was heart-wrenching. So many things that I was not expecting just came and punched me right in the gut. This really turned the whole "fated pairs" on its head. I really appreciate that. I also appreciate Taiga's character growth. Seeing his growth and how he cared for Rin was really touching and heartbreaking because by the time they were really becoming a couple everything fell apart. People lose their memories in real life from traumatic brain injuries. They could have been married for years but forget all of that and only remember their childhood. They may not be able to form new memories. It's incredibly painful for everyone. The manga does give glimpses of hope and that really put my heart at ease. I couldn't help but like Rin because he was doing the very best he could, in his own way, to preserve himself for his fated pair. I don't believe that there was any malice in him at all. Seeing him destroy himself, essentially, by abusing his medication, for something that he had no idea would even work out for him was very tragic. This kind of portrayal is really poignant and important for the whole omegaverse subgenre. So many present the world as cruel towards omega but don't explore that any further. Here you have an omega fighting back with everything that he has even at the expense of his own mental and physical well-being. That image alone shows the depth of inequality omega face. However, this story is not content with it being a tragedy and ending with an understanding of inequality but refusal to do anything about it. Characters, namely Kaoru, refuse to accept this and actually make change. It made me want to jump and scream, "YES!" Imagine if other yaoi were like this. Where characters see inequality (i.e. homophobia) and instead of accepting this as a reality, actually stood up to create positive change. Imagine if characters stood up for their beliefs. Imagine homophobic and/or transphobic characters growing and maturing as people and letting go of the hatred, educating themselves and becoming an advocate for minorities. I've seen manga do this. This manga can illustrate this in the context of the omegaverse, so it is not impossible for manga include these messages. It is so important to into positive change in fiction, so that people can envision a future where that change can occur. How can we fight for a future that we can't see? Well, I'm doing rambling on. This manga was amazing and I can honestly say that finding stuff like this is the only reason why I continue looking at BL.
This is how you do omegaverse right! This story was heart-wrenching. So many things that I was not expecting just came and punched me right in the gut. This really turned the whole "fated pairs" on its head. I really appreciate that. I also appreciate Taiga's character growth. Seeing his growth and how he cared for Rin was really touching and heartbreaking because by the time they were really becoming a couple everything fell apart. People lose their memories in real life from traumatic brain injuries. They could have been married for years but forget all of that and only remember their childhood. They may not be able to form new memories. It's incredibly painful for everyone. The manga does give glimpses of hope and that really put my heart at ease.
I couldn't help but like Rin because he was doing the very best he could, in his own way, to preserve himself for his fated pair. I don't believe that there was any malice in him at all. Seeing him destroy himself, essentially, by abusing his medication, for something that he had no idea would even work out for him was very tragic. This kind of portrayal is really poignant and important for the whole omegaverse subgenre.
So many present the world as cruel towards omega but don't explore that any further. Here you have an omega fighting back with everything that he has even at the expense of his own mental and physical well-being. That image alone shows the depth of inequality omega face.
However, this story is not content with it being a tragedy and ending with an understanding of inequality but refusal to do anything about it. Characters, namely Kaoru, refuse to accept this and actually make change. It made me want to jump and scream, "YES!"
Imagine if other yaoi were like this. Where characters see inequality (i.e. homophobia) and instead of accepting this as a reality, actually stood up to create positive change. Imagine if characters stood up for their beliefs. Imagine homophobic and/or transphobic characters growing and maturing as people and letting go of the hatred, educating themselves and becoming an advocate for minorities.
I've seen manga do this. This manga can illustrate this in the context of the omegaverse, so it is not impossible for manga include these messages.
It is so important to into positive change in fiction, so that people can envision a future where that change can occur. How can we fight for a future that we can't see?
Well, I'm doing rambling on. This manga was amazing and I can honestly say that finding stuff like this is the only reason why I continue looking at BL.