Tadaima, Okaeri Episode 12 Discussion

anime ended where I figured it would, having read the manga. Whether or not it'll get a second season...probably not? There's only 2 more volumes to adapt.

I tend to really dislike Omegaverse BL... 99.99% is it is utter trash lmao. And this is coming from someone who reads a ton of other BL manga...

I guess I find all the "rules" and lore of Omegaverse very frustrating, and well, dumb? When it comes to BL Omegaverse, the f**ked up "caste" system the society has where Omegas are so heavily discriminated against, while Alphas hold no accountability for committing sexual assault against Omegas drives me bonkers. That didn't happen in this anime, since it was pretty tame and vanilla. But it's very common of a theme in most other BL Omegaverse. Like, I get that it's supposed to mirror what women face in society irl? But like why? Why normalize it in Omegaverse, it's just stupid.

Also, this might be a hot take, but I feel like Misaki could have been a woman and it would make no difference to the story or his personality. I mean, the characters referred to him with female pronouns no? Referring to him as the wife instead of husband. I guess to me, he wasn't a gay/queer man. He was just a generic housewife. So I never felt like I was viewing the story of a queer family if that makes sense. Misaki at least got some character development I guess? Meanwhile his husband got zero character development because he's an Alpha I guess? And is perfect with no flaws? So I found him to be very boring.

But despite my griping, the anime was fine. Nothing amazing. Just okay. Since I read so much other BL that's 100000x times better than this, I just find it to be average. But, it's still wild we even got a Omegaverse anime to begin with.

For this conflict, I may not be able to fully understand where they are both coming from since their omegaverse setting is very fictional, but I found it sad if the kids' friendship would end because of it. I am glad that it got resolved positively. Yuuki shouting "I'M A BETA!" haha. "Michi! Your father is beautiful!" Yuu and Shuu, do not ignore Aoto... The visitors for the Christmas party are so so many.

@giveup-the-ghost - genuinely curious, from what you have read, what do you think are other BL (or other omegaverse) manga that can likely be picked up for an anime series adaptation? As you said other omegaverse manga are too dark, and the recent anime adaptations are more on the fluffy side.

If I may have a wish, Harenochi Shikibu is very cute and vibrant but I think it may be short ^^;; I haven't started Hidamari ga Kikoeru and Minato Shouji Coin Laundry yet but I hear good things from them and I think the current length is good for a series.

That was a nice ending.

Im not sure what to think of the whole thing. All that omegaverse stuff just never really gets fully explained so interpreting actions of characters becomes more difficult than it needs to be sometimes. The good parts are the cute stuff and some of the interpersonal drama but all that omegaverse stuff just has an amateurish feel to it where too many things are kind of stupid and unnecessarily complicated.


Without me even knowing this the previous episode had me getting the impression alphas are abusive to omegas in some way possibly sexual as only way of explaining how afraid Aoto was so i could see that being also the case here. It is confusingly odd for world building. It would make sense they wouldnt hold them accountable due to how their body basically moves on it's own so they are victims too in that sense. What doesnt make sense is why alphas are considered the top caste, wouldnt more people just see them as dangerous not just omegas but betas would too? Basically we were told omegas can be put on meds to suppress their pheromones but then why arent alphas on meds to dull their sense of these pheromones?

@traed "That's just how it is." Its a one-word sentence that can be used to "explain" the lore of Omegaverse. But I'm no Omegaverse expert.

But a lot of people sometimes make up their own rules. So there might be some works of Omegaverse media out there where Alphas also take drugs to suppress their raging hormones. But from what I've understood, the norm is Alphas don't hold any accountability, and the omegas are expected to be on medication and get blamed by society if a alpha sexually assaults them. Kinda like how in irl women are blamed for being sexually assaulted for xyz reasons. But that was my original criticism: why normalize it in fictional media? It be one thing of the author was trying to make some kinda powerful social commentary...but I'd argue it's usually not like that. idk. Omegaverse is just one of those forms of media where you gotta have a "take it or leave it" mentality towards it.

Please please please I need more of this and I want to see more of Yuuki and Matsuo's relationship PLEASE