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Also known as ABO, A/B/O, Alpha/Beta/Omega dynamics or Omegaverse. It is a Shounen ai/Yaoi/Boys Love universe in which there is a "secondary gender" that allows some males to become pregnant.

As the title says, I'll try to keep track of all the omegaverse stories I've read so far, might skip some titles I didn't like at all!
What is Omegaverse? It is usually a subgenre of BL - I say usually because it happens to be also some straight or GL stories of this type. I'll list some tropes you can usually find in these stories, but keep in mind that it is not always like that, authors like to vary as they should, so you might find some works with total opposite stuff.
In this universe people have also a secondary genre, so they can be divided in three categories: alpha, beta, and omega. Betas pretty much share the characteristics of "normal" people, instead alpha and omega have some really unique traits.
Alphas are usually depicted as the elite people, strong, charismatic, rich, at the top of society, desidered by everyone; Omegas are present in a very small percentage of the population, they are often depicted as weak, fragile, exploited by many, and both female and male omegas can conceive, while both male and female alphas can impregnate omegas; they are affected by pheromones, about this there are so many theories that I'll just skip. Omegas have periods of heat, during which they release strong pheromones in order to attract alphas, it's a very delicate state where they can be vulnerable and lose reason to instinct. Alphas as well can enter a period of rut, they become more aggressive and lose control towards an omega. Moreover, an alpha and an omega can share a very special bond, they can be bound for life by becoming mates with the alpha biting the neck of the omega, this way the omega will be affected only by his alpha's pheromones.

tw! a lot of these mangas contain very dark and nsfw topics like (but not limited to) manipulation, abuse, violence, rape, prostitution, incest, drugs, murder, etc.

Manga—extensively books—are are known for their printing within a portrait dimensions, however some series like to break this traditional mould for narrative or aesthetic purposes.

Here is a collection of manga series with rotated, landscape artwork for their covers.