Wails of the Bound by Keri Kusabi

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Alpha Keisuke Takaba has just transferred to a new office, hoping for a peaceful work environment filled with fellow Alphas. His illusions are quickly shattered when he meets his new manager, Miyabi Karasuma—a brash Omega who is willing to use his body to get whatever he wants. Keisuke can't stand Omegas, but no matter how hard he tries, he can't avoid Miyabi and is even forced to follow along as Miyabi performs "favors" for business associates. The more he sees of Miyabi's life, the more he feels pity for the Omega... but maybe "pity" isn't the only thing he's feeling?

My Rate: 7 (amzn.to/4bS1vIL)

The first installment in the Wails of the Bound series is not for people with prejudices... let me explain: Karasuma is an Omega who is trading is body in exchange of career favours. Now if someone is having promiscuous sex cause they enjoy it, it's their own choice, but it's clear that Karasuma is suffering, and at long, he is probably encountering an early death, like Takaba's own father. Takaba is an alpha who apparently dislikes Omega, but in reality he was traumatized by his father's promiscuous life; the sad thing is that also Takaba's father wasn't doing it out of pleasure, but to maintain Takaba and his brother. Therefore Takaba feels deeply and immediately for Karasuma, and the path from that moment on is right to the two of them forming a bond. The graphic is very good, in this case I would prefer less sex, since it's not the type of sex I enjoy seeing in manga. Quite nice characters development, background history and story evolution.