Hahaha you guys probably hate me by now and don't want to hear anymore but I have one last thing to add. He never told his family what was happening so no, they didn't help. I also really liked this manga. I thought the seme was nice. The uke brushed him off but he still wanted to get to know the guy he liked and was there every step of the way. During heat he did something bad but I listed my opinions above. He asked permission from the family, said he would be there for him and the baby and was kind. The other times they had sex the uke looked really into it to me which I'm sorry, does not equal rape (refer to above) and I swear this is the last thing but trauma brings people together. Rape, abuse, (sex which you cannot control and hurt your significant other) when someone heals you of those wounds, it brings people closer. If someone has sex with someone who was raped or didn't really want it, and then they forgive them (again do not quote Stockholm syndrome to me until after you look it up) that's fine. That right there is a happy ending. People are far more resilient than you believe. Guess what? Here's some personal info, I suffered some abuse throughout childhood. And I forgave the abusers. I didn't do it because they impacted me psychologically, but because I could see the remorse. I made that choice. (Don't worry there is no longer anymore abuse no need for pity of any sort) I guess just believe that people can persevere through terrible things not because your mind shuts the bad things out but because you are stronger than the bad things and sometimes someone who did something terrible, you can forgive and love because you see the good in them and strength in you. God I just spent an hour on this. I'm gonna go read some more manga.
Honestly i understand all your points and they're valid, but for some reason this manga still upset me very much (and i read a lot of very dark rapey stuff that i think is well done). Mainly, i disagree that this is rape in the story and just because he didn't resist doesn't make it not rape (even with the no culture point you made, he repeatedly says this is what he fears the most over starving and dying so...). The second thing that mad me rate this story one star is the drastic/sudden change in the main charas- how he went from mature, responsible, and scared to in love and spacey was ridiculous (and the alpha changing from portrayed as creepy stalker who raped him (yes- there was no consent) to ideal polite romeo who could respect the other's opinions). If the author had developed more regret in alpha over how he'd ruined/hijacked omega's life and maybe kept their personalities cohesive I would have liked this story.
I get what you're saying and it did unsettle me as well. I replied to someone below on how sometimes there's a period of time where an alpha holds back for a moment to show deliberations in thought on if he thinks what he's doing is ok, i.e. a moral code. It also usually allows the omega to show he's just as at a loss for control for his wants and needs the alpha just as badly but the author didn't show this here. Also I'll agree both personalities were poorly shown as you couldn't really tell if the alpha was just after the omegas body due to a carnal need he chose not to keep a reign on or if he actually cared the whole time and was in control of how he and the omega felt. Also how the omega was mature like you said and then went to gullible and in love. It was very weird. I guess I personally just chose to take it as the positive personality traits were the real ones rather than the rapish and spacey ones.
OK I'll give a brief warning here. This will be a very long rant. In fact this is the longest thing i think ive ever written jn my life. It will involve rape. It will involve many heated topics where people have strong opinions. Now let's goooooo.
1. I will first and foremost, address some things about japanese culture. I have many japanese friends and even had an exchange student live with me for a few months. Rape is very real and ugly to them they think it is just as horrible as anyone else HOWEVER they use the word no with abundance, and it is far less serious than it is here. In bed, (fictional at least) saying no is often a come on. The tsundere trope is far more integrated than you guys may realize. It is cute to be contrary and to pretend you don't like things when you really do. Real life people are rarely like this however so something you may notice is that in the more unrealistic Mangas (sad to say it but those with lgbtq characters, fantasy, and shonen and seinen) you will find tsundere people, you will find characters who say no, and guess what? You will find what we interpret as rape to be more loving and just really romance to them. If you don't want this blurred line of what is and isn't rape, go for slice of life and realistic mangas. Guaranteed you will be far less confused.
2. Now, writing. Writing is confusing. Even a simple text you think is nothing more, people can take offense to. How about entire stories. People can misunderstand entire plots because we can't ask the authors what they meant. Far more often than not, what we think is rape, is a loving scene for the author. Especially due to the cultural differences listed above. If an author wants something to appear horrible and rapish. They will make it so. Believe me you can freaking tell when something is for real rape. The author clearly didn't mean for this to be horrible and abusive for the uke. I understand people get touchy about this. I have met people who have been raped. I Have Heard stories. I'm sorry but this just isn't it my dudes. If you have ever been sexual abused in anyway I deeply apologize and I can't even imagine, in fact, the tsundere trope is probably your worst enemy.
3. Rape. I have read just about every yaoi Manga out there. Not even kidding. I have spent probably 10 years of my life reading Manga and I average about 5 hours a day. I'm an addict. I have read rape. I would agree this is dubious consent due to the severity of the ukes no's and such but I'm sorry. Not rape. Not the real scary kind anyway. The tsundere trope kind I can be convinced of certainly but for now, due to how the author portrayed the sex scenes, I'm going with dubious consent.
4. Stockholm syndrome. I'm not even really going to get into this. Look it up guys. It's an very specific syndrome and a lot of what people say is, usually isnt.
5. Did it look like the uke was trying hard to get rid of the seme? Please tell me you don't think so because no. No he didnt. He just kinda layed back and comically delt with it along with the flow of the manga. Is that how you, or anyone would react with meeting their rapist? No. And please don't bring up denial because no. Just no. What the uke went through was distressing, but not unpleasant to a high degree. Again not because I said so, because the author made it so. That's just the vibe she put out man.
6. Omegaverse. Like I said earlier. The more ridiculous the story, the more ridiculous the characters and Omegaverse certainly fits the bill. Liberties that before could not be taken, can in Omegaverse because during the so called "heat" you lose your composure either partly or completely according to what the author wants. In this case, I'd argue completely. So yes, in a situation where it would normally be rape, it is now two people so needy for sex that they can't control control what they're doing. This is usually exacerbated by whether they like the person or not. The author is allowed to do what he wants with Omegaverse so really you never know what you're going to get. Sorry if you hated this. My intention was to enlighten rather than insult so I hope that's what you got. Have a swell day and best wishes.