Kousuke may be an omega, but he's a tough, blue-collar worker. He lives with his mate Haruka, a gentle alpha who works as a writer and stays home to care for their family, Kousuke and their two children, Marin and Yosuke. Being an omega, juggling work, housework, and parenting... life isn't always easy or fair. Even so, their days are filled with joy and warmth because Haruka, his one and only mate, showers him with endless love every single day.

Papa x Papa: An Alpha and Omega's Happily Married Life has story and art by Asahi Kondō. English translation is done by Blue Horizon. Published by Kadokawa (April 1, 2026).

Rebecca Silverman
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I don't know why, but for some reason omegaverse series often do a bang-up job of depicting loving families. Papa x Papa is no exception – following a married couple and their two children, it shows us a family that's warm, kind, and loving. It also, as has become common in BL omegaverse works, looks at the assumptions people make about others based on their gender and appearance. In this case, Kosuke, the omega, works in construction and presents more masculine than his husband, alpha Haruka, who works from home as a novelist. One of the early plot points (insomuch as this has a plot; it's really just cute vignettes) is that their daughter, Marin, asks if Papa Haru is really an alpha because he doesn't meet the “elite” standards her friends at school say all alphas should. In omegaverse, this counts a gender-based discrimination, and Kosuke is quick to help Marin understand that there's no one right way to be an alpha or omega. It's understated, but nice.

Also nice is the fact that both men are equal parents to their kids. There's no suggestion that the one who gave birth to them needs to play a different or more prominent role; they simply work things out based on schedules, needs, and a desire to give their kids the best experience possible. Not that this is gone into in much detail in the first three chapters, but there's one brief scene where both show up to pick up Marin and Yosuke (their younger child) and realize that they forgot to communicate who was going to be doing it. They laugh about it and move on, noting that next time, they'll do better. The kids, meanwhile, are just delighted to have both parents pick them up from school.

Omegaverse often gets pooh-poohed for its admittedly fetishy aspects, but Papa x Papa is a good example of how that's not true for all series. Sweet, kind, and just plain old nice, this is a pleasant way to spend some time, especially if cute family stories are your cozy place.