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The Spicy Omega
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Rating(3.3 / 5.0, 27 votes)
5    37% (10 votes)
4    0% (0 votes)
3    33% (9 votes)
2    15% (4 votes)
1    15% (4 votes)
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One entry per line
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2018
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Status in Country of Origin. One entry per line
47 Chapters (Completed)
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Completely Translated
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Release Frequency
Every 27.6 Day(s)
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Weekly Rank: #14532
Monthly Rank: #18169
All Time Rank: #15808
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On 627 Reading Lists
Monthly Rank: #29398
All Time Rank: #11995

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—My pheromones apparently smell spicy.

Karasawa, an omega, enjoyed a peaceful high school life with his friends Kijima, a beta, and Amami, an alpha, without anyone realising that he was an omega because his pheromones, which usually smelled sweet, smelled spicy instead.

One day on their way back from school, Amami disclosed to Karasawa how he had already found his “fated pair” but was still working on deepening the friendship he had formed with this oblivious omega.

This is a love story between a determined alpha and a thick-headed, pessimistic omega pretending to be a beta.

Associated Names
One entry per line
The Omega With Spicy Pheromones
辛党のオメガ
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Recommendation Lists
  1. BL Verse
  2. ABO Worldline
  3. Bl novel I read
  4. On Reading
  5. Omegaverse A/B/O

Latest Release

Date Group Release
02/04/25 Sirens’ Lair c2
02/04/25 Sirens’ Lair c1
08/09/24 Watashi wa Sugoi Desu side story 8
07/19/24 Watashi wa Sugoi Desu side story 5
07/05/24 Watashi wa Sugoi Desu side story 3
06/28/24 Watashi wa Sugoi Desu side story 2
06/22/24 Watashi wa Sugoi Desu side story 1
06/14/24 Watashi wa Sugoi Desu c28
06/07/24 Watashi wa Sugoi Desu c27
05/31/24 Watashi wa Sugoi Desu c26
05/24/24 Watashi wa Sugoi Desu c25
05/17/24 Watashi wa Sugoi Desu c24
05/10/24 Watashi wa Sugoi Desu c23
05/05/24 Watashi wa Sugoi Desu c22
04/26/24 Watashi wa Sugoi Desu c21 extra
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Review
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starcake
starcake
May 20, 2024
Status: Completed
3.5 stars up to chapter 24: A straightforward high school omegaverse romance with one sole gimmick to make it "different" that actually doesn't make it all that different from any other story where an omega pretends to be a beta only to be eventually found out by his close friend alpha. The uke is an omega whose pheromones smell spicy as opposed to the norm which is sweet and as such, nobody realizes he's an omega and he's able to pretend to be a beta who just really likes spicy... more>> food and always carries spicy condiments around. His childhood friend is of course a super hot alpha who is into him while the uke remains humbly oblivious, and there is a side-character comedy-relief beta friend completing their trifecta (don't worry, it's not a love triangle, mostly seme and sometimes uke go to him for advice at times). The translation is also good.

The spicy pheromones element really doesn't make much of a difference beyond being different for the sake of being different—he could have had pheromones that smelled like anything other than normal, or weak pheromones, or secretly be taking suppressants, or whatever. For all that it's a typical story though and follows all its predictable plot points, it's not bad. If this were a manga, it would have been over in 5 chapters with one cute extra, and just like a manga, after high school comes the second volume: college life! Since this is a novel though, there are far more chapters involved.

The first chapter was originally a short story and I think it actually worked better and was more unique as a one-shot that left you wanting more. When the story serialized and it did give more, it became more generic. Like, I'd give the one-shot 4 stars while the full story kind of got meh-ed down to 3, but I gave it an extra half-star because it's not as toxic as other omegaverse stories—the bar is low and the seme rises above it but only as far as the genre goes. Otherwise his possessive nature is typical for BL.

There first-person narration is mostly from the uke's POV with occasional chapters from the seme's, and frequent side-chapters from the side-character friend's POV. As predictable as it is, it's not a bad read even if it's not a great one. I'd say it's okay-good and worth reading if you want some lighter omegaverse that's on the cuter (if somewhat generic) side, is non-toxic, and doesn't have r*pe-y elements beyond the clichés of the omega being assaulted only to be saved by the seme before anything really awful happens. It's good enough for me to occasionally check now and then for updates, but not enthralling enough for me to be checking frequently in eager anticipation.

UPDATE: The novel is actually fully translated although not marked as such here (as of December 2024 at any rate) for some reason.

Finished the novel finally and I'm rounding my original 3.5 stars down to a flat 3. The story remained pretty generic with all the usual post-high-school tropes: uke and seme go to college, discussions about rooming together, dealing with the omega's heats, at one point seme gets jealous of uke making other friends, etc. Nothing new or unique or interesting, not much drama, mostly pleasantly readable school life sprinkled with a bit of intermittent not particularly remarkable snusnu. The extras are like manga extras, being short vignettes of part-time jobs, a brief POV chapter from their third wheel friend, and random cute scenes.

Overall, it was a well-translated decently very okay read that is ultimately forgettable since it's so generic in terms of its genres. It's school romance with friends-to-lovers and some fluff and some smut and some comedy, but doesn't excel at any of those things. The most memorable part and biggest plus I can give it is that the omegaverse aspect isn't violent or r*pe-y or super manipulative. <<less
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