K-Drama 
This review may contain spoilers
ABO Desire is an utterly wild show… Mpreg, anyone?
I started ABO Desire intrigued by the promise of an Omegaverse BL but otherwise largely clueless as to what it would be about (I heard about the show from a comment on Tumblr of all places). The first few episodes lay out the wild world of bureaucratic intrigue that all of our main characters have ties to, while also teasing the relationship between the delicate Omega secretary Hua Yong and the wealthy Alpha CEO Sheng Shaoyou. I’ll admit, at first I was disappointed with how straight-foreward this couple’s relationship seemed to be. Shaoyou’s heart melting for Hua Yong, while cute, wasn’t particularly compelling to me and I kept wishing that Shaoyou would be the bottom in the relationship instead, idk he just had those vibes. I settled in to watch the drama between the second couple, Omega-disguised-as-Beta secretary Gao Tu and Alpha CEO Shen Wenlang, which seemed more intriguing…
Okay, but the entire show is built on an important twist that I began to piece together pretty quickly: Hua Yong is actually the secretive CEO of X Holdings, and a rare Enigma. His plan? Make Sheng Shaoyou fall madly in love with him and then turn him into his own Omega. Why? Because he’s obsessed.
The plot of this show is chaotic, full of forced ruts/heats, so much business drama, and many relationship red flags, particularly from the two platonic besties, Hua Yong and Shen Wenlang. Gao Tu spends most of his screentime throwing up in the bathroom or passing out from his pheromone disorder/his secret Omega identity/being pregnant. He is truly the saddest boy and I love the guy so much! Shen Wenlang wouldn’t know love if it passed out in front of him (see Gao Tu), but is somehow incredibly, infuriatingly likeable. Hua Yong is… well, the man is the textbook definition of a toxic, obsessive partner and somehow still manages to have the audience root for him?? He’s special that way I guess… And then there’s my beloved Sheng Shaoyou. Turns out my bottom-radar was correctomundo because guess who gets pregnant?? Mr. S-class tough-boy Alpha himself. God I loved that twist.
Two cases of Mpreg, plenty of angst and peril, and some deeply sexy scenes—this show is well-worth a watch, even if you know next-to-nothing about the Omegaverse. And out of all the BL I’ve watched so far, these characters are definitely four of the most iconic.
Okay, but the entire show is built on an important twist that I began to piece together pretty quickly: Hua Yong is actually the secretive CEO of X Holdings, and a rare Enigma. His plan? Make Sheng Shaoyou fall madly in love with him and then turn him into his own Omega. Why? Because he’s obsessed.
The plot of this show is chaotic, full of forced ruts/heats, so much business drama, and many relationship red flags, particularly from the two platonic besties, Hua Yong and Shen Wenlang. Gao Tu spends most of his screentime throwing up in the bathroom or passing out from his pheromone disorder/his secret Omega identity/being pregnant. He is truly the saddest boy and I love the guy so much! Shen Wenlang wouldn’t know love if it passed out in front of him (see Gao Tu), but is somehow incredibly, infuriatingly likeable. Hua Yong is… well, the man is the textbook definition of a toxic, obsessive partner and somehow still manages to have the audience root for him?? He’s special that way I guess… And then there’s my beloved Sheng Shaoyou. Turns out my bottom-radar was correctomundo because guess who gets pregnant?? Mr. S-class tough-boy Alpha himself. God I loved that twist.
Two cases of Mpreg, plenty of angst and peril, and some deeply sexy scenes—this show is well-worth a watch, even if you know next-to-nothing about the Omegaverse. And out of all the BL I’ve watched so far, these characters are definitely four of the most iconic.
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