Scattering His Virgin Bloom, Vol. 1

Scattering His Virgin Bloom #1

by Aya Sakyo

An omega with a complicated past falls for an alpha who doesn’t believe in fate.

A virgin omega living in secret is outed when his first heat hits at work! Just when he thinks things can’t get much worse, he bumps right into his secret crush who just so happens to be a smokin’ hot alpha!

Hana—an omega frequently mistaken for an alpha—works at a local cafe, and at 26 years old, he’s somehow never gone into heat and still retains his virginity. When his first heat finally hits, it’s in front of arrogant alpha Renjaku, a regular at his cafe he has a secret crush on. Will a sought-after alpha such as Renjaku take his coffee and go, or will he take something much sweeter instead?

Genres: Manga, Omegaverse, Yaoi, Romance, Boys Love, LGBT, Queer

184 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 2020

About the author

Associated names :
右京彩音
右京礼音
右京禮音
左京亜也
Aya Sakyou
Ayane Ukyou

Name (in native language) : 右京あやね

Blood Type : AB

Aya Sakyo is Ayane Ukyou's pen name for her BL/Yaoi manga.

Likes : manga, travel, cats, sleep, pachinko

Dislikes : shiitake, konyaku, useless voice-command cat remotes

Hobby : collecting stones

Favourite Food : Sour food

Favourite Colour : Orange

Favourite Music : B'z, Sugashikao, V6

Favourite Manga : Itazura na Kiss, manga from Betsuma, Devil Man, works of Shimamoto Kazuhiko

Reviews

[Kate♡ · Rating 4 out of 5]

4/5stars

Another TikTok made me try it

I legit read all the reviews that were like "ok wtf is with the incest," promptly forgot about those reviews, read this, and went ok wtf is with the incest

[Daesy · Rating 5 out of 5]

This mangaka's art is always incredible. I'm an huge fan of fated pair Omega/Alpha stories, and I found this one funny and cute. The Alpha was a bit of a jerk at start, but in the end he was a good guy and loved Hana. And what to say about our Omega? He was so cute and naive, but at the same time had a pretty dirty mind.

[Gavin Hetherington · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read this for a yaoi vlog project on YouTube, check it out: https://youtu.be/xQXDRVCfBr4

[hope · Rating 3 out of 5]

meh

[Julie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Whew this was a ride, as most omegaverse tends to be. Was not expecting the incest, but okay lol. (The incest is not a couple just a side affect of omega heat/alpha rut)

Picked this up because one of my bl friends said she really liked this one, plus omegaverse is a guilty pleasure of mine. There's a lot to unpack with this one. First of all our mc works at Starnyaks aka Starbucks and the drink recipes... I mean clearly the obnoxious drinks are supposed to be satire, but they don't make sense. I've just been thinking about making these drinks and how annoyed I would be about them if I got them at work lol. They don't make sense! Moving on... Going into this I got a way different vibe from the mc and did not expect him to be the needy, gremlin, weirdo that he is. He's so obsessed with Renjaku's underwear it's hilarious. Speaking of Renjaku.... What a man. He's so pretty and disrespectful. I love it. I mean all the art is gorgeous, but the way Renjaku is drawn especially is... very nice.

This was an absolute mess and I love it in the same way I love Finder. I already have the second volume preordered and I can't wait.

[Brigi · Rating 3 out of 5]

Okay, so I got this one because I've never seen omegaverse works out there outside of fanfic. The story is really simplistic which would have been fine, but there's also kinda incest, which I was not ready for. xD Like it could have just been an ex, why did it have to be the main guy's brother...

The art style is really nice, I like it.

Also it cracks me up that this was sent wrapped in plastic because of the adult content, but I feel like the sex scenes in Seaside Stranger are more explicit. :))))

I do want to read the sequel, but not sure I want to actually buy it? We'll see.

[Kaitlyn · Rating 2 out of 5]

I don’t even know (I read this under duress kinda)

[Ben Howard · Rating 2 out of 5]

This started off good, but it went downhill really fast.

[Leonora · Rating 1 out of 5]

wish I had not read it 👍

[Megan ✨ · Rating 4 out of 5]

needed something stupid to read but ended up enjoying this more than expected HAHA

[Liliana · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love Sakyo Aya and everything she daws ♥️

[78sunny · Rating 5 out of 5]

Von der Mangaka habe ich schon einige Bände aus ihrer Kuroneko Reihe gelesen und sehr gemocht. Ich bin ein großer Fan vom Omegaverse und sie kann das echt gut rüberbringen.
In diesem Band geht es um Hana, einem Omega, der noch nie in der Brunst (die Mangaka nennt es hier so, obwohl es in anderen Büchern etwas anderes gehalten wird) war. Er arbeitet in einem Cafe und schwärmt genau wie viele andere für den anziehenden und etwas schroffen Alpha Renjaku, der als bekannter Florist arbeitet. Dieses bringt Hanas Gefühlsleben jedes Mal außer Rand und Band wenn er ins Cafe kommt. Eines Tages löst er plötzlich in Hana die Brunst aus und nun hat Hana ein Problem. Nur ein Alpha kann die unglaubliche Hitze und sein Verlangen, dass ihn nun peinigt, stillen. Als Renjaku ihn in dieser Verfassung findet, nimmt alles seinen Lauf. Was und wie will ich natürlich nicht verraten.
Ich finde das Omegaverse wird hier toll umgesetzt, weil es klare Hierarchien gibt. Renjaku ist so ein grummeliger, etwas abweisender Alpha, dem man aber anmerkt, dass er sich doch um den Omega sorgt. Hana ist ein Omega, der sein Schicksal nicht so gut akzeptieren kann und gern mehr Gleichberechtigung haben möchte. Trotzdem merkt er, dass er ohne einen fürsorglichen Alpha nicht weit kommt. Genau dieses Prinzip liebe ich in gut geschriebenen Omegaverse und das bekam ich hier.
Der Zeichenstil ist wie immer der Hammer. Ich liebe es wie ausdrucksstark und wunderschön sie die Charaktere zeichnet. Vor allem Renjaku ist eine Augenweide. Die vielen Farbseiten als Extra gefallen mir auch sehr.
Die erotischen Szenen sind sehr heiß. Es wird zwar ein wenig zensiert, aber sie macht das sehr geschickt, so dass es nicht störend wirkt.
Ich freue mich schon auf Band 2 und habe ihn sofort bestellt.

Story 4,6/5
Erotik 5,0/5
Charaktere 5,0/5
Zeichenstil 5+/5
Lesegefühl 4,6/5
Gesamt 5+/5

[Dylan · Rating 4 out of 5]

CW: Sexual Assault in past, Incest

This was such a fast paced read! I really enjoyed it. I've not read a lot of omegaverse, but this one was a wild ride. We follow an Omega named Hana who works at a Starbucks esc cafe. One of his regulars is an Alpha named Renjaku and the two of them start a very hands on experience when Hana goes into heat. Suddenly, Hana's brother shows up to make things more complicated. They had a relationship when they were kids and now his brother wants to live with him.
This story was very well drawn and the story was addicting. Normally, these kinds of stories don't interest me but the way it was written was like eating popcorn. I thoroughly enjoyed it, though your mileage may vary.

[Renata Silveira · Rating 4 out of 5]

★★★½
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I read the first volume a while ago and remember *loving* it but never got to read the sequel. Now re-reading this since I got the second volume, I don't think it's fantastic, but I still like it. I just have to recognise it has some problems, I'm not 100% sure about the consent and the alpha. The art is gorgeous though.

[Siona Adams]

I don’t want to give this a rating because it isn’t really for me. I’m finding when it comes to BL manga I’m not super interested in the more raunchy ones, I like the sweet/cute ones. So I don’t feel it’s fair to give this a rating when it wasn’t bad, i just didn’t enjoy it because it’s not meant for me

[Andria · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book...was an experience. Talk about your literal distaste for someone then randomly allowing them to stay over? It was a bit too much with the inconsistencies and nothing really made sense for what was being said verses what they felt or acted like.

[Megan | The Mood Read Queen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Oh gosh, I shouldn't have liked this one as much as I did. The relationship was kinda problematic and the alpha character was an asshole, and I kinda loved it. I kinda really loved it.

Also, there are two volumes.

[Jacqueline · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was fast paced, with a good flow. I love me some BL and this one may or may not just make it into my favorites list. Lol I'm super curiouse for where itll go next.

[Ylva · Rating 3 out of 5]

2 1/2 stars - overall okay, but hated the whole last part with his brother.

[Jasmine · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very intense. Don’t know if the omegaverse is for me. Might come back for a subsequent volumes, might not.

[Sophia · Rating 2 out of 5]

It was alright. I enjoyed it. Caught me off guard with that incest though 😫 why am i suprised? The characters really aren't that deep. I know its an omegaverse yaoi but i still have standards, ya know?

[Izzy · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a really fun omegaverse yaoi. Overall liked the set up and am left curious enough to get Volume 2.

[Morgan · Rating 1 out of 5]

TW: mention of sexual violence
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No. No no no no no. Absolutely not. This took a horrendous turn and got extremely hard to read about halfway through, so I'll just get right to it.
I've never read something set in the "Omegaverse" before and I'm all here for world building, but this was fucked.
Hana, the blonde, is an omega, and his younger brother, Aoba, is an alpha. Apparently, ten years ago, Hana experienced his first "heat" as an omega, which causes him, among many other things, to exude an extremely potent scent of pheromones; strong enough to attract alphas, because an omega's purpose is to mate and reproduce. Well...his younger brother - WHO WAS 10-YEARS-OLD AT THE TIME - either did it with him or tried to do it with him. And Hana uses this story to try and seduce Renjaku, the dark-haired alpha on the front cover. And it works.....? Are you kidding? Do I even have to say it? That's disgusting. Hana literally says, "I'm the kind of nasty omega who'll seduce anyone." No. No no. We don't seduce our younger brother ten years ago when he was a minor, and then brag about it to use it as a turn-on tactic in order to try and seduce an alpha now ten years later. We don't do that. I feel like I shouldn't have to say that. And then, younger brother Aoba shows up, 20-years-old now, and sexually assaults his older brother, Hana. And THEN, Hana leaves his apartment where it happened after it happens, goes to find Renjaku, and in reference to the extremely strong smell of pheromones Hana is emitting, Renjaku says, "You'd have no one but yourself to blame if you'd gotten r***d on the way here."

Why was this published. The summary on the back of this book and the one written as its blurb on goodreads itself had no mention of the brother situation, of the assault, nothing, which felt very misleading, and honestly, I feel tricked. This should not turn anyone on. This is not sexy. It's disgusting. Di-sgust-ing.

[Kynthos-the-Archer (Kyn) · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute wanton-uke and his tsundere seme. Tons of sex, but the story is still engaging. Usually, I don't quite like wanton bottoms. In this case, I find that wanton-uke rather endearing. The seme is the cold and dominant type. Since the omega uke protagonist is such a pleaser, they match well.

* Reviewed on September 13, 2020

[Bri · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'll admit I got excited when I saw the shrinkwrapped section of Manga at Barnes and Noble but this first haul was definitely a lesson in do your basic research before buying. LoL. For this one, I knew of omegaverse, I just didn't know all the details... and MPREG ain't my jam. Didn't have to deal with it in Vol. 1 but that def puts me out for Vol. 2. Otherwise a good buy!

[neko · Rating 3 out of 5]

Other than being omegaverse, this was not at all what I expected it to be, on any level.

For those unfamiliar with the genre, it’s generally accepted across all different omegaverse... ’verses that a) omegas go into heat and the pheromones make them irresistible to all alphas, and b) the only way to fix this issue without using heat suppressants is for an omega to mate with an alpha. When the omega mates, their pheromones somehow change to only appeal to their mated alpha, thus allowing the omega to walk down the street without getting accosted by alphas who Just Can’t Help It. There are many different flavors of omegaverse out there, some kinder to the omegas than others. Scattering His Virgin Bloom is not one of the kind ones.

There is a lot to unpack here. I could write an entire essay examining and excoriating the representation of the reproductive gender as subhuman, especially when they are critical to the continuation of the species. But I’m not here to complain about that (much). I am here to say HOLY INCEST AND SLUT-SHAMIING, BATMAN.

Our intrepid omega, Hana, is nearly raped by his younger alpha brother on two separate occasions, and both times it’s all Hana’s fault because he shouldn’t be walking around while smelling so good. (One of these instances takes place in Hana’s own house that his brother broke into, which I found particularly infuriating.) Hana-in-Heat also turns into some irrational, animalistic version of himself, obsessed with nesting with a pair of his lover’s underwear. Having read shifter omegaverse, I don’t have an issue with the nesting so much as the fact Hana is presented as rational and mild-mannered when he isn’t in heat, and then when he is he becomes every bad stereotype in the book and everyone around him begins to doubt his value as a worker and person, and somehow he comes off as this kinky freak with no self-control even though Hana isn’t the one going around and breaking into people’s houses so he can rape them because they smell good . How come no one in this ’verse is allowed to be horny and rational at the same time?

But that cliffhanger, tho.

[Milagros Guevara Bernabé · Rating 2 out of 5]

¡Uf, "Takane no Hana wa Chirasaretai" es puro drama y salseo del bueno! 🍿🔥 Este manga omegaverse nos mete en un enredo emocional de esos que no puedes dejar de leer, aunque te haga rodar los ojos más de una vez.

La historia sigue a Hana, un omega que trabaja en un café estilo Starbucks llamado Starnayks. ☕ Todo normal hasta aquí, ¿verdad? Pues no... Resulta que Hana ha estado fingiendo ser un alfa amable todo este tiempo para evitar problemas. Pero todo se va al traste cuando, a los 26 años (sí, a esa edad), le da su primer celo ¡en pleno trabajo y frente a Renjaku, un cliente habitual que resulta ser un alfa arrogante con cero autocontrol! 😳🔥

Obviamente, el manga no pierde el tiempo y se lanza directo a lo spicy. Los encuentros son intensos y muy explícitos, así que ya sabes a lo que vas. 👀 Pero por si no fuera suficiente drama, ¡aparece el hermano de Hana! Resulta que tenían una relación medio rara cuando eran niños, y ahora el hermano quiere volver a vivir con él. ¿Qué le pasa a esta gente? 😵🙈

Y ahí no acaba el enredo: mientras Hana intenta averiguar qué siente por Renjaku, su hermano empieza a meterse en su vida y las cosas se complican. 💔 ¿Drama innecesario? ¡Por supuesto! Pero de alguna manera no puedes dejar de leerlo... Es como ver un culebrón que no puedes abandonar. 📺🍿

Ahora, siendo sinceros, la historia va a mil por hora. 🏃💨 Apenas hay desarrollo de personajes, y todo pasa tan rápido que apenas tienes tiempo para procesar nada. ¿Romance? Bueno, si cuentas el instalove (amor instantáneo) después de un par de encuentros intensos, pues sí... 🙃 Pero sinceramente, lo mejor del manga es el arte precioso y detallado que te mantiene pegado a las páginas. 🎨✨

En resumen, "Takane no Hana wa Chirasaretai" es un torbellino de emociones, salseo y drama tóxico, perfecto para cuando quieres leer algo intenso sin preocuparte por la lógica. 😈💥 ¿Recomendado? Solo si te gustan los culebrones exagerados y no te importa un desarrollo exprés. 🙃🔥

[Lea · Rating 3 out of 5]

(Spoilers in review)

Mixed feelings about this one. On one hand, the incest makes me uncomfortable–like a "nervous haha is this really happening? Oh it is. Well then" uncomfortable. Granted, I like to be uncomfortable, but I don't know, dude, that's your brother!

On the other hand, I haven't read a lot of omegaverse manga, so I'm interested to see how different authors handle it. This was definitely one way to handle it!

The art is pretty, but I don't love the expressions the characters make during the sex scenes. The sex scenes themselves are fast-paced and not very cloying or erotic, in my opinion. I also found the characters to have shallow motivations with minimal substance. I struggled to relate to or care about any of them. While we got a tiny bit of insight to the ways in which omegas are treated with prejudice in society, the characters don't really engage with it at all. There's a sense of "this is just how it is" and hardly even a reaction to the societal status quo.

I probably won't continue this series, though I might flip through it if it were in front of me. Who can resist BL that's right in front of you with a title as incredible as "Scattering His Virgin Bloom"?! You may enjoy this book if you want mlm omegaverse manga and don't care if it's deep or not.

I'll rate this 2.5 that I'll bump to a 3 - didn't enjoy the substance of the book or its characters, but the art is pretty, the title is great, knotting occurs, more BLs please, and more queer omegaverse manga!

[Joanne · Rating 4 out of 5]

Przeczytałam dwie części w około dwie godziny i zapomniałam napisać "recenzję" wcześniej.Manga zdaje się nie jest dostępna do przeczytania w języku polskim,ale może to i dobrze,bo jak wydawnictwa by się do tej mangi dobrały to 3/4 scen byłaby zacenzurowana.

Polecam tę mangę jednakże warto jest poczytać trochę opinii zanim się ją przeczyta,ze względu na kontrowersyjne treści takie jak incest(serio,nie myślałam,że to będzie tak źle tutaj przedstawione).

Sama manga dotyczy także tematu omegaverse i jest to pierwsza książka w jakiej taki temat widzę,według tej teorii świat dzieli się na alphy,mogące zapładniać omegi,omegi będące w "rui"?,no coś w stylu,w każdym razie co jakiś czas szukają wtedy alphy i mogą się z nim łączyć w pary i bety będące raczej zwykłymi ludźmi,których omija ta cała gorączka i inne rzeczy.

Autorka przedstawia tu historię 26 letniego Hany,będącego baristą,który jest omegą;według jego słów nigdy nie był on w stanie rui oraz Renjaku,alphę,który regularnie odwiedza pobliską kawiarnię i powoli zaczyna dostrzegać Hanę.
Gdy pewnego dnia Hana jest w stanie rui,wpada na Renjaku i wiadomo jak to się kończy.Jest to rozdział pierwszy,więc miejcie na uwadze,że akcja rozgrywa się bardzo szybko.

Nie będę zdradzać więcej,jeśli ktoś jest bardziej niż ja zainteresowany omega verse,to polecam,nie zawiedziecie się.

[April Gray · Rating 4 out of 5]

So, this was my first venture into the Omegaverse, and wow, that was something. I learned some new stuff lol! At any rate, this was a different version of BL than I was expecting, and I had to do some googling. I felt really bad for Hana getting publicly outed like he did, and Renjaku might be gorgeous, but what a jerk! A jerk with a soft center maybe, but still. And when the little brother shows up? Yikes. That cliffhanger tho!
I enjoyed this, though some parts were a bit disturbing, and I definitely want to find out what happens next. The art is really pretty, especially Renjaku, that swoony bastard! If you, like me, are not familiar with the Omegaverse, I do recommend googling and reading up on it a bit so you can go into this prepared - there is a brief explanation in the book, but it'll be helpful to get a bit more info.