Tired Of Living As An Omega Chapter 38 Discussion

This is a "transmigrated into a harem novel as a side character/antagonist and tried to stay away from the plot, only for the harem to stop liking the original protag and become obsessed with me instead" except it's actually done well. The obsession of the "harem" also stems less from "obsessed because they're suddenly in love with me now" and more based in pride/"the person who was chasing them suddenly doesn't like them anymore? What the heck? He must be up to something because why wouldn't he like me?" and complex feelings and guilt arising from the idea of a person you hated and wanted dead suddenly disappearing and maybe actually dying tragically. Or genuine cold-blooded malice for almost no reason.

Also surprisingly serious about certain themes. The hypocrisy of the original male leads as love interests is one. My favorite is a theme you don't see enough in isekai series, which is the grief and loneliness that comes with suddenly finding yourself in another world and never being able to see your family again. And then not magically getting over it, having a hard time adjusting, and not being able to see the world as "real" because of it. MC goes from agreeing with all the hate the villain gets to sympathizing and doing things for the sake of his memory because MC understands the kind of loneliness and emotional pressure the villain suffered from.

The love interest isn't clear at this point, and if it wasn't for other reviews I would have guessed that this either ended without MC ending up with anyone or him ending up with Secretary Choi, who I kind of ship him with. Slightly disappointed to be spoiled otherwise. As of chapter 38, the most likely ML seems to be Spoiler

Seo Eun-soo, the original protagonist, surprisingly. Before that it was just as likely to be his ex-fiance as it was Secretary Choi, but the events of the last two chapters changed that.

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Compared to other ABO series, transmigration series, and harem series, it's one of the better works I've read. Not perfect, but giving it a 5/5 anyway.