I Thot You Was a Toad's manga / #fantasy(39)

Magical world where the forest folk are all sweet and live in harmony with nature, whereas the townspeople are exploitive creeps who destroy everything they touch. Ronet is one of the townspeople, now, although he is hiding a secret past. One day he inadvertently rescues a magical creature and it asked him to take him to the forest where he must confront his tragic past. Like all of Kuju Siam's work, this is highly imaginative and interesting.

Lovely art, interesting story. Hakuyou, a wolf demon, leaves the supernatural world, where he is treated like a repulsive freak for his silver hair, and embarks on a journey through the human world. There, he befriends journalist, Shouji, who gives him his name and shows him respect and kindness, but Hakuyou needs 'essence' to live and Shouji needs good stories ....

Sex battle between the Demon King and the Hero, who are like a switched-at-birth idiot couple.

A beautifully drawn fairytale about creatures that must be controlled by a loved one or they become the ultimate destructive force. One of the last remaining manbeasts, Mao, meets Syon, a bounty hunter, while hunting for his brother, but will treachery keep them apart? This is a yaoi classic.

Midori, a crow youkai, needs sexual energy to live, and it seems that Hinata is his prey. But Midori isn't about to force the issue. Original, interesting and a contemporary twist on Japanese Shinto folklore, along with Moegi Yuu's beautiful art style. Volume 2: Midori is visited by Nanao, the turtle god, who misinterprets Hinako's kindness and tries to steal him from Midori. Natural disasters ensue.

Kuraishi, a twice-divorced events manager, is a depressed and self-destructive alcoholic, until he is nurtured back by Izumi, the florist who has a supernatural ability to communicate with plants. The plants tell him Kuraishi is withered and rotten, and he needs some tough love to recover. Volume Two deals with the return from Europe of Chouno, a colleague with whom Kuraishi shared a strong connection in the past.

Raberu/Label/Ravel is the son of a king who was killed during a rebellion. The king begged his court sorcerer to save his life, so the sorcerer shrank him to about the size of a nut, swallowed him and "gave birth" to him about half a century later by ... well, through ... the anus. Now the boy is his apprentice. Apparently this story is going to become a yaoi story and, so far, the sorcerer has broken some spells by proxy, but I'm still stuck on the whole rebirth thing. It just ... Dies.

Kaichi is a mind reader with his own home and business, and a friend from back in school in the handsome lawyer, Anan Kei, whose thoughts are largely veiled from him. Just as it seems as though Kaichi and Anan are about to become lovers, Kaichi is asked by his uncle — the man to whom he owes his livelihood — to look after his abused step-cousin. Tatsuya is also able to veil his thoughts from Kaichi, but it is clear that the darkness hides tragic secrets which Kaichi is determined to find out. The trouble is, this leads to serious misunderstandings with Anan. A fascinating story with Kitazawa Kyou's usual sexy drawings of men. The translation needs the support of a good editor, but the meaning does come across.

Prince Raped-a-lot uses his wiles (yes, that's what I'm calling them and I'm sticking to it) to rope in General Sei and Powerful Courtier Touri to the cause of cleaning up the kingdom his father left in a shambles. Hijinks and treasonous treachery ensue. Doesn't look like this thing's going to be updated anytime soon.