I Thot You Was a Toad's manga / #supernatural(121)

A strange two-part short story by Yamane Ayano, whose two parts seem completely incongruous with each other. The first is almost comic, involving train chikkan and a heroic rescuer who is little better than the molester. The second is a touching and frightening ghost story which is almost too tragic to belong in such an otherwise light piece. In either case, it's engaging.

It's the rich and powerful against humanity and the planet in this story about gods sent to earth to heal, inspire and bring joy to everyone else. Unfortunately, these special "Spec" are targeted for experimentation and corruption, until a very special little boy who is later named "Cheese" meets a local fast-food outlet trash-handler named Shin aind wins love and powerful enemies. Here's a trick: if you ever want to feel like a first class idiot, give a pet or someone you love a name like cheese. That way, whenever you have to call out the name in public, nobody will think you're calling after something other than food. Cute story, so far. Some sinister bits.

Werewolf shapeshifter goes into heat with a half-human hybrid wolf, who has apparently been primed for mpreg with umeboshi fruit pickled by the shapeshifter's parents. So at some point dad is going to be pooping puppies.

Cute shounen ai about a boy who can see the red string of fate which ties future love partners together, except his now ties him to another boy.

Wizard and real estate agent go house-hunting together. Some evil force tries to interfere with their plans and gets discovered and dealt with. I kind of wish that Imai Yuumi showed me that story instead of telling it to me in snatches between the more mundane angsting over 'he loves me, he loves me not'. Still, the story is cute so far. It is will be more exciting later on, won't it?

supernatural vampire thriller.

Political marriage between the fox and rabbit nature spirit clans. Except it's yaoi so it's all about the cuteness. Second story is about a stressed out salaryman and the male hooker who helps him with his sex addiction.

Short stories themed on a sex tour company, which in the hands of Nishimura Shuuko, usually involve kinks. This one includes the 'King of the Ridge' public sex slave story. Unfortunately, the first story also includes the typical Interfering and Manipulative Bitch of Yaoi stereotyped female character.

Kuju Siam presents another intricate story on Shinto themes, this time involving the Inugashi, powerful dog monads who take priests as mistresses in order to purify the souls of dogs. Aoi stumbles upon one such priest, Hakumei, and uncovers a connection to the spirit world that he never imagined, unleashing secrets and reactions from those who love and serve these supernatural beings. This is a complicated tale with a fairly realistic style of exposition which takes a little time to unstitch, but it's well-worth the effort.

Cute story about a boy who, exiled to the country, picks up a local harvest god for some surprise buttsexing.