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

Another 5-volume installment in Sakyou Aya's werecats series. This one deals with lion, Shiou, and his half-brother, Michuru, whose feline identity hasn't popped out of the closet yet, as they negotiate their difficult, dangerous, emotionally fraught relationship between the minor distractions of rogue government agents trying to weaponize them, parents trying to whisk one of them off to Paris, school, career and two other cat-siblings, just the usual. And to top it all off, no sex.

The first in a series of yaoi romances based on the function of the sword in Shinto cleansing rituals. Swords are forged to fight evil spirits, and in these two stories, they take human form, but are not subject to human laws. In the first story, Heian era First Sword, Kazuto defies the Emperor's decree and flies with his lover and creator, Kikyo. In the second story, the weak Goshintou, Shiou is burdened with the task of corrupting the powerful Mikoto, which he attempts through awakening his sensuality, never anticipating this would backfire on him. The artwork is free and full of movement and energy, and the stories are very exciting and quite different from anything I've read before. Loved it!

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.

Gorgeous and meticulously detailed drawings reminiscent of scientific illustrations! Aoi Aki marries the supernatural to science fiction and the uncanny to realism with such ease and originality, one leaves the manga half-expecting magical events to materialize in ordinary life. The story is simplicity itself: Kasama and Takagi share a special clairvoyance, the ability to see the etheric bodies of ancient fossils, and this connection is taken to a new limit by Takagi, but is it a step too far? An ordinary event like falling in love is enveloped in mystery because of this shared gift.

(1) A cutesy courtship between a bashful company president and a sunny delivery man. (2) The angel of destiny screws up tying a red thread on the pinky of a lonely 30-year-old virgin so that they can have sex together. (3) A competitive entry-level salesman uses the thought of sexual power over his sempai to aim for first place in the company. This one's quite sexy. (4 and 5) Schoolboy idiot couples. (6) A salaryman, constantly harassed by his Shachou at work, a man who was his sempai at school, decides to turn the tables and accept his offer. (7) The same couple decide to actually do the deed, but end up having hallway sex in front of a mirror. Most of the stories are fairly stock, although the third one seems more memorable to me. I wish there had been a continuation of that one instead.

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.

Tamura has the gift of prescient dreams, but one of these dreams is more like a curse because it is an explicit sex dream and his future lover is a man. What happens when this fated lover, Seiwa, shows up at Tamura's school? Hilarious and, in spite of the comedy, mature and goodnatured. I love Tamura's family and friends.

The first in a series of yaoi romances based on the function of the sword in Shinto cleansing rituals. Swords are forged to fight evil spirits, and in these stories, they take human form and become embroiled, not only in supernatural battles with demons, but in human conflicts, intrigues and romances. The artwork is free and full of movement and energy, and the stories are very exciting and quite different from anything I've read before. Loved it!

Feng Meng is transmuted back in time into the body of An He, Crown Prince of the Kingdom of Xi Lie. The title is meaningless, however, as all the real power is held by the indomitable regent, Rong Tian, who notices the sudden change in An He. A story about imperial court intrigue within a country on the verge of war with many neighbours, and what Feng Meng must do to survive. Since it hasn't been updated in years, I assume it will never be finished.