sadslime's manga / #Age gap(143)

Yul is the creator of a revolutionary new conversational AI named DD, and his friend connected him with the retired gentleman Manaka to serve as DD's conversational partner, training him to talk to others. The only problem is, now Yul has to review all the tapes of Manaka and DD's conversation, and Manaka's gentle praise almost seems to be seducing his AI, which Yul programmed with his own personality and voice. Yul starts to get jealous of DD's closeness to Manaka, and one day while going to see Manaka, Yul witnesses him getting attacked by someone trying to steal the AI. Yul learns that Manaka was once a leader in the world of AI who had his ideas stolen by his boss, who is now trying to do the same to Yul. Yul and Manaka then decide to protect DD together, while Yul also decides that he's in love with Manaka and he's going for it. A very large age gap, and Manaka is actually drawn like an older man, which I appreciate, but I do see how that could make it uncomfortable for some. But I found the unique story interesting and refreshing, and their interactions were all very cute. No trigger warnings.

Koutaro is a high school teacher with a marriage on the rocks as his wife works overseas. Koushi is his father-in-law, who Koutaro recently learned is gay and has a somewhat messy love life. Sayotani is Koutaro's gay student who was recently helped by Koushi and has fallen in love with him, despite the very large age gap. This is the story of these three men figuring out love and relationships. Honestly, the age gap is a lot, but I wouldn't mind it if Sayotani was just out of high school. Still a very interesting and unique story. Trigger warnings: violence, cheating, statutory rape(?).

Kokonoe is the last fox in the forest, and one day while patrolling his territory, he happens upon a young bird who fell out of his nest. While Kokonoe initially picks up the bird to eat later as "emergency rations," he eventually can't let go of the child and decides to raise him as his father, giving the child the name Yosuga. But when Yosuga the hawk grows up, he and Kokonoe both start to yearn for a deeper connection between them, despite the barriers of species and gender, and Kokonoe feels he's stealing from Yosuga what it means to be a hawk, so he must let him go. If you're squeamish about incest themes, do not read. Otherwise, I think it's a fairly touching and interesting story with beautiful art. Trigger warning: incest themes (adopted parent x child)

University student Kohaku suddenly loses his job and place to live, but he's immediately taken in by Ten, his sister's brother-in-law. Kohaku thinks he has it made, until he realizes that he apparently promised to marry Ten when they first met many years ago, and Ten plans to hold him to it! Very coercive, not really my thing. Trigger warning: rape

Tomoya is an up and coming young idol who is secretly gay and treats his first love, Kei, like an idol he stans, with pictures of him all over his room to encourage him. But when Tomoya gets a dangerous stalker, he's assigned a bodyguard who just happens to be Kei. Kei doesn't remember him at first, but when he happens to see the room full of pictures he demands an explanation and remembers Tomoya as the shy kid who almost had sex with him one night years ago. The two get closer as Kei sees how much effort Tomoya is putting in despite starting late as an idol, but when Kei gets hurt protecting Tomoya, Tomoya finds it's his turn to support Kei. Very cute and sexy couple, I enjoyed this one a lot. Trigger warning: stalking, violence.

Arata is a college student working as a "big brother for rent," but when he gets his first male client, he meets the scary-looking Junta who just wants to be patted on the head. Arata is quickly won over, and they even end up getting turned on and getting physical with each other, then continue to meet and build their relationship. But it's hard to go from a paid relationship to real lovers, and meanwhile Junta is a high school delinquent who's worried about getting others involved with his fights, so the couple have major obstacles to overcome to be together. Cute enough, if a little cliche. Trigger warning: statutory rape?, violence, abduction.

Akane really admires her famous fashion designer boss Todo, despite his tyrannical and moody personality, so when she finds him crying one day, she can't help but offer to do anything to help him. He then puts a collar on her and announces that his cat died, so she'll be his new pet, then begins doing sexual things with her. But Akane really likes Todo so she goes along with it, and eventually, their relationship becomes something more. I think Todo is a very interesting ML, both visually and in his personality, especially during his shy and tsundere moments, but the setup for their relationship is gross to me. Trigger warnings: dubcon, BDSM, drunk sex.

Mizuho got sick of city life, quit her job, and moved back to her hometown where she ended up working for her father's friend Sugahara. Sugahara is sweet and takes good care of her, making her think he sees her as a child, but when she tries to quit her job to move on to other things, she learns that is very much not the case. A cute, quick oneshot. No trigger warnings.

Hayama is an office worker with a trauma about being touched. Haru is a gay university student who lives nearby and is always hungry. When Haru helps Hayama after a panic attack on the train, Hayama ends up cooking for him as thanks, and the two develop a friendship, but Hayama fears getting too close, and Haru isn't sure if his feelings are love or not. They were a cute and interesting couple, but I wish they'd worked more on gradually helping Hayama overcome his fears. Trigger warning: noncon with a minor.

Harumi is a competent CEO and alpha, and Kazuma is his omega employee who cannot walk across a flat surface without tripping and landing right onto his boss due to his clumsiness. When Kazuma goes into heat, Harumi thinks he's done it on purpose to seduce him and goes along with it, but it turns out it was yet another accident. Still, that's enough for Harumi to realize his feelings, and he's no longer going to let Kazuma go, even if Kazuma's worried that their social spheres are worlds apart. Very much a comedy smut without much substance, but it's fine. Trigger warnings: dubcon(heat), attempted rape, noncon.