sadslime's manga / #Age gap(138)

Ren's a high school student in love with his best friend, but after waking up with his sister's boyfriend mistakenly entering his bed, he finds himself interacting more with Kazuya, who offers to "help him out" by touching him. As their relationship progresses, Kazuya moves from playing with Ren to feeling guilty for what he's done to him as he realizes he's causing Ren to relive his own trauma. This story is interesting, and I enjoyed it, but at the end of the day, there's no defending Kazuya as a male lead. Trigger warnings: noncon, cheating, rape, statutory rape.

High school student Akira likes to cruise at a gay bar to find nightly parters, and he ends up getting propositioned by a businessman, Goto, who offers to pay any price. Akira’s interested, and the two meet several times. But Goto chose Akira in the first place because of his resemblance to Goto's high school crush, and as they grow closer, this and the repeated payments whenever they meet start to make Akira increasingly uncomfortable causing him to rethink their future. Both the main characters are really cute, and I love their interactions. Trigger warnings: sex work, statutory rape.

Junichi was drowning his sorrows in a bar after a bad breakup when he happened to run into his childhood friend, Shizuru, seemingly getting forcefully propositioned. Junichi was once a delinquent after being ostracized for his sexuality in his hometown, and Shizuru and his policeman father had saved him, so Junichi wants to pay them back. But after dragging Shizuru home with him, he finds out that the innocent kid he once knew has changed and now has fun with whoever will have him. After some twists and turns that result in them living together, it finally comes out that Shizuru felt abandoned by Junichi, who left before he could become attracted to the still very young Shizuru. But with everything out in the open, where do they go from here, and how will they face the policeman father who saved Junichi and who Shizuru now resents? I know there's a lot in there, but that's because it's a good story! It has a lot of details and interesting characters with believable inner selves that make it really a great read. Trigger warnings: homophobia, bullying, false accusation.

Shiina(omega) is a bellboy who's always dreamed of becoming a concierge after one helped him when he was crying as a child. But omegas aren't allowed to work in this hotel, so he takes advantage of his mild symptoms to pass himself off as a beta, until he meets Toujou(alpha), the very man he admires, and goes into heat! Toujou admires Shina's dedication, so he promises to hide his gender and help him with the new symptoms of his heats, but as the two grow closer, Shina realizes that Toujou may be putting his own career in jeopardy for him. These two are adorable, if a bit cliche. It's a fun omegaverse read. Trigger warnings: light dubcon (just regular heat stuff), discrimination.

Yukimura's always taken care of his sick younger brother on his own, and it's finally pushed him to sell his body. But just when he thinks he can't go through with it, he's saved by the worst possible person, his former high school teacher, Kurosu, who already saw him getting assaulted once in high school and mistook it for paid sex. But when Yukimura tries to chase him off by asking if he'll be his partner, Kurosu takes him up on that and drags him to his house where they have their first night. After that, Kurosu offers to take Yukimura in as a live-in housekeeper and pay him for sex, provided he not offer his services to anyone else. Yukimura needs the money so he goes for it, but just as he starts to settle into their life together, Kurosu asks him when he's going to leave, and Yukimura realizes that Kurosu may already have someone else. Honestly, the misunderstandings in this plot are stupid, but Yukimura is a really strong and interesting character, even if I can't personally respect the teacher. Trigger warnings: attempted assault, sex work.

Chikage is the son of a yakuza boss who gets spoiled in everything, except the one thing he really wants—the second-in-command Aizawa's love! Since he assumes Aizawa is straight, he figures the only way for them to stay together is for him to take over the clan, but his father and Aizawa both are having none of it. So when Aizawa finally offers Chikage a bet that he has one month to seduce Aizawa and if he succeeds Aizawa will help him but if he fails, Chikage will give it up forever, Chikage jumps at the chance thinking it may be his only opportunity to touch the person he loves. But even though Aizawa seems to go along, he won't go all away due to reasons of his own that he absolutely doesn't want Chikage to know. Chikage is one of the prettiest ukes you'll see and he's also an innocent sweetheart, while Aizawa is pretty much your basic tough, handsome seme. So it's an okay story with some great eye candy. Trigger warning: attempted rape.

Tsukioka is a teacher at an all-alpha school run by his father, but unfortunately, he was born an omega. He's hidden it well, but one day he can't suppress his heat and runs to the roof where he's found by well-known delinquent student Shizaki. Shizaki then starts blackmailing Tsukioka to have sex with him, while Tsukioka tries to use the situation to motivate Shizaki to come to class, thus bolstering his career. But just when the two of them start to develop a real relationship, Shizaki gets into some trouble with the law while defending Tsukioka from rape and Tsukioka has to decide if he's going to save him and let the world know he's an omega. The story itself isn't great, but the characters are cute if you don't think about it too deeply. Trigger warnings: blackmail, rape.

Maya is in love with Kengo, but Kengo is having none of it! The older cafe owner saved university student Maya from some shady dudes and it was love at first sight for Maya, but Kengo's not looking to settle down and Maya's love seems troublesome. But after they sleep together with a strict one night stand understanding, Kengo starts to wonder if he made the right choice. Some of the dialogue was just slightly off enough that I had no idea what they meant. Still, I liked the realistic seeming struggles they both went through, and it's fun to see a big, tough bottom. No trigger warnings.

Ch.1 - Midori no Ude - the story of a boy saved by a kappa who loves him. Ch.2 - He Knows His Secret - a gay boy takes a picture of his kitsune(?) classmate and threatens him with it. Ch.3 - Rendezvous - a boy injured while diving is helped by a mermaid. My favorite of these and also the most tragic. Ch.4 - Okizare No Hanayome - an experiment gone wrong rapes the scientist left behind to kill him. Ch.5 - Okitemo Mezametemo - the story of a Chinese dream eating creature and the boy who found him. My second favorite on the list, cute. Ch.6 - Kowaku - man with fear of bugs sleeps with a bee yokai. The bug sex is really gross. Will not read again.

Kajima (author, 30) and Hiro (student, 20) are sex friends and they’re both happy that way. That is, until Hiro catches Kajima holding a book by his favorite author and Kajima misses the chance to tell him that it’s really him. They bond over Kajima’s writing, but just as their relationship starts to grow, Hiro’s stalker comes back into the picture, forcing them to live together before they define the relationship. Good story, cute uke, and some well-developed side characters, but the fact they went easy on the abusive stalker because he has a daughter burns me up! Anyway, still very good. Trigger warnings: stalking, mentions of violence.