The Secret Case Files of the Cafe April
Young gay Daiki runs into a strange cafe in the red light district looking for some shady, quick cash, but instead he ends up discovering that the gloomy owner Miharu and his sexy alter ego that he uses to help out young gays who run into trouble. Daiki falls in love and starts working at Miharu's cafe while also encouraging him to intervene when someone needs help. This chronicles several stories of Miharu's liasons before he ends up with Daiki. Trigger warnings: lying, manipulation, noncon, sex work, drugs, stalking, violence, threat of murder/suicide.
Zurui Otoko ni Hirowaremashita
Hazuki is a drunk good-for-nothing who picks up a runaway, Makoto, one day, and they end up living together. Although Makoto is self-conscious and uncomfortable at first, he comes to accept and rely on the kindness that Hazuki and his friends show. But when Makoto realizes he's fallen for Hazuki, he feels he should distance himself before things go too far. Makoto is a very sweet and cute kid, despite his first impression as a runaway with a knife. Trigger warnings: alcoholism.
A King of 1K
Shiki lives an impoverished life trying to pay off the debts of his lover who disappeared until one night he takes in a guy laying on a bench and finds out he's actually a famous model, Tenma, who buys all Shiki's debts and insists on living at Shiki's extremely run-down house. Shiki is baffled by the situation and the attention, but it turns out Tenma may have a reason from his past why he's so interested in Shiki. Trigger warning: Tenma is 18 but still in high school.
Iu Koto Kiite, Sensei
Takano is a poor tutor struggling to get results with his taciturn student, Iori, until one day Iori overhears him having money troubles and suddenly demands Takano masturbate in front of him for money. Takano goes through with it out of frustration, only to have Iori start blackmailing him to continue this monetary relationship after each of their tutoring sessions. At first, Takano sees it as bullying, but once he realizes the real feelings behind Iori's actions, how is he going to handle the situation? Trigger warnings: noncon, coercion/blackmail, sex work, statutory rape.
Urisen Boy to Koisuru Onzoushi
Kichiro is a naive rich kid at his first job when he gets literally dragged into the problems of male prostitute, Natsuo. To pay him back for the trouble, Natsuo sleeps with Kichiro, and Kichiro falls head over heels. After that, he's determined to win Natsuo's heart bit by bit, and even though Natsuo feels like their worlds are too different, he can't help but find Kichiro endearing. I like Kichiro and his pure relationship with his grandma a lot. Trigger warnings: sex work, statutory rape.
Hybrid Stardust
Taizo is buried in debt and thinks it'd be better to just end it all, when rich young man Kiyoto picks him up off the street and buys his debts. In return, he demands sex, though he also gets Taizo a job. Despite the significant age difference and the strange circumstances, Taizo finds himself falling for this kid struggling with his own family problems. Trigger warning: dubcon, sex work.
Fake na Junjou
(Ch.1-2) Soga has his hands full tutoring a class of remedial students, especially since pretty boy Keita confesses to him every day. But when he gets fed up and takes it out on Keita, he realizes just how serious Keita was being. Trigger warnings: statutory rape, molestation, sexual harassment. (Ch.3-4) Four years ago, teacher Agi broke up with Kaiya, student at his cram school, at graduation, after which Kaiya ran away from home and disappeared from his life. Now Kaiya is back just as suddenly asking for a place to stay, and Agi can't help but want to be close to him, even though he knows it's for the best they stay broken up. No real trigger warnings, except for Kaiya's insane jealousy towards a baby.
Satoshi and Kakeru
Ch.1-3 - The continuation of the story of Satoshi the host and Kakeru, his stalker turned lover. Ch.4-6 - Ayato is an illustrator and programmer with a fetish for wearing women's lingerie and a crush on his coworker and fan, Tsukasa. But when Tsukasa confesses, Ayato thinks perhaps they can have a normal relationship if he just keeps his fetish under wraps. But perhaps Tsukasa would be more open to it than he thinks. Trigger warning: slight somnophilia.
The “Flow” In Flower
(Ch.5-8) Satoshi is a popular host who is secretly gay. Kakeru is the convenience store worker he drunkenly hit on one night, causing Kakeru to become his stalker. But Kakeru has worked his way into his life with surprising ease, and Satoshi finds that he minds less than he thought he would. Trigger warnings: stalking, suicide attempts.
Kinou wa Otanosimi Deshitane