sadslime's manga / #Arranged marriage(16)

Chise has been engaged since she was a child, but after the death of her parents, her jerk fiance says since she's not taking over the company, he no longer needs her, and dumps her in public. That's when her ex-fiance's brother, Iori, swoops in and says he'll take her. Iori then asks Chise to help him get revenge on his brother by showing off how great they are together. But Chise quickly starts to want more from the relationship, while Iori is afraid to get too close. Really not a standout cast, just smut. Trigger warnings: drunk intimacy, attempted rape, noncon(sleeping)

Liliangé was married off in a political marriage at the age of eight to an eighteen-year-old husband, Alekseid. But despite the ten year age gap, Alekseid is kind to her and his mother takes her in and raises her as her own, leading to some of the happiest times in her life. Liliangé falls for Alekseid's kindness and does her best to become a wife worthy of him, but on her sixteenth birthday, she overhears him tell a friend that he could never actually see her as a woman, crushing her hopes. So when she turns eighteen, she decides to end this one sided romance, and asks for a divorce! The age gap is troubling for some, especially since she was so young when they met, but I don't consider it grooming since it seems Alekseid was rarely around during her upbringing and treated her perfectly amicably. No trigger warnings

Tono Asako is known as a spinster, but she doesn't mind as long as she can take care of her frail younger sister. But when the soldier Shintaro Kido requests her sister as a bride, Asako can't let someone with his reputation take her sister, especially when she hears he only wants a bride to give birth to an heir. Asako begs him to take her instead, and Kido agrees, beginning their relationship as husband and wife in which Asako believes herself to be a replacement bride, but Kido seems to have wanted her all along. Asako starts off seeming like a very strong character, but once married it feels like she immediately loses any strength to her actions and just becomes your basic FL and dutiful bride. It's fine, but not a standout story. Trigger warnings: Sexism, attempted rape, threat of suicide.

Kazunori has the ability to read people's "inner voices," and he uses this skill to make a name for himself as a shrewd businessman. When a possible marriage comes up to a mute noblewoman that would further his business, Kazunori is eager to go through with it, especially since he'll be able to read her mind anyway. But when he meets his arranged marriage partner, Nana, not only is she not what he expected, he can't read her mind! When he realizes she's abused, he gets her out of there, but he determines that if he can't find a way to help her speak and read her mind within a year, they can't get married since he can't fully trust her. But meanwhile, Nana has a secret of her own: she's able to read people's inner voices as text! The only problem is, she's illiterate, but now it's time for her to learn. I like this story and find the characters interesting, but it does feel like it maybe went on too long when it should have ended. Trigger warnings: abuse, child abuse, violence, psychological manipulation.

Ch.1 - Looks like I'm Engaged to the Demon Chancellor - Lui is a court sorcerer who just wants to do his research, but his parents tell him he's suddenly engaged to the supposed "demon chancellor" Owen in a political marriage. Lui decides to get out of it by making sure he's not a virgin before the wedding night, nullifying the marriage, and goes out to find a partner, not realizing the true identity of the man he ends up with. Trigger warning: lying/manipulation. Ch. 2 - I Was Supposed to be Reincarnated as an NPC, but I am Passionately Loved by my Favorite Character - Joel was isekaied into a BL dating sim, but he's just an NPC, so he's content to see his favorite character, the knight Celestin, from the sidelines. But when Celestin comes to school, he and Joel end up really hitting it off, and when Joel tries to leave the knights to Celestin and go on his way, Celestin isn't ready to give him up! This one was really cute, and I was so bummed to realize it was just a oneshot. Would have loved to see more. No trigger warnings.

Yuuki is a regular salaryman descended from mages, and to strengthen their spiritual power, he's been engaged to someone from a Chinese family with strong spiritual power all his life. When they finally meet, his partner Shunen turns out to be a young man with loose morals, and Yuuki is not interested, until he finds out that as a "floral pearl," Shunen needs to have sex or he'll die (or something like that). Thus begins their adventures as an engaged couple. Interesting and funny, but it's not finished and unlikely to be updated any time soon. Trigger warnings: dubcon, drug (roofie), attempted rape.