sadslime's manga / #Breakup(8)

Hideo’s a cram school teacher who found out his friend is dating one of his students, Tomohisa. Oddly, this brings Hideo and Tomohisa closer together, until Tomohisa gets his heart broken leaving Hideo to pick up the pieces. But Hideo was already struggling to keep his feelings for Tomohisa in check, so how far will he dare to go? Tomohisa is so cute, it makes it fun to read for his sake, and it’s nice to get to see so much of their relationship over time. Trigger warnings: cheating, statutory rape, drunk sex.

Tsukushi has finally had enough of his live in boyfriend Toui and he leaves, but cutting ties is harder than he thought. As he reminisces about what went wrong in their relationship, he can’t seem to put Toui behind him, and Toui isn’t ready to give up at all. The depiction of the frustration and heartache of a breakup was really well done and got me right in the heart, and it has a fluffy and sweet ending. Easily a new favorite. Trigger warnings: drunk sex.

Rui is a sub who has never had a relationship or even played, so he signs up for a dating app and agrees to meet up with a man who has model-level good looks. Only due to a misplaced "like" on the app, the scary-faced Ritsu shows up instead. The two go through with the play anyway, and Rui is over the moon with how good it feels, while Ritsu feels that Rui is exactly his type, so they begin to date. The only problem is, Ritsu is a much harder dom than Rui can handle, and trying to suppress his instincts starts to become painful for both of them. A surprisingly nuanced and emotional story dealing with two people who love each other but other needs don't match up. I think they fumbled a bit at the ending and it felt forced, but overall, a decent read. Trigger warnings: violence, cheating, drunk sex.

Ch.1-3 - Kazuki is the black sheep of his powerful family, so he set out to live on his own. Unfortunately, he was quickly found by his stepbrother Souya, who he has a past with, and Souya wants to live together and won't take no for an answer. Trigger warnings: incest themes (stepbrother), rape, child abuse, stalker, violence. Ch.4-5 -Kaneshiro Jou was dumped by his longtime boyfriend who was seeing another man when he died, but he didn't mind since he didn't have much to live for. Unfortunately for him, God decided he needed to learn the value of life and sent him back, except he's very young now, and the only person who seems to have noticed this change is his subordinate, Arakawa Takami, who's had a crush on Jou for a long time. Trigger warning: cheating.

Ch.1-2 - Rose-colored Research with the Flower Eater - Kuzunoha has been trying to create the "shining rose" ever since he offered one to his childhood love only to have her inexplicably eat it, but he's run out of funding. Enter Mitsurou, his new benefactor and Kuzunoha's first love in fact who happens to be a flower-eater (associated with vampires in Japan) who has always been searching for the taste of the delicious flower from that time. No trigger warnings. Ch.3 - Congenital WILD! - Tatsuhiko has always lived by instinct, and this time his instincts are drawing him to his basketball teammate, the popular Kokami. No trigger warnings. Ch.4 - So Happy? - Atsushi was happily married for one month before his wife left him for a host saying he was too boring. Atsushi decides to get his revenge on that host only to find that the host has misunderstood and fallen in love with him. Trigger warnings: sex work, dubcon. Ch.5-6 - Asa and Mitya - Asa is gay, Mitya is a former delinquent, and they've been a happy couple for years now. A slice of life and how they met. Trigger warning: mention of suicide.

Kei has a thing for businessmen, so when he finds one crying in the rain who asks him to take him home, Kei jumps at the chance. He ends up spending the night with Yukifumi, and it's so good he doesn't want it to end. But Yukifumi is still entangled in a 7 year long relationship with his ex who strung him along while married while also making Yukifumi completely dependent on him. But Kei encourages Yukifumi to run from that situation and becomes his support while Yukifumi heals and learns to value himself again. Kei and Yukifumi have such a healthy relationship, and I absolutely love it. The extra is randomly about the jerk ex getting raped and then going back for more and is not really my thing. ️Trigger warnings: abusive ex, noncon, grooming, BDSM, attempted rape, rape.

Shizuka loses his memory after a fight with his boyfriend Sakai, so Sakai takes the opportunity to erase their relationship. But Shizuka's love can't be stopped so easily. Cute romance with lots of feels. Trigger warning: noncon/somnophilia (in a relationship) in extra

Fifth in the Kuroneko series. Werecat Shingo and his actor and wereleopard boyfriend Keiichi are a lovey dovey couple living together now with the trouble of Keiichi's brother behind them, but when Keiichi gets busy with work, Shingo tries to control his jealousy, only for him to feel they're drifting further apart. Finally, Shingo puts an end to things, and this time, Keiichi doesn't chase him. But is Shingo really ready to let things end? Trigger warning: dubcon. SO, I have things to say. I have two main problems with this one. 1) Less important, but the whole, "the problem lies with the one who can smell it." That's not how scent works?? It's just such an asinine line that makes zero sense in context or with biology when they could have explained it so many other ways, and I hate it. But 2) the bigger problem is that they frame it as though Shingo is the one in the wrong, and while he does let his anxiety get the better of him and ask for the breakup, it fails to acknowledge all the ways in which Keiichi fucked up to get them there. Shingo asked if he was having an affair, and he knows Shingo has anxiety about being abandoned in a relationship, yet his only response was to find his jealousy "cute." Then, we have him staying out late, not texting, not coming home at night, all of which is pretty bad behavior in a partner, even if Shingo did know it was for work, and all the while he was with an openly bi director who was flirting with him, which Keiichi seemed to do nothing to stop. But the worst of all is that he took a job oversees for multiple months without even talking to Shingo about it! Like, it's your choice, but when you're in a relationship, it's totally irresponsible to make such a major life decision without at least consulting your partner. No wonder Shingo thought he was losing interest! And instead of exploring any of these things at all, when Shingo asked for the breakup, Keiichi just demanded the "real" reason instead of taking any time to think about any of this, then left. He's always been a pretty abusive partner, but the way in which this volume frames him as the victim just drives me crazy. Still, I obviously feel some investment in this couple if I'm bothering to write all this. I would really love to see a version of this volume from Keiichi's point of view that actually addresses the ways in which he was failing Shingo and sees him realize he needs to do better as a partner if he wants Shingo to feel secure in their relationship.