sadslime's manga / #CEO(7)

Luan is a CEO living in a penthouse apartment. One day he overhears his downstairs neighbor Yul singing, and he can't get it out of his head. Furthermore, Yul is unexpectedly living with the idol Yijun, who Luan is targeting as part of his revenge. So when Luan's kitty breaks into Yul's apartment, this gives Luan the perfect opportunity to get closer to Yul and possibly use him against Yijun. But now that he and Yul have gone all the way, he can't stand to use Yul anymore, and decides to give him back his stolen life instead. Trigger warnings: forced confinement, attempted suicide, violence, murder, stalking, kidnapping, suicide.

Momota becomes the secretary of the sadistic company president, Igarashi, and she's ready for whatever he has to throw at her! Until he gets a letter attempting to blackmail him for his masochist fetish. When she steps up to protect her boss, he realizes she's his perfect queen, but she's not so sure she's ready for that. The female lead is really strong and interesting and makes this worth reading, but if you're here for the kinky SM stuff, it doesn't really deliver. Still, very cute. Trigger warnings: blackmail, S&M, bondage, sexual harassment.

Keiko sees her company president wears white briefs while they’re at the batting cages and jokingly threatened him with it into marriage only for him to misunderstand and think she’s talking about the fact he wears a bra, which he’s thrilled she can accept. The president is all in, but Keiko’s not so sure if she can date a “bra man” (her words). I think both characters are interesting but their development got sacrificed in favor of smut and comedy, so it ends up just being your typical straight romance. Trigger warning: blackmail, dubcon, stalking.

Ayato Izumi(sub) is a gay CEO who deals with his need by meeting with strangers to "play" at night since he knows he can't get attached since he'll need to marry and have an heir one day. His new secretary, Yuma Kosaka(dom), is young and highly competent and totally Ayato's type, so when Yuma finds out about Ayato's plays and tells him it's dangerous and he should stop, Ayato says he will only if Yuma will be his partner, thinking it will scare him off. Except Yuma goes for it, and it's actually great! So great, that Ayato is starting to worry he won't be able to break things off one day like he knows he'll have to. Cute story. Trigger warning: noncon.

Katou Tamotsu is an ordinary man, aside from the fact that he can see strange spirits around him and their presence has made it hard for him to find a job. He's finally hired at a real estate agency, only to find out that it's run by the blue dragon god, Seiryuu, and they find homes for other gods! But after a drunken night of passion, Seiryuu says that he and Tamotsu have formed a pact and he'll protect Tamotsu from spirits if Tamotsu works for them, so Tamotsu figures he has nothing to lose. But as Tamotsu starts to want more from Seiryuu than just his protection, he worries that being with Seiryuu has made him feel more alone than ever. I really enjoy what we have of this one, and I wish it would update again. Trigger warning: dubcon (drunk).

When Ayase almost drowned at sea, the merman Kagetsu saw him and fell in love at first sight, so he decided to come ashore as a rich businessman and get involved with Ayase's company. Ayase wants nothing to do with this strange world of mermen, but his body demands otherwise, and soon they find themselves living together and getting into all sorts of trouble. Not actually finished (and unlikely to update anytime soon). Trigger warning: dubcon(heat).

Kyousuke is a former mercenary who just returned to Japan and immediately ran into, Lune, a CEO who he recognized as his wife in a former life. Kyousuke wants to brush off this connection between them, but Lune is adamant that he's not giving up on Kyousuke and he wants him to become his bodyguard. I like the idea of reincarnation stories, but this one didn't stick out to me. Trigger warning: violence, mention of death/suicide.