sadslime's manga / #Chef(4)

(Ch 1-2) Yuuta fell in love with his brother’s friend Souichi years ago during their tutoring sessions, but he’s settled with being sex friends since Souichi’s already in love with Yuuta’s brother. But when Yuuta sees Souichi and his brother together, he can’t take it anymore and finally confronts him. A couple of cute idiots who make for a silly couple. Trigger warning: implied statutory rape. (Ch. 3-4) Yuuta’s long-suffering friend Saitou has been protecting him from shady guys for years, so when Yuuki first gets close to him, he’s sure it’s another weirdo after his friends. But Yuuki won’t be deterred and insists on being his friend, and maybe more. I’m glad to see a really good and protective friend who wasn’t secretly in love, and it’s great that he gets a happy ending. No trigger warnings. (Ch. 5-6) Chef Toyoguchi’s friend Ohshima is so perfect it’s depressing to be around him, but at least Toyoguchi has him beat at cooking! Until it turns out Ohshima can totally cook for himself, but he hid it to get closer to Toyoguchi. This couple didn’t really interest me, besides which Ohshima looks almost identical to the first seme. Still, no big problems with it. No trigger warnings.

Ch.1-3 - Kawasaki is overworked at the office, so on a whim, he books a maid escort service only to find it's a man who arrives. But after giving Nao a shot, he's hooked and starts to want even more. Trigger warning: sex work. Ch.4-6 - Italian chef Atsushi is shocked when his young temp worker, Eita, confesses to him, and though he tries to reject him, Eita is just too persistent! But even though Atsushi starts to return Eita's feelings, how can he accept Eita's love if it risks ruining his future? I like this second couple a lot, and I like that Atsushi's worries are legitimate and not your typical "but he could be normal and have a family!" stuff you often see in mangas. No trigger warnings.

Tomoya Ishida is a young man with little ambition working at a magazine when he's assigned to work with the famous chef and food correspondent, Ayumu Mitsuya. The much older and openly gay man instantly charms Tomoya, but Tomoya knows he needs to keep things professional between them in order to stay close to Mitsuya, at all. But when Mitsuya's ex comes back into the picture, Tomoya can no longer just sit back and watch. Very cute with some really solid character moments. I especially like that the ex felt like a real person and not just a plot device. Trigger warning: mention of cheating.

Miyama and Imoto. No trigger warnings. Hikaru and Kenichi. No trigger warnings. Onodera and Sendou. No trigger warnings.