sadslime's manga / #Dancer(8)

Yoru is a male prostitute formerly known as a famous dancer, until it came out he wasn't a "hybrid" person, as advertised. Now he's frequently requested for his good looks, until one day "hybrid" Amran buys him outright and takes him to his house. Although Yoru frequently rejects Amran and tries to get away, Amran patiently wears him down, sleeping with him often despite Yoru's protests. But why is Amran so insistent that Yoru is the one for him. The characters are very beautiful, but I didn't like Amran as a character for leaving Yoru in the dark. Trigger warnings: sex work, coercion, rape, bestiality.

Heir to a wealthy family works as a servant to see his childhood friend working as an erotic dancer.

Masahi is bummed out from a bad breakup when his female friends take him to a male strip club to cheer him up and he sees Kaoru for the first time, a male stripper dripping with such sensuality, Masahi can't take his eyes off him. After becoming Kaoru's fan, Kaoru eventually asks him out for drinks and things progress to something more, but Masahi starts to worry that Kaoru only sees him as one of many sex friends. After they straighten that out, the relationship continues as they deal with a new hire at the strip club who gets too touchy-feely and has a thing against (formerly) straight guys dating gay men. Trigger warnings: outdoor sex, attempted rape.

Kuroba is a former boxer who gets a job at a strip club where he meets their #1 dancer, Kaede. Though Kaede says he's dating one of the other dancers, Kuroba finds him entrancing, and he sees how Kaede struggles with the more extreme aspects of the stripping and pseudo sex demanded of him in his job. Kuroba offers to help as a "plant" in the shows with the pseudo sex, and Kaede agrees, forcing him to acknowledge that he sees Kuroba differently from other men, even as he continues to try to push Kuroba away. A well-written story that gets into aspects of overcoming trauma and pushing forward in life. ️Trigger warnings: violence, mention of stalker, mention of gangrape.

Tsuho is a gay congressman pining after his childhood friend and secretary until one day he goes to an S&M club and meets Kyo, a paid Dom who loves dancing and they really hit it off. But just when they’re ready to take it to the next level, scandal rocks Tsuho’s life and their relationship. It’s a good story with some, though not a ton, of S&M, but I felt like the two unrequited loves they were getting over needed more time for the audience to care about them. Trigger warnings: S&M, forced outing.

Aki and Taiga have been friends all their lives, and Aki is secretly in love wiht Taiga, so when Taiga gets badly injured at work and his family runs into money troubles, Aki ends up taking on a job as a male stripper to cover a loan to keep Taiga's house. Aki loves his job and figures he'll keep the whole thing from Taiga, but when Taiga finds out anyway, a lot of things come to light. Cute couple. Trigger warning: sex work.

Kiyo is an omega with a surprisingly big stature who makes his living as a pole dancer, and Chiaki is his alpha childhood friend who has always taken care of Kiyo without realizing Kiyo is in love with him. After Kiyo puts himself in a dangerous situation and Chiaki saves him, his feelings come out and their relationship begins, but Kiyo is a bit of an airhead and prone to jumping to conlcusions, leading to some crazy bumps in the road. Not to spoil anything, but I think the conclusion to the first major conflict in their relationship is buck wild (and kind of a quick resolution that makes everything okay, but less interesting). Still, a cute couple (with a rare, bigger top) and a fun read. Trigger warning: attempted rape(?)

Ch.1-4.5 - Koitimo Triangle - Sakai has had a crush on his straight best friend Nishimura since high school, so he's been blowing off steam and complaining to his sex friend, Kitada, for just as long to deal with it. But when Nishimura catches them, it becomes the catalyst for the two to get together. Everything schould be great, but when Kitada suddenly vanishes from Sakai's life, he breaks down realizing how important Kitada is to him. So they track Kitada down and he says the only way he'll stay in Sakai's life is the same way he's always been: as his fuck buddy. So now we've got Nishimura and his boyfriend Sakai and Sakai's boyfriend (fuck buddy) Kitada. I'd have loved to see more of how that dynamic ended up playing out. No trigger warnings. Ch. 5-6 - Midnight Dancer Strategy - Ever since Takabayashi first got a job at the erotic danceclub, he's been obsessed with the one male dancer, Arisu's beautiful dancing, but he can't bring himself to say it. But one night when he catches Arisu about to go home with a customer, Takabayashi can't help but intervene, which it turns out was Arisu's plan all along. No trigger warnings.