sadslime's manga / #Detective(7)

(Ch.1-3, 6) Thanatos is a shinigami who kills time watching an entertaining human, Asahi, who can't help but get involved with others, until Thanatos is assigned to take his life. Thanatos can't go through with it, so he ends up assigned to Asahi's office in the human world until he can complete his mission. But if he fails, he'll disappear, meaning either he kills Asahi or dies himself. Fine, cute story, though the switch to an office romance in ch.2 seemed a little random. No trigger warnings. (Ch.4) Takamura is in a relationship with his coworker, Isaki, but Isaki seems a little too close to their female coworker, Miyama. Takamura is determined to get the exact nature of their relationship out of Isaki through sex. Trigger warning: punishment sex/dubcon. (Ch.5) Hotaru is a male prostitute on an island full of people illegally trafficked there. Maki is his strange new customer who never sleeps with him. Hotaru quickly figures out that Maki is actually an investigator, but when his investigation comes to an end and the brothel is shut down, they both know Hotaru will be deported, making it hard for Maki to bring things to a close. Sweet and touching, though the end felt a little rushed. Trigger warning: sex work.

Kousuke is a male prostitute who's also part of the yakuza, and he recently woke up with no memory of the crazy night he supposedly spent with his customer Inami. Kousuke begins to hear about a new drug called Pierce being distributed in his gang's territory and wonders if Inami drugged him that first night, even as they continue to meet. But it turns out that Inami is really a detective investigating Pierce, and he wants Kousuke to be his informant. Pretty good slow burn on the relationship, but the final chapter was confusing and didn't wrap things up particularly well. Still a good read. Trigger warnings: sex work, drugs.

Detective can't tell his assistant he reads minds when touching people.

Detective x con artist

Yano Kaisei is a former delinquent who's homeless and desperate for work, so when he sees a job offering that includes a room, he jumps on the chance. That's how he meeds the beastman Torano Jiu and his half-beastman niece, Yui. Torano is a detective in need of a secretary and some help around the house, so Kaisei takes the job, but when circumstances during an investigation force them to get physical, they both start to realize their feelings have crossed some boundaries. Both guys in this one are super cute as they realize how they feel, and it's a fun read. No trigger warnings.

Ch.1 - If it's for You, no Matter How Far - Takachiho is stern but easily decieved detective who has finally caught the blithe criminal Nanami on a deserted island, but getting him all the way inland and into a jail will be a whole different story with Nanami's hiijinks and straight-up lies to deal with all along the way. Very cute, funny, and unique. Trigger warning: noncon, lying/manipulation. Ch.2 - Magical Butler - An unnamed salesman is pushing his product on the butler Tsuruhami when it turns out Tsuruhami recently lost his master and he begs the salesman to become his master instead. But it turns out that his previous master trained Tsuruhami to please him sexually. Salesman isn't saying no though. It was still funny, but this one skeezed me out. Wasn't for me. Trigger warning: light dubcon, implied grooming. Ch.3-5 - Yamada is a high school student always being dumped for oversharing about his interests (and not listening), and he goes crying to his best friend Ishimaru about it who listens patiently, if unenthusiastically. But when Yamada realizes that Ishimaru blushes every time they touch, he realizes Ishimaru might be in love with him! Or...not? A clumsy love story with no trigger warnings. Vol.2 Ch.1-5.5 - Takaichiho and Nanami are here once again, but this time it's 1,000 years in the past! In Heian era Japan, Nanami has started a business that steals customers from the local onmyoji using confusion due to its similar name, and Takaichiho is the general who is supposed to get him to change the name. They quickly forget about that though and get into all kinds of ghost and supernatural related shenanigans. Absolute wacky madness up in here. Also mpreg. Trigger warning: dubcon.

Inusaki is just a self-proclaimed detective who's really working as more of a fix-it who happens to have the ability to talk to birds. One day, he ends up talking to a cool crow he nicknames Kuro, and before he knows it, he's fallen for a crow! When the crow rejects him, his landlady' son, Mitsuru, ends up checking on him, and soon his feelings shift to the cute high schooler Mitsuru who he's sure has a girlfriend already. But Mitsuru has a secret of his own. Cute. No trigger warnings.