sadslime's manga / #Drama(39)

Yuki lives with his late sister's husband, Keiichirou, and he's secretly in love with him. He plans to live with this unrequited love his entire life, but when Keiichirou finally tries to bridge the gap between them, Yuki is torn apart by his guilt toward his older sister. A heart-rending story of moving on after loss. No trigger warnings.

Yuzuki's a professor with a longtime unrequited love for his younger brother, Takayuki. A university student, Kazusa, finds out and blackmails him into a relationship which upsets Takayuki, leading him to confess to his older brother. But Yuzuki refuses him to protect their family and his Takayuki's future, and Kazusa realizes he was projecting due to his own trauma with incest. He feels guilty and tries to push Yuzuki away, and it's Yuzuki's turn to chase after Kazusa this time. Trigger warnings: rape, blackmail, statutory rape, incest themes.

Sousuke is too much of a player, so his mom sends him to the countryside to live with his cousin’s family for the rest of high school. He agrees, eager to reunite with his first love Minori-chan, but it turns out she is a he! Sousuke falls in love all over again, but despite his efforts to win Minori over, Minori’s past traumas are holding him back.

In high school, Katsumi harshly rejected his best friend Maki’s confession. Now, ten years later they reunite and Maki finds that Katsumi’s regrets from that time have caused him to seek out violent sex as a way of punishing himself. Maki can’t help but intervene and tries to help Katsumi forgive himself. I love the aspect of the one who was rejected not having trauma, but gently seeking to heal his friend. Though it’s sad, it’s still a sweet and gentle love. Side story about a city boy who moves to the country and the neighbor boy who takes care of him finding love.

Haruto is a regular man who winds up with a schoolboy as his neighbor who he starts to cook for. But when the high schooler, Ren, tries to repay him with a sexual favor, he gets the sense that something is very wrong in Ren’s life. The story deals with very serious themes that could make some uncomfortable and has a somewhat sudden ending. Trigger warnings: statutory rape, child abuse, child grooming, coercion

Momo sells himself to get by until he meets Yata, a man who can’t help but take care of cute things. They build a relationship but Momo has a lot of trauma that he needs to unwillingly work through. They’re a very cute and believable couple and the story works through real issues in a meaningful way, so it’s worth a read. Trigger warnings: noncon, rape, gangrape, statutory rape, child prostitution

After getting stabbed by his former lover, Nao's saved by a Yakuza, Kurou, and told to repay his debts. But as they get closer the realities of living life as a Yakuza seem to make a relationship impossible. I like the main couple well enough, but I really like the side couple and wish there was more of them! Trigger warnings: blood, violence.

Chinatsu is an assassin who can't kill. Kasumi is a blind boy who partially witnessed his first failed assassination five years ago. After meeting again as adults, Chinatsu feels drawn to this kind and pure boy and begins to pull him out of his lonely world while also dreaming of following his example and moving towards the light. Heavy on the drama, but not a bad story. The uke is very cute and the art is lovely. Trigger warnings: blood, violence, talk of murder

Shousuke always comforts his university friend Tomoki after his breakups, but this time Shousuke kissed him. Surprisingly, it went well and Tomoki wants to date him, but now Shousuke has cold feet. This one depicts the uncertainty and anxiety of starting a new relationship well, but the characters didn’t stand out to me. No trigger warnings.