sadslime's manga / #First love(36)

(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.

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

Two Nakamuras, both gay! Kazunari and Hayato end up bonding and becoming best friends who can talk about anything. At least, until Hayato suddenly suggests they become sex friends, sending Kazunari spiraling. Relationship continues and deals with Hayato’s issues in volume 2. Really good depiction of a believable friendship with non stereotypical characters, though it gets a little intense. Trigger warnings: cheating, attempted rape.

A couple of bodyguards for a young heir fall in love! Super adorable and well written with great art. I loved it. No trigger warnings.

Arata maintains the perfect image of a popular college guy with a girlfriend all to hide that he's gay, but after kissing a "geek," Yamato for a punishment game, he can't get the guy out of his head and becomes a regular at the gay bar where Yamato works. They start sleeping together regularly, but how will Arata maintain his perfect image, and what are they, anyway? Pretty basic in the closet first love story. The characters didn't grip me, but I do like the art, especially the way the seme is drawn. Trigger warnings: noncon, threats of outing

A manga about a man who lost his girlfriend in an accident and another man who got possessed by her ghost. Very sweet and touching. Trigger warning: possible suicide attempt

Ren's a high school student in love with his best friend, but after waking up with his sister's boyfriend mistakenly entering his bed, he finds himself interacting more with Kazuya, who offers to "help him out" by touching him. As their relationship progresses, Kazuya moves from playing with Ren to feeling guilty for what he's done to him as he realizes he's causing Ren to relive his own trauma. This story is interesting, and I enjoyed it, but at the end of the day, there's no defending Kazuya as a male lead. Trigger warnings: noncon, cheating, rape, statutory rape.

High school student Akira likes to cruise at a gay bar to find nightly parters, and he ends up getting propositioned by a businessman, Goto, who offers to pay any price. Akira’s interested, and the two meet several times. But Goto chose Akira in the first place because of his resemblance to Goto's high school crush, and as they grow closer, this and the repeated payments whenever they meet start to make Akira increasingly uncomfortable causing him to rethink their future. Both the main characters are really cute, and I love their interactions. Trigger warnings: sex work, statutory rape.

Junichi was drowning his sorrows in a bar after a bad breakup when he happened to run into his childhood friend, Shizuru, seemingly getting forcefully propositioned. Junichi was once a delinquent after being ostracized for his sexuality in his hometown, and Shizuru and his policeman father had saved him, so Junichi wants to pay them back. But after dragging Shizuru home with him, he finds out that the innocent kid he once knew has changed and now has fun with whoever will have him. After some twists and turns that result in them living together, it finally comes out that Shizuru felt abandoned by Junichi, who left before he could become attracted to the still very young Shizuru. But with everything out in the open, where do they go from here, and how will they face the policeman father who saved Junichi and who Shizuru now resents? I know there's a lot in there, but that's because it's a good story! It has a lot of details and interesting characters with believable inner selves that make it really a great read. Trigger warnings: homophobia, bullying, false accusation.

Shiina(omega) is a bellboy who's always dreamed of becoming a concierge after one helped him when he was crying as a child. But omegas aren't allowed to work in this hotel, so he takes advantage of his mild symptoms to pass himself off as a beta, until he meets Toujou(alpha), the very man he admires, and goes into heat! Toujou admires Shina's dedication, so he promises to hide his gender and help him with the new symptoms of his heats, but as the two grow closer, Shina realizes that Toujou may be putting his own career in jeopardy for him. These two are adorable, if a bit cliche. It's a fun omegaverse read. Trigger warnings: light dubcon (just regular heat stuff), discrimination.