Kedamono Kyouchou-chuu ni Tsuki
Nagatora is a host for the money, but the women stress him out! So when his longtime hairdresser, Reina, offers to help him destress with drinks, he goes all out lets himself get taken in by Reina’s maneater side. But even though Reina’s not the type for commitment and Nagatora isn’t gay, they both find that they keep coming back. So what is this, exactly? Some fun character development for both and really pretty art, so it makes for a good read. Trigger warning: drunk sex.
Okurete kita haru wa
Hisanori is an erotic author with no experience, so imagine his surprise when his fantasy about a woman on the bus asking him out comes to life! Everything is going swimmingly with him and Chika, his first every girlfriend, but when things start to get hot and heavy, how will Hisanori react to the revelation that she is actually a he? The fact that everything goes as well as it does for Chika feels very much like wish fulfillment, but hey, that's fun sometimes too. It doesn't exactly stand out to me, but it's a fun, quick read. No trigger warnings.
Ginza Neon Paradise
In post-war Japan, Aoi spends his time working as a translator for the Americans and waiting at the docks for returned soldiers. It's been three years since the end of the war, but without a killed in action notice, he can't help but hold out hope that his best friend, Takahiko, could one day return. But when Takahiko does finally come back, he's his usual, grinning, carefree self with no explanation for the three years without so much as a letter. Aoi is enraged and punches him, but he still lets Takahiko stay at his house in the meantime. Now as Takahiko seeks employment as a screen actor and Aoi tries to figure out his muddled feelings, will they be able to overcome the pain and trauma of the war? Really beautiful and bittersweet story that encapsulates the way war destroys lives, yet life moves on. Trigger warnings: wartime violence, racism.
Yasaotoko to Sadistic
Yoshino has been stalking businessman Takase ever since he took a photo of him without his pants to bully him in high school and fell in love. When Takase finds out, he's understandly angered, but Yoshino takes his chance to declare his love and that he would do anything. Takase still hates Yoshino, but why can't he stop thinking about him? A very unrealistic and unhealthy relationship portrayed in a comedy. Trigger warnings: stalking, bullying, noncon.
Hatsujou Omega ni Unmei wa Hizamazuku
Ch.1-4 - Konatsu is an independent omega who ends up reuniting with her childhood friend, Prime Minister Konatsu. Though she feels their statuses are too different for them to be together, he's certain they're meant to be. Trigger warnings: sex work, discrimination. Ch.5-9 - Kayama is a "betafied" omega who releases almost no pheromones, but when two alphas see her in heat, they decide to attack her anyway. She's saved by a janitor but then she loses her jobs and never gets to see him again. Until years later, her savior reappears at the bar she works at looking like a whole new man! Trigger warnings: discrimination, attempted rape. Ch.9-11 - Rune lives in a dystopian future where alphas and omegas are raised completely separately and partners and family size are decided by AI, but one day she wanders into the alpha side of the school on accident. She's saved by alpha Horo and falls in love at first sight, but there's almost no chance they'll ever meet again, until by chance they're paired together on the day of their graduation. Trigger warning: sexual harassment.
Be My Love, My Lord
Ch 1-4 - In a world with beastmen, owning a beastman is just another status symbol, so Reiji is given a beastamn, Tsubaki when he was in 4th grade. He declares he'll raise Tsubaki right and teaches him everything he needs to know, while over time they grow very close. Now, about to be married off on his father's wishes, Reiji kisses Tsubaki and causes him to go into heat, leading them to spend the night together. But after that, the real differences between how humans and beastmen see relationships come into play. Trigger warning: power dynamic (master/servant) Ch.5 - Mahiro & Souya have been dating for a while but Mahiro refuses to go all the way. Souya is annoyed, and after pushing him, it turns out it's because everyone loves Souya's pretty face and Mahiro is too ashamed tht Souya's moods and expressions that show on his face are what he loves about Souya, too. Silly love, no trigger warnings.
Mayonaka Mirror Ball
Chiaki is a magazine editor bored with life, so when a coworker invites him to an all-male orgy party, he attends out of sheer curiosity. There he gets his first taste of this wild and exciting life while watching another party-goer, Taiga, have sex, but then he and Taiga go out and chat and exchange numbers. After that, he and Taiga become closer, and he even has a threesome with Taiga's friends, but when he tries to get physical with Taiga, Taiga draws back. A fun and smutty story. Trigger warnings: orgy.
Awairo Emaki
A boy fell in love with a priest who saved him as a child, so now that the priest has come back, he's ready to follow him anywhere. A really cute shounen ai with a decent adventure story as they seek out yokai.
Tomodachi Dakedo Oishisou
Takatora is an office worker by day, an otaku by night, and Hiro is the pizza deliveryman who became his first friend. Then they start messing around. Then Takatora straight up rapes Hiro. But what Hiro really wants to know is what does Takatora want? Not something I'll be reading again. Trigger warning: rape.
Kono Yakuza, Toriko ni Shite Miseru~tsu!