sadslime's manga / #Heterosexual romance(90)

Nanao was supposed to marry the lord of her clan due to her strong spiritual power, but when she was taken and marked by an ayakashi, she became an outcast in her home and lost everything. When the famous Lord Benitsubaki, head of the highest onmyo family, comes seeking a wife, Nanao is told to stay out of his way. But when he saves her after she was misunderstood, he doesn't seem to fear her curse at all and tastes her blood before declaring boldly that she's the one he's been looking for! The abused girl getting taken out of her bad situation by a new husband trope has been done before, but I don't mind seeing it again, and the setting is interesting. Trigger warnings: abuse, implied rape, implied bestiality, attempted suicide.

Tono Asako is known as a spinster, but she doesn't mind as long as she can take care of her frail younger sister. But when the soldier Shintaro Kido requests her sister as a bride, Asako can't let someone with his reputation take her sister, especially when she hears he only wants a bride to give birth to an heir. Asako begs him to take her instead, and Kido agrees, beginning their relationship as husband and wife in which Asako believes herself to be a replacement bride, but Kido seems to have wanted her all along. Asako starts off seeming like a very strong character, but once married it feels like she immediately loses any strength to her actions and just becomes your basic FL and dutiful bride. It's fine, but not a standout story. Trigger warnings: Sexism, attempted rape, threat of suicide.

Bernard is a fifth son of a minor noble family who he felt he had no choice but to become a knight to make a name for himself, and Lady Agnes is the flower of high society who should have nothing to do with a low ranked noble like him. Still, when he tries to introduce himself to her at her debut only to get glared at, he holds a grudge against her for looking down on him for years, which is why when she ends up with nothing after her father commits treason and comes to see Bernard at the knight's hall, he impulsively offers to take her in as a maid, intending to crush her pride. To his surprise, she's delighted and thanks him profusely, and now he gets to deal with housing a traitor's daughter who acts nothing like the haughty lady he was expecting. Still, a knight's oath is to protect those who can't protect themselves, so he can't turn Agnes away now! I like this one so far, especially the interesting touch of having it told form the ML's point of view, but it felt a little cliche once they introduced his mother and the "fiance" plot. Trigger warning: stalker.

Straight omegaverse

Ran is a struggling college student who enjoys her job at a cafe that her favorite author, Mikami, frequents. But when her family falls into bigger financial troubles, her friend convinces her to try a job as a sugar baby while promising she won't have to do anything she's not comfortable with. But when Mikami sees her get roofied on her first date, he intervenes and then offers to become her new sugar daddy instead, to protect her. Trigger warning: drug(roofie/aphrodisiac).

Freya has been mistreated by her family and fiance her entire life, so she finally decides the only way to avoid her deeply religious fiance is to become the lover of the famous vampire count, Oscar Bradbury! After a frightening first meeting, Freya ends up learning Oscar isn't the vampire he seems, but he wants to help her, so they come up with a plan to trick the capital into believing she's dating a vampire. Cute and interesting story. Trigger warnings: abuse, cheating.

Mio and Sagara grew up together, Mio as the boss's daughter and Sagara as his subordinate in the yakuza, but one night Mio sees Sagara having sex and suddenly realizes how sexy he can be. She wants on in that, so when he confronts her, she invites him and they find out they have great compatibility. But after they started this relationship as basically friends with benefits, how can they transition once feelings are involved? Surprisingly cute despite the stupid name, though it is smutty. I liked the non-traditional FL in this one. Even just having a FL who can say out loud she wants to have sex is a huge plus, and she wasn't even embarrassed. Trigger warnings: voyuerism, somnophilia(in a relationship).

Hina is a regular office worker who frequents a restaurant with one very sexy worker, Yakumo. Hina assumes that Yakumo is a player with tons of experience, but his innocent reactions say otherwise. This little slice of life shows the cute romance between these two. No trigger warnings

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