sadslime's manga / #Historical(54)

Japanese engineer working on hydroelectric plant and his mute assistant.

Samurai gets a disciple who wants to kill him for revenge.

Kiyo has just entered school for civil service in the capital when he gets lost in front of a huge mansion. The owner, Ozaki, notices Kiyo and says he knows his grandpa, then invites him to live in the mansion. As the two live together in the mansion, Kiyo learns that Ozaki is a fox spirit who claims to hate humans, but he's kind and Kiyo starts to develop feelings, even as he worries Ozaki only sees his grandfather in him. Cute story with good visuals. No trigger warnings.

Benimaru is a ninja who was about to die when young lord Shinosuke gave him a reason to go on, so now he stalks Shinosuke to repay him. When Shinosuke finds out about Benimaru he's very accepting, but soon Benimaru thinks he has to return to his village to protect Shinosuke, and he asks for one night together to remember him by. When Benimaru turns out to stay the next day, it leaves Shinosuke thinking about what he wants their relationship to be from there. I love Shinosuke's extremely supportive dad. Trigger warnings: stalking, drug(aphrodisiac).

Tsubakimaru is a young half-ogre orphan who was kidnapped when his captors suddenly died and he met, Shii-sama, the evil god of the mountain, turned into an evil god when humans cut down his tree. The lonely god is overjoyed to find that the young child survived due to his oni blood, and Tsubakimaru decides to stay with Shii-sama to help him not be lonely. But as he grows, the excessive lust that onis feel begins to become a problem for the pure-hearted boy, while Shii-sama feels he needs to set Tsubakimaru free. But even as Tsubakimaru and Shii-sama are beginning to figure out their relationship and the mountain seems to finally be healing, villagers who see the young ogre become convinced they must destroy the evil god again. This story was 90% of the way there to being a tragic masterpiece, but then it just suddenly deus ex machinas it's way into a happy ending that doesn't really make sense. Also for some reason it decided to go with a weird tentacle hentai thing for a lot of the sex scenes, but hey, I don't judge. The relationships and characters are really well done though, and it's still worth a read. Trigger warnings: incest themes (guardian).

Chiaki is lonely after the grandfather who raised him died. Fortunately, that's when Benio the oni and Yue the snake spirit both arrive announcing it's time for him to fulfill his promise to marry each of them. The two begin fighting over him, and although Chiaki is surprised, he ends up enjoying the new lively atmosphere so much, he can't begin to choose between them. This one is more smut than story. ️Trigger warning: noncon, attempted rape.

Yamato goes to get his master's favorite disciple Ietettsu only to find he's not quite the pious monk he was expecting, but as they journey together, he begins to appreciate Ietettsu's carefree nature and maybe desire more. A very cute boy love with no direct nudity and only one implied sex scene. No trigger warnings.

Historical star-crossed rival lovers

Baldo is a young beastman prince who was raised to be a king, but one day as a child, he saw that his father brought home an albino omega whom he was warned to stay away from. As an adult, he finds the omega in an isolated cabin in the woods and learns his name is Maya, and though he can't say many words, he's very sweet and lively. The two develop a relationship, and after Baldo accidentally rapes Maya due to his heat, he brings Maya to the castle where they then happily continue their relationship, until Baldo is married and Maya starts to struggle with feelings of jealousy. But when Baldo is told that Maya will be sacrificed at the next festival to ensure he has children with his wife, he has to decide what's really important to him. Now includes a second half about Baldo and Maya's life after, but honestly, I liked the ambiguous end better as the later ending feels unrealistic to me. Still cute though. Trigger warnings: slavery, rape, feels like statutory rape, attempted rape, attempted human sacrifice.

Linfeng is 16, and her father has just announced she's going to be a candidate for the emperor's wife, even though he's only 5 years old. Her only other options are the son of an enemy family and the notorious womanizer serving as regent, Canglian, so she goes through with the ceremony alongside several children candidates, but she plays a song that clearly expresses she doesn't want the position. To her surprise, the regent calls her back the next day, and asks her not to be the emperor's wife but his caretaker. Linfeng jumps at the chance and spends her days taking care of the adorable young emperor Ziyhou while getting to know Canglian better and slowly (and inadvertently) winning his affection. Trigger warning: gendered discrimination that is period appropriate, but still frustrating.