sadslime's manga / #Historical(53)

In a world where all children inherit powers by the age of 8, Fumi is an adopted child whose powers never manifested, marking her as a "cursed child." Her adoptive family abuses her until the wealthy and powerful Togo with the power of clairvoyance comes to request her as his wife. Though he seems kind at first, he quickly turns cold, but Fumi would rather stay with him than her nasty family, and he may have his good points. Not impressed with the lack of communication, but otherwise seems solid. Trigger warning: abuse

A dragon god demands that the prince in charge of the military be his consort in exchange for continuing to protect the land, then transforms the prince with his scale so they can live a long life. The prince doesn't understand the dragon's motives, while the dragon is excited to learn new things about humans. Trigger warnings: wartime violence, noncon.

Luca is a priest who has had terrible luck ever since his parents died in a fire when he was a child. While heading home, he runs into an injured man named Bel and helps him, but when Bel wakes up he kisses Luca and grows wings! It turns out Bel is an angel who needs to feed on the bodily fluids of pure humans to maintain his power. Luca goes along with this and gets closer to Bel, but there's something Bel isn't telling Luca, and he starts to worry that the angel isn't what he seems. Interesting plot that felt a little rushed but was worth the read. Trigger warnings: attempted rape, death by fire, dubcon.

Shunna Iwai is an ordinary girl until one day the soldier Takeo Kurosawa (literally) appears in front of her. It turns out Takeo has gone forward in time 100 years from 1919, and with no one else to rely on, Shunna takes him in and lets him stay with her. But as the two fall in love, it becomes more complicated to decide where Takeo really belongs. No trigger warnings.

Finn is a nobleman who feels isolated after his upbringing on the streets until one night his mirror magically connects to another mirror and he meets Magomed, a traveling circus worker. The two become close while talking every night for half the month, when enough moonlight connects their mirrors, but while Finn is delighted to have Mag as his first friend, Mag sees Finn in a slightly different light. But just when Finn is started to get used to the idea of Mag as more than a friend, the mirror is broken, leaving the two men to try to find each other across the world. Very cute and well done so far. Fun fact: Finn lives in Brazil! Trigger warning: child abuse (non parental).

Historical childhood friends

Ch.1 - Music of the Blue Sky - Aoi is a male prostitute working in a brothel who gets selected by the young nobleman Akeboshi. Akeboshi is known for causing trouble in the brothel before over a prostitute he fell in love with, but this time he just wants to listen to Aoi play music for him. As the two talk and he listens to Aoi's music, Aoi realizes he's fallen in love with Akeboshi, though Akeboshi's heart still belongs to another. Slightly bittersweet with a hopeful ending. I liked it. Trigger warning: sex work. I believe ch.2-3 are short oneshots about characters from another of the author's works. Ch.3 has an underage (child) prostitute, so be warned. Ch.4 - Raider Black - Matsuba was once a young lord, but his family fortune fell apart and his father died. In that moment, a former family servant, Suou, returned, and even though Suou stole from them when he left, Matsuba trusted him as a child and thought he returned to save him. But Suou returned for revenge on Matsuba's father who cheated, impregnated and abandoned his sister, and since Matsuba's father is dead, he takes it out on Matsuba instead by forcing him into prostitution and buying him every night. Not really my thing, but I do appreciate the complex emotions being depicted. Trigger warnings: sex trafficking, sex work, rape. - Wind Chime - a prostitute and a customer trade ghost stories, but the prostitute was a ghost all along! - The King and the Potion - A noble-hearted young king is introduced to the red light district and sees a boy selling himself for his first time. He buys the boy, Moegi, to save him, but the two are drugged and have a wild first night. After that, Moegi works at the palace and the two have a happy, chaste romance, until Moegi is convinced to leave by the king's enemies. The king then wastes away, and only Moegi's return can save him. This one was a bit fairytale-esque, but very cute and fun. Trigger warnings: sex work, attempted murder.

Ch.1 - If it's for You, no Matter How Far - Takachiho is stern but easily decieved detective who has finally caught the blithe criminal Nanami on a deserted island, but getting him all the way inland and into a jail will be a whole different story with Nanami's hiijinks and straight-up lies to deal with all along the way. Very cute, funny, and unique. Trigger warning: noncon, lying/manipulation. Ch.2 - Magical Butler - An unnamed salesman is pushing his product on the butler Tsuruhami when it turns out Tsuruhami recently lost his master and he begs the salesman to become his master instead. But it turns out that his previous master trained Tsuruhami to please him sexually. Salesman isn't saying no though. It was still funny, but this one skeezed me out. Wasn't for me. Trigger warning: light dubcon, implied grooming. Ch.3-5 - Yamada is a high school student always being dumped for oversharing about his interests (and not listening), and he goes crying to his best friend Ishimaru about it who listens patiently, if unenthusiastically. But when Yamada realizes that Ishimaru blushes every time they touch, he realizes Ishimaru might be in love with him! Or...not? A clumsy love story with no trigger warnings. Vol.2 Ch.1-5.5 - Takaichiho and Nanami are here once again, but this time it's 1,000 years in the past! In Heian era Japan, Nanami has started a business that steals customers from the local onmyoji using confusion due to its similar name, and Takaichiho is the general who is supposed to get him to change the name. They quickly forget about that though and get into all kinds of ghost and supernatural related shenanigans. Absolute wacky madness up in here. Also mpreg. Trigger warning: dubcon.

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.

Inami is the young lord of a family who just hired a new chaffeur, Kondou, who can be a bit too honest and straightforward for his own good. But Inami encourages him and inadvertently ends up winning him over. Even when Inami finds out about Kondou's feelings, very little changes between them, until Kondou finally pushes Inami to face a past betrayal and other trauma to move forward with his life. Trigger warnings: mention of cheating, attempted rape, statutory rape.