sadslime's manga / #Host(17)

Haru is a popular male prostitute top who gets dragged along to a host club where he meets the club's #2, Shinya, and they quickly hit it off, until Shinya starts going on about how Haru really wants to bottom. Still, Shinya is totally Haru's type, but he's is determined not to be taken in by Shinya's sales tactics, until it turns out Shinya knows Haru from something more than just the club. The more Haru realizes Shinya's affection may be genuine, the harder it is to turn him down, and soon, he's head over heels for this flirty boy. Trigger warnings: sex work, dubcon, bondage.

Ch.1-3 - Komaki and Tasuku are a perfectly happy married couple who met as if by fate! The only problem is, they both have secrets they're desperately hiding. Tasuku doesn't want Komaki to find out he used to be a host, and Komaki doesn't want Tasuku to realize she was actually his stalker for many years prior to their first real "meeting." So how will he react when the truth inevitably comes out? A quick comedy romance that's a fun read. Trigger warning: stalking. Ch.4 - The story of Tasuku's former coworker, the host Kitsubei and his longtime girlfriend, Yui. Kitsubei starts to think he wants to really invest in this relationship and get married, but he can't help but worry that Yui doesn't even seem to care he meets with other women! No trigger warnings (I think, I didn't read it that closely). Ch.5 - After Izuma got drunk with her boss Takamine and woke up in his bed, she worried something had happened, but he coldly told her he was "almost a virgin," meaning he hadn't had sex in a long time. Izuma is worried her boss now thinks she's loose, but meanwhile, he's getting transferred and her chances to clear up this misunderstanding may be slipping away. No trigger warnings.

Masami works at a club where subs can get release, and he looks down on them for wanting to be stepped on and controlled. But when transfer student Yusei warns him that he needs to take medicine to suppress his own sub pheromones, Masami refuses to accept it, even when his body can't help but obey Yusei's commands. The story of a sub with trauma about his nature coming to terms with it. Trigger warning: dubcon.

Kyoya(S) runs a dom host club and pretends to be a dom himself, at the expense of his health. His new parttimer, Sota(D), pretends to be a sub, but when he finds out Kyoya's secret, he offers to be Kyoya's dom. Still, Kyoya hates the part of him that wants to submit to Sora, so he's not ready to give in yet. It ended up being an interesting relationship, but it felt pretty rapey at the beginning. Trigger warnings: noncon, overdose.

Veterinarian Keito Shinoda comes home one night to find his host neighbor, Mahiru Hinohara, drunk on his doorstep. With no other option, he brings Mahiru inside, but then he wakes in the middle of the night to the drunken Mahiro sucking him off. The two end up having sex with Mahiru saying "I love you," making Keito think he's mistaken him for someone else. But now Keito is interested, and meanwhile, Mahiru has actually had a one-sided crush on Keito for a long time. Honestly, this one was fine until they reached the point where Mahiru refused Keito without giving ANY explanation. It just made the whole complicated misunderstanding seem weird and forced. Trigger warnings: dubcon(drunk), dubcon(sleeping), slut shaming.

Ichiro is a restaurant owner who can't help but be annoyed by the group of boisterous hosts who come in as customers late most nights, especially the leader of the group, Seiichi. But when Seiichi steps in to help Ichiro with his jerk ex boyfriend, the two start to become friends. Meanwhile, Seiichi's life as a host is about to change in a big way, and he starts to realize maybe he can find a new life beside Ichiro. Not the most compelling story, but a very cute couple with no red flags, so I liked that a lot. Trigger warnings: attempted rape, attempted forced prostitution

Ch.1-2 - The Condition of Monopilization - Miyama is gay and has a long-time crush on his straight coworker, Imoto. Imoto always takes good care of him, and he's the only one who knows that Miyama is gay, so one day when he asks Miyama's type and Miyama replies the opposite of himself, Imoto asks, "Isn't that me?" Leading the two of them to head to a hotel. But when Imoto starts to avoid him after, Miyama regrets that night that could cause the end of their friendship. No trigger warnings. Ch.3. - My Manual - Hikaru is a host who's recently been overshadowed by their part-timer turned host, Kenichi, and all Kenichi does is make fun of him. But Hikaru finds out Kenichi's not like that with anyone else. So what gives? Turns out Kenichi's had his eye on Hikaru for a long time. No trigger warnings. Ch.4 - The Love Which I Can't Hide - Chef Onodera has a crush on his happy-go-lucky neighbor, Sendou. After Sendou has a loud breakup on his birthday, Onodera gives him a bouquet that he was given for his own birthday. They get to talking, then they get to even more. No trigger warnings.