sadslime's manga / #Ikemen(5)

Bookstore owner Azuma is used to getting dumped for his addiction to sex shop services, but when his younger coworker Shu (aka Robo-kun) confesses to him despite this, he can't help but wonder why. Shu gradually wins Azuma over with his personality gap and excellent sex skills, and Azuma finds it harder and harder to find reasons they shouldn't date. Second story involves the school idol deciding to force a boy he's interested in into a relationship to avoid the overbearing attention of all his female fans and is full of wacky hijinks.

Kishi gets plastered after losing his best friend to marriage only to wake up to the cute young bartender, Nao taking care of him. Nao makes Kishi realize he was actually in love with his friend and offers "hug therapy," to make him feel better. But when this becomes a regular thing between them, Kishi starts to wonder if his "always alone" lifestyle is really enough. Cute characters, good progression, and nice character growth for an all around fun read. No trigger warnings.

(Ch 1-2) Yuuta fell in love with his brother’s friend Souichi years ago during their tutoring sessions, but he’s settled with being sex friends since Souichi’s already in love with Yuuta’s brother. But when Yuuta sees Souichi and his brother together, he can’t take it anymore and finally confronts him. A couple of cute idiots who make for a silly couple. Trigger warning: implied statutory rape. (Ch. 3-4) Yuuta’s long-suffering friend Saitou has been protecting him from shady guys for years, so when Yuuki first gets close to him, he’s sure it’s another weirdo after his friends. But Yuuki won’t be deterred and insists on being his friend, and maybe more. I’m glad to see a really good and protective friend who wasn’t secretly in love, and it’s great that he gets a happy ending. No trigger warnings. (Ch. 5-6) Chef Toyoguchi’s friend Ohshima is so perfect it’s depressing to be around him, but at least Toyoguchi has him beat at cooking! Until it turns out Ohshima can totally cook for himself, but he hid it to get closer to Toyoguchi. This couple didn’t really interest me, besides which Ohshima looks almost identical to the first seme. Still, no big problems with it. No trigger warnings.

Haruno is an ordinary college boy who's psyched to meet up with his online gaming friend, Mao, and hopefully start dating her. But the day of, Haruno ends up meeting up with the most popular guy on campus, Suzuki Mao instead. Turns out they both accidentally catfished each other, but now that they've met in person, hanging out isn't so bad and the two become friends. But when Haruno starts to want something more even though Suzuki seems to still be in love with his ex, he sees no choice but to push Suzuki out of his life. No trigger warnings

Arata maintains the perfect image of a popular college guy with a girlfriend all to hide that he's gay, but after kissing a "geek," Yamato for a punishment game, he can't get the guy out of his head and becomes a regular at the gay bar where Yamato works. They start sleeping together regularly, but how will Arata maintain his perfect image, and what are they, anyway? Pretty basic in the closet first love story. The characters didn't grip me, but I do like the art, especially the way the seme is drawn. Trigger warnings: noncon, threats of outing