sadslime's manga / #Josei(69)

Nadeshiko gets cheated on so she buys a house in the countryside which happens to be managed by younger man, Mao. Though a bit flippant, he also happens to be perfect at taking care of her and quickly wins her heart. Short and sweet if not all that believable. No smut, despite what the tags say, just a scene in underwear.

In a modern world with several old families descended from animal spirits and monsters, ogres are known for being especially romantic as they fall in love only once with their "blossom of fate." Hana is busy working at her adoptive parents' restaurant and assumes rumors of the young ogre lord searching for his blossom have nothing to do with her, until she meets the ogre Mitsuki and feels the spark for herself. This story is all over the place. It's as if every chapter they introduce a new conflict only to either resolve it or forget about it by the end of the chapter, and yet it also feels like nothing really happens, perhaps because it doesn't build up enough. It wasn't compelling, but the boyfriend was good about consent, so there's that. If you want to read it for the smut, go ahead. No trigger warnings.

Sumire is an omega in a very sexist world, and when she gets her heat at her new job she thinks it's all over, until her boss Tachibana swoops in and gets her off to stop her heat. But it turns out this is just the beginning of their problems because they're fated pairs so she goes into heat EVERY time he's in the vicinity, which is sure to cause problems. It's more smut than story and nothing standout. Trigger warnings: sexual harassment, dubcon (typical omegaverse heat stuff)

Fuuka's never had a boyfriend but after one bad experience, she gets drunk and spends the night at the bartender Rintarou's house. He's ten years younger, but she decides to shoot her shot by joining his grandma's pottery class. It's a decent story, and I'm not sure why it's not more highly rated, except maybe that it's aimed at adults but has no smut. I liked how her anxiety and hesitation in the relationship was depicted so accurately, and Rintarou kept me guessing along with her. My only complaint was that it fell into a common Shoujo trap where after everthing goes wrong, everyone has to tell off the FL so she can suddenly change and try harder, which I think is dumb and played. At least Rintarou got told off too. 4/5 decent romance, no trigger warnings

Ch.1-5 - An omega girl gets raped by an alpha as a young girl and thinks she's in love (as does the story, but I think that's BS). As an older woman and oiran (Japanese prostitute), she finally meets him again. Trigger warnings: rape, sex trafficking. Ch.6-9 - A tough girl omega and wimpy boy alpha are childhood friends who separate after her first heat and are finally reunited as adults. No trigger warnings. Ch.10-11 - In an animal omegaverse world, alphas are expected to have many wives so they can bear a lot of children, and a goat beta girl can't admit she loves her cat alpha childhood friend because she wants him all to herself. No trigger warnings, except secondhand embarrassment.

Momota becomes the secretary of the sadistic company president, Igarashi, and she's ready for whatever he has to throw at her! Until he gets a letter attempting to blackmail him for his masochist fetish. When she steps up to protect her boss, he realizes she's his perfect queen, but she's not so sure she's ready for that. The female lead is really strong and interesting and makes this worth reading, but if you're here for the kinky SM stuff, it doesn't really deliver. Still, very cute. Trigger warnings: blackmail, S&M, bondage, sexual harassment.