sadslime's manga / #Mermaid(5)

When Ayase almost drowned at sea, the merman Kagetsu saw him and fell in love at first sight, so he decided to come ashore as a rich businessman and get involved with Ayase's company. Ayase wants nothing to do with this strange world of mermen, but his body demands otherwise, and soon they find themselves living together and getting into all sorts of trouble. Not actually finished (and unlikely to update anytime soon). Trigger warning: dubcon(heat).

Ch.1-2 - The Pure Merman - The merman Sango has it rough working as a human to help provide for his siblings, especially since mermaids can never lie, or they'll turn into foam. After being demoted again, Sango ends up working for the president Minami, who quickly learns that Sango is a mermaid and can't lie and becomes enamored of his honest way of life. Cute and comedic. Trigger warning: cheating. Ch.3 - Hercules? Hercules! - Hercules is a Hercules beetle who just wants to comfort and help Keita, the human who cares for him and his other bugs so well that it keeps interfering with his relationship. The bug god gives Hercules the chance, transforming him into a human and tasking him with teaching Keita how to be considerate of others. Should he succeed, he can stay a human with Keita, but if he fails, it's back to bug life for him. An odd premise, but Hercules is very cute and sweet. No trigger warnings. Ch.4-5 - The White Snake and the Prince - The white snake Shiro has been kicked out of the forest by other animals who don't like his strange coloring. He's sad, but that's when he runs into Ohji, a human who tells him he was searching for the beautiful white snake to keep him from being captured by humans who want to put him in a shrine. But Shiro is so happy to have found his "prince," he takes human form and offers to be the god of the shrine! Also very cute. Trigger warning: kidnapping. Ch.6 - Busted! The Ombudsman Club - Hazuki, the sudent council president, is trying to disband the ombudsman club, which is really a ghost fighting club led by his childhood friend Mei. Hazuki says it's because they just mess around and no one knows what they do, but really, he's worried Mei is putting himself in harm's way fighting ghosts. But when Hazuki follows to see what the club does, he ends up getting in harm's way, himself. Trigger warning: mention of murder, mention of suicide. Ch.7 -Shall We Study? - Nozomi has been accepted to a prestigious cram school, so he goes to check it out. But while being guided by Kurogawa, he finds every classroom to be some kind of boy love fantasy between the teachers and students and gets totally freaked out. He finally says he'd only stay if Kurogawa could be his teacher, but to his surprise, Kurogawa says that could be arranged. This one is weird and felt like it was missing some supernatural element that never got explained. Trigger warning: power dynamic (teacher/student), noncon. Ch.8 - Found Love With You - Shino is a student who just can't remember things he doesn't care about and Yamato is his best friend. The only problem is, Shino is feeling awkward ever since he kissed Yamato and told him he forgot about it the next day, while Yamato seems to suddenly hate him! No trigger warnings.

Ami has always been in love with her aloof childhood friend, Mioto(Mimi), and though she's not secretive about it, things have stayed fairly platonic between them. But when she becomes an adult, she learns that due to her familial ties to a mermaid, she's cursed so that she has to hear the one she loves say that he loves her once a week or she will die. After that she and Mimi move in together and he fulfills the requirement as they grow closer, but even though they're living a happy couple's life, Mimi still can't bring himself to totally accept her love since he feels like she could do better. Honestly, very little conflict, mostly just two idiots in love. No trigger warnings.

Yuugure Rio is a vampire in a world where yokai living among humans is pretty normal, but some species are still discriminated against, so he tends to be a loner at school. The only one who talks to him is popular Nagahama Kairi, but Rio just finds this annoying. When Kairi ends up ruining Rio's chances with a girl, he gets so mad he decides to make Kairi his servant with a blood oath, but his attempt ends up rebounding on him as it turns out Kairi is a mermaid. Now Rio is Kairi's servant, and Kairi seems to be enjoying it, but he's also a lot nicer than Rio had expected. Just when he thinks they've really become friends, an old friend from Kairi's past returns, driving a wedge between them and creating new dangers. Honestly the story was pretty cliche, but I liked the characters. Trigger warning: kidnapping.

The mysterious tattoo artist Umi lives alone with two fish spirits for company after being ostracized since birth for having a huge scale birthmark caused by a mermaid's curse. One day, he bumps into phony exorcist Mikagi in town, and the two end up hitting it off and sharing about their traumas. But the real exorcist in town now has his eye on Umi due to his mermaid mark, and his intentions are far from good. I love everything about this story. Umi is adorable, Mikagi is a green flag, the fish are so cute and funny (and scary), and even the other humans who are treated as monsters have such good character designs. This is a good one. Trigger warnings: abuse, kidnapping, human trafficking.