sadslime's manga / #Musician(6)

Subaru is a rock star who attracts masochists, so he plays the sadist in bed, but really, he wants to know what it's like to feel the pain. One day his band mates bring him to a bar, and Subaru catches the bartender, Ryunosuke's, attention. Ryunosuke can see right through to what Subaru really wants, and they have amazing compatability, but their relationship is a bit ambiguous, and Subaru isn't sure he's ready to fully accept his masochist self. Their relationship is fine, but I did really like the confession scene at the end. Trigger warning: choking, S&M.

(Ch.1) To Capture a Giocatore - The manager makes a bet with the star soccer player so that he can have his way with him. Trigger warnings: coercion, rape. (Ch.2) Young guys, Get Going! - Best friends for years like to jerk off together, but one of them is secretly in love. Trigger warning: Threesome. (Ch.3) Brother Complex - Yukio has always looked up to older friend Toshihiro as his "nii-chan," but when he finds pictures on Toshihiro's computer of him working at an S&M club, it changes how he sees his nii-chan forever. I honestly hated this one, would not read again. Trigger warnings: coercion, rape, S&M. (Ch.4) Last Minute ☆ Count 2.9! - Kenji met a shy man, Shouki at a gay bar and they started going out, but Shouki refuses to tell him why he's always bruised up. Turns out, he's a wrestler, so get ready for some weird werstle-sex! Trigger warning: violence. (Ch.5) Lustful Music - When Kingo heard Ryouji sing for the first time, it was love at first sight, and he gave up everything to leave his band and live with Ryouji to make music together. But when he realizes that his presence may actually be holding Ryouji back from making it big, what will he do? This was the only one in this anthology I actually liked. No trigger warnings. (Ch.6) Yatsuromachi Cucumber Tenno Festival - Young man goes back to his hometown to play the flute for the local festival and reconnects with the man who taught him the flute, in the first place. But is it just a summer romance, or something more? No trigger warnings. (Ch.7) Weak Point Honey - A guy with a pain fetish gets a new friend. Trigger warnings: bondage, noncon.

Haiga Yuuki is a university student who just joined the music club where he first saw Kanae Ryou, an extremely charasmatic headliner for the biggest band on campus, the Cigars. Haiga wants to get closer to Kanae, but rarely sees him on campus. But when he's given money by friends in the club jokingly for the purpose of going to a gay sex shop, Haiga decides to go through with it to explore his own sexuality, and runs into Kanae working at the shop he chose by chance. He ends up frequenting the shop so he can see Kanae and spending all his time earning money to fund it, while Kanae says Haiga's not his type. But when they go to a camp for their club, the two finally get the chance to get closer and decide what they feel for each other. I like Kanae's character design, and the relationship is well-done. Trigger warning: sex work.

During high school graduation, the handsome and popular Takahashi Ryohei is surprised by a sudden confession by the shy Ishiguro Yuuma, but Yuuma doesn't want to go out, he just begs Ryohei to sleep with him once. Ryohei goes through with it out of curiosity, but he likes it enough to suggest they meet again. And again. But as Ryohei gets more involved with this relationship, Yuuma has a hard time believing what feels too good to be true. I like the emotional growth, though the translation can be a bit off at time. No trigger warnings.

After Ishiguro Yuuma confessed to Takahashi Ryohei at their high school graduation and the two became sex friends, they finally got together and are now an official couple. but as Yuuma gets more involved in college and makes new friends and Ryohei's band finally starts to take off, they have to navigate their changing relationship. A nice sequel that fleshes out the relationship between these characters. No trigger warnings.

Taeyoung has a crush on his roomate and sunbae, Junghoon, and he's terrified he'll get caught jerking off to the thought of Junghoon at night. When the two get drunk, Junghoon offers to help him get off and Taeyoung thinks maybe he has a chance, only to get his hopes dashed when he overhears Junghoon saying he already likes someone the next day. But what are Junghoon's thoughts about all this? Short and sweet smut with full color. Trigger warning: secondhand embarrassment (caught masturbating).