sadslime's manga / #Office love(68)

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.

New coworker turns out to be very cute.

Ch.1,6 - I Became a Captive to Your Charm! - Kanta has made a big mistake. After being secretly in love with his friend Ryou for years, one drunken night he let instinct take over and hid Ryou's clothes to keep him captive in his house. Ryou is pissed for a moment, but then he declares he just lost his job anyway, and Kanta needs to make this up to him, so he starts giving orders. The two settle into a routine living together, but Kanta can't handle the growing temptation. Trigger warning: forced confinement. Ch.2 - Devilish Friend - Takahiro and Naoto are friends in college known for their PDA, but when Takahiro mentions getting a girlfriend, Naoto tells him he won't be prepared in bed and lends him his porn collection to study up. To Takahiro's surprise, it includes gay porn, and realizing his friend is probably bi awakens new feelings in him. No trigger warnings. Ch.3 - If You Fall in Love, You Lose! - Sakuragi is a handsome and competent guy at the office, and yet Ookagi always seems to have him beat. Still, when they're put on a project together, he starts to notice how hard Ookagi works, and he really wants to prove himself, but when he lets the ball drop with his own subordinates due to that project, it's Ookagi who helps him out. But for some reason, what he wants in return is a kiss! No trigger warnings. Ch.4-5 - Crazy in Love - Takeru is a popular student getting accosted by some rando who thinks he stole his girlfriend when the school wild man Kotarou swoops in and suddenly announces he wants to make babies with Takeru. Takeru is perplexed but finds himself increasingly interested in Kotarou's kindness. No trigger warnings.

Utsuse is a regular office worker who admires his amazing boss Togawa, so he's excited for their first assignment together, but when Togawa pushes him out of the way of some strange projectile then comes into work the next day asking people to line up for sex with him, Utsuse ends up feeling responsible for this sudden change. They find out Togawa has been possessed by an incubus who will die if he doesn't get some sexual pleasure, so Utsuse volunteers himself to keep his boss alive and out of trouble. But after the two begin to get physical, their feelings start to make things harder for both of them. These two are pretty cute, and it's a fun enough setup, if a bit cliche. Trigger warning: drug(aphrodisiac), somnophila.

Two stories of boring guys and their hot boyfriends and one story about a cat ear world slightly connected with our world. Trigger warning: bullying.

Katou works up the courage to confess to his older colleague Serizawa at work one day, and Serizawa swiftly tells him that's disgusting, but after a moment he takes it back and the two begin to date. This starts the relationship between the shy but deeply in love Katou and the mature and cool but slightly sadistic Serizawa who loves to tease his younger boyfriend. A cute slice of life. No trigger warnings.

Kaoru has terrible luck with men, but when he meets his boss's younger brother Shinobu, he's sure he's met the one. Meanwhile, Shinobu is a ninja enthusiast in Japan to work at an amusement park themed after his favorite ninja anime, but he loses his job for saving a kid somewhat dangerously and ends up working at his sister's security agency as a bodyguard instead. Kaoru is a bit strange in how he shows his affection, but as they spend more time together, it starts to grow on Shinobu, and when Kaoru winds up in trouble, Shinobu is determined to find out what he's hiding and save him. Cute story. Trigger warnings: stalking, attempted suicide, extortion.

Tatsuyuki is a die-hard fan of a talk radio show and an even harder fan of his favorite writer into the show, Juliana Saitama. Unfortunately, he listens to it so late that he gets in trouble at work. But what will happen when he offers his small virginity to Saitama on air, only to find out Saitama is actually his demon boss, Mr. Kanii?? Despite the boss x subordinate thing, I think they actually have a pretty normal and healthy relationship. Trigger warnings: sexual harassment, dubcon.

Maiko is a 30-year-old office worker who feels that she's lost her chance to ever lose her virginity by this point in life. As Maiko tries to work up the courage to lose her virginity, whether with her high school boyfriend (who she doesn't realize is married), a random man she met at a pottery class (who turns out to be an asshole) or the printer maintenance man (with whom she shares an interest with in an arcade fighting game), we also get to learn about her coworkers, one of whom is balancing life with a new baby, one of whom recently broke up with his girlfriend over the realization he's asexual, and one (Maiko's boss) has just realized she may have put so much effort into work that she's pushed her love away. This is an interesting slice of life story that shows many relationships going on in this office while focusing on Maiko without falling back on a lot of the tired tropes you see in office romance manga. Trigger warnings: cheating, attempted rape.