sadslime's manga / #Pet(7)

(Ch.1-3, 5.5) Part-time Pets - In a world where animal-human hybrids serve as "pets" to humans, the Kemomimi Corporation rents out pets to those in need. The first is the story of a failing business that rents a bunny who can do anything to help turn things around. The second is the story of an author who lost his cat so he rents a former wildcat to help inspire his work. And the last is the story of a sickly young boy who always wanted a dog but instead gets a highly capable and stern dog-tutor but he comes to like him anyway. My favorite is the bunny ("I specialize in hopping," is the best line of all time). Trigger warning: power imbalance. (Ch.4-5) Koimiko: Love Shrine - Enishi is the koimiko of his family shrine who has inherited the power to create true love for anyone who sleeps with him. Unfortunately for his family, he has no interest in love or sleeping with strangers, at least, until he falls for his teacher Suzumori and realizes how heart-wrenching love can be. But Suzumori can't return Enishi's feelings because of a relationship he had with a former student five years ago, before the student's parents found out and things ended. Enishi offers to sleep with Suzumori to help his love come true, but little did he know that Suzumori's love is already dead, so helping him find love will mean going straight to the afterlife! Not really my cup of tea with this one. Trigger warning: statutory rape.

Chihana is a college student with two pets: Neko and Inu (cat and dog). Neko belonged to Chihana's grandmother before her death, and Chihana was the one to save him from his loneliness, so Neko loves Chihana. Meanwhile, Inu is in love with Neko, but Neko ignores his affection. But when Chihana's childhood friend suddenly returns and Chihana is very obviously in love, how will his kitty handle the feeling of loss? Very cute, no trigger warnings

Haku is a beastman who grew up in the management zone for mutts, but when his father died and he got chased by kidnappers, he wound up in the world of humans and their high-pedigree pets where he was picked up by wealthy businessman, Eiichi. Eiichi saves Haku from drowning and makes the innocent and childlike Haku his pet, helping him deal with his heats and showing him the world. But when a woman who wants to marry Eiichi enters the picture, she threatens both of them and puts a wedge in their newly forming relationship. This is a really interesting world and I love the artwork, but there's no denying that it feels weird to have Eiichi sleeping with the very childlike Haku. Not for everyone, but if you can get past that it's good. Trigger warnings: attempted kidnapping, attempted suicide, feels like statutory rape.

Ch.1-3 - Hayato is a student with a communication disorder who runs into a shady dealer of humanoid pets called "novalis" mistreating one of his wares. Hayato can't help but take the reject novalis made up of DNA from several different animals, and that's how he ends up taking care of Kuro. Although Hayato is anxious, he quickly finds that taking care of little Kuro gives meaning to his life, but when Kuro has a sudden growth spurt caused by his desire to be closer to Hayato, Hayato no longer knows how to treat him, and a novalis doctor steps, telling Hayato that if he can't accept Kuro now, he needs to let him go. An interesting setup that was a good read, but felt a bit rushed. No trigger warnings, but the mental age gap between Kuro and Hayato is bit awkward. Ch.4-5 - A spin-off about the doctor who treated Kuro that shows how he met his assistant Aki, a novalis who he picked up one rainy night who had a dark past in which he was used as a sex slave by his former master, and still ran away out of fear of hurting that person due to his genetic makeup. Another interesting story that added some depth to this world, but it really felt like this setting deserved more time to be fully fleshed out. Trigger warning: sex slave.

Haru is a stray cat who got picked up by a pretty lady and imagined a life with her all to himself, so he was disillusioned to find she already had a big fluffy cat named Rui. Haru is testy with Rui, but Rui is very patient and sweet to him and gradually the little kitty realizes he's come to like Rui more than he thought. Cute little manga about anthropomorphized cats. For some reason the chapters are in very short chunks, so that's a little annoying. No trigger warnings.

The story of the beloved pet human of the god Uranus when Uranus has to leave to visit Gaia for a few days, so he leaves his human with Erebus. Erebus gets sick of the human "misbehaving" and decides to train him through sexual acts. I really wish it had just been a sweet story about how much Uranus loved his pet human, but instead I got sexual torture. Not for me. Trigger warnings: noncon, BDSM.

Chika is an ordinary woman who lived a life of constant abuse by her parents until she nearly died and was transported to the world of heteromorphic heads! (Meaning heads all have different shapes.) She was found by professionals trained to take care of such displaced humans and ended up living with Raz, a man with the head of a daft punk member if their head was all black and they had a venom smile for a mouth. Even though humans are treated as "pets" in this world, the scary-looking Raz has fallen head over heels for his Chika and she loves him too, though she can't express it as trauma has left her unable to speak. With the help of Raz and his friends, Chika slowly begins to heal from her trauma and bridge the gap between her and Raz so they can truly be in love. A very bizarre setup, but it's fun world building. The story does feel a bit rushed though. Trigger warnings: abuse, attempted suicide, violence.