sadslime's manga / #Player ML(4)

Ch.1-3, 7 - Kouhei is a serious and work-obsessed businessman, and his coworkers are sick of it, so they play a prank by taking him to an S&M club having him get tied up. But when the bartender, Hijiri, ties him up, Kouhei feels something ignite inside him, and soon sex with Hijiri is his new obsession, no matter how much he wants it to stop. But as Kouhei grapples with guilt and shame over paying for kinky sex, Hijiri wants something else out of this relationship, entirely. Interesting dynamic, from their personalities to the way their kinks play into it. Trigger warnings: bullying, S&M, bondage, sex work. Ch.4-6 - Yuji is known for his cool and expressionless persona as an actor, but really he's just very shy, and when he gets his photos taken by an older guy who's exactly his type, he can barely keep it together. For the first time, he wants to pursue love instead of letting it go. The uke is really cute although I don't care for the seme. No trigger warnings.

Kaito is a college student with a free and loud sex life that irritates his neighbor, Ryo. But one day, Kaito overhears Ryo on the balcony having phone sex and finds Ryo's voice so sexy he can't help but jerk off. This causes Ryo to basically assault him, after which the two start an ambiguous physical relationship once Kaito can't get Ryo out of his head. Kaito eventually realizes that Ryo is actually the voice on the other end of a kid's help hotline he used to call in middle school and was his first love, before he suddenly quit and broke Kaito's heart. Now that Kaito has realized his feelings for Ryo, but he's scared of what will happen if he reveals everything, but he's desperate not to lose Ryo a second time. After the first sex scene, which is rape (Ryo's stupid denial notwithstanding. "You do realize this is consensual," my ass), the story is actually pretty cute and interesting. Trigger warnings: rape, noncon, sex work, child neglect.

Ryo is a bartender who wards off unwanted advances by saying he's "dried up," and can't get it up. His friend from university, Umezaki, is a total player who comes to the bar to show off his new conquest every night, until one day he frantically comes to Ryo saying he can't get it up! Ryo is wary of getting involved with Umezaki again after they had a bad breakup in university, but he just can't say no... A stupid misunderstanding, but otherwise pretty good plot and interesting characters. No trigger warnings.

Gilbert is a young master who's been confined to his manor under the watchful eye of his butler and childhood friend, Noah, but Noah won't give Gilbert any alone time, even when he wants to get off. Gilbert tries to scare Noah off by suggesting Noah be his partner, only for him to remember how cute Noah actually is. I wish Noah's character felt more cohesive, and less like two separate people, but still a cute, short read. No trigger warnings