sadslime's manga / #Restaurant(14)

Yukari is a campus cook who made a promise to fallen deity when he was a child. Now that deity, the black wolf Sasara, appears before Yukari and says their souls are linked and Yukari is his mate. Yukari is a little unsure of Sasara's feelings, and Sasara isn't traditionally his type, but he can't help but like this adorable god, and he ends up staying with him and getting involved as Sasara is roped into a rebellion against his brother, the white wolf. Trigger warning: discrimination.

Haebeom is just a sushi restaurant owner who happens to look like a gangster, but after one of his few regulars, Sang-Ah, steps in to help with a rowdy customer, the two get to know each other better and Sang-Ah invites Haebeom to his show at the aquarium where Haebeom learns that Sang-Ah is a mermaid (which this world just has). But after the show Haebeom finds what seems to be another worker forcing himself on Sang-Ah and chases him off, only to learn that Sang-Ah needs to take in human saliva once a day to transform his tail into legs. Haebeom offers to give Sang-Ah the daily kiss, and the two quickly get closer, but just when they finally go all the way, Sang-Ah pulls away without telling Haebeom why. I love Sang-Ah's visuals so much, they make the whole story for me. Trigger warnings: noncon, kidnapping.

Ichiro is a restaurant owner who can't help but be annoyed by the group of boisterous hosts who come in as customers late most nights, especially the leader of the group, Seiichi. But when Seiichi steps in to help Ichiro with his jerk ex boyfriend, the two start to become friends. Meanwhile, Seiichi's life as a host is about to change in a big way, and he starts to realize maybe he can find a new life beside Ichiro. Not the most compelling story, but a very cute couple with no red flags, so I liked that a lot. Trigger warnings: attempted rape, attempted forced prostitution

Ch.1-2 - The Condition of Monopilization - Miyama is gay and has a long-time crush on his straight coworker, Imoto. Imoto always takes good care of him, and he's the only one who knows that Miyama is gay, so one day when he asks Miyama's type and Miyama replies the opposite of himself, Imoto asks, "Isn't that me?" Leading the two of them to head to a hotel. But when Imoto starts to avoid him after, Miyama regrets that night that could cause the end of their friendship. No trigger warnings. Ch.3. - My Manual - Hikaru is a host who's recently been overshadowed by their part-timer turned host, Kenichi, and all Kenichi does is make fun of him. But Hikaru finds out Kenichi's not like that with anyone else. So what gives? Turns out Kenichi's had his eye on Hikaru for a long time. No trigger warnings. Ch.4 - The Love Which I Can't Hide - Chef Onodera has a crush on his happy-go-lucky neighbor, Sendou. After Sendou has a loud breakup on his birthday, Onodera gives him a bouquet that he was given for his own birthday. They get to talking, then they get to even more. No trigger warnings.