sadslime's manga / #School Life(131)

Shousuke always comforts his university friend Tomoki after his breakups, but this time Shousuke kissed him. Surprisingly, it went well and Tomoki wants to date him, but now Shousuke has cold feet. This one depicts the uncertainty and anxiety of starting a new relationship well, but the characters didn’t stand out to me. No trigger warnings.

Ren's a high school student in love with his best friend, but after waking up with his sister's boyfriend mistakenly entering his bed, he finds himself interacting more with Kazuya, who offers to "help him out" by touching him. As their relationship progresses, Kazuya moves from playing with Ren to feeling guilty for what he's done to him as he realizes he's causing Ren to relive his own trauma. This story is interesting, and I enjoyed it, but at the end of the day, there's no defending Kazuya as a male lead. Trigger warnings: noncon, cheating, rape, statutory rape.

High school student Akira likes to cruise at a gay bar to find nightly parters, and he ends up getting propositioned by a businessman, Goto, who offers to pay any price. Akira’s interested, and the two meet several times. But Goto chose Akira in the first place because of his resemblance to Goto's high school crush, and as they grow closer, this and the repeated payments whenever they meet start to make Akira increasingly uncomfortable causing him to rethink their future. Both the main characters are really cute, and I love their interactions. Trigger warnings: sex work, statutory rape.

A selection of ghost stories, the first three chapters about a cat ghost and the last two about a cherry tree spirit. They’re a little strange, but honestly, the cat ghost made me cry, so don’t knock it.

Satori is a barista with a crush on his regular customer Hosho who seems to have a different girl every day. But when he finally gets a chance to be closer to Hosho, Satori learns that Hosho eats people's feelings through kissing and that the one he kissed will forget everything about him. Hosho doesn't mind because he doesn't trust love anyway, but Satori absolutely doesn't want to forget his love. No trigger warnings.

Shiro is an exorcist and Tsubaki is a half-incubus, but they’re in love! But with Shiro’s family, Tsubaki’s incubus guardian, and even Shiro’s guilt all threatening to pull them apart, will their pure love for each other be enough? I really like the character of the incubus uncle, his struggles and emotions felt real to me.

Sagawa Taiichi is a good-natured but impetuous college student who falls (literally) into the life of Sugihara Kouhei, a law student with a bad reputation due to his hearing disability. They agree to trade note-taking for lunches, and soon they become closer and Taichi gets Kouhei to laugh again, gradually opening him back up. But as they continue through school, jobs, and relationships, it can feel like everything is pulling them apart. A longer but very well written story about a pure love between two boys who seem to complete each other. I think the author went to a lot of effort to develop strong characters and to depict hearing impairment and deafness from multiple perspectives, and it shows. Trigger warning: discrimination.

Haruhi has always compared himself to his bright, twin brother Katsuki, leaving him with poor self-esteem, so in university he starts frequenting the gay district and engaging in risky sex under his brother's name out of a desire to defile them both. But when a new friend and businessman, Masahiro, finds Haruhi roughed up after a bad fling, he gently patches him up and gives him a place to stay. Masahiro's kindness makes Haruhi question what he's been doing and begin to heal from his years of self-hatred. Trigger warnings: sex work, violent sex.

Ch.1 - Somehow Happy Days of Me Who Reincarnated in Another World - Fineric reincarnated as the standoffish Leovigil's wife, but he doesn't mind because in this world men can give birth, and he has an adorable child to keep him company. But when Leovigil notices how Fineric has changed, his interest in his wife is renewed. Trigger warnings: technically statutory rape, though not in their world. Ch.2 - My Mediocre Life Reincarnated as a Capable Character in an Otome Game - Johann reincarnated as a gifted magician and Prince Frederick's fiance living a happy life, but when the heroine showed up, he realized he had reincarnated into an Otome game. Still, things were different enough that he didn't mind and ended up becoming the heroine's tutor, but how does Frederick feel about them getting so close? No trigger warnings. Ch.3 - The Result of Fudanshi Reincarnated as the Leader of Protection Squad in BL Manga - Yuuki was a fudanshi who reincarnated into his favorite BL and was super hyped to see all the scenes up close by joining the ML, Naoya's, protection squad, but he found out the squad was out of control. He took things in hand to make sure his BL dreams could come true, but in the process, he may have attracted too much attention from Naoya. Trigger warning: dubcon. Ch.4 - Villain and Miko the Whip of Love - Haine is engaged to the prince who fell in love with Miko, a savior summoned from another world, but really Haine was reincarnated and wants nothing to do with the prince, so he decides to play his role as the villain well so he and the prince can break up happily. But when he takes a whip to Miko to really drive the bullying home, it pushes some buttons he didn't realize Miko had. Trigger warning: dubcon, S&M. Ch.5 - My Foster Child Became a Hero and When I Went to the Celebration I was Imprisoned - Kanan always felt terrible for his favorite side character, Michele, so when he reincarnated into Michele's world as a powerful wizard, he made it his mission to raise Michele to live a happy life. After raising Michele right and setting him on the path to save the world, it seems everything is wrapped up nicely when Michele is offered the princess's hand in marriage as a reward, until Michele refuses saying he has another he loves! Trigger warning: incest themes. Vol.2 Ch.1 - My Only Murasaki...Eh? I'm on that Side? - Hurier lost out on love in his previous life, so in this life he decides his best bet is to adopt a kid and raise them so they won't mind how average he is. But when he goes to the orphanage and sees Altheo, his plans fly out the window as all he wants is what's best for this child. But on the day Altheo comes of age, it turns out maybe the plan worked after all. Trigger warnings: child grooming, incest themes.