sadslime's manga / #Shrine(3)

High schooler Midori is forced to spend his summer in the countryside and ends up freeing a tengu, Karasu, who had been sealed in a tengu mask. Because Karasu's nose (and it's spiritual power) broke off inside Midori while he was using the mask to pleasure himself, the only way to return it is sex, which begins their strange relationship. This is very much a comedy and gets weird if you think about it too long, but it's still fun as a casual read. Trigger warning: stalking.

(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.

Sei is a sheltered child who is treated as a living god due to his inherited ability to turn into a white snake, but he's tired of being stuck in his house and sneaks out as a snake where he's picked up by snake-lover Murasaki. Once Murasaki finds out Sei is a snake he wants to study and learn more about him, while Sei desperately wants a friend, so Murasaki helps Sei get permission to go outside from his overbearing family and has him spend the night and accompany him to college. But when another student starts to get close to Sei as well, both of them reevaluate their relationship as friends. Sei is very cute and sweet, and I like how much his family loves him. No trigger warnings.