sadslime's manga / #Special abilities(14)

Higaki Tatsumi is sitting on the beach when he's approached by stranger Kimijima Kazushi. The two hit it off and end up drinking at the inn, only for Tatsumi to drunkenly reveal that his voice can manipulate others, making it difficult for him to get close to others. What follows is a very well-crafted journey through the pasts of Tatsumi and Kazushi as the author weaves the story of how the two wound up in that spot that day. Very well done story. Trigger warnings: domestic violence, lying/manipulation.

Yuito and Kazuomi are childhood friends from high school, but when Yuito's family loses everything and he's about to drop out of college, Kazuomi appears and says he bought the family's debt, and Yuito can work it off with him. That's when he learns that all the odd things about Kazuomi he had noticed before were actually caused by his family's intense pheromone powers that draw people to them, and as a result, he has to have sex multiple times a day to keep them under control, but his pheromones don't affect Yuito, allowing him to work alongside him. But when Kazuomi's pheromones affect Yuito for the first time, rather than quitting, he asks to be assinged as Kazuomi's personal "reliever," to have sex with him multiple times a day. But even as their bodies are closer than ever, Kazuomi can see the happy relationship they once had as friends slipping further and further away. I think the pheromone powers are weird and Kazuomi is not a great character, but the smut is decent. Trigger warnings: manipulation(pheromone powers), rape.

Haruto is just an ordinary high schooler and a bit of a busybody, so when he saw Naru looking sick and getting hounded by girls at a train station, so he decided to step in and help, not knowing Naru was also an idol. Weirdly, after interacting with Naru again, Haruto also starts to hear Naru's thoughts, and now that he's aware Naru is an idol, he finds it a little hard to believe that Naru thinks he's cute! Trigger warnings: bullying, false accusation.

Eun Oh has the ability to see people's guardian spirits, but his ability has only isolated him from others. But when new student Jae Hwi sits next to Eun Oh, he realizes that being near Eun Oh makes his headaches go away, so despite the warnings of others, he wants nothing more to get close to Eun Oh. Meanwhile, their guardian spirits, Hong and Jae Seok, are also falling in love. This story had a lot of potential and I liked all the characters, but I feel like it needed more chapters to make everything really make sense. Trigger warning: bullying