sadslime's manga / #Trauma(36)

Masami works at a club where subs can get release, and he looks down on them for wanting to be stepped on and controlled. But when transfer student Yusei warns him that he needs to take medicine to suppress his own sub pheromones, Masami refuses to accept it, even when his body can't help but obey Yusei's commands. The story of a sub with trauma about his nature coming to terms with it. Trigger warning: dubcon.

Masami is an middle aged man with five boyfriends that he's cheating on. The one he spends the most time with is Tora, who takes care of him and watches his schedule with the other boyfriends, so Masami thinks they're both content with this lifestyle. But when he catches Tora crying one day, he realizes he only thought they were happy thanks to Tora's kindness, and it's time to make some big changes. Trigger warnings: cheating, suicide, violence.

Koutaro is a high school teacher with a marriage on the rocks as his wife works overseas. Koushi is his father-in-law, who Koutaro recently learned is gay and has a somewhat messy love life. Sayotani is Koutaro's gay student who was recently helped by Koushi and has fallen in love with him, despite the very large age gap. This is the story of these three men figuring out love and relationships. Honestly, the age gap is a lot, but I wouldn't mind it if Sayotani was just out of high school. Still a very interesting and unique story. Trigger warnings: violence, cheating, statutory rape(?).

Hayama is an office worker with a trauma about being touched. Haru is a gay university student who lives nearby and is always hungry. When Haru helps Hayama after a panic attack on the train, Hayama ends up cooking for him as thanks, and the two develop a friendship, but Hayama fears getting too close, and Haru isn't sure if his feelings are love or not. They were a cute and interesting couple, but I wish they'd worked more on gradually helping Hayama overcome his fears. Trigger warning: noncon with a minor.

Yuuhi can't see other people's faces since a traumatic incident from his childhood. But when the handsome Itsuki walks into the restaurant where he works, Yuuhi finds he can see another person for the first time. Meanwhile, Itsuki declares his love for Yuuhi on the spot. Yuuhi agrees to get to know Itsuki better out of curiosity, and the two become very close, but when something traumatic comes up from his past and even Itsuki's face starts to disappear, Yuuhi has to decide what to do if he doesn't want to lose the one face he treasures. Trigger warning: bullying.

Satoru loves his younger brother, Tooru, but Tooru has a stutter that has caused him to become a recluse. Even though Tooru sleeps with Satoru and seems to love him, when Satoru suggests they move out together, Tooru refuses. But when Satoru finds out it's because of their mother's abuse, he finally snaps. I'd say it's at interesting read, but upsetting and definitely not for everyone. Trigger warnings: incest, abuse, murder.

Haru has finally decided to start running the family bakery again after the loss of his grandfather when he first sees Seiji at the graveyard. Seiji has nowhere to go, so Haru invites him home as his grandfather often did for others, and Seiji ends up working as a part-timer at the bakery. But, although Seiji is popular and charming, he struggles to maintain relationships due to his traumatic childhood, and when he starts to get closer to Haru, Seiji can't help but run away, leaving Haru with the decision to chase after him or let him go. Interesting and well-developed characters. Trigger warnings: car accident.

Asagi works at a company for the mascot Docky while hiding his love of cute things, and Docky specifically, ever since a bad breakup with his boyfriend. Meanwhile, he gets along terribly with his coworker Iwamoto until Iwamoto comes to his house to help him while Asagi's sick and sees all his Docky merch but doesn't seem to mind it at all. After that, the two become closer and Iwamoto gives Asagi the courage to come out of his shell and publicly share his love of Docky, but Asagi is worried to get too close because he's gay and Iwamoto isn't. Cute and well paced relationship. No trigger warnings.

Chiaki is a poor student who's always being told off by his teacher, Mr. Chiba, to do his work. But one day while going back to the classroom after school to retrieve his phone, Chiaki sees Mr. Chiba going at it with another male teacher. Chiaki tries to blackmail Mr. Chiba only for it to backfire on him and get "paid off" with a blowjob. After that, Chiaki can't stay away from Mr. Chiba, but Mr. Chiba rejects the idea of relationships and love. I don't love the setup, but it's not the worst I've seen, and it's interesting. Trigger warnings: blackmail, noncon, statutory rape(?)

Ch.1-3 - Kazuki is the black sheep of his powerful family, so he set out to live on his own. Unfortunately, he was quickly found by his stepbrother Souya, who he has a past with, and Souya wants to live together and won't take no for an answer. Trigger warnings: incest themes (stepbrother), rape, child abuse, stalker, violence. Ch.4-5 -Kaneshiro Jou was dumped by his longtime boyfriend who was seeing another man when he died, but he didn't mind since he didn't have much to live for. Unfortunately for him, God decided he needed to learn the value of life and sent him back, except he's very young now, and the only person who seems to have noticed this change is his subordinate, Arakawa Takami, who's had a crush on Jou for a long time. Trigger warning: cheating.