sadslime's manga / #Trauma(37)

Aiji is a government worker who spots the beautiful Akira getting groped on the train one day and helps him out. Then, when Akira notices Aiji has gotten hard, Akira takes him to a hotel and ends up "helping him out." After that, Aiji wants to start a relationship with Akira, but Akira is only interested in casual relationships due to his personality of putting on a facade to please whoever he's with. But when Aiji turns down a transfer because of Akira and Akira cuts him off completely, Aiji has to really break through Akira's walls or lose him forever. Not sure why this one is so low rated. It wasn't my favorite by any means, but I did really like Akira's pretty character design and the central conflict wasn't bad, it just ended up kind of being force fed to you by a brother character instead of having the characters get to it naturally. Trigger warning: noncon (train groper).

Takigawa Makoto sees a puppy crying by himself one day, so he takes him home, only for the puppy to turn into the werewolf child Ruka! Ruka explains he was kidnapped and separated from his father, and Makoto agrees to help young Ruka look for his father, but when the two are finally reunited, the father, Ookami Shirou, quickly makes himself at home. Not only does Shirou ask Makoto to continue looking after Ruka, he then puts the moves on Makoto as well. But even though Shirou insists that Makoto agrees to have sex with him every time the two do the deed, Makoto feels like he's not in control of himself, leading Makoto to face some hard truths about himself, and meanwhile, someone is still after Ruka. ️ Trigger warnings: kidnapping, dubcon (altered state of mind), Dissociative Identity Disorder(DID).

Fushimi is a teacher and an S-ranked dom who is still frustrated despite his hardcore plays recently. That's when he meets the new school nurse, Hoshina, who suggests he should try taking a sub role instead, infuriating Fushimi. But when he overhears Hoshina give a command to another sub, Fushimi finds his body instantly reacts. It turns out that Hoshina is a SSS-ranked dom whose commands work on anyone, and Fushimi is a rare mix of dom and sub who exhibits both traits. Hoshina finds this fascinating and keeps poking his nose into Fushimi's life, to Fushimi's annoyance, but when Hoshina backs off, Fushimi feels even worse and he doesn't know why. I think these two have interesting interactions, even if the story is a bit forced. A tax inspector with a fetish and a seedy customer who notices it and pushes him into a relationship. ️Trigger warning: noncon, blackmail.

Ch.1-2, 6.5 - 5 Seconds - Hayato has special eyes that have been passed down in his family. For him, this means that when he meets eyes with someone for five seconds he can copy their "sensuality," so he uses his friends to help him jerk off. The one person he won't use is his childhood friend, Tsukasa, who he's tried to avoid since he realized his ability, but Tsukasa is too sharp not to notice, and when Hayato accidentally copies some eyes he shouldn't have and goes into heat, only Tsukasa can help him. A kind of random and unexpected setup, but I liked the characters well enough. Trigger warning: dubcon(heat). Ch.3 - The Way to Nurture Love - Keiichirou is a normal working man who got dragged to a gay bar and told to pick his type, so he randomly pointed to a worker, but when they turned around he saw it was actually his long lost twin brother, Yuuichirou. Yuu seems to be living life as a woman now, and Kei isn't sure he approves, but he can't help but worry, so he invites Yuu to live with him. But the longer they live together, the more the feelings from their past that forced Yuu to leave seem to reemerge. I liked it, but it is an incest story, so don't read if that's not your thing. Note: I don't think Yuu identifies as a woman, so if you're looking for trans characters, he won't really fit the bill. Trigger warnings: incest, transphobia(?). Ch.4 - Too - An unnamed protagonist (Nameless-kun) lives an ordinary college life, except for the fact that he has a stalker following him every day, buying and wearing all the same clothes as him, and putting not-so-secret cameras in his apartment, which is especially weird since he's a nobody and his stalker, Kudou, is quite popular. Nameless-kun doesn't see it as causing any harm though, so he lets it go until one day Kudou seems to stop dressing like him, causing Nameless-kun to wonder if his affections have changed, and that's when he realizes just how much he's been watching Kudou in turn. I'm not really into stalker romances, but this one was fine for what it was. Trigger warning: stalking. Ch.5 - Itai no, Itai no - Rei spends every day at high school breaking up fights between his childhood friends, Takuma, and Shinobu, who are at each other's throats over everything but insist on spending time together because of Rei. But Rei knows that secretly, the two are in a physical relationship fueled by their shared masochism. Rei has trauma to do with pain that has caused him to develop a masochistic streak too, so he wants in on this. Not my thing. Trigger warnings: masochism, suicide, voyuerism, violence, violent sex. Ch.6 - Mushuusei no Ohisama - Aki and Asahi were friends in high school when Asahi said he'd become the best actor ever and Aki promised to be the one to shoot it on film. Now, years later, Asahi seems to have given up on his dream and only works in the porn industry, but Aki is still determined to capture the best of him. But when they fight, Aki decides to rape Asahi on camera to show him all the faces he hasn't seen yet. Or something. I wasn't really paying attention because I don't like rape stories. Trigger warnings: sex work, rape.

Hijiri is an alpha with a trauma about male omegas since he lost himself to a male omega's heat when he was young and raped the stranger. His friend tricks him into going to a male omega brothel where he meets the buff male omega Ryuji who treats him gently and helps him overcome his past trauma. But as they get closer, Hijiri falls for Ryuji without knowing how much of this is a job to him, and meanwhile, Ryuji feels conflicted about continuing this without telling Hijiri the full truth he needs to know. Trigger warning: rape.

Yuki Nishino had his heart shattered by his best friend, Naoya Date, in high school, so when he sees Date wander into a gay bar, Yuki thinks this is his chance for revenge, though it doesn't quite go how he hoped. Date doesn't recognize Yuki at first, but when he does he's shocked by the huge change in his once innocent friend and he can't remember when Yuki says it was his fault. Kind of a cliche story with some dumb messages (don't let stalkers go free because they genuinely love you), but it's fine to read for the smut. Trigger warnings: stalking, homophobia.

Hana is an omega who doesn't go into heat and lives a normal life working as a barista at Starnyaks while obsessing over his favorite customer, the famous flower arranger Renjaku. But when Hana unexpectedly goes into heat, Renjaku ends up sleeping with him, despite saying Hana "stinks," and he would never pair with an omega. But this one night is the start of a connection, and Hana is getting to see Renjaku more and more, until his younger brother suddenly arrives and announces that Hana belongs to him, forcing both Hana and Renjaku to face their past traumas. Renjaku is a bit of an asshole and the brother is creepy and gross, but I actually like this one a lot. I think Hana is very cute and the main couple's relationship has really interesting growth. ️Trigger warnings: incest themes, voyuerism (involving a minor).