sadslime's manga / #Yokai(21)

A boy fell in love with a priest who saved him as a child, so now that the priest has come back, he's ready to follow him anywhere. A really cute shounen ai with a decent adventure story as they seek out yokai.

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) A beta deliveryman stumbled upon an omega client in heat, leading to a relationship between them. Cute and short, it's a fun beta/omega romance. No trigger warnings. (Ch.4-6) A loan shark with a sixth sense and his partner who likes him but has a secret. This one is both a little gross and confusing. I would not read again. Trigger warnings: Dubcon, gangrape, hypnosis.

Ch.1 - Midori no Ude - the story of a boy saved by a kappa who loves him. Ch.2 - He Knows His Secret - a gay boy takes a picture of his kitsune(?) classmate and threatens him with it. Ch.3 - Rendezvous - a boy injured while diving is helped by a mermaid. My favorite of these and also the most tragic. Ch.4 - Okizare No Hanayome - an experiment gone wrong rapes the scientist left behind to kill him. Ch.5 - Okitemo Mezametemo - the story of a Chinese dream eating creature and the boy who found him. My second favorite on the list, cute. Ch.6 - Kowaku - man with fear of bugs sleeps with a bee yokai. The bug sex is really gross. Will not read again.

When Takeru goes to clean out his recently deceased grandfather's house, he gets a passionate greeting from a nine-tailed fox who was friends with his grandfather. It turns out that Takeru's grandfather promised the fox, Kazune, his heart before he died, and with Takeru's grandpa gone, the fox turns to getting energy from Takeru instead. But as their relationship progresses, Takeru begins to struggle with what his grandfather meant to Kazune while Kazune doubts they can really be together. I like the characters in this one, even the grandpa, though he doesn't get much screen time. Trigger warning: noncon.

Shin is a winged messenger meant to serve the gods of the surrounding mountains, but he's constantly getting into fights due to his small wings. The main god then assigns him to a minor god on the most distant mountain, Mountain #32, and Shin meets the kind fluffball he will serve, who he names Baku. He and Baku get closer as he learns that Baku can transform into a human and that he eats the polluting miasma that would taint or kill others, but Shin can't help but feel he's forgetting something, while Baku worries that he's not worthy to be Shin's god after all. Very cute, although I felt like the explanation for Shin's missing memories was a bit forced. Trigger warning: bullying.

Hachi is proud of his grandpa who worked at New World Zoo, a zoo for otherworldly creatures, and eager to follow in his footsteps, but when he gets there on his first day, his strict trainer Takuma tells him he's not cut out for it. He gets attacked by a mandrake, a mermaid, adopts an angel, and eventually comes to learn Takuma's background and the surprising connection between them. A lot of smut, some good actual story. I like Takuma as the seme a lot. Trigger warning: rape, noncon, mild incest themes.

Kazusa is a gifted exorcist, so one day he's targed by the tengu Nagi who demands Kazusa have sex with him to increase Nagi's spiritual power. Kazusa fights him off, but Nagi is persistent and keeps coming back. However, the more Kazusa learns about Nagi, a white crow rejected by his tribe, the more he feels a strange sense of kinship that leads him to want to open up to him. Cute and interesting. Trigger warnings: attempted rape, discrimination.

Kurama is a goblin who has spent hundreds of years protecting the mountain, and when a group of demons moves in and causes a mess, he goes to confront them only to fall for their leader, Hijiri, at first sight. The goblins turn out to be kind neighbors, but Kurama's heart is broken when he sees Hijiri having sex with one of his men. But when he finds out they're just friends with benefits, Kurama thinks he may have a chance, after all! Not as much depth to this story as I hoped, but it's still a fun, quick read. No trigger warnings.

Guy moves to a small town, dreams of being touched by crow demon, is engaged to crow demon’s successor.