sadslime's manga / #animal characteristics(102)

Yuto is a social worker for beastmen and Lyco is an abused beastman child with no guardian, so Yuto is convinced to take him. He quickly comes to love Lyco as his son and does his best to bring him up, but when Lyco grows up, he decides he never wants to leave Yuto, so he'd rather get married. Trigger warnings: abuse, incest themes (guardian)

One day, a deer beastman chatted with a human who had fallen into a hole and helped give him some food. Years later, that deer is caught and choked by a village chief, Ryan, causing him to lose his voice, though he's pretty sure Ryan or his brother are the one he spoke to in the hole years ago. The deer is nicknamed Shia by the village children, who play with him, but Ryan insists they are only keeping Shia to use him for his hair and antlers. Though Shia initially resents Ryan, his kindheartedness causes him to help Ryan multiple times, breaking down Ryan's walls, until Shia is kidnapped and it's up to Ryan to get him back. Although Ryan is a huge jerk, I like Shia a lot. Trigger warnings: violence, kidnapping, human(beastman) trafficking.

Yuki is an ordinary bartender who often gets into fights with his favorite customer, Godai, a playboy flirt who also happens to hunt down beastmen for his job. But Yuki has two secrets: one, he's been in love with Godai ever since Godai picked him up off the street, and two, Yuki is a half beastman, the very thing Godai lives to kill. When Godai moves into Yuki's place and starts to get handsy, Yuki isn't sure how he'll keep either secret under wraps. Then the day comes when Yuki finally meets Godai's boss, said to hate beastmen more than anyone, and recognizes him as the one Yuki's mother told him to seek out for help before disappearing, leaving Yuki confused and unsure who is truly the most danger to him. I like the main couple, but their story feels a little unfinished. Trigger warning: violence.

Anthropomorphized cat Leo is a stray who's always taken in other abandoned kittens, so this time when he meets the abandoned dog, Milky, he doesn't see it as any different and takes him in. But unfortunately for Leo, while Milky is delighted to be a part of the group and quickly falling head over heels for Leo, Leo's second-in-command is ready to risk everything to get rid of Milky and get the group back to normal. Not my favorite anthropomorphized animal read, but nothing about it was bad. Trigger warnings: animal abandonment, violence.

Tomoya loves cute and fluffy things, so when he sees first-year student Aki sneeze and briefly show dog ears on his head, he knows they have to be friends. He finds out Aki is part wolf and agrees to help him hide his ears and the two become close. But just when Tomoya takes the first step past friendship, Aki loses the ability to hide his ears at all! Cute and sweet school love story. No trigger warnings

Second in the Kuroneko series. Werecat and construction worker Shingo and wereleopard and actor Keiichi are now dating and Shingo spends every night at Keiichi's place. Shingo is almost scared of how happy he is now that he's let himself be in a relationship for the first time, but when a photographer gets a little handsy with him, Keiichi's jelousy gets out of control. Seeing that Shingo doesn't fully trust him, Keiichi suggests they go back to the beginning and continue as fuck buddies as without a beginning, it'll never end, right? Again, I like this series, but Keiichi's behaviors are bad. Still, Shingo is really cute as a cat in this one. Trigger warning: abusive behaviors.

Third in the Kuroneko series. Shingo and Keiichi are now an established couple, and while they're being lovey-dovey, Keiichi suggests they move in together, with Shingo giving it a hard pass. Keiichi insists, and Shingo has to work through all his hangups about living together, and fast, because Keiichi already has an apartment for them. A fairly quick, sweet interlude for the couple with no major conflicts. Trigger warning: manipulation.

Fourth in the Kuroneko series. Shingo and Keiichi have recently moved in together and are more lovey dovey than ever, but when Keiichi's brother suddenly arrives, treats Shingo like a servant, and brings his son to move in for their stay in Japan, things start to get strained. Keiichi wants to defend Shingo as the person he loves, but meanwhile, Shingo doesn't want to see Keiichi throw away his family. I like the cute nephew, Rio, a lot, but Keiichi's behavior in this one is pretty awful, even if he is trying to defend Shingo. Trigger warnings: controlling behaviors, rape.

After getting kicked out by her abusive husband and mother-in-law for being unable to bear children, Ume returns to her home village to learn her parents have died, and it's time for the yearly ritual to send a sacrifice to the mountain god. With nothing going for her, she offers to go in place of the girl they were going to send and meets Shoma, a wolf god with a muzzle who doesn't speak but writes things for her. He tells her that they'll have a trial marriage, and if they go one month without lying to each other, they will be wed. I like the FL, and the story is fine with decent smut, though I'm not really sure what the main conflict is yet. Trigger warnings: abuse, attempted murder.

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