sadslime's manga / #animal characteristics(111)

A red tiger hero once f***ed a blue demon into submission (though he was the bottom). Ten years later, the blue demon comes back to make the tiger his wife, but the tiger says he needs to learn to live in the human world and provide for him first. Trigger warnings: rape, violence, attempted rape.

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. Feels unfinished with some questions left unanswered, but still a fun read. Trigger warning: rape, noncon, mild incest themes.

Nagi saves a young cat beastman only to get berated by his rude older brother. Turns out, the older brother is in his class and Nagi is pissed. But he can't help but want to help out the cute younger sibling, so he keeps interfering in their lives and grows on Mikejima, until one day Nagi uses some catnip and their relationship changes drastically. Trigger warnings: bullying, noncon.

Lyle (wildcat beastman) is a down on his luck actor who decides to take a vacation in Korea to turn his fortunes around and falls in love with the movie Amoeba(basically Parasite) on his way there. He signs up for a dating app and matches with a rabbit who he gets along great with, but when they meet, Park Kyu Suk, or Q as Lyle calls him, is much bigger than he pictured. He's still attracted to Q, and as the night goes on, Q admits that his rabbit nature makes it hard for him to last while topping, so Lyle decides to teach him everything with his body and goes way too far. Then he runs away, but they meet again in a way Lyle could have never seen coming. This is some crazy Parasite fanboy wish fulfillment, and I'm into it, except for the rape scene which I think the story could have done without. Trigger warnings: drunk intimacy, dubcon, somnophilia.

Sei is a sheltered child who is treated as a living god due to his inherited ability to turn into a white snake, but he's tired of being stuck in his house and sneaks out as a snake where he's picked up by snake-lover Murasaki. Once Murasaki finds out Sei is a snake he wants to study and learn more about him, while Sei desperately wants a friend, so Murasaki helps Sei get permission to go outside from his overbearing family and has him spend the night and accompany him to college. But when another student starts to get close to Sei as well, both of them reevaluate their relationship as friends. Sei is very cute and sweet, and I like how much his family loves him. No trigger warnings.

Riku is a black leopard in high school trying to keep it a secret that he's a virgin who hasn't had his first heat. His new roommate Touma is a white lion who doesn't want anything to do with him as he studies his butt off by day and meets with his sex friend to blow off steam by night. When Riku gets his first heat, the two become physically involved for the first time, and even though Riku tries to get a girlfriend and live his ideal high school life, he can't get Touma off his mind. This doesn't have the best story, but it has beautiful art and good smut. Trigger warnings: dubcon, attempted rape, drug, rape.

In a sci-fi world with beastmen, Ewan is the head of a unit that frees beastmen Zazie, and Seto from a circus, but they had a good thing going there as the top dogs. When Ewan manages to catch them off guard, though, they agree to serve in his army until they can beat whoever is on top and lead the army. Ewan agrees to take them on, not realizing that he'll also be responsible for their sexual needs, and meanwhile, they're planning to kill him. But as they get closer, will they really want to go through with it? Or will they actually help Ewan overcome the past that's been holding him back? Trigger warnings: rape, violence.

Tsuwabuki is a lion dog, illegitimate son to the head of the wolf family, and he's always been treated badly by his family. When a proposal comes from the dragon god Shuro that he needs a bride to purify him (through sex), Tsuwabuki's sister forces him to take her place. Tsuwabuki believes he's not worthy to be Shuro's bride, but it turns out Tsuwabuki was who Shuro wanted all along. I wasn't totally satisfied with the ending, but it was still a decent read. Trigger warnings: child abuse, attempted murder.

Bird world, arranged marriage.

Ch.1-3 - Hayato is a student with a communication disorder who runs into a shady dealer of humanoid pets called "novalis" mistreating one of his wares. Hayato can't help but take the reject novalis made up of DNA from several different animals, and that's how he ends up taking care of Kuro. Although Hayato is anxious, he quickly finds that taking care of little Kuro gives meaning to his life, but when Kuro has a sudden growth spurt caused by his desire to be closer to Hayato, Hayato no longer knows how to treat him, and a novalis doctor steps, telling Hayato that if he can't accept Kuro now, he needs to let him go. An interesting setup that was a good read, but felt a bit rushed. No trigger warnings, but the mental age gap between Kuro and Hayato is bit awkward. Ch.4-5 - A spin-off about the doctor who treated Kuro that shows how he met his assistant Aki, a novalis who he picked up one rainy night who had a dark past in which he was used as a sex slave by his former master, and still ran away out of fear of hurting that person due to his genetic makeup. Another interesting story that added some depth to this world, but it really felt like this setting deserved more time to be fully fleshed out. Trigger warning: sex slave.