sadslime's manga / #childhood friends(80)

Akira's had a longtime unrequited love for his childhood friend Naoto that comes to an end when Naoto announces his (shotgun) wedding. Unfortunately, while drowning his sorrows with alcohol, Naoto's younger brother Haruto appears, and Akira drunkenly half-assaults him. However, Haruto comes to realize he likes Akira after all, and the two begin a relationship with Akira still unsure if and when to tell him about his longtime crush on Naoto. Trigger warnings: drunk sex, noncon, statutory rape(?)

In post-war Japan, Aoi spends his time working as a translator for the Americans and waiting at the docks for returned soldiers. It's been three years since the end of the war, but without a killed in action notice, he can't help but hold out hope that his best friend, Takahiko, could one day return. But when Takahiko does finally come back, he's his usual, grinning, carefree self with no explanation for the three years without so much as a letter. Aoi is enraged and punches him, but he still lets Takahiko stay at his house in the meantime. Now as Takahiko seeks employment as a screen actor and Aoi tries to figure out his muddled feelings, will they be able to overcome the pain and trauma of the war? Really beautiful and bittersweet story that encapsulates the way war destroys lives, yet life moves on. Trigger warnings: wartime violence, racism.

Ch.1-4 - Konatsu is an independent omega who ends up reuniting with her childhood friend, Prime Minister Konatsu. Though she feels their statuses are too different for them to be together, he's certain they're meant to be. Trigger warnings: sex work, discrimination. Ch.5-9 - Kayama is a "betafied" omega who releases almost no pheromones, but when two alphas see her in heat, they decide to attack her anyway. She's saved by a janitor but then she loses her jobs and never gets to see him again. Until years later, her savior reappears at the bar she works at looking like a whole new man! Trigger warnings: discrimination, attempted rape. Ch.9-11 - Rune lives in a dystopian future where alphas and omegas are raised completely separately and partners and family size are decided by AI, but one day she wanders into the alpha side of the school on accident. She's saved by alpha Horo and falls in love at first sight, but there's almost no chance they'll ever meet again, until by chance they're paired together on the day of their graduation. Trigger warning: sexual harassment.

Ch.1-2 - Rose-colored Research with the Flower Eater - Kuzunoha has been trying to create the "shining rose" ever since he offered one to his childhood love only to have her inexplicably eat it, but he's run out of funding. Enter Mitsurou, his new benefactor and Kuzunoha's first love in fact who happens to be a flower-eater (associated with vampires in Japan) who has always been searching for the taste of the delicious flower from that time. No trigger warnings. Ch.3 - Congenital WILD! - Tatsuhiko has always lived by instinct, and this time his instincts are drawing him to his basketball teammate, the popular Kokami. No trigger warnings. Ch.4 - So Happy? - Atsushi was happily married for one month before his wife left him for a host saying he was too boring. Atsushi decides to get his revenge on that host only to find that the host has misunderstood and fallen in love with him. Trigger warnings: sex work, dubcon. Ch.5-6 - Asa and Mitya - Asa is gay, Mitya is a former delinquent, and they've been a happy couple for years now. A slice of life and how they met. Trigger warning: mention of suicide.

An omega who moves from one partner to the next ends up being taken in by his childhood friend, a beta, and when he finds out he's pregnant, his beta partner is ready to take responsibility, but the omega worries it will destroy his life. Honestly, I was all for this until the last chapter when it fell apart for me. Not something I'd read again. Trigger warnings: cheating, mention of abortion, discrimination.

Misaki and Kou grew up together in an orphanage as practically brothers, and now Misaki manages the place while Kou works as the Catholic priest there. But when Kou starts keeping secrets and Misaki starts to hear rumors that Kou might be getting paid to sell his body, how he sees their relationship begins to change. The story was fine, nothing special, and the translation wasn't the best. Trigger warning: forced confinement.

Sakuma is a man's man, even though he's an omega, and he's known for beating up any alphas that act up, even when he's in heat. Meanwhile, his childhood friend Renji is a total sadist pervert, despite being the student council president, who mocks Sakuma for his old man pheromones. But when Renji catches Sakuma in heat using his jacket to jerk off, it pushes Renji over the edge and their relationship gets physical. Renji wants to get serious, but Sakuma fears that giving in to Renji will make Renji lose respect for him and lose his interest. Sakuma is a non-typical omega/uke, and Renji is a very interesting seme, and I like the way their relationship plays out. Trigger warnings: threat of rape, dubcon, aphrodisiac.

Asahi and Kei were inseperable childhood friends, until Asahi was unexpectedly diagnosed as an omega with a special constitution that would only react to his fated pair and Kei went off and raped him. After that, Kei completely distanced himself from Asahi before Asahi could even ask why. But when they meet again at a class reunion, Asahi goes into heat for the first time and Asahi takes him to a hotel, starting a very unhealthy relationship that Asahi fears to end. Trigger warning: rape.

Ch.1-3, 5.5 - Hungry Rabbit and the Lovesick Wolf - Jinnou is a businessman with a scary face who has always dreamed of petting a rabbit, but they run away whenever he gets close. It's his lucky day when he finds the perfect sweet rabbit on the street and her rabbit-like caretaker, Kou lets him pet the rabbit in return for food. Turns out Kou is a starving student working at a rabbit cafe, and Jinnou is in love. Very sweet and cute, no trigger warnings. Ch.4-5 - Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing and Faithful Dog - Aisuke is living with his childhood friend Tatsurou, a huge sadist who has started sleeping with him. But although Aisuke enjoys it, what even is their relationship? Part two has Tatsurou's point of view, which I found considerably funnier. Trigger warnings: sadism, noncon.

Yata (nickname Hachi) let his younger childhood friend Rin put a collar on him as a game when they were young, but at that moment he awakened as a sub and his body accepted Rin as his pair. He moved away and has spent the rest of his life taking medicine and proving to himself he doesn't need to rely on anybody to survive, but now Rin is coming back into his life as a student of his at university. No trigger warnings.