sadslime's manga / #childhood friends(89)

Isa is a high school teacher troubled by a confession from his student Homura who also happens to be the younger brother of his one and only ex-girlfriend, who he dated until he realized he was gay. He's sure Homura knows and is just trying to tease him, but it turns out Homura's repeated invitations to "play" with him are just the only way he knows how to ask for Isa's affection. Not my favorite couple, but it's fine for what it is. Also includes a oneshot of Yuuji and Manabe, childhood friends who were reunited as a ramen deliveryboy and a policeman, but Yuuji worries that his pure-hearted friend will be disappointed when he realizes he's not the hero Manabe thought he was anymore. Trigger warning: dubcon, statutory rape(?)

Ch.1-3, 6 - Takehara is a working man at a mall who finds that one of his new coworkers, Amano, was his high school boyfriend who went too far with him physically before he was comfortable, and the two drifted apart. Now, Takehara wants to fix things with Amano, while Amano wants to put the past behind them. Trigger warning: noncon. Ch.4-5 - Chigira is a former athlete who quit after being raped, and he thinks his rapist is now his stalker. After a crazy one night stand with a stranger, he learns the stranger is a cop trying to catch the man who raped him, who has since moved on to others. And the rapist may be closer than he thinks. This story was weird and depressing, not for me. Trigger warnings: rape, stalking, drunk sex.

Yoh is a successful entrepreneur who has the perfect plan to get revenge on his childhood bully Mima by staying at the hotel where Mima works and treating him as a slave. It goes all too smoothly as Mima takes his abuse without question until Yoh demands to know why and Mima's personality does a 180, taking him back to his bully persona from years ago who just loves to see Yoh cry. But this time, Yoh notices something more behind Mima's bullying that keeps him coming back. I actually think their relationship is really cute Trigger warning: bullying.

Sei and Uito have been best friends since preschool, and now they're boyfriends and madly in love. This slice of life story shows some of their steamy moments between exams, going on a graduation trip, and eventually graduating and going to college. They are one of my favorite couples of all time and so sweet and fluffy, I highly recommend. Ch.6 features the side couple Niko and Yoruhiro, the owner of a bar where Sei and Uito are working and his jealous lover who can't stand another couple who thinks they love each other more. NOTE: the extra in chapter 6.5 has the little sister sneak a peek at her brother having sex, which a lot of people really don't like. I get it, but the rest of the story is so cute that I really suggest if that bothers you, just skip that chapter, don't miss out on the rest. Trigger warning: voyuerism

Haru and Io have been friends since high school, when Haru saved Io from an attempted rape and Io started trailing after him ever since. Now they work together and go out for drinks every week, but when Io's coworkers ask if it's because he's gay, he's shocked. That leads to Haru being shocked, because he thought Io had been trailing after him this whole time because he liked him! They have a cute and interesting dynamic. I think it takes a skilled author to have me going back and forth between "Haru is such a good friend and takes such good care of him!" and "Dang, Haru's kind of an asshole," within a few pages. Trigger warnings: attempted gangrape, attempted rape, voyuerism.

Kana is a little worried that he and his childhood friend, Ayato, are too close now that the two have started jerking off together. So Ayato finally confesses, but Kana has no idea what to do. Kind of your typical high school friends to lovers, and Ayato is so possessive it's annoying, but it's not a bad read. Trigger warning: dubcon.

Ch.1-3 - I am no Match for the First Love! - Shinokawa always adored his friend Kaede as children, but they've since drifted apart. As an adult, Shinokawa is delighted to find he's coincidentally moved in right next door to Kaede, though Kaede seems less thrilled. Still, Shinokawa keepds trying to get closer to Kaede until one drunken night, Kaede admits he likes anal play, and Shinokawa decides to shoot his shot. After that, Shinokawa insists they're dating, no matter what Kaede says. Shinokawa is a bit pushy, but I enjoy Kaede's manly shyness. Trigger warning: drunk intimacy. Ch.4-5 - Past our Complexes - Itsuki is a shy, quiet kid who seems totally opposite to the popular and handsome Yura, but secretly the two are friends who have bonded over their inability to handle talking to women. Now Yura wants to take their relationship one step further, but Itsuki still sees them as friends. When Itsuki asks Yura to help him speak to girls more, Yura invites a girl into their friend group, and the dynamic between them changes. Cute enough, I wish the girl got to have her own story more, but I get that it's not about her. No trigger warnings.

Haruya is a school nurse who has a pretty bad track record with men, and he's always getting helped out by his childhood friend, the high schooler Daisuke, who says Haruya "has something on him," but won't say what. As Haruya continues to choose the wrong men, it's getting harder and harder for Daisuke to watch since he's been in love with Haruya the whole time. But when he finally confesses, can Haruya even see his younger childhood friend in that light? Trigger warnings: rape, drunk sex.

Ami has always been in love with her aloof childhood friend, Mioto(Mimi), and though she's not secretive about it, things have stayed fairly platonic between them. But when she becomes an adult, she learns that due to her familial ties to a mermaid, she's cursed so that she has to hear the one she loves say that he loves her once a week or she will die. After that she and Mimi move in together and he fulfills the requirement as they grow closer, but even though they're living a happy couple's life, Mimi still can't bring himself to totally accept her love since he feels like she could do better. Honestly, very little conflict, mostly just two idiots in love. No trigger warnings.