sadslime's manga / #salaryman(47)

Tsukasa is a high spec alpha who hates omegas and works hard to stay at the top. One day he runs into his former high school classmate Yoshiki, also an alpha, working at an arcade, and he's surprised by how different their lives are. After a drink and a bet, Yoshiki talks Tsukasa into having sex and the two become sex friends. But the longer this goes on, the more we learn about their strange relationship as maybe friends, maybe rivals, and maybe more, and Yoshiki's strange fixation on Tsukasa. But when Tsukasa's body begins to change, he worries Yoshiki won't want him if he's not a perfect alpha and begins to pull away. Yoshiki is a terrible person, but I will say, I think that makes this one interesting, although it leaves it with an unsatisfying end. Trigger warnings: dubcon, attempted rape, lying/manipulation, stealthing.

Yoh was working at an abusive company and about to end his life when he was invited to a play by one of the actors, Yuki, and Yuki's performance moved him so much he decided to stan Yuki and make him his god and his reason for living. Yoh's whole life has turned around, and now he just wants to thank Yuki for everything, but he gets overwhelmed when he sees him in person, so during a special event for fans, he blurts out something totally inappropriate, leading to the actor agreeing to sleep with him. Yoh is horrified that he could put his hands on his god, but Yuki had a good time and tracks Yoh down, becoming a freeloader at his place. I think a lot of people disliked this because the characters very deliberately choose not to grow, which is not what you usually expect, but in a way that made it interesting. Yuki is a bad person, but not a badly written character, and Yoh has real issues that many can relate too. It's not my favorite, but not a bad read. Trigger warnings: attempted suicide, suicidal ideation, somnophilia, enabling.

Watase is a sub who wants to top, but he can't seem to find a willing partner. Resigned to his sexless life, he goes to a club to at least get some play, where he meets the dom Touma. But to his surprise, Touma is a dom who wants to bottom, and it seems like they were made for each other! But just when their relationship seems to be going perfectly, Touma starts to notice some changes in his body...I'll be honest, I think this one has a really good setup that it totally betrays with it's "twist" two separate times, so it didn't win me over at the end. Trigger warning: attempted rape. SPOILERS: Okay, so the setup is meant to challenge the "norm" or the idea that a bottom is naturally in the submissive position, which is interesting and something that shouldn't be set in stone, so it's great to challenge the idea. But then it totally betrays that premise by having Touma turn into a sub, thus reinforcing the idea that by bottoming, he's awakened his submissive side. Then it introduces the major conflict--Touma is a switch and he can't control when he's a sub! How can he stay with his partner who is a sub? This is interesting and could have had a really emotionally fraught but satisfying conclusion. But no, they just toss it aside with a quick, oh, actually he's a switch too! Because again, if you're topping, you must be a dom, right? It was just so frustrating for me to have it completely betray the setup by reinforcing the stereotypes it began by questioning. So good characters, but probably too frustrating for me to read again.

Chigusa is a salaryman who notices what seems to be an abandoned kitten on his way home, so he picks it up and washes it off to find it doesn't quite look like a kitten. Then, the next day, the kitten transforms into a human and he learns that the kitten, which he calls Kedama, is actually the ghost of an abandoned cat who wants to pay him back. The two begin living together and, despite Kedama's efforts often causing more trouble, Chigusa is happy. But Kedama's energy is waning, and his time might be nearly up...The main couple is fine but don't especially stand out to me. Trigger warning: animal abandonment.

Bon is an office worker in a relationship with top salesman Daiki, but he can't think of anything good about himself, so he assumes Daiki must love him for his phenomenal sex skills. The series shows Bon's efforts to change himself so that Daiki will love him for more than just his slammin' bod. Silly smut. No trigger warnings.

Subaru is a delinquent who's already having a bad day when he sees older salaryman Yoshio getting hassled for money and impulsively steps in. But when Yoshio calls him a good boy for helping out, Subaru abruptly falls head over heels, and now he's determined to make a relationship happen with Yoshio. Honestly not my favorite couple as it feels borderline abusive, but I do like seeing older men in yaoi. Trigger warning: domestic violence(comical)

A short oneshot about coworkers with an age gap who start dating. Meanwhile, the older one in the relationship was formerly in love with his longtime friend, their boss, and now the younger one is jealous. No trigger warnings.