Sleeps In Sunbeams's manga / #Sadist(5)

Wasn't sure I would like this at first, the sensei was scarily harsh. But, time saw what past shaped him, and his heart and emotional debt were genuine.

Not bad, but not the most sympathetic characters in each story with one of the pair in each being either a cruel sadist paired with a kenage uke or a bicchi uke that really needs to be tested at a health clinic before anything else. While I can often enjoy a sadistic seme, I prefer to know they are devoted to, or at least in love with their uke. I didn’t really get that with these couples.

Enjoyable read where bullying and being bullied seem to work for some people.

Three very different stories. The first was a really sweet one with an age gap. A 35 year old salaryman eats out every night since he broke up with his long term lover because he struggles with the loneliness of home. He tries a new French style restaurant that is run by owner/chef, 25 year old Mizuki and finds that he loves more than the food there. This was a feel good story of new love and a caring couple. The second story was about high school classmates who became unlikely friends and eventually, lovers. Taira is always asleep in class at the desk next to Nao. When Nao meets Taira outside school he finds out why he naps through the day. This story was ok. I personally didn’t really warm up to Taira too much, probably because of his job. I also didn’t really feel a romantic interest between the boys as much as a friends with benefits starting up. The final story told of a salaryman who incited the men around him to acts of abuse and violence. He attends a clinic to try to understand what the problem is. He quickly finds that the Dr there knows both the cause of the problem and the perfect cure. This story is all about sadomasochism. There is flogging, nipple clamps, some sensitivity play, mild bondage, control and mild humiliation. It can come as a bit of a surprise after the last two stories and is really a superficial glance at S&M. It’s let down by that because it’s important to see consent and aftercare in a good S&M story.

Kondou Takayuki hates his boss from the bottom of his heart!! Takagi Toshinobu is mean, heartless, cruel, insensitive... a true sadist! And only to Kondou, by the way! He's perfectly nice to everyone else. A cute story of a sadistic manager who likes to bully the one he loves. For all that Takahiro can be horrible, he was also sweetly eloquent at times in expressing his love and he very clearly adores Kondou. Also contained a oneshot about a busy rising success at the office who hires a maid service only to get a man living with and caring for him for the next month. It was really sweet.