Sleeps In Sunbeams's manga / #Supernatural(258)

Trigger Warning: Rape The first story was dark and disturbing with rape and what amounted to Stockholm Syndrome. The remaining 2 were odd and difficult to follow. The last was the nicest, but it was still confusing.

A heartwarming story of an unusual group who become family. There’s still so much to discover and explore, but at the same time it was a lovely place to leave with things going so well for the shrine and a future beyond school beckoning. It had some real heartbreaking moments and again, it feels like so much more can be done, but it was so sweet that I don’t mind.

It’s a sweet story of a friendship rekindled between a young man and the protective house spirit who is bound to forest areas.

Hard working salaryman Atsush sometimes struggles with the demands of single parenting. So when he finds his son in the park at night with a strange man, he could be forgiven for lashing out in anger. Once he was told the truth of the circumstances and realised Hiiro was his neighbour, he went out of his way to apologise with the beautiful young man. What he never expected was to find out that Hiiro was a vampire. Nor did he expect to fall in love with his elusive and lonely neighbor.

It’s a cute story but I would have liked more relationship development between these mismatched lovers. Shion has a past as a vampire that would seem at odds with him being poor, jobless and hooking up with random people for blood. Satou Shinobu’s a very sweet pushover who adores kids. Their connection was based on blood and sex which seemed greatly at odds for Satouks character. Still, the story was good overall and I do love a vampire romance.

Incredible story. So dark and unpredictable, but sad and twisted too. Beautiful art, disturbing storytelling, this is one psychological delve into a character who may be pure at heart or something darker and more unpredictable. Best you read and find out for yourself.

Supernatural short stories with beautiful art. Should be a winning formula but some of the stories were ‘bleh’. I really liked both snake stories, especially the last one. They had some humour and in the case of the last one, some power in the relationship for the uke. The goat and carnivore story was my least favourite (which was so sad because the seme was such a good looking character). There was zero affection, pure sex and not even much in the way of the caring you would hope to see from the seme in a S&M dynamic. Felt entirely non consensual even if the airhead uke had enough masochist tendencies to be sexually satisfied, when all he asked for was to be held gently the seme found his request boring and ignored it. That’s an abuse of power dynamic, not a good S&M relationship. Sucked.

A beautiful story of a true and deep love. Dojin and Yellow Dragon had such faith in each other but around them was intrigue, jealousy, and a real threat to any chance of being together. I found their ending to be a bit of a tear jerker but still sweet and heartwarming. Not everything seemed to have real closure, it would be nice to have a few side stories to answer some lingering questions, but the main resolution was still satisfying.

Office setting for a time when everyone has animal characteristics as the result of a move to make both sexes able to become pregnant. Daeun has a new project starting and will be working with a temporary transfer from a different company. He never expected to see the student he fell for in his senior year at high school, Junhyuk. The earnest, puppy like Daeun and the alpha like panther, Junhyuk make for a sweet story as their relationship progresses amongst deadlines, unexpected rivals, and their own misunderstandings.

A world where humans and beast-men co-exist. Wolf-type beastman Haine finds himself unexpectedly falling for college freshman (and human) Natsuo after their less than ideal first meeting. For Haine, the pursuit is on as he openly declares his interest. For Natsuo, it’s a new experience getting to know a carnivore beast man, but the dangerous seeming man has a cute side, the softest ears, and a wicked tongue. The more Natsuo gets to know Haine, the stronger the connection between the two.