I Thot You Was a Toad's manga / #oneshot(66)

Tsuge Kazuma is severely beaten and left to bleed out on a public street where nobody stops to help him except Tsuge, who brings him home and cleans him up. He is smitten by Tsuge and wants to make a meaningful contribution to his life, especially when their boss absconds with the company's bankroll, but he has no specialized training or job skills which allow him to be more upstanding in that regard. Suzuki Tsuuta deals with this fraught subject with a very light approach.

Shirou finds his junior at school, Kuroda, to be a pest and a distraction from his studies, until Kuro reminds him of a dog that he loved.

A rumour circulates around middle school that a pervert is accosting young men at a certain washroom in order to pay for oral sex, and two boys from that school happen to meet at the washroom. Talk about an outing! But what happens next, especially with a mangaka as unpredictable as Nakamura Asumiko?

Basically, a meet-cute between Yoshimatsu, the office ashtray, and Tsujimura, the gorgeous "rumoured-to-be-gay" guy in a completely different department. I like it because Yoshimatsu pretends to himself that he's a tough, cynical chauvinist, but he's actually very gallant and attractive.

Edgy, hot and sexy as hell, this story is quintessential Zaria, somewhere in that murky area of consent and desire and teetering on the edge of violence. A sleeping disorder causes Jude's straight business partner, Lois/Royce, to attack him sexually in his sleep. Jude doesn't mind the sex so much, but it bothers him that Lois/Royce is doing this unconsciously when there's a pharmaceutical remedy for the disorder. What happens when Lois/Royce finds out?

More classic Zaria: Kazuma belongs to a religious order that forbids all forms of sex, and Kizaki-sama, the landlord of the temple, refuses to accept this. As usual, Zaria pushes the envelope between rape and consent. Sexy and bittersweet.

Detective Torimaru is frustrated in his efforts to catch Kaitou Hato, in spite of the puzzles and clues with which the cat burglar taunts him. Kaitou Hato is the secret identity of the café owner where Torimaru's task force go to unwind. When the detective's outrage turns to infatuation, he is even more frustrated, especially when it becomes apparent that there is another partner is Kaitou's life, as well as a specific reason behind Kaitou's seemingly random targets. A fun mystery with a lively police chase theme.

A salaryman, who thinks he can only feel excited by virgins, runs into his match. Classic fetish story: a bit of bondage, some domination and humiliation with a twist.