sadslime's manga / #Gay bar(4)

Arata maintains the perfect image of a popular college guy with a girlfriend all to hide that he's gay, but after kissing a "geek," Yamato for a punishment game, he can't get the guy out of his head and becomes a regular at the gay bar where Yamato works. They start sleeping together regularly, but how will Arata maintain his perfect image, and what are they, anyway? Pretty basic in the closet first love story. The characters didn't grip me, but I do like the art, especially the way the seme is drawn. Trigger warnings: noncon, threats of outing

High school student Akira likes to cruise at a gay bar to find nightly parters, and he ends up getting propositioned by a businessman, Goto, who offers to pay any price. Akira’s interested, and the two meet several times. But Goto chose Akira in the first place because of his resemblance to Goto's high school crush, and as they grow closer, this and the repeated payments whenever they meet start to make Akira increasingly uncomfortable causing him to rethink their future. Both the main characters are really cute, and I love their interactions. Trigger warnings: sex work, statutory rape.

Junichi was drowning his sorrows in a bar after a bad breakup when he happened to run into his childhood friend, Shizuru, seemingly getting forcefully propositioned. Junichi was once a delinquent after being ostracized for his sexuality in his hometown, and Shizuru and his policeman father had saved him, so Junichi wants to pay them back. But after dragging Shizuru home with him, he finds out that the innocent kid he once knew has changed and now has fun with whoever will have him. After some twists and turns that result in them living together, it finally comes out that Shizuru felt abandoned by Junichi, who left before he could become attracted to the still very young Shizuru. But with everything out in the open, where do they go from here, and how will they face the policeman father who saved Junichi and who Shizuru now resents? I know there's a lot in there, but that's because it's a good story! It has a lot of details and interesting characters with believable inner selves that make it really a great read. Trigger warnings: homophobia, bullying, false accusation.

Haruhi has always compared himself to his bright, twin brother Katsuki, leaving him with poor self-esteem, so in university he starts frequenting the gay district and engaging in risky sex under his brother's name out of a desire to defile them both. But when a new friend and businessman, Masahiro, finds Haruhi roughed up after a bad fling, he gently patches him up and gives him a place to stay. Masahiro's kindness makes Haruhi question what he's been doing and begin to heal from his years of self-hatred. Trigger warnings: sex work, violent sex.