sadslime's manga / #Restaurant(9)

Ch.1-3 - Kawasaki is overworked at the office, so on a whim, he books a maid escort service only to find it's a man who arrives. But after giving Nao a shot, he's hooked and starts to want even more. Trigger warning: sex work. Ch.4-6 - Italian chef Atsushi is shocked when his young temp worker, Eita, confesses to him, and though he tries to reject him, Eita is just too persistent! But even though Atsushi starts to return Eita's feelings, how can he accept Eita's love if it risks ruining his future? I like this second couple a lot, and I like that Atsushi's worries are legitimate and not your typical "but he could be normal and have a family!" stuff you often see in mangas. No trigger warnings.

After finding his longtime girlfriend cheating on him, Kashiwagi goes to drink his troubles away at his favorite pub. However, the next morning he wakes up in bed with server Izumi, who is only 18. Izumi clears up the misunderstanding, but confesses to Kashiwagi and though Kashiwagi isn't in love, Izumi convinces him to give him a chance to win his heart. I love Izumi's style, wearing the weird rabbit shirt to meet the rabbit is the best XD Trigger warning: cheating

Continuation of Yoidore Koi o Sezu, the romance between a soba maker and a sake expert who work together.

Seiji is an office worker who lives for a single restaurant and its Wednesday specials. The only problem is the overly flirty worker, Haruka. When Haruka kisses Seiji one day, Seiji is shocked and decides not to go back, but he can't get the food or the man who cooks it out of his head. Cute and sweet, no trigger warnings.

Feeding childhood friend who is rich and unemployed until he learns friend has a gf and suddenly confesses

When businessman Saki passes out on the street one day, he's saved by the very sweet and innocent student Shinomiya who seems to know him from somewhere, and they soon fall in love. Although Saki is much older, it begins a very cute and heartwarming relationship.

Akira's had a longtime unrequited love for his childhood friend Naoto that comes to an end when Naoto announces his (shotgun) wedding. Unfortunately, while drowning his sorrows with alcohol, Naoto's younger brother Haruto appears, and Akira drunkenly half-assaults him. However, Haruto comes to realize he likes Akira after all, and the two begin a relationship with Akira still unsure if and when to tell him about his longtime crush on Naoto. Trigger warnings: drunk sex, noncon, statutory rape(?)

Isa is a high school teacher troubled by a confession from his student Homura who also happens to be the younger brother of his one and only ex-girlfriend, who he dated until he realized he was gay. He's sure Homura knows and is just trying to tease him, but it turns out Homura's repeated invitations to "play" with him are just the only way he knows how to ask for Isa's affection. Not my favorite couple, but it's fine for what it is. Also includes a oneshot of Yuuji and Manabe, childhood friends who were reunited as a ramen deliveryboy and a policeman, but Yuuji worries that his pure-hearted friend will be disappointed when he realizes he's not the hero Manabe thought he was anymore. Trigger warning: dubcon, statutory rape(?)

Ao is a rabbit beastman who picked up a lonely looking tiger child, Asuka, while in middle school and ended up basically adopting Asuka and his mother into his family. But Asuka and his mother were on the run after the murder of his yakuza father, and when things settled down, they returned to their hometown, and Ao left the cute tiger boy with a promise they would one day be family. Years later, a fully grown up Asuka has returned to make good on that promise, though Ao thought it was about brotherhood, Asuka wants it to be about marriage. But Asuka's yakuza lifestyle may not mesh easily with Ao and his happy family restaurant, and he worries that Asuka will resort to violence. The story was fine, and I liked Ao's lop-eared bunny character design. Trigger warning: violence.