sadslime's manga / #Strong Female Lead(9)

Nadeshiko gets cheated on so she buys a house in the countryside which happens to be managed by younger man, Mao. Though a bit flippant, he also happens to be perfect at taking care of her and quickly wins her heart. Short and sweet if not all that believable. No smut, despite what the tags say, just a scene in underwear.

Momota becomes the secretary of the sadistic company president, Igarashi, and she's ready for whatever he has to throw at her! Until he gets a letter attempting to blackmail him for his masochist fetish. When she steps up to protect her boss, he realizes she's his perfect queen, but she's not so sure she's ready for that. The female lead is really strong and interesting and makes this worth reading, but if you're here for the kinky SM stuff, it doesn't really deliver. Still, very cute. Trigger warnings: blackmail, S&M, bondage, sexual harassment.

Keiko sees her company president wears white briefs while they’re at the batting cages and jokingly threatened him with it into marriage only for him to misunderstand and think she’s talking about the fact he wears a bra, which he’s thrilled she can accept. The president is all in, but Keiko’s not so sure if she can date a “bra man” (her words). I think both characters are interesting but their development got sacrificed in favor of smut and comedy, so it ends up just being your typical straight romance. Trigger warning: blackmail, dubcon, stalking.

Asahi is a strong working woman who has her life together, except for the fact that men can never finish when she has sex with them. As a result, she no longer wants to experience the embarrassment of sex, but she would like to see a man masturbate while lusting for her. Meanwhile, a contracter she works with, Kouya, is a handsome man who secretly has poor self-esteem due to his youth as an overweight nerd, and due to some past traumas he has with sex, he'd like a woman to watch him masturbate rather than have sex, himself. The two go drinking together and their desires unexpectedly come out, so they decide to go for it, unleashing the floodgates of their sexual desires. But what does this make them? I only read to chapter 12 because I thought it was a good self-contained story at that point, but I found it interesting with good pacing and character development. No trigger warnings.

Satou is an ordinary office worker at Amagi pharmaceuticals who goes out drinking one night to mourn her dead dog and her loud comments annoy the guy next to her, who she trips in revenge. The next day, she finds out the man she tripped was President Amagi, himself, but being treated scornfully awoke something in him and he's desperate to be Satou's slave. Satou has no interest in this weird and complicated relationship, but Amagi is nothing if not determined. No trigger warnings.

Izumi saved Kai from some bullies in high school, and ever since he's been her stalker, but he's really not her type. Still, her friend convinces her to give him a shot, and she finds his genuine affection and love for her refreshing. The only problem is, he's so busy worshiping her as a goddess, he doesn't seem to see her as a woman. Honestly, bad setup, but the ML is very cute so it's still at least a little fun to read. Trigger warning: stalker, friend betrayal.

Airi Yamashita(beta→omega) is a driven career woman who just lost out on a promotion to the handsome Ren Kugayama who entered the company at the same time as her. But when they go out for an office drinking party, Airi totally loses control of herself and sleeps with Ren. The next morning, he tells her it's because of her omega pheromones, and sure enough, the doctor confirms that her gender has changed. Ren then offers to help her deal with her heats, but what he doesn't tell Airi is that she's his fated pair and he's noticed her pheromones for a long time. Trigger warnings: drunk sex, drug(roofie), attempted rape.

Courtney Devon is trying to keep her completely financially illiterate family from falling apart by force for the sake of her beloved nephew if no one else when she suddenly gets an unexpected and frankly unbelievable proposal from the crown prince, Richard. Courtney meets Richard once and his kindness and handsome face win her over, so she accepts and he begins showering her with gifts, but she can't figure out why he's interested in her, in the first place. But when she finally asks him, his unexpected response is that he wants her to "treat him like family," but not in the general sense. Specifically, like she treats her family, the rougher the better. Trigger warnings: violence, BDSM