sadslime's manga / #Younger uke(28)

Seijirou helps high schooler Ryou when he falls asleep on the train, only to realize they live in the same building. He asks Ryou to start cooking for him, but soon he’s head over heels and has to decide what to do about it. No trigger warnings.

(Ch 1-2) Yuuta fell in love with his brother’s friend Souichi years ago during their tutoring sessions, but he’s settled with being sex friends since Souichi’s already in love with Yuuta’s brother. But when Yuuta sees Souichi and his brother together, he can’t take it anymore and finally confronts him. A couple of cute idiots who make for a silly couple. Trigger warning: implied statutory rape. (Ch. 3-4) Yuuta’s long-suffering friend Saitou has been protecting him from shady guys for years, so when Yuuki first gets close to him, he’s sure it’s another weirdo after his friends. But Yuuki won’t be deterred and insists on being his friend, and maybe more. I’m glad to see a really good and protective friend who wasn’t secretly in love, and it’s great that he gets a happy ending. No trigger warnings. (Ch. 5-6) Chef Toyoguchi’s friend Ohshima is so perfect it’s depressing to be around him, but at least Toyoguchi has him beat at cooking! Until it turns out Ohshima can totally cook for himself, but he hid it to get closer to Toyoguchi. This couple didn’t really interest me, besides which Ohshima looks almost identical to the first seme. Still, no big problems with it. No trigger warnings.

Hideo’s a cram school teacher who found out his friend is dating one of his students, Tomohisa. Oddly, this brings Hideo and Tomohisa closer together, until Tomohisa gets his heart broken leaving Hideo to pick up the pieces. But Hideo was already struggling to keep his feelings for Tomohisa in check, so how far will he dare to go? Tomohisa is so cute, it makes it fun to read for his sake, and it’s nice to get to see so much of their relationship over time. Trigger warnings: cheating, statutory rape, drunk sex.

Kishi gets plastered after losing his best friend to marriage only to wake up to the cute young bartender, Nao taking care of him. Nao makes Kishi realize he was actually in love with his friend and offers "hug therapy," to make him feel better. But when this becomes a regular thing between them, Kishi starts to wonder if his "always alone" lifestyle is really enough. Cute characters, good progression, and nice character growth for an all around fun read. No trigger warnings.

Ren's a high school student in love with his best friend, but after waking up with his sister's boyfriend mistakenly entering his bed, he finds himself interacting more with Kazuya, who offers to "help him out" by touching him. As their relationship progresses, Kazuya moves from playing with Ren to feeling guilty for what he's done to him as he realizes he's causing Ren to relive his own trauma. This story is interesting, and I enjoyed it, but at the end of the day, there's no defending Kazuya as a male lead. Trigger warnings: noncon, cheating, rape, statutory rape.

Shiina(omega) is a bellboy who's always dreamed of becoming a concierge after one helped him when he was crying as a child. But omegas aren't allowed to work in this hotel, so he takes advantage of his mild symptoms to pass himself off as a beta, until he meets Toujou(alpha), the very man he admires, and goes into heat! Toujou admires Shina's dedication, so he promises to hide his gender and help him with the new symptoms of his heats, but as the two grow closer, Shina realizes that Toujou may be putting his own career in jeopardy for him. These two are adorable, if a bit cliche. It's a fun omegaverse read. Trigger warnings: light dubcon (just regular heat stuff), discrimination.

Kajima (author, 30) and Hiro (student, 20) are sex friends and they’re both happy that way. That is, until Hiro catches Kajima holding a book by his favorite author and Kajima misses the chance to tell him that it’s really him. They bond over Kajima’s writing, but just as their relationship starts to grow, Hiro’s stalker comes back into the picture, forcing them to live together before they define the relationship. Good story, cute uke, and some well-developed side characters, but the fact they went easy on the abusive stalker because he has a daughter burns me up! Anyway, still very good. Trigger warnings: stalking, mentions of violence.

Hisanori is an erotic author with no experience, so imagine his surprise when his fantasy about a woman on the bus asking him out comes to life! Everything is going swimmingly with him and Chika, his first every girlfriend, but when things start to get hot and heavy, how will Hisanori react to the revelation that she is actually a he? The fact that everything goes as well as it does for Chika feels very much like wish fulfillment, but hey, that's fun sometimes too. It doesn't exactly stand out to me, but it's a fun, quick read. No trigger warnings.

Ch.1-3, 7 - Kouhei is a serious and work-obsessed businessman, and his coworkers are sick of it, so they play a prank by taking him to an S&M club having him get tied up. But when the bartender, Hijiri, ties him up, Kouhei feels something ignite inside him, and soon sex with Hijiri is his new obsession, no matter how much he wants it to stop. But as Kouhei grapples with guilt and shame over paying for kinky sex, Hijiri wants something else out of this relationship, entirely. Interesting dynamic, from their personalities to the way their kinks play into it. Trigger warnings: bullying, S&M, bondage, sex work. Ch.4-6 - Yuji is known for his cool and expressionless persona as an actor, but really he's just very shy, and when he gets his photos taken by an older guy who's exactly his type, he can barely keep it together. For the first time, he wants to pursue love instead of letting it go. The uke is really cute although I don't care for the seme. No trigger warnings.

Ch.1-4, 6 - If the Shoe Fits: Yota is a shoe store manager who loves shoes so much, he's envisioned his perfect pair of legs to wear them. Imagine his surprise when those perfect legs actually exist, and they belong to his male part-timer, Chika. He loses his cool and makes a move on Chika, and Chika is all for going forward, but Yota worries he likes Chika's legs but not Chika himself. Trigger warning: power dynamic, fetish. Ch.5 - First Love Again - Yuma's first love, Ritsuka, moved overseas, but now he's back in Yuma's class, and Yuma fell in love at first sight yet again! Yuma can't keep his fantasies under control, and when Ritsuka gets groped in front of him on a train, it really pushes him over the edge. Trigger warnings: noncon (train groper).