sadslime's manga / #student(12)

Ch.1-3, 5.5 - Hungry Rabbit and the Lovesick Wolf - Jinnou is a businessman with a scary face who has always dreamed of petting a rabbit, but they run away whenever he gets close. It's his lucky day when he finds the perfect sweet rabbit on the street and her rabbit-like caretaker, Kou lets him pet the rabbit in return for food. Turns out Kou is a starving student working at a rabbit cafe, and Jinnou is in love. Very sweet and cute, no trigger warnings. Ch.4-5 - Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing and Faithful Dog - Aisuke is living with his childhood friend Tatsurou, a huge sadist who has started sleeping with him. But although Aisuke enjoys it, what even is their relationship? Part two has Tatsurou's point of view, which I found considerably funnier. Trigger warnings: sadism, noncon.

Naoto is an omega who was raped in high school and gave birth to a beautiful young daugther that he's struggling to raise alone. He finally lands a job as a school janitor, but it turns out the school belongs to the alpha Hazuki who Koga had met the day before and who is convinced that Koga is his fated pair. Hazuki is determined to show Koga that he can love and protect him as his pair, while Koga is frightened to let anyone close to him again and to trust an alpha. This one is fine, but I felt like the first volume was a good enough self-contained story, so I never finished reading it. Trigger warnings: rape, attempted rape, discrimination.

Ch.1-3, 6 - Takehara is a working man at a mall who finds that one of his new coworkers, Amano, was his high school boyfriend who went too far with him physically before he was comfortable, and the two drifted apart. Now, Takehara wants to fix things with Amano, while Amano wants to put the past behind them. Trigger warning: noncon. Ch.4-5 - Chigira is a former athlete who quit after being raped, and he thinks his rapist is now his stalker. After a crazy one night stand with a stranger, he learns the stranger is a cop trying to catch the man who raped him, who has since moved on to others. And the rapist may be closer than he thinks. This story was weird and depressing, not for me. Trigger warnings: rape, stalking, drunk sex.

Seiichi Fujimune is an ordinary starving student when he stops a thief in front of the model Rey Alexander, who kisses him. Seiichi can't get the kiss out of his head, and when he loses his job, who should show up but Rey once more, offering him the perfect position at his side. The two end up working together, then living together, as they cross more and more boundaries, but just when they finally seem to be happily in love, Seiichi realizes the damage their relationship could do to Rey's reputation. Very cliche and trope-y story, but still fun to read, and the ML is actually way nicer than he appears on the cover. Trigger warning: drunk intimacy.

Maya is in love with Kengo, but Kengo is having none of it! The older cafe owner saved university student Maya from some shady dudes and it was love at first sight for Maya, but Kengo's not looking to settle down and Maya's love seems troublesome. But after they sleep together with a strict one night stand understanding, Kengo starts to wonder if he made the right choice. Some of the dialogue was just slightly off enough that I had no idea what they meant. Still, I liked the realistic seeming struggles they both went through, and it's fun to see a big, tough bottom. No trigger warnings.

University student Kohaku suddenly loses his job and place to live, but he's immediately taken in by Ten, his sister's brother-in-law. Kohaku thinks he has it made, until he realizes that he apparently promised to marry Ten when they first met many years ago, and Ten plans to hold him to it! Very coercive, not really my thing. Trigger warning: rape

Mamiya is a former yakuza who was disillusioned after his boss died for his love, and now he wants to start a new life. He ends up meeting university student Kousaka, who looks so in love with his lover, it makes Mamiya want to learn more about this love. When he finds Kousaka selling himself on a gay prostitution site, he orders him then says he'll pay for all Kousaka's shifts so he doesn't have to sell himself, and the two end up getting closer. Very cute story about a former yakuza learning to love. Trigger warnings: sex work, cheating, kidnapping.

Fuuka's never had a boyfriend but after one bad experience, she gets drunk and spends the night at the bartender Rintarou's house. He's ten years younger, but she decides to shoot her shot by joining his grandma's pottery class. It's a decent story, and I'm not sure why it's not more highly rated, except maybe that it's aimed at adults but has no smut. I liked how her anxiety and hesitation in the relationship was depicted so accurately, and Rintarou kept me guessing along with her. My only complaint was that it fell into a common Shoujo trap where after everthing goes wrong, everyone has to tell off the FL so she can suddenly change and try harder, which I think is dumb and played. At least Rintarou got told off too. 4/5 decent romance, no trigger warnings

Mayuki is a university student who recently moved into his deceased grandma's house and immediately ran into Kotofuki, his first love who comforted him after the death of his grandma. But Kotofuki hasn't aged at all, and he reveals it's because he's a god who Mayuki willed to come out with his loneliness. The two begin living together and it's going well, but Mayuki is having dreams about Kotofuki with his ancestor that make him worry he's just a replacement. Meanwhile, Kotofuki has a secret he's keeping from Mayuki that, when it comes out, makes him believe they can't stay together. Really cute and sweet couple. No trigger warnings.

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.