Vanilla Taste
((Waiting for updates)) All the comments can tell me is that he doesn't end up with Liam The plot had some interesting red flags hinting at things, but boy did it go sideways real quick. It's engrossing in a pleasantly stressful way. Official on Lezhin [mature]. Officials are here, they're just ordered a bit weird with non-officials in between. 5/26/23
Cloudburst
Straight top, dominant/assertive top, CEO boss X employee, status/wealth gap, slow burn. Official on Tapas, "Downpour." Officials are here. Main story is shonen ai, epilogue/side story is mature. I've bought all of the main story on Tapas. Series info: https://www.mangaupdates.com/series/p8w4bxn/downpour 1st: Spring(?) '22, 2nd: 8/28/22, 3rd: 7/23/23
Straight or Not
Wealth/status gap, CEO X small-time actor, straight top, top becomes a simp Ends at chapter 232, I bought the remaining ones on WebComics. Official on WebComics, officials are here. Not sure what happened, but translation quality went way down somewhere in the 60s of the chapters. In later chapters it's even clear in multiple places that speech bubbles have been switched. 5/30/23
Ordinary Person A
Guideverse, status gap, top pursues, top cold to everyone else but him. Summary: "Ordinary civilian Howoo's day turns into a disaster movie when a giant monster ambushes his city. All he hopes for is a quick and painless death, so he's pleasantly surprised when he's whisked out of harm's way by celebrity esper Yool. When the charming esper moves in next door shortly after, Howoo feels like he's living in a romcom. Not only does Yool know Howoo's name, but he also shows an oddly friendly interest in him when he's just one of the many civilians he's saved. And for some reason, Howoo feels a tingling sensation whenever their hands touch..." Official on Tappytoon, "Civilian A." Officials are here, I've bought through chapter 15. Based on a novel Series info: https://www.mangaupdates.com/series/4z2wirb/civilian-a Bato: https://mangatoto.com/title/124900-civilian-a Characters: MC: Lee Howoo ML: Oh Yool 1st: 6/2/23, 2nd: 6/10/22, 3rd: 7/19/23, 4th: 11/26/23 (S1), 5th: 6/17/24 (41)
How That Guide Is Loved
[Complete] Summary: "Guide Yuyeong is no longer interested in dating Esper since he was left heartbroken by his ex-lover. Thus, he decides to date a ‘normal human being’ instead. But as he finds out the person he is seeing is actually an Esper, he runs away." Top pursues, status gap, pseudo-fated Not licensed in English. Series info: https://www.mangaupdates.com/series/f48im7y/how-that-guide-is-loved 1st: 6/3/23, 2nd: 11/26/23, 3rd: 12/9/23
Special Guidance
[Complete] 61 chapters, 2 SS Edit: The title on here used to be "Ordinary Daily Life Of An Omegaverse Guide," but they changed it to the new, licensed title for English. Not omegaverse, not sure why it's put in the title here (it's not in the translated title on the chapter pages themselves). There is imprinting though. Assertive top, top pursues, status gap, obsessed top, character growth Summary: "Kang Yoonwoo is a common B class guide working at a guide center. One day, while Yoonwoo was going about his daily routine, a man came looking for him. “Your skills are good too, Guide.” He was the S class Esper, Kim Hyeontae. And as Yoonwoo never expected, he keeps coming back for him and asks him to become his personal guide." Not licensed in English, but the translation/cleaning/typesetting is so good they might as well be officials. Edit: 7/1/24 Now licensed on Lezhin! Series info: https://www.mangaupdates.com/series/4d16tmj/ordinary-daily-life-of-a-universal-guide Intimate scene starts: 13, 16 (side couple), 19 (attempted non-con while in altered state of mind), 20/21, 23, 29, 30 (+confession), 35, 37, 43 (+imprint), 50, 60 (not non-con, but extremely rough and altered state of mind), 62 1st: 6/3/23, 2nd: 6/29/23, 3rd: 12/12/23
A Survival Guide for D-Class Guides
Edit: it's just a one-shot promo for the novel: https://www.novelupdates.com/series/survival-rules-for-d-rank-guides/ As of 8/13/24, novel was dropped in translation and the existing chapter links are dead. Summary: "In a world where gates suddenly appeared, Espers were like a national power. South Korea's representative S-Class Esper, Cha Jaewoo, had a problem: after he gained his powers, he couldn't find a guide who had a high match rate with him. Thus, it was mandated that all citizens must take the guide test. "No way... I really hope this is not the case, but..." "Haa..." "...Is it Cha Jaewoo?" Haeyool took the test, thinking he might as well get it over with, and he set a record of an unprecedented 97.8% match rate with Cha Jaewoo! "So what? I'm a D-Class...!"" Not licensed in English. From what I can find, it's finished at 147 episodes in Korean (novel only? Unsure), so sad because even though it's a common premise, I never get tired of it. Neither of the scanslation groups that worked on it seem to have any intent to do more of the story. Series info: https://www.mangaupdates.com/series/9gbu9g0/a-survival-guide-for-d-class-guides 1st: 6/4/23, 2nd: 4/13/24 (it truly is just a super short trailer, no need to read again unless maybe you find a working link to the novel or it gets serialized)
B-Class Guide
[Complete] 50 and 51 are switched Assertive/dominant top, obsessed top, status gap, top is a crazy son of a bitch in general tbh. Reminds me a bit of the dynamic in Park Hanhoo's Manager. Summary: "A dizzying office love affair between an S-class esper and a B-class guide! Lee Jaeha, a B-class guide, had an office relationship with an esper at the same center for 3 years, but was recently done wrong. Despite breaking up with his lover, he finds himself forced to still guide him, and he applies for a transfer to a high-risk area. Surrounded by all kinds of rumors and stares, all he wants is a quiet and peaceful work life in the new center! However, Jaeha takes on the task of guiding Do Jiyoon, an S-class esper, on the verge of a rampage, and Jaeha’s work life is getting farther away from peaceful…!" Not licensed in English; the translation is okay, but confusing at times. Series info: https://www.mangaupdates.com/series/39mavly/b-grade-guide Characters: MC: Lee Jaeha ML: Do Jiyoon 1st: 6/4/23, 2nd: 12/5/23, 3rd: 6/18/25
My Suha
Boss X employee (director and secretary), dominant/assertive top, top pursues, possessive top. Gets much darker starting in the second season (there are 3 seasons total). Solid, cement wall of toxic sludge for like half of this, but starts cute initially and there's character growth, especially towards the end. The story ends with them going in the right direction. Official on Lezhin, these are the officials. Series info: https://www.mangaupdates.com/series/6l9t91q/my-suha Intimate scene starts (not including flashbacks, brief scenes, or uncomfortably not okay ones): 7, 11, 15, 20, 25, 31, 34, 37, 41, 52, 59, 68, 76, 92, 111 6/5/23 (left off in the early chapters of the side stories)
Kiss the Bride