sadslime's manga / #Heterosexual romance(117)

Maika is from an onmyoji family, and on her 18th birthday, she summons the shikigami Homura to protect her, only to learn that she's supposed to sleep with him to provide her energy. Maika doesn't want to do that without love, leading to some conflict between the two. But when she finally does realize she loves him, things get even more complicated as it turns out she already has a fiance she didn't know about AND love between a human and a shikigami is taboo. Not sure exactly when this came out, but it feels very early 2000s, and the whole story moves very quickly. Trigger warning: manipulation.

After getting kicked out by her abusive husband and mother-in-law for being unable to bear children, Ume returns to her home village to learn her parents have died, and it's time for the yearly ritual to send a sacrifice to the mountain god. With nothing going for her, she offers to go in place of the girl they were going to send and meets Shoma, a wolf god with a muzzle who doesn't speak but writes things for her. He tells her that they'll have a trial marriage, and if they go one month without lying to each other, they will be wed. I like the FL, and the story is fine with decent smut, though I'm not really sure what the main conflict is yet. Trigger warnings: abuse, attempted murder.

After the mercenary Kasfar had his heart broken by his wife who cheated while he was away working, he's been closed off for years, until he rescues the elf Claudia and brings her home. Though both are a little unsure, he feels it may be time to open his heart, and she wants to be the one to do it for him. The smut was decent, and there aren't that many good fantasy smut stories, so I'll give it that, but the story didn't really engage me. I didn't feel the character's motivations enough, and Kasfar really wasn't that likeable. Trigger warnings: cheating, attempted rape, murder.

Tanaka is a straight-laced teacher who secretly has a folder of pictures of the school nurse, Shirahane, which she uses while pleasuring herself at night. She's mortified when he finds out, but he's into it and they start dating. It's been a while since I read this one, but it was fine, I think. Trigger warning: threat of blackmail

After witnessing her parent's messy divorce, Lee Seo decided it's better to love people from afar and became a Grade A stalker. Her latest target is her boss Kang Juhyeok, but when he catches her stalking him, he blackmails her into sleeping with him. Then living with him. Then she's pregnant and he wants to marry her. Wait, is this still blackmail? Not the best story, read if you want to for the smut. Trigger warnings: stalking, noncon, blackmail.

A notorious villainess who no one respects orders her manservant to sleep with her regularly, despite knowing he's in love with another, because she's so alone and desperate. Meanwhile, he's actually a deposed prince who thinks the whole thing is entertaining. Trigger warning: neglect, abuse, power imbalance, lying/manipulation.

Ayame lives in a ninja village but sucks at being a ninja, and her one solace is watching her secret love, the future village chief, Shoma. But when she hears he's getting married, she decides she needs to step it up and move on with her life, so she asks to learn seduction techniques so she can work as a ninja. To her surprise, Shoma herself is her teacher on the night of, and the next day, he asks her to marry him! Ayame is under the impression Shoma loved someone else so he was forced to marry her, but really he's been in love with Ayame for a long time. Had some cute moments, but honestly, Shoma is a red flag. I lost interest and stopped reading around chapter 30.

Rin has terrible luck in love, and men keep dumping her even when everything seems great. That's when she gets a new trainee at work, Yamato, who happens to be a total hunk. She can't help but get excited by the sweet things he says and does, but she tries not to let it get to her too much. Meanwhile, he's fully stalking her and has loved her for a long time from afar while waiting for his chance. Trigger warnings: stalking, voyuerism, noncon.

Rose was isekaied into the role of the villainess in a game she played as the fiance of crown prince Theo, but when the game is supposed to begin, she and Theo suddenly go into heat and find out they're "the one" for each other. Though Rose likes Theo, she knows that their marriage will lead to the bad end, so when he suggests trying to get their engagement ended, the couple set out on a journey to break up. So far pretty stereotypical, it only stands out as a romance fantasy webtoon because it has smut. I dropped off somewhere between ch 20-30. Trigger warning: dubcon (heat)

In a modern world riddled with dungeons and shared between elves and humans, Pania the elf is a mid-level adventurer who has always looked up to the S-rank elf Naos, so when he's told he can't enter uncleared dungeons alone anymore, she jumps to convince him to take her as his partner. But once inside, they're hit with the reality that Naos is under a lust curse and only Pania's special ability to see the status window lets him know how to temporarily relieve it (through sexy missions). Pania convinces Naos to keep bringing her along as the only one who can help him, but they're both starting to have a hard time keeping their feelings out of it and meanwhile, Naos has a tragic backstory and motivations he doesn't think Pania can accept. I want to say, as far as smut manga for women goes, this one takes the cake. So, let's face it, the plot is just a setup for smut, but that's fine. It's fun, it's got cute moments, and it's actually showing the women what they want to see! The way they show Naos's genuine expressions of desire is way better than a stoic emotionless brick pounding the life out of her, and he's a unique and interesting male lead. 10/10 smut for women, would recommend. Trigger warning: dubcon(via missions), rape.