sadslime's manga / #Historical(56)

Sumire's sister and mother have always treated her terribly, made her work, and made her do all the housework, but even Sumire's shocked when her sister racks up a debt with the yakuza and her family decides to sell Sumire off to pay it. Meanwhile, the yakuza head, Touya, can't help but empathize with Sumire's situation a bit, so he finally decides to make her his housekeeper instead of selling her into a brothel, and now Sumire lives with the yakuza clan. Pretty cute despite the dark subject matter at the beginning. Trigger warning: human trafficking.

Kagemaru is a ninja who was sent to kill the castle lord, Enji, but after meeting him he switched sides and fell in love. Enji's retainers aren't sure of Kagemaru's loyalty, but Enji himself is more than sure - in fact, he wants Kagemaru to be more than just a bodyguard. Smutty story with a fun historical setting. Trigger warning: dubcon.

Ginka has always been abused by her family for being born with white hair and a scale birthmark, while her younger sister is a perfect priestess, expected to marry the head of the Suzaku family, Kazuha. But when Ginka bumps into him by accident, Kazuha unexpectedly announces that she's his destined partner! A typical Cinderella type story with a snowy Japanese mountain setting that makes it interesting. Trigger warnings: abuse, attempted murder.

The mysterious tattoo artist Umi lives alone with two fish spirits for company after being ostracized since birth for having a huge scale birthmark caused by a mermaid's curse. One day, he bumps into phony exorcist Mikagi in town, and the two end up hitting it off and sharing about their traumas. But the real exorcist in town now has his eye on Umi due to his mermaid mark, and his intentions are far from good. I love everything about this story. Umi is adorable, Mikagi is a green flag, the fish are so cute and funny (and scary), and even the other humans who are treated as monsters have such good character designs. This is a good one. Trigger warnings: abuse, kidnapping, human trafficking.

Tsuwabuki is a lion dog, illegitimate son to the head of the wolf family, and he's always been treated badly by his family. When a proposal comes from the dragon god Shuro that he needs a bride to purify him (through sex), Tsuwabuki's sister forces him to take her place. Tsuwabuki believes he's not worthy to be Shuro's bride, but it turns out Tsuwabuki was who Shuro wanted all along. I wasn't totally satisfied with the ending, but it was still a decent read. Trigger warnings: child abuse, attempted murder.

Tama is an unlucky girl who can see yokai. After getting fired from her most recent job, she runs into the job broker Ginichi and begs him to find her a new job. He primarily works with yokai, but he offers a her a job at his office, saying her presence will bring them in. Trigger warnings: wrongful accusation, stalker, kidnapping, attempted murder.

One day, a deer beastman chatted with a human who had fallen into a hole and helped give him some food. Years later, that deer is caught and choked by a village chief, Ryan, causing him to lose his voice, though he's pretty sure Ryan or his brother are the one he spoke to in the hole years ago. The deer is nicknamed Shia by the village children, who play with him, but Ryan insists they are only keeping Shia to use him for his hair and antlers. Though Shia initially resents Ryan, his kindheartedness causes him to help Ryan multiple times, breaking down Ryan's walls, until Shia is kidnapped and it's up to Ryan to get him back. Although Ryan is a huge jerk, I like Shia a lot. Trigger warnings: violence, kidnapping, human(beastman) trafficking.

After being kicked out by her cheating husband and cruel mother-in-law, Adeline heads back to her home village to learn that her parents have died and the village needs to offer a sacrifice to the dragon god. With nowhere else to go, Adeline offers herself, expecting to die. To her surprise, the dragon god comes for her and says they will be married if they can live together this whole month without ever once lying to each other. Trigger warnings: cheating, murder.

Ryuka and Velk (a beastman) live together in Ryuka's small village ever since he found Velk wounded a year ago and took him in. Velk asked Ryuka to be his mate back then, and the two have been sleeping together ever since, but Ryuka hesitates to give Velk his heart, even so. But when it looks like Velk might lose Ryuka after all, will Ryuka have any regrets? Trigger warnings: death of family members.

Hakua is sent to take down a man-eating tiger but instead gets kidnapped himself by Youko, the descendant of tigers who married humans who can take on a human shape. Youko insists that Hakua bear him a child, and even when he learns Hakua is male, he rapes him. But after that the two live together for a while and Youko begins to understand human feelings more as Hakua comes to forgive him. But Hakua can't stay away from human society forever. Will Youko be able to give him up now that he's finally found someone who accepts him? Kind of choppy and obviously a bad start for a romance, but I liked the depiction of Youko's character growth. Trigger warning: rape, mention of cannibalism(man-tiger eating humans). Trigger warning: rape.