sadslime's manga / #Josei(88)

Chika is an ordinary woman who lived a life of constant abuse by her parents until she nearly died and was transported to the world of heteromorphic heads! (Meaning heads all have different shapes.) She was found by professionals trained to take care of such displaced humans and ended up living with Raz, a man with the head of a daft punk member if their head was all black and they had a venom smile for a mouth. Even though humans are treated as "pets" in this world, the scary-looking Raz has fallen head over heels for his Chika and she loves him too, though she can't express it as trauma has left her unable to speak. With the help of Raz and his friends, Chika slowly begins to heal from her trauma and bridge the gap between her and Raz so they can truly be in love. A very bizarre setup, but it's fun world building. The story does feel a bit rushed though. Trigger warnings: abuse, attempted suicide, violence.

Tono Asako is known as a spinster, but she doesn't mind as long as she can take care of her frail younger sister. But when the soldier Shintaro Kido requests her sister as a bride, Asako can't let someone with his reputation take her sister, especially when she hears he only wants a bride to give birth to an heir. Asako begs him to take her instead, and Kido agrees, beginning their relationship as husband and wife in which Asako believes herself to be a replacement bride, but Kido seems to have wanted her all along. Asako starts off seeming like a very strong character, but once married it feels like she immediately loses any strength to her actions and just becomes your basic FL and dutiful bride. It's fine, but not a standout story. Trigger warnings: Sexism, attempted rape, threat of suicide.

Ichika is a romance writer who's editor suggest she goes to a host club to get more experience for her writing, and she's almost date-raped until the police bust in and police officer Jin ends up taking care of her heat, instead. Turns out, they're a fated pair. Not particularly interesting straight omegaverse smut. Trigger warnings: drug(aphrodisiac), dubcon.

Ran is a struggling college student who enjoys her job at a cafe that her favorite author, Mikami, frequents. But when her family falls into bigger financial troubles, her friend convinces her to try a job as a sugar baby while promising she won't have to do anything she's not comfortable with. But when Mikami sees her get roofied on her first date, he intervenes and then offers to become her new sugar daddy instead, to protect her. Trigger warning: drug(roofie/aphrodisiac).

Mio and Sagara grew up together, Mio as the boss's daughter and Sagara as his subordinate in the yakuza, but one night Mio sees Sagara having sex and suddenly realizes how sexy he can be. She wants on in that, so when he confronts her, she invites him and they find out they have great compatibility. But after they started this relationship as basically friends with benefits, how can they transition once feelings are involved? Surprisingly cute despite the stupid name, though it is smutty. I liked the non-traditional FL in this one. Even just having a FL who can say out loud she wants to have sex is a huge plus, and she wasn't even embarrassed. Trigger warnings: voyuerism, somnophilia(in a relationship), gun.

Wakako is just a girl with bad luck who went to a shrine and ended up leaving with a talisman that happened to contain Rai, the god who eats bad things. Rai has to kiss Wakako (and more) to feed, and though she's hesitant at first, the two end up falling for each other, and Rai says that if she's happy and has no more negative emotions to feed him, his life will naturally shorten and they can live together as a normal couple. But their happiness is interrupted by the bad turn in Wakako's mother's illness which makes her question if being around Rai is courting disaster. Interesting setup. Their first interaction has some dubcon, but after that they're good about consent. Trigger warning: dubcon

Wakako is just a girl with bad luck who went to a shrine and ended up leaving with a talisman that happened to contain Rai, the god who eats bad things. Rai has to kiss Wakako (and more) to feed, and though she's hesitant at first, the two end up falling for each other, and Rai says that if she's happy and has no more negative emotions to feed him, his life will naturally shorten and they can live together as a normal couple. But their happiness is interrupted by the bad turn in Wakako's mother's illness which makes her question if being around Rai is courting disaster. Interesting setup. Their first interaction has some dubcon, but after that they're good about consent. Trigger warning: dubcon

Mashiro met her best friend Omi in college, and though Omi is actually a boy, he's so cute that Mashiro has always seen him as a girl, and the two have even moved in together. But when Mashiro is getting hit on at a party, a handsome stranger swoops in to her rescue and reveals himself to be Omi. Now that Mashiro has seen Omi as a man, she can't get him off her mind! Cute but honestly could have taken like four chapters. Trigger warnings: dubcon, stalker, online harassment.

Nijiko is an out of luck writer who passed out on the street one day from lack of food, and she was picked up by Sogo, a high spec man who had just put his life together after a bad breakup. At first, Nijiko thinks of herself as something like Sogo's pet, but when she says she should probably leave before she relies on him too much, he declares that she could stay if she was his lover and things get physical. I like Nijiko as a non-traditional female lead, even if the story is fairly standard. No trigger warnings.

Saki is sacrificed to the local god, Gaira, but he doesn't want to kill her so the two end up living together. The only hitch is that she has to provide him with energy through sex. The story wasn't very memorable, mostly an excuse for smut. Trigger warnings: human sacrifice, rape, violence.