sadslime's manga / #unrequited love(28)

Ryo is a bartender who wards off unwanted advances by saying he's "dried up," and can't get it up. His friend from university, Umezaki, is a total player who comes to the bar to show off his new conquest every night, until one day he frantically comes to Ryo saying he can't get it up! Ryo is wary of getting involved with Umezaki again after they had a bad breakup in university, but he just can't say no... A stupid misunderstanding, but otherwise pretty good plot and interesting characters. No trigger warnings.

Yuu loves his older neighbor, Tsubaki, who has been with him practically all his life. Since Yuu accidentally injured Tsubaki and left a scar as a baby, he decided he had to take responsibility for Tsubaki by always being with him, and even being his lover! Tsubaki loves spending time with his cute younger neighbor, but he fails to realize just how serious Yuu is. Very cute so far. Trigger warning: possible grooming themes (due to the age gap).130

Nanase has had a crush on his absolute himbo best friend, Hina, for a long time, so when Hina asks Nanase to have sex with him after hearing it feels good to use your butt, Nanase can't say no. But now that they're sex friends, Nanase is finding it harder than ever to get his point across when he tries to get Hina to understand he likes him. Cute and funny. Trigger warnings: lying/manipulation, bullying.

Aki and Taiga have been friends all their lives, and Aki is secretly in love wiht Taiga, so when Taiga gets badly injured at work and his family runs into money troubles, Aki ends up taking on a job as a male stripper to cover a loan to keep Taiga's house. Aki loves his job and figures he'll keep the whole thing from Taiga, but when Taiga finds out anyway, a lot of things come to light. Cute couple. Trigger warning: sex work.

Takashi confessed to his best friend, Hayate, in high school, and though Hayate turned him down, he offered to go on a date with him once a year on Takashi's birthday until Takashi found someone to love. After 10(?) years, Takashi decides that this unrequited love has gone on long enough, so he decides to end it by telling Hayate he found someone. But now it seems Takashi isn't ready to let go. No trigger warnings.

Yuutaro and Takei have been a comedy duo for years, but recently, Takei stopped talking to Yuutaro. Desperate to find out, why Yuutaro suggests breaking their duo up on a prank show and makes Takei cry. After that, Takei finally admits he's in love with Yuutaro, so to keep them working together normally, Yuutaro suggets they be lovers "only in this room" of his house. But when things go so well Yuutaro wants to extend the relationship beyond that room, Takei begins to pull away. Cute and well done with good characters. Trigger warnings: mention of rape, false rape accusation.

Ch.1-4.5 - Koitimo Triangle - Sakai has had a crush on his straight best friend Nishimura since high school, so he's been blowing off steam and complaining to his sex friend, Kitada, for just as long to deal with it. But when Nishimura catches them, it becomes the catalyst for the two to get together. Everything schould be great, but when Kitada suddenly vanishes from Sakai's life, he breaks down realizing how important Kitada is to him. So they track Kitada down and he says the only way he'll stay in Sakai's life is the same way he's always been: as his fuck buddy. So now we've got Nishimura and his boyfriend Sakai and Sakai's boyfriend (fuck buddy) Kitada. I'd have loved to see more of how that dynamic ended up playing out. No trigger warnings. Ch. 5-6 - Midnight Dancer Strategy - Ever since Takabayashi first got a job at the erotic danceclub, he's been obsessed with the one male dancer, Arisu's beautiful dancing, but he can't bring himself to say it. But one night when he catches Arisu about to go home with a customer, Takabayashi can't help but intervene, which it turns out was Arisu's plan all along. No trigger warnings.

Ch.1-3 - The Dangerous Neighbor/Lover/Roommate - Endou is sleeping with a woman when her husband, Okumura, comes home, ending their marriage. Endou feels so bad when he hears Okumura is a mess that he can't help but get involved, only to find out that Okumura is a flaming homosexual who wanted his marriage to end, takes advantage of Endou, and becomes a moocher staying at his house. But in the end, Okumura finds reasons to want to stay with him and they end up working and living together. Not really my thing. Ch.6-6.5 are extras about Okumura's ex. Trigger warnings: cheating, rape, lying/manipulation. Ch.4-5 - Where Your Heart Belongs - Ritsu likes to have one night stands to deal with his unrequited love for his best friend, but when he worries that he might have caught an STD and rushes to the nearest hospital (and OBGYN), he runs into his latest one night stand, Ikeuchi, as the doctor! It turns out it's measles, and Ikeuchi is relentless in trying to take care of Ritsu, finally wearing him down. But a year later, Ritsu worries that despite Ikeuchi's words of affection, he always draws a line between them, and really still sees them as fuck buddies. These two are the more interesting couple to me. Trigger warnings: sex work, statutory rape(?).