Let the Spy Games begin.
Honey Trap Share House (ハニートラップ・シェアハウス) is an Ecchi and Harem Genre spy manga that began serialization in 2021.
Hayato Kiriyama is considered the best spy in all of Japan, completely immune to any Honey Traps thrown his way. Then, on his latest mission he's sent to administer a share house that doubles as a trap for foreign spies, and realizes his very first tenant is his childhood friend-turned spy Seraphy. Now both will try to win over the other to their side, with sexy results aplenty, specially when more spies who are also familiar with Hayato join the share house.
General Tropes:
- Above the Influence: Hayato genuinely tries his best to avoid falling for the seduction attempts of the girls, but even he has his limits.
- Accidental Pervert: There are times when Hayato genuinely falls into this without being part of a honey trap, like walking on a naked Seraphy at the end of the first chapter. Screaming from both ensued.
- A-Cup Angst: Seraphy has a pretty respectable bust of her own, but feels self-conscious to the huge knockers of Maria. Emily has it even worse when she also moves to the share house.
- The Alcoholic: Maria loves spending her free time drinking, even if it doesn't mean making it part of a honey trap.
- All Women Are Lustful: Hayato isn't the one trying to seduce the girls, they're the ones who come at him with varying levels of skimpiness and or desire to turn him over to their side.
- Bathtub Bonding: Hayato and Seraphy end up sharing a tub in chapter 6, and it's the closest they've gotten to actually doing the deed and admitting their mutual feelings, had it not been for Maria interrupting when she did.
- Battle Butler: Alfred is Emily's personal butler and a very experienced battler. He even wears a bulletproof kevlar suit.
- Beware the Nice Ones: For the most part Hayato and the girls are normally good people, if quirky, but they're all still deadly spies and assassins who will kill their enemies without mercy.
- Big Eater: Seraphy loves eating and trying new things.
- Blade Enthusiast: Seraphy Hiiragi is known as the Blade Princess for her preference for using knives and other blades.
- Blatant Lies: During their reencounter, Seraphy pretends her very real knife is just a fake, while Hayato claims his gun isn't real. Neither truly believes the other.
- Blonde, Brunette, Redhead: Seraphy has white hair, but Maria is the blonde, Emily the redhead and Hyouka is the brunette.
- Chick Magnet: Hayato's kindness means he has four girls openly vying for his affections. Even Emily's maid Dorothy has expressed liking him.
- Childhood Friends: Hayato, Seraphy and Maria all grew up at the same orphanage, with the first two even having a Childhood Marriage Promise.
- Child Soldiers: Hayato, Seraphy and Maria were all trained to be spies from a very young age. And no, they didn't have a choice.
- Clean Up Crew: Whenever there's a fight near or inside the share house, Hayato always has a team of cleaners ready to get rid of the evidence and bodies.
- Cool Big Sis: Maria used to be this for Hayato and Seraphy back when they were kids, which makes it difficult for him to see her as more than that.
- Conflicting Loyalty: The main cause for conflict for the main characters since they're divided between loyalty to their respective countries and the bond they have with each other.
- Conspicuous Gloves: Hayato always wears his black gloves even in his role as intendant of the share house.
- Dramatic Irony: Both Seraphy and Hayato would love nothing more than the other would defect their respective countries and join them. Or simply abandon everything and become a family.
- Elegant Gothic Lolita: Seraphy always wears this type of dresses for her casual and mission clothes.
- Family of Choice: Since all of them are orphans, Hayato considers the girls to be his family, and wishes he could go back to those simpler days before they were all spies.
- Guys Smash, Girls Shoot: Inverted. Hayato is an excellent shooter while Seraphy and Maria are close-range combatants.
- Half-Breed Discrimination: Seraphy suffered from bullying as a child due to being half-Russian and half-Japanese, with Hayato and Maria as her only friends.
- High-Heel–Face Turn: This is something Hayato would like to invoke with any of the girls, especially Seraphy, not knowing they all want the same with him.
- Home Nudist: Maria prefers to lounge around in her room almost naked, usually doing yoga topless, to Hayato's annoyance since he can see her through hidden cameras.
- Honey Trap: It's even in the title, with Hayato and the girls trying to turn the other to their respective side.
- Mugging the Monster: Some Russian goons thought Maria was simply a backpacker, only for the head goon to realize she can easily lift over 300 pounds.
- I Know You Know I Know: Hayato, Maria and Seraphy all strongly suspect the other is a spy, but something always makes them think the others do not know.
- Love Epiphany: Maria realizes she's falling for Hayato too when he defends her from agents from another nation.
- Love Makes You Dumb: Normally the main characters are all pretty smart and competent spies, but when it comes to their respective feelings for each other, they're incredibly naive.
- Marshmallow Hell: Hayato ends up getting his face in between Seraphy and Maria's breasts, and it takes all his self-control to not react to it.
- Mentor Archetype: Emily's father James Ashley served as a mentor for Hayato when it came to spying and honey traps, but he has recently gone missing.
- Ninja Maid: Dorothy is Emily's personal maid and she wields an armed mop and feather duster. She's still no match for Seraphy in close combat.
- Older Than They Look: Emily is 18 years old but still looks like a grade-schooler, to her annoyance.
- Red Baron: Every spy so far has a badass moniker; Hayato is known as the Bullet of the Shura, Seraphy is the Blade Princess, Maria is Devil Incarnate, Emily is Alice and so on.
- Reluctant Fanservice Girl: In contrast to Maria and Emily, Seraphy had never really tried to use a honey trap before, so she easily gets flustered when trying to seduce Hayato.
- Phenotype Stereotype: Seraphy is half-Russian but has white hair, while Maria is a blonde American with huge knockers who dresses in minimal clothes.
- Secret-Keeper: Emily is the only one of the first three girls that do know Hayato is really a spy, but chooses not to mention it since she wants Hayato as her own.
- Shameless Fanservice Girl: Maria Rockwell has no problem dressing in provocative clothes or invoke a Suggestive Collision, is a Home Nudist and a Hard-Drinking Party Girl.
- Suggestive Collision: Maria deliberately invokes this in chapter 2 by ensuring Hayato lands on top of her with a hand on one of her boobs. Hayato even lampshades that "lucky lewd" accidents are supposed to only happen in manga and anime.
- Used to Be a Tomboy: Maria was very tomboyish as a child, being considered One of the Boys, but grew up into a stunning beauty with a dynamite body and a lot of experience with honey traps.
