Hello, long time no post!! I have parts 4+5 of BL Manga for Beginners up now~ Part 4: BL Events in Japan - stacksofbl.com/2026/05/20/b... Part 5: BL Manga Publishing in English - stacksofbl.com/2026/05/25/b...

BL Manga for Beginners Part 3 is up!! I talk about a variety of things, from what's in a manga magazine, changes with digital, comics/tankobon releases, and more. 📕 stacksofbl.com/2026/03/06/b...

While this is still a work in progress, here is a list of 75(!!) Japanese BL manga magazines/labels that are active (as far as I know). All the Twitter accounts for the editorial departments should all be linked though! 🔗 airtable.com/app73F8D7gqw... (Please let me know if there are any errors!)

Despite being graduated I somehow still have a lot on my plate. I'm most likely going to be busy until April too...

BL for Beginners Part 02 is out!! To be honest I struggled a lot with this post... It's definitely more of my own thoughts yet I'm not sure if I offered much insight? Regardless, BL for me has a lot of potential with a variety of stories! 🔰 stacksofbl.com/2026/02/16/b...

Brand-new license announcement! SLEEPING DEAD (OMNIBUS) by NEMUI ASADA. In this dark Boys’ Love / #BL manga, an unfortunate incident leaves one man caught between dead and alive—and stuck with the man who made him that way. sevenseasentertainment.com/2026/01/14/s...

Brand-new license announcement—UPDATED! THE APOLOGY OF NOUMI-SENPAI by Koala Omugi. Philosophy and love collide when two university students search for their souls’ missing halves in this Boys’ Love / #BL manga.

Starting a series of posts I'm calling "BL for Beginners"... It's been tough to try condensing information as basically another repeat of info out there already, but I still hope for these posts to be useful!! Just posted the first part today~ 🔰 stacksofbl.com/2026/01/14/%...

I actually had the fortune to attend a J.GARDEN earlier this year and was able to briefly meet Maki-sensei and get her doujinshi... I also went to her 10th anniversary exhibition that was going on earlier that week too!! It was really amazing💕 I truly long for her Pornographer series and

I feel like I could hardly put into words just how much I'm enjoying Omega Megaera... I may be biased but it's such an intriguing story and I could not put it down. My review is honestly super overdue but I just had trouble trying to express myself hahahaha

I wrote a review on Omega Megaera Vol 1! After becoming a fan of Maki-sensei earlier this year, I have been extremely excited for this series release. One thing I've really loved about sensei's works is her character writing. I'm so stoked to see how things unravel 🥀 stacksofbl.com/2025/12/29/o...

I posted a veeery short 2025 recap post! Looking forward to writing more next year~ Also, I've finished my MLIS degree program!! ✨ stacksofbl.com/2025/12/27/2...

Started my doujinka blog: breezebl.wordpress.com It's very barebones for now but I'll be posting about events I'll attend and creation process and such. First post is an 'about me' post and 'about the blog' post. Aiming to post 2x a week unless I'm really busy

here's the page btw!! name is subject to change but~! 801blogs.carrd.co

do you🫵🏽 blog about BL??? i am making a directory of BL bloggers, and if you'd like to be included in it, please fill out the form below! forms.gle/7NZh9BBiH6Rm...

Also I hope to have an end of year post soon!! Plus some reviews I'm behind on OTL (Two more weeks until I'm done with my MLIS!!!)

LRT Tokyopop licensing more booklets outside of the Lullaby of the Dawn ones is so cool!!! It seems like these are all Animate ones too. iirc so far they've been the only print publisher to really print tokuten booklets, which is cool.

License Announcment! Expect a booklet of My Noons and Midnights Are for You by Luria next summer! #tokyopop #manga #lovelove

License announcement! About a Love Song by Hiroko Natsuno will be getting a twenty page booklet release this month. #tokyopop #manga #lovelove

I'm so excited for this!!! Very happy to see more Japanese BL novels ☺️

Wrote a short review on Yankee & Caramelizer! This story is oh so sweet~ I honestly like sweets-related stories a lot so I had fun reading. Thanks to @yenpress.com and Edelweiss for the DRC. 🍰 stacksofbl.wordpress.com/2025/11/10/y...

📢 BIG NEWS! 📢 Are you ready for Citrus Con 2026? 🍋 We sure are! 😆 We're honored to announce our Q&A + drawing panel special guest for 2026 is THE Guri Nojiro-sensei ( @nojiroguri.bsky.social )! 😍 More details HERE⬇️: www.ebookrenta.com/cnt/?ac=a-r1... @citruscon.bsky.social #CitrusCon2026

I wrote a little review on Perfect Propose by Mayo Tsurukame. It's one of my favorite titles available on @futekiya.bsky.social, so I was really happy to see it get a print release! 🍛 stacksofbl.wordpress.com/2025/10/14/p...

Brand-new license announcement! CAN YOU KISS ME FIRST? by Yamayade. Two co-workers who seem like complete opposites have grown close outside the office but struggle to admit how deep their feelings truly are in this sweet Boys’ Love / #BL manga! sevenseasentertainment.com/2025/10/01/s...

A friend caught my typo in my original tweet for the review. Oopsies... My thumbs, why must you be like this... 😅😅

Wrote up a review on I Don't Know How to Love by Yu Machio! Aimi being awkward about everything was pretty adorable~ Thanks to @yenpress and Edelweiss for the DRC! ❤️ stacksofbl.wordpress.com/2025/09/30/i...

Eventually I will make a banner for the blog.....

Speaking of BL mangaka interviews, Kodansha did one with Jyanome for the Twilight out of Focus series a few months back. It doesn't seem like they were posted to Bluesky, so here are the links to them! Part 1: kodansha.us/2025/06/24/i... Part 2: kodansha.us/2025/06/26/i...

I love when mangaka have the opportunity for English-langauge interviews, especially BL ones!!! Renta! also doing fanmail events in addition to interviews is also amazing. It's such a fun experience for English readers to be able to share their thoughts with BL mangaka~

‼️ NEWS ‼️ IT'S HERE!! Come see Yamayade-sensei's response to your messages, a short Q&A with questions directly form readers, AND an adorable Eito and Kou form when they were in high school 😭😭💕 CLICK ⏬ www.ebookrenta.com/cnt/?ac=a-r1...

Wrote a little review for Guri Nojiro's In Love's Key, Reprised! I'm a fan of Guri Nojiro, so I'm glad to see more of their works in English~ Thanks to @kodansha.us and @netgalley.bsky.social for the DRC! 🎹 stacksofbl.wordpress.com/2025/09/22/i...

I keep adding books to my list to review... Also I have so many other BL I own that I want to review, especially older titles... But whenever I see new BL titles available on NetGalley and Edelweiss I'm like oohhhhh let's check them out!!

This is from a few days ago but... I was able to do a bit of manga reader's advisory at work thanks to my boss, who gave me the opportunity! I'm really grateful I had the chance to try, as I'm only clerical staff right now.

I'd been curious about this one so I finally read and reviewed Worst Soulmate Ever and its sequel! I keep saying I'm not the biggest fan of ケンカップル and yet... I love it! 💒 stacksofbl.wordpress.com/2025/09/08/w...

I hope to attend ANYC in the future ahh. I may only work in circulation now but I seriously hope to work with manga as a librarian in the future so....!!!

Super excited!!!!

I go back to classes next week, but it's also my final semester!!! I thought I could do a few in two weeks but alas I got sick my last week of class so I spent the following not doing much outside work. I do have a review I need to get done though!!! Ahh!!!!

I made a very last minute Yaoi Day post!!! Happy Yaoi Day!! stacksofbl.wordpress.com/2025/08/01/h...

ohhhh I came across this article while looking up other things and oh I am curious to read more scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jeal/vol2024...

Getting into the Japanese media translation industry, especially for manga, is a lot harder nowadays, but here are some resources for translators, letterers, and editors

Every day I think about how Lullaby of the Dawn needs more attention among Anglophone manga readers, whether they read BL or not bc it's peak, as people say these days

My post about Lullaby of the Dawn is now up!! I also recently learned it was a part of MyAnimeList's You Should Read This Manga 2025 under the Unique Art/Story category, which is perfect timing stacksofbl.wordpress.com/2025/05/26/l...

I know I need to focus on classwork these last few weeks of summer semester... However, l was looking at the resources page on my blog and am thinking about having a space for others who do BL reviews for print licensed titles. So if anyone would like to be a part of that, let me know!!!

My most recent checkout thanks to academic library consortium ☺️

Wrote an early review for Deme Kingyobachi's My Instructor Won't Yield!! Since the license announcement, I've been interested in reading. It's a funny and cute story and I recommend it for sure! Thanks to Kodansha and Net Galley for the DRC. It'll be available Aug 19!

I've only been to ALA Annual once in 2023 and it was just when I was applying to start my MLIS. And omg yeah it was so cool to see all the publishers there. I was able to get a few books myself. Definitely going to next year's Annual!

LRT Working in circulation, oh yeah comics for kids and teens especially circulate like crazy. Even from my experience most of the manga I read growing up was thanks to the library!

In today's blog post I talk about two digital manga publishers who have printed some of their licenses! They are Animate International (x.com/AnimateIntl) and @futekiya.bsky.social/@mangaplanet.bsky.social, which is also a platform. 🔗: stacksofbl.wordpress.com/2025/07/10/f...

Reading about BL history is always fascinating, especially seeing the evolution of the genre and the boundaries of what qualifies as BL. I could say with manga in general with demographic genres .. I've seen so many arguments on what qualifies as BL, shojo, seinen, etc. in this last year.