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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!

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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~

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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 😭😭💕

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In Love’s Key, Reprised by Guri Nojiro EN Title: In Love’s Key, ReprisedJP Title: くりかえしあいのおとRomaji:  Kurikaeshi Ai no OtoAuthor/Artist: Guri NojiroPublisher: KodanshaPublisher Rating: MatureStatus: Co…

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!

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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!

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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 got permission from my lovely editor so I wanted to share a few cool things I got to do with Love in the Palm of His Hand volume 1!
This is one of the most unique experiences I've had. I did a TON of research into JSL and the hard of hearing community!

I made a very last minute Yaoi Day post!!! Happy Yaoi Day!!

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I had no idea that the heading was originally "Boys love (gay erotica)". The heading is "Boys love (manga)" now

ohhhh I came across this article while looking up other things and oh I am curious to read more

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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

I said it in my post and I'll say it again: it seriously has a good balance of romance and plot/worldbuilding that I think non-BL fans would enjoy it. Plus gorgeous art!!!!!

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

Lullaby of the Dawn by Ichika Yuno EN Title: Lullaby of the DawnJP Title: 夜明けの唄Romaji: Yoake no UtaAuthor/Artist: Ichika YunoPublisher: Tokyopop/LoveLovePublisher Rating: 16+Status: Ongoing (5+ volumes) Content Notes: Non-explicit s…

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

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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 ☺️

My Instructor Won’t Yield by Deme Kingyobachi EN Title: My Instructor Won’t Yield JP Title:  千葉教官はなびかないRomaji: Chiba-kyoukan wa NabikanaiAuthor/Artist: Deme KingyobachiPublisher: KodanshaPublisher Rating: 16+Status: Ongoing (in Japan)* T…

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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!

Update on this: more copies were put on order and vol 2 is also on order!

I quoted without anything the first time but this thread was also in response to the post:

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I'm just in circulation right now but I really would love to work with comics, especially manga, in the future...

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!

Oh yeah here it is! The article (in Japanese) has some of the info. Would love to see the the English version of it!

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