We’re back, baybee! …Kind of! The second half of 2025 moving into 2026 was pretty crazy at Renta! HQ, and BL Team has been kept busy with lots of projects and new manga we can’t quite talk about yet (soon! hopefully!). This term, however, we’re hoping to make more time for the BLog and other forms of community outreach—partly because we want to give back to show appreciation for everyone’s support, from the Manga Planet move to all of our mangaka projects to Citrus Con—but also because, well… it’s one of our favorite parts of the job, too, as BL fans and community members ourselves.

Which brings me to today’s BLog post! At Citrus Con 2026 we did THREE panels this year: Guri Nojiro Drawing w/ Q&A, our “Day In The Life of a BL Manga Editor” industry panel, and an hour-long Q&A. However, as those who attended may remember, we VASTLY underestimated both the number of questions we’d get and our ability to yap at length about our job and BL recs, so we got through… maybe 1/3 of the questions?? We promised we would post the rest later as a BLog post, but then one project after another after another hit us in-house, and I’m finally getting round to writing this now.

We are so sorry… 🙇‍♀️ Trust me when I say there are also lots of BL reviews I want to write and share, and more cultural stuff as well. Hopefully 2026 will be our comeback year!

Also, a sad note: for those who’ve paid attention to the members of BL Team, Yomogi—our lover of yandere and thick eyebrows—will be leaving us this month. So, this will be the last BLog post he’ll be included in. A huge otsukaresama deshita to him, and a thank you for all the fun times he’s given BL Team! We will be staying in touch and continuing to talk about wonderful BL together, even if it’s now outside of work. 🖤

Without further ado…! This is going to be an extremely long post, so strap in.

We’ll also be re-answering all the early questions for everyone who missed the panel, since the Q&A didn’t get recorded. The answers also may have changed in the last four months depending on new series we’ve gotten into recently.

I’ll be answering the vast majority of the questions since I’m the one writing the BLog post, but Yomogi and Sou will also jump in where appropriate! I’ll make sure everyone’s answers are marked clearly.

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