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It’s been a while! Our last BLog post was back in 2025, which feels like ages ago by now. I know we’re starting to sound like a broken record, but the reason for the silence here as of late is… we’ve been busy! A good busy for sure, but it nevertheless pains us to leave the wonderful readers of our long-form BL ramblings hanging… so we figured we’d share a quick update on the things we’ve been working on lately, and reassure you that we’re still alive and kicking (our feet at cute ukes/size difference/problematic age gap yaoi).

Valentine’s BL Couple Dynamic Duel

For Valentine’s Day (or, rather, the week leading up to it since it fell on a Saturday this year), we decided to hold another daily poll event over on Twitter!

Also, Sou made cookies for the localization team. (Please clap)

The theme this time? BL Couple Dynamics.

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今月末発売のCab vol.84 もぎもぎフレンズ５話宜しくお願いします🍎🍏 pic.twitter.com/rPvfjEPd9t
— 赤星ジェイク (@acacabaka) February 16, 2023

So adorbs I LOVE THIS STORY. It’s about a guy who grows apples in his ass

One of our favorite topics to talk (write?) about on this BLog is the discovery of series and artists that we first come into contact with through our job — whether it’s in the process of quality checking, advertisement creation, hearing our coworkers rave about something they’re working on, or sometimes just clicking around on our site and servers.

One such artist that’s made a big impact on me since I discovered their manga is none other than Jake Akahoshi.

Akahoshi-sensei’s been in the BL game for over a decade, and in that time they’ve earned quite the reputation for their outlandish plots, beautiful depictions of the male body, and moving romance writing.

For the uninitiated, I’ve picked out a handful of their manga currently available in English on Renta! that I believe encompass the spirit of Jake Akahoshi’s unique approach to BL manga, which I personally find utterly delightful.

I’ll also be assigning them ratings 1 thru 5 on each level of the “Jake Scale” — a system I made specifically for this article, since I really believe Jake Akahoshi is on a level of their own when it comes to these three aspects:

Spiciness: How much sexy action can we expect?

Unhingedness: How “out there” is the setting/plot?

“Aww”-worthiness: Likeliness to hit you right in the feels?

Hopefully this will help you find a title (or titles) most likely to match your personal tastes, so you too can start your journey into Jake Akahoshi’s whacky BL world. Now, without further ado, let’s get right into it!

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