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  A little while ago, I made a post on a BL manga that I found out about because of drag queen Evah Destruction. Well today I’m talking about another BL manga that I found out about because of that same Evah Destruction tweet, My Summer of You by Nasiga Furuya. Basically, I went back to that same tweet because I was in the mood to read another BL manga. There’s nothing special and no cute little story, I literally just wanted to consume some gay media and it seemed like this one was a complete story in two volumes. However, after doing a little research, it’s not done and there’s a third volume coming out in November. There isn’t really a blurb as such, so I’m just jacking what’s on the Amazon listing for the first volume. And that is that Chiharu Saeki and Wataru Toda are two high school students who share a common hobby: They love to watch movies. After they meet, they become fast friends, until one day, when Chiharu confesses his love for Wataru. Wataru says that Chiharu’s co...

Today I’m talking about The Henna Wars by Adiba Jaigirdar. This is a book that I found out about because I read, and loved, Hani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating , and this is, as far as I’m aware, was the book that came out prior. Some may call me a fan, although, I don’t know that I could confidently say I would be a fan after one book, because what would I do if I didn’t like anything that came after? That’s not related to this book, but still… The blurb says that Nishat’s parents say she can be anyone she wants – as long as she isn’t a lesbian. She doesn’t want to lose her family, but she also doesn’t want to hide who she is, which only gets harder once Flavia walks into her life. Beautiful and charismatic, Flavia takes Nishat’s breath away. But as their lives become tangled, they’re caught up in a rivalry that gets in the way of any feeling they might have for each other. Can Nishat find a way to be true to herself… and find love too? To give the same content warning that comes ...