{"id":31300,"date":"2026-06-28T19:42:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T23:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/design-providers.com\/rise\/crossed-hearts-blush-club-imprint-licenses-a-gaze-like-lightning-more-bl-manga\/"},"modified":"2026-06-28T19:42:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T23:42:10","slug":"crossed-hearts-blush-club-imprint-licenses-a-gaze-like-lightning-more-bl-manga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/design-providers.com\/rise\/crossed-hearts-blush-club-imprint-licenses-a-gaze-like-lightning-more-bl-manga\/","title":{"rendered":"Crossed Hearts\u2019 Blush Club Imprint Licenses A Gaze Like Lightning &#038; More BL Manga"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Crossed Hearts<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2019 Boys\u2019 Love imprint Blush Club has announced the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">license acquisition<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> of four new manga titles this week, including <em>A Gaze Like Lightning, <\/em><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Bird in the Cage Dreams<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">,<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">and more. All titles will be released in print and digital formats in December 2026.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Bird in the Cage Dreams <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">is now available for pre-order, while pre-orders for the other three manga will be open soon.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Limited edition book orders of each title made on Crossed Hearts\u2019 <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thecrossedhearts.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">website<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> will also include two premium artboards.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Here are the details on Crossed Hearts\u2019 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">newest licenses<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">:\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 20px;color: #000000\">The Bird in the Cage Dreams\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\">\u00a9 YAKEI HIRAGAI 2025 \/ KAIOHSHA<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Story and Art: <\/span>Yakei Hiragai\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\">Synopsis<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">:\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI cursed you with one command: live.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Born into the bloodline destined to lead the fierce and war-loving Raiveda Clan, Giz has always carried a single ambition: to free Tzad, a retired warrior held captive as little more than a plaything on the outskirts of the settlement.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To everyone else, Tzad is a disgraced veteran. To Giz, he is far more: a trusted comrade who fought beside him for years, the only person who ever stood as his equal, and the one who quietly claimed a place in his heart.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">But before Giz can reveal the truth of his feelings, tragedy strikes. Just as he stands on the verge of inheriting the chieftain\u2019s seat, Tzad murders one of the clan\u2019s most powerful elders, shattering their future in an instant.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Branded a criminal and sentenced to death, Tzad becomes the enemy of the very people he once protected. With the tribe demanding blood and destiny pulling them to opposite sides, Giz must choose between the future he has spent his life pursuing and the man he cannot bear to lose.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 20px;color: #000000\">Until We Fall in Love<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\">\u00a9 AN CHANOKI 2025 \/ KAIOHSHA <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Story and Art: <\/span>An Chanoki\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\">Synopsis<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">:\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A cupid who doesn\u2019t understand love. A school heartthrob who won\u2019t stop confessing. What could possibly go wrong?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Manato has a secret no one can know. While everyone else worries about their own romances, he\u2019s actually a cupid tasked with guiding human hearts toward love. The problem? He doesn\u2019t really understand love himself.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">So when the school\u2019s most popular boy, Towa, suddenly falls head over heels for him and boldly confesses, Manato brushes him off without a second thought. Unfortunately, Towa refuses to give up.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">No matter how many times he\u2019s rejected, he keeps finding his way back to Manato\u2019s side, showering him with affection, sweet words, and a smile bright enough to make anyone\u2019s heart skip a beat.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As Manato struggles to carry out his duties without revealing his true identity, he finds himself facing a far more difficult challenge: understanding the feelings of the one person determined to steal his heart.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Can a cupid who has spent his life helping others fall in love finally discover what love means for himself?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 20px;color: #000000\">The King of Owls and His Troubled Attendant<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\">\u00a9 CHIKUWABU TANNO 2025 \/ KAIOHSHA<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Story and Art: <\/span>Chikuwabu Tanno\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\">Synopsis<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">:\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bound by duty. Drawn by destiny. Childhood friends. King and Attendant. Neither should cross the line.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In the divine realm of Kakuriyo, King Madara of the Northern Bird Clan spends his days avoiding both responsibility and the search for a destined mate, much to the frustration of his loyal attendant, Sasame.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As Madara\u2019s closest confidant, Sasame has spent years keeping the carefree king out of trouble. Yet beneath his unwavering loyalty lies a secret he\u2019s carried since childhood: a love he can never confess. After all, they may be childhood friends, but they are also master and servant.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">But when an unexpected incident leaves the two spending a night together, everything begins to change. The next morning, Madara starts pursuing Sasame with an intensity that is impossible to ignore, throwing Sasame\u2019s carefully guarded heart into complete disarray.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Can a king who refuses to settle down truly offer his heart? And can a loyal attendant dare to dream of a future where they stand not as master and servant, but as destined mates?<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 20px;color: #000000\">A Gaze Like Lightning\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\">\u00a9 YUHI SHINOME 2025\/ KAIOHSHA<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Story and Art: <\/span>Yuhi Shinome<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\">Synopsis<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">:\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">When kind-hearted college student Hiyori is asked to play matchmaker for Shino, the handsome and enigmatic campus heartthrob, he reluctantly agrees, despite harboring feelings for him himself. After all, someone as popular as Shino could never be interested in an ordinary guy like him.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Then, after a shift at their part-time job, Hiyori asks whether Shino has a girlfriend.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cNo. But there is someone I like.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Heartbroken, Hiyori prepares to move on\u2026 until Shino\u2019s next words leave him speechless.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIt\u2019s you.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Source<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CrossedHearts_X\/status\/2070182734316646783\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Crossed Hearts Official X\/Twitter<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (<\/span><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CrossedHearts_X\/status\/2070545121116889295\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">2<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">) (<\/span><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CrossedHearts_X\/status\/2070907510547231073\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">3<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">) (<\/span><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CrossedHearts_X\/status\/2071269896709972161\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">4<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Crossed Hearts\u2019 Boys\u2019 Love imprint Blush Club has announced the license acquisition of four new manga titles this week, including A Gaze Like Lightning, The Bird in the Cage Dreams, and more. All titles will be released in print and digital formats in December 2026.\u00a0 The Bird in the Cage Dreams is now available for 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