At Anime Expo 2026, MangaPlaza brought Boys Love (BL), Girls Love (GL), and Romance lovers together during their interactive panel.
Panel hosts Daniel Dueñas and Laura Neuzeth connected with the audience, encouraging everyone to shout out their favorite tropes in manga or the ones they find themselves reading the most. The most popular answers called out were enemies to lovers, one bed, friends to lovers, and office romance, which led into a discussion of hot titles featured on MangaPlaza.
Daniel and Laura dove into beloved titles, including:
Each title followed a specific trope, and the audience was encouraged to discuss their thoughts with the panelists and each other. Once the tropes were decided, they were added to the list on screen.
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