Hi, dear readers! I'm Mojio Ikejiri, a BL mangaka who debuted in 2024 and a huge fan of BL for a super long time. I'm honored and so excited to talk about my manga and the story behind it!

Thank you so much! This series was started with the goal to deliver the sincere joy of pure muscle BL.
By taking inspiration from the shojo genre, I aimed to create a pure love drama. Plus, I decided to go with 2 decently strong guys (a bodyguard & a policeman) to show the beauty of muscles.
I hope you enjoy this pure, sexy duo as the story unfolds.

The idea started from Sun and Moon ship dynamics. Their character designs were roughly set with this idea. Also, their names written in Chinese characters, '陽人(Haruto)' and '朔良(Sakura),' include the meaning of sun and moon respectively.
Then, their core personalities were created by thinking of how they help people who're facing trouble. Sakura is assertive and Haruto is accepting. In fact, they helped me a lot inside of my head while I was drawing the manga! :)

So do I <3
Including the princess carrying scene was just my instinct. Working on manga was one of my dreams, so I decided to create a story packed with dream moments that I love. Powerful moments, cute moments, and dramatic moments, everything mixed together. I felt it would be something special for readers (myself included) to enjoy.

The scene from Chapter 2 where Sakura and Haruto open up to each other on the pedestrian bridge. Haruto's open-hearted kindness cheers Sakura up.

Sakura played basketball and his position was center. Haruto did judo. You see they were physically strong even then. ;)

Sakura would want Haruto to rely on him more as a boyfriend. (As Haruto is older than Sakura and he has a younger brother, Haruto naturally tends to take care of Sakura.)
To resolve his frustration, Sakura would go out of his way as a boyfriend to make Haruto happy, such as with acts of service, gift giving, many kisses...
...I can't stop smiling while thinking about these 2 cuties... Thank you for the good question!

They would go to the Grand Canyon because they like to watch the beautiful sunrise together. Haruto would be simply impressed by the breathtaking scenery, while Sakura would LOVE to see Haruto's cute reactions right next to him...
I'd like to go to Alaska to see the vast landscape someday...!

Umm... If I had to choose one, I'd say Haruto is most like me since I tend to overthink. And I have a judo black belt, too.

Definitely the first stage of writing the plot. In my case, so many ideas come to me in random order. It takes a very long time to consider what I should write about. It is the hardest but the most exciting part at the same time. ;)

It was in the 5th grade. I published comic strips in the school's paper just like Ayumu Fujino from Look Back.

To be honest, it is extremely hard to choose the best because there are tons of incredible masterpieces! The most memorable manga for me is NARUTO. I bought my first manga G-pen to draw the attractive characters from NARUTO.

As a fan, it was an accident. When I was a student, I found a hot BL fanart of my favorite comic series on the internet and I LOVED it so bad... you know.
As an artist, my grandmother had a big influence. She is a professional oil painter. During summer vacations in elementary school, I loved to watch her paint in her studio.
I decided to start my professional mangaka career when I got an email from an editor. She had read my doujinshi and she asked me, ''Won't you draw muscles in B.Pilz?''. I'm so grateful for that and I said, ''Yeah. Let's do it.''

I create the full outline first. I develop the details later.
I use a whiteboard app to organize stories from the start to the end. For おままた (Omamata), I put about 400 sticky notes for the outline in the plotting process. During development, about 1000 notes were added in total to consider how the emotions of Sakura & Haruto changed. Honestly, I'm not sure how I was able to do that. I really appreciate all the support from my editor and friends.

Luckily never, thanks to my unstoppable passion to enjoy art and my good artist friends.
Personally, I'd been away from drawing for over 5 years to study chemistry in college and for work. That experience made me realize how much I missed art. And I still keep that job while I work as a mangaka, so I simply had no time to get art block.

Personally, I was surprised at how passionate I could be about creating.
The huge world of BL makes me feel so much smaller than before. Thanks to so many talented mangaka sensei, I will never get bored to explore and learn more about BL.

I can't give away the details yet, but romantic hot muscles are promised 100%! I'm trying to work on another unique story.

How to make characters' expressions stand out during important scenes.
I've learned about visual storytelling and super basic 3D on my own since I started my mangaka career. I like to try new approaches to create more memorable scenes.

It was absolutely incredible!!! I was beyond words because one of my dreams came true! I'm so grateful from the bottom of my heart to all the members working on the localization.

Thank you so much, too. I'm happy to share my cute couple, Sakura & Haruto, via Renta!
My father speaks English and when I was a little child he went to the US on his business trip. That was super cool for me. I actually started communicating in English when I was a college student, though.
I found using English made it much easier for me to access cool information on art, music, and movies all over the world. I went to a language school in LA during summer vacation. I miss Santa Monica Beach...!

Laughing hard on the phone with a friend or while watching a comedy show.
Sometimes, singing out loud while taking a shower. While I was working on おままた (Omamata), one of my favorite songs to sing was Break Free by Ariana Grande.

Visiting art exhibitions, watching movies, reading novels, and drinking dark roast coffee.

I want to have a cat someday. My parents had a lovely beautiful cat in my hometown.

I'm only open with my close friends. I haven't directly told my parents about my interest, but my mom knows and she also likes BL, hahaha.
When the おままた (Omamata) physical edition was published, I told some of my friends that I like BL for the first time. Honestly I was so scared of their reactions but they were super excited, celebrating and sending photos of store displays. I can't thank them enough.

I've been influenced by a lot of amazing media showing beautiful & healthy muscles, like sports manga/anime, superhero movies, and fighting games.
The best thing about liking muscles is that I can find a new way to appreciate them whenever I study drawing. I'd like to share my excitement about muscles through my manga.

Graffiti and skateboarding. I like street culture because it seems cool, mysterious, and badass.

If I could, botanist or biologist in Madagascar. When I was a student, I liked research about the natural world.

Everything is appreciated! One of the comments that made me happy said, ''I like all the muscles Mojio draws.'' I cried with happiness. It'd be great if I could find lots of new aspects of muscle BL to enjoy with my fans.

Be appreciative of your friends, family, and project team at all times.
Believe in yourself and go above and beyond. You can establish your creative style with what you're passionate about. Have fun!

Thank you so much for joining me on my おままた (Omamata) journey. I'm looking forward to seeing you again in my new series with hot muscles! Have a lovely BL life. <3