SEAN: This is the way the August ends.
ASH: Not with a bang, but still plenty of manga. (And light novels.)
SEAN: Four print titles from Airship, with two debuts. I’m the Heroic Knight of an Intergalactic Empire! (Atashi wa Seikan Kokka no Eiyū Kishi!) is a spinoff of I’m the Evil Lord of an Intergalactic Empire!. It seems to star a knight? I suspect things will go badly for her, given the parent series.
ASH: Seems accurate.
SEAN: Ripping Someone Open Only Makes Them Bleed (Hara o Wattara Chi ga Deru Dakesa) is the latest trauma from the creator of I Want to Eat Your Pancreas. A high school girl has what seems to be the perfect life… and she’s made sure her every move and utterance is done to help that along. Then a boy shows up who looks just like the main character of her favorite book, and bad things start to follow.
ASH: That title sounds intense.
ANNA: Yikes!
SEAN: And we also see the 2nd and final volume of The Evil Queen’s Beautiful Principles and Sword of the Demon Hunter: Kijin Gentōshō 6.
Early digital volumes, meanwhile, give us I’m in Love with the Villainess: She’s so Cheeky for a Commoner 3 (the final volume) and Trapped in a Dating Sim: Otome Games Are Tough For Us, Too! 2.
A debut from Cross Infinite World, as we see Too Strong to Belong! Banished to Another World! (Saikyou Joshi, Isekai e Iku!). A girl is simply TOO STRONG TO DIE in her original world, so God banishes her to another world where she can supposedly be a weak love interest and get a hot boyfriend. But… will that REALLY be how it goes?
ASH: Ha!
SEAN: Also from CIW: By a Twist of Fate, I’m Attending the Royal Academy in Disguise 2, The Do-Over Damsel Conquers the Dragon Emperor 5, and So You Want to Live the Slow Life? A Guide to Life in the Beastly Wilds 4.
Denpa Books has a 5th omnibus of Gambling Apocalypse: KAIJI.
ASH: Definitely reading this whenever it ends up being released. Could it really be next week?
SEAN: Ghost Ship has Ero Ninja Scrolls 6, Rise of the Outlaw Tamer and His S-Rank Cat Girl 4, and Survival in Another World with My Mistress! 6.
There’s also a mature Seven Seas debut, which I slot in here. This is a new danmei title, You’ve Got Mail: The Perils of Pigeon Post – Fei Ge Jiao You Xu Jin Shen. How did gay men in 400 AD exchange dick pics, you ask? Via an ancient singles’ club and some really good art! This is a “raunchy romantic comedy”.
MICHELLE: Huh. Somehow, I hadn’t heard of this one.
ASH: I am absolutely delighted by this premise.
SEAN: There’s one debut from J-Novel Club: The Blessing of Liefe: Leave This Magical Letdown Alone! (Liefe no Shukufuku: Muzokusei Mahou shika Tsukaenai Oochikobore Toshite Hottoite Kudasai). A girl is born with the abilities of Liefe… which means she can only cast really difficult spells that are mostly useless. Naturally, she and her mother are banished and she is laughed at by all. Can a magical academy for arrogant young nobles help her?
ASH: What a problem to have!
SEAN: Also from J-Novel Club: Black Summoner 18, Earl and Fairy 7, Goodbye, Overtime! This Reincarnated Villainess Is Living for Her New Big Brother 2, Knight’s & Magic 4, Rebuild World 5, the 9th Rebuild World manga, and Tearmoon Empire 13.
Kodansha Manga has a debut, but it’s a box set. Fire Force has its first six volumes in a box.
Also in print from Kodansha: Am I Actually the Strongest? 7, Blue Lock 14, The Blue Wolves of Mibu 3, Don’t Toy with Me, Miss Nagatoro 17, Go! Go! Loser Ranger! 11, In/Spectre 20, Kaina of the Great Snow Sea 2, and Shangri-La Frontier 13.
And for digital we see The Café Terrace and Its Goddesses 14, Elegant Yokai Apartment Life 28, Gamaran: Shura 23, Koigakubo-kun Stole My First Time 7, and The World is Dancing 6 (the final volume).
One Peace Books has a 3rd volume of Tales of the Tendo Family.
MICHELLE: Another title that is getting away from me.
ASH: I enjoyed the debut volume; I really should read more.
SEAN: Seven Seas debuts. Cat Companions Maruru and Hachi (Tsureneko – Maruru to Hachi) is a seinen title from Comic Days. A spoiled family cat gets lost one day, and meets up with a stray who doesn’t need anyone. Can the two become pals? Or… more than pals? (No, just pals. This is a freaking cat manga.)
ASH: Lol! I’m game for some cat manga. Look how cute they are together!
SEAN: Someone’s Girlfriend (Aitsu no Kanojo) is a dark romance from Sunday Web Every about a boy who falls in love with his best friend’s girlfriend… only to find that she’s now coming on to him.
ASH: Uh-oh.
SEAN: Also from Seven Seas: Backstabbed in a Backwater Dungeon: My Party Tried to Kill Me, But Thanks to an Infinite Gacha I Got LVL 9999 Friends and Am Out For Revenge 6, Dai Dark 7, Gravitation: Collector’s Edition 2, Easygoing Territory Defense by the Optimistic Lord: Production Magic Turns a Nameless Village into the Strongest Fortified City 3, I Married My Female Friend 3, Monster Guild: The Dark Lord’s (No-Good) Comeback! 7, Precarious Woman Executive Miss Black General 10, and Tokyo Revengers 23-24.
Tokyopop has A Gentle Noble’s Vacation Recommendation 8 and I Was Reincarnated as the Villainess in an Otome Game but the Boys Love Me Anyway! 5.
Viz has a novel based on the mobile game, with art by the Black Butler artist. Disney Twisted-Wonderland: Rose-Red Tyrant makes us all nostalgic for last decade, when you could not read a single Manga the Week of without one or two Alice titles.
And for fans of bulky hardcovers, we see My Neighbor Totoro Film Comic: All-in-One Edition, 584 pages of pure, undiluted Totoro.
And we get Spy x Family: The Official Anime Guide—Mission Report: 220409-0625, which is a guide to the first 12 episodes of the super popular series.
They also have How Do We Relationship? 11.
ASH: I really need to get caught up with this series; I really enjoyed the early volumes.
SEAN: Lastly, Yen Press still has some stuff. Including some stuff I told you about last time, because they split the digital and print titles. I’ll skip repeating myself.
Riviere and the Land of Prayer (Inori no Kuni wo Lilliere – Majo no Tabitabi Gaiden) is a manga adaptation of the light novel, which Yen also has. It’s a spinoff of Wandering Witch as well. A shop assistant learns about curses and prayers from a mysterious shop owner.
Also from Yen: Apparently, Disillusioned Adventurers Will Save the World 6, Bocchi the Rock! 4, CLAMP Premium Collection Tokyo Babylon 4, The Dark History of the Reincarnated Villainess: Short Story Collection, The Do-Over Damsel Conquers the Dragon Emperor 4, Gahi-chan! 3, Glitch 4 (the final volume), Handyman Saitou in Another World 5, Higurashi When They Cry: MEGURI 3, Let This Grieving Soul Retire 8, Maiden of the Needle 4, Monthly in the Garden with My Landlord 3, [Oshi No Ko] 7, A Reincarnated Witch Spells Doom 5, So What’s Wrong with Getting Reborn as a Goblin? 6, and The World’s Finest Assassin Gets Reincarnated in Another World as an Aristocrat 6.
MICHELLE: Definitely gotta read Glitch. I enjoyed Lost Lad London by the same creator so much.
ANNA: Oh, this is on my radar now then!
SEAN: This is a big week given that it’s AFTER a Yen Week. Are Yen Weeks a thing of the past?
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