SEAN: As September sinks slowly in the west, and our adorable children bring us all the fresh new colds they caught at school, what’s coming out?
ASH: Fresh new manga!
SEAN: Airship has the print debut of An Autumn in Amber, a Zero-Second Journey (Kohaku no Aki, 0-byō no Tabi), another book by Mei Hachimoku, Seven Seas’ resident “bittersweet sci-fi teen romance” author. Not sure if this is bittersweet, but there’s sci-fi and teens. A boy who hates being touched and a snarky delinquent girl find time has stopped for everyone but them.
ASH: I like sci-fi, bittersweet and otherwise.
And we also get print for The Most Heretical Last Boss Queen: From Villainess to Savior 7 and Trapped in a Dating Sim: Otome Games Are Tough For Us, Too! 2. No early digital releases technically, but hold that thought, we’ve got a weird imprint crisis going on here later.
Ghost Ship features Call Girl in Another World 8.
Three debuts for J-Novel Club. Duchess in the Attic (Yane Urabeya no Koushaku Fujin) has had its manga out already, but now we have the original light novel. It is a “terrible things happen to our noble lady over and over, until she finally starts her comeback” sort of title.
No One Gets Past This Gatekeeper: The Unwanted Warrior Guards His New Post (Sono Monban, Saikyō ni Tsuki: Tsuihō Sareta Bōgyo-ryoku 9999 no Senshi, Ōto no Monban to Shite Musō Suru) is a “banished from the party” title, where the party finds that without their tank they’re toast, and our hero finds he gets far more women and money guarding a door.
ASH: Admittedly, doors can be pretty dangerous.
SEAN: And we see the manga debut of The Troubles of Miss Nicola the Exorcist (Haraiya Reijō Nicola no Komarigoto), whose light novel J-Novel Club has already released. I assume this runs in Drecomics.
Also from J-Novel Club: Backstabbed in a Backwater Dungeon: My Trusted Companions Tried to Kill Me, But Thanks to the Gift of an Unlimited Gacha I Got LVL 9999 Friends and Am Out For Revenge on My Former Party Members and the World 8, the 17th Black Summoner manga volume, Chivalry of a Failed Knight 3, Invaders of the Rokujouma!? 45, A Late-Start Tamer’s Laid-Back Life 11, A Livid Lady’s Guide to Getting Even: How I Crushed My Homeland with My Mighty Grimoires 3, and Sword Saint Adel’s Second Chance 3.
Kodansha Books has the 6th volume of My Unique Skill Makes Me OP Even at Level 1.
Kodansha Manga has two debuts in print. The Boy I Loved Became the Jaded Emperor (Mukuchi na Koushaku Reijou to Reitetsu na Koutei – Zense Hirotta Kodomo ga Koutei ni Natte Imashita) is a josei manga from Zero-Sum Online, based on an as-yet unlicensed light novel. As a boy, the prince was rescued by a woman with the face of a monster, and they stayed together for a few years… till he was forced to be prince, and she was killed. Now he rules as a cold, emotionless man. But wait, who’s this duke’s daughter? Could she be a reincarnation?
MICHELLE: Hm.
ANNA: I don’t know if this premise really appeals to me, but I am here for most josei!
MICHELLE: Yeah, this is my dilemma too.
ASH: I’m curious enough to give it a try.
SEAN: Suzume is a manga based on a Makoto Shinkai movie that he also wrote a novelization for, which Yen On has published. A young girl finds doors connecting past, present and future. The Manga ran in Afternoon.
ASH: I wondered when we’d end up seeing this released.
SEAN: Also in print: A-DO 4, As a Reincarnated Aristocrat, I’ll Use My Appraisal Skill to Rise in the World 12, Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card 15, The Great Cleric 11, How I Met My Soulmate 4, and Nina the Starry Bride 4.
ANNA: Yay for Nina the Starry Bride!
ASH: I really need to get around to reading this series!
SEAN: Digitally we see The Beast Player 4, Because I, the True Saint, was Banished, that Country is Done For! 5, A Couple of Cuckoos 19, DAYS 43 ~fragment~ (you thought it was over?), Drops of God: Mariage 8, Gamaran: Shura 24, The Great Cleric 13, My Home Hero 18, and That Beauty Is a Tramp 2.
MICHELLE: I did, in fact, think DAYS was over!
SEAN: Debuting from One Peace Books is Nukozuke!, a shoujo title from Hana to Yume. A slice-of-life manga about a young man who finds two “nukos”, which are apparently cat-sized humans. Cute is the watchword here.
ASH: Cute can be good.
SEAN: And we also get a 5th Parallel World Pharmacy.
One debut from Seven Seas: Handsome Girl and Sheltered Girl: The Complete Manga Collection (Ikemen Onna to Hakoiri Musume) is a yuri series from Comic Rex. A girl asks her classmate to help out in a crossdressing cafe. However, the classmate she assumed was a boy is a girl… and wants to date her! As you can guess, it’s complete in one omnibus.
ASH: I did guess!
SEAN: Also from Seven Seas: BARBARITIES IV (the final volume), Dinosaur Sanctuary 5, Lazy Dungeon Master 9, The Masterful Cat Is Depressed Again Today 8, My Girlfriend’s Not Here Today 2, and Who Made Me a Princess 7.
They also have two danmei novels, Ballad of Sword and Wine: Qiang Jin Jiu 2 and Stars of Chaos: Sha Po Lang 4.
Square Enix Manga has Mobsters in Love 2 and Soul Eater: The Perfect Edition 16.
Steamship has a light novel! Yes, this is where the early digital debut for Airship went, as this is the original LN version of their already released manga The Villainess and the Demon Knight (Akuyaku Reijou to Kichiku Kishi), where our villainess is exiled to a brothel, and her childhood friend turns out to be a yandere. I’ll read this for the maid.
Two debuts from Tokyopop. Boys Gilding the Lily Shall Die!? (Yuri ni Hasamaru Otoko wa Shineba Ii?!) is a yuri title from LINE Manga. Did you watch Sound Euphonium and want more gay band club? This series should be perfect for you.
Dinner for Three (which I can’t find romanji for) is a BL light novel. A guy trying to raise his kid brother is making ends meet as a male companion. Can their neightbor help out with meals?
Tokyopop also has the 5th volume of I Was Reincarnated as the Villainess in an Otome Game but the Boys Love Me Anyway! and the 14th volume of Konohana Kitan.
Viz Media gives us Fist of the North Star 14 and JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Part 6–Stone Ocean 6.
ASH: Here for both of these.
SEAN: And we end with some more Yen, who weren’t done last week. Yen On debuts 86–EIGHTY-SIX Alter, a short story volume containing tales that are not quite as depressing as he main series.
The other debut is Victoria of Many Faces (Tefuda ga Oume no Victoria). A spy who is a master of disguise is betrayed by her organization, and so she starts over again in a small town. But not only are her spy talents useful there, her old life is catching up. This is from the creator of Soup Forest and A Young Lady Finds Her True Calling Living with the Enemy.
ASH: Spy talents are useful in all sorts of scenarios.
SEAN: Also from Yen On: Brunhild the Dragon Princess (the 2nd in the series), The Girl I Saved on the Train Turned Out to Be My Childhood Friend 7, The Irregular at Magic High School 23, and Magical Explorer: Reborn as a Side Character in a Fantasy Dating Sim 8.
And Yen Press has Gabriel Dropout 14 and Tales of Wedding Rings 14.
That ended up almost as long as the last one. What are you getting?
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