SEAN: As we creep closer to Halloween, what manner of manga awaits us? (Await us?)
Airship has a print debut for Witch and Mercenary (Majo to Yōhei). Everyone knows witches are evil. Witches should be dead. Everyone but the witch, who’s wondering why everyone seems to hate her. So she hires a mercenary to go with her on adventures.
ASH: I mean, that’s fair.
SEAN: And they also have the 2nd volume of The Mimosa Confessions.
While early digital has the 15th volume of Reincarnated as a Sword.
Dark Horse has the first of the deluxe hardcover editions for Trigun Maximum. This has the first 3 volumes.
Debuting from Ghost Ship is Monster Marriage Shop (Monster no Konkatsuya-san), a Monthly Action title. A matchmaking advisor not only handles humans, but also vampires, succubi, and all kinds of monsters!
ASH: Oh, my!
SEAN: Ghost Ship also debuts Yandere Dark Elf: She Chased Me All the Way From Another World! (Chotto Dake Ai ga Omoi Dark Elf ga Isekai Kara Oikakete Kita), which runs in Web Comic Gamma Plus. A high school boy is isekai’d to another world, becomes a hero, defeats the demon lord, then returns to Japan. Unfortunately, there’s a woman who just can’t give him up.
Ghost Ship has the 3rd and final volume of Cat in a Hot Girls’ Dorm, How to Build a Dungeon: Book of the Demon King 9, and Parallel Paradise 19.
And in non-Ghost Ship but mature-rated titles, we see How My Daddies Became Mates (Shima-chan Chi no Tsugai Jijou), an omegaverse BL title from Be x Boy Omegaverse where two married guys explain to their cute daughter how they started off hating each other.
ASH: Well, then.
SEAN: And there’s a one-shot BL title as well, How to Repair a Broken Cup (Wareta Cup wo Modosu ni wa), which ran in Byō de Wakaru BL. A couple are still having trouble communicating, even after being together for a decade. Then one day they wake up to find their partner replaced with his ten-year-younger self…
MICHELLE: Huh.
ANNA: I’m not sure what to think about this.
ASH: Ummm…
SEAN: In print, J-Novel Club has the 5th omnibus of How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom’s manga, as well as Infinite Dendrogram 20 and The Unwanted Undead Adventurer 12.
J-Novel Club has one light novel debut, The Legendary Witch Is Reborn as an Oppressed Princess (Shiitagerareta Tsuhō Ōjo wa, Tensei Shita Densetsu no Majo deshita). When a young girl is pushed out a window by her uncle one day (you know, like normal families), she recalls her past life as a powerful witch! And she can use that power… except it makes her sleepy. Better get a reliable minion.
Also from JNC: the 5th I’ll Never Set Foot in That House Again! manga, Lucia and the Loom: Weaving Her Way to Happiness 2, Nia Liston: The Merciless Maiden 4, the 3rd A Wild Last Boss Appeared! manga, and Young Lady Albert Is Courting Disaster 8 (the final volume).
Kodansha has some print out next week. We see A Brief Moment of Ichika 3 (the final volume), The Fable Omnibus 4, Pupposites Attract 2, Quality Assurance in Another World 10, Shikimori’s Not Just a Cutie 18, Tying the Knot with an Amagami Sister 7, and Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun 10.
The digital debut is Parasyte Reversi, a “parallel story” to the main Parasyte manga from the creator of Teppu. This ran in Comic Days.
ASH: Interesting. The original Parasyte is still one of my favorites.
SEAN: Also digital: Bootsleg 4, Gang King 22, Giant Killing 45, He’s Expecting 4 (the final volume), I Have a Crush at Work 6, and Medaka Kuroiwa is Impervious to My Charms 14.
One Peace Books has a debut, as they give us I Was Sold Dirt Cheap, But My Power Level Is Off the Charts (Class Saiyasune de Urareta Ore wa, Jitsu wa Saikyou Parameter), a manga based on an as-yet unlicensed light novel. It runs in Young ace Up. The plot… sigh… our hero and his class are isekai’d, they all have cool powers, he seemingly has none, so he’s sold as a slave. BUT WAIT.
ANNA: Is there an amazing twist where his power levels are off the charts????????
ASH: Anna! Spoilers!
SEAN: The debut from Seven Seas is My Dear Detective: Mitsuko’s Case Files (Kimi wa Nazotoki no Ma Cherie), a Manga Action title about Japan’s first female detective, who fights against sexism and tries to solve crimes, in that order.
ANNA: I enjoy detectives and fights against sexism.
ASH: I’m here for it.
SEAN: Also from Seven Seas: Cinderella Closet 7, Hitomi-chan is Shy With Strangers 9, How Do I Turn My Best Friend Into My Girlfriend? 2, I’m a Wolf, but My Boss is a Sheep! 5 (the final volume), Kemono Jihen 13, and A Tale of the Secret Saint 7.
Square Enix Books has The Ice Guy and the Cool Girl 7 and My Isekai Life: I Gained a Second Character Class and Became the Strongest Sage in the World! 15.
ANNA: Need to check in on Ice Guy, it is cute.
ASH: It really is.
SEAN: SuBLime has a BL title called Stigmata: Love Bites (Stigmata – Aikon), which runs in Bloom. It honestly sounds more like a dark police procedural, as our protagonists can sense the lingering thoughts of the dead.
MICHELLE: I am kind of into BL that sounds like a dark police procedural!
ASH: I could be convinced to read it pretty easily.
SEAN: And they also have My Dearest Patrolman 2.
Two debuts from Tokyopop. Bite Marks and Fluorite (Kamiato to Fluorite) is a BL oneshot from Chara Selection. A young man is bitten by a vampire, but his own transformation will take time, so he’s determined to live as a human till that happens.
Wails of the Bound (Kurui Naku no wa Boku no Ban) is an omegaverse series that runs in Ameiro. An alpha who can’t stand omegas moves to a new office… you’ll never guess what his new boss is like.
ANNA: Could he be…..an OMEGA??????
SEAN: Viz also has debuts! We get Destroy All Humans. They Can’t Be Regenerated. A Magic: The Gathering Manga (Subete no Jinrui o Hakai suru. Sorera wa Saisei dekinai), which, well, is a manga based on a MTG card. It runs in Shonen Ace, and is 15 volumes and counting, which seems a bit ridiculous given its source is a CARD, but whatever.
ANNA: That’s amazing.
ASH: I’m duly impressed.
SEAN: Koyoharu Gotouge Before Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba is a short-story collection from the creator of the famous (infamous?) manga. They’re mostly unrelated, but one is basically a pilot for the Demon Slayer series.
Spider-Man: Octo-Girl is a Shonen Jump Plus title from the creators of My Hero Academia: Vigilantes. Anyone who read Vigilantes knows the creators *really* wanted to write Spider-Man instead, and now they can.
Also from Viz: Akane-banashi 8, Case Closed 92, I Wanna Do Bad Things with You 2, Komi Can’t Communicate 31, Naruto: Konoha’s Story—The Steam Ninja Scrolls: The Manga 2 (the final volume), Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle 26, and Spy x Family: The Official Coloring Book.
ASH: I really need to read more of Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle. And actually start reading Akane-banashi.
SEAN: Debuting from Yen Press is When the Villainess Seduces the Main Heroine (Akuyaku Reijou ga Sei Heroine o Kudoki Otosu Hanashi), a manga based on a popular Pixiv title about a villainess who, when dumped by her fiance for the heroine, points out how awful he is in bed, and that the heroine would be much better off with a woman who knows how to have sex. This is a deeply silly title.
ANNA: I mean, it sounds like a reasonable argument.
ASH: It really does.
SEAN: Also from Yen Press: Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? II 5.
There are no small weeks anymore. What are you buying?
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