SEAN: How is June already getting away from us?
ASH: I don’t know and I’m not sure I like it.
We start off with Yen Press, which has finally located most of its June releases. We start off with Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian (Tokidoki Bosotto Roshiago de Dereru Tonari no Alya-san), whose light novel has been coming out so long I’d assumed the manga was long-since licensed. It runs in Magazine Pocket.
ASH: I thought that title sounded familiar.
SEAN: Dara-san of Reiwa (Reiwa no Dara-san) is a supernatural comedy from Comic Walker. Two siblings meet a terrifying yokai… who they are not all that terrified by. And give a cute nickname. The cover makes me suspect this has a lot of fanservice.
ASH: Hmmm… the premise intrigues me at least.
SEAN: The Heroic Tale of the Villainous Prince (Akuyaku Ouji no Eiyuutan) is a villainess story, only with a villain, and runs in Dengeki Comic Regulus. A third prince hated for his dark hair and eyes… and, let’s face it, attitude… comes across his older brother in the middle of (sigh) breaking off his engagement in public. So the third prince decides to make her his fiancee instead.
Isekai Samurai runs, appropriately, in Isekai Comic. A samurai warrior is desperate to find a strong opponent… so desperate, in fact, that she ends up in another world, battling a dragon.
ASH: That’s one way to do it.
SEAN: Also from Yen Press: Associate Professor Akira Takatsuki’s Conjecture 6, Bride of the Barrier Master 4, Bungo Stray Dogs: Wan! 11, Coffee Moon 6 (the final volume), The Color of the End: Mission in the Apocalypse 2, The Dark History of the Reincarnated Villainess 12, Daughter of the Emperor 11, Friday at the Atelier 4 (the final volume), Handyman Saitou in Another World 7, Honey Lemon Soda 9, Honey Trap Shared House 5, Imitation 6, In Another World with My Smartphone 14, Interspecies Reviewers 10, Is the Order a Rabbit? 3, Kakegurui – Compulsive Gambler – 18, Konosuba: God’s Blessing on This Wonderful World! 19, Lycoris Recoil 3, No Longer Heroine 9, Please Put Them On, Takamine-san 9, Riviere and the Land of Prayer 3 (the final volume), The Saga of Tanya the Evil 26, The Three-Body Problem 3, and Victoria of Many Faces 2.
MICHELLE: I should check back in with No Longer Heroine at some point.
ANNA: I should check back in with Honey Lemon Soda.
ASH: So. Many. Titles.
SEAN: Viz Media has Fist of the North Star 17 and My Name Is Shingo: The Perfect Edition 5.
ASH: Excellent.
SEAN: Tokyopop gives us a 6th volume of Our Not-So-Lonely Planet Travel Guide.
Titan Manga debut Yan, a Taiwanese title that is a brutal action mystery series about a woman who was falsely accused and is apparently dead, but has come back with superpowers.
ASH: And a very striking cover.
SEAN: They also have ATOM: The Beginning 11 and Dopeman 2.
Steamship debuts Sweet Heat Before Falling in Love: The CEO and His Fated Omega (Koi Suru Mae ni, Amai Hatsujou. – Shachou to Unmei no Omega), an omegaverse title from Otomitsu Mangosteen. An omega hiding her status goes into heat and has anonymous sex with a perfect alpha… if only she knew who he was! (Hint: it’s in the title.)
ANNA: Is it the CEO??????????????
ASH: No way!!
SEAN: Seven Seas has a danmei debut, so I’ll start with that. Dinghai Fusheng Records is another series about two young men who have to try to stop the entire universe exploding and also fall in love. This also has a special edition with a double-sided bookmark, a lined notebook, a set of five trading cards, and a sticker sheet.
ASH: Sounds like a challenge. (And also a very nice release.)
SEAN: Also danmei: Peerless 4.
Seven Seas manga debuts? BLACK BLOOD is a BL manga from Canna, complete in one volume. A cyborg who wonders if he really has a human heart meets a sweet scientist.
MICHELLE: Huh.
ASH: I’ll admit to being curious.
SEAN: Himegasaki Sakurako Is a Hot Mess (Himegasaki Sakurako wa Kyoumo Fubin Kawaii!) is from the creator of I Get The Feeling That Nobukuni-san Likes Me, and runs in Comic Cune. Sakurako is cute, curvy, and everyone loves her… except her childhood friend, who is in love with another girl!
Wolf’s Daughter: A Werewolf’s Tale (Ookami no Musume) is a shoujo manga from Flowers (!), from the creator of Kids on the Slope, a popular “license this, it won’t sell but I want it!” title. A young woman finds that she’s a werewolf, and now has to figure out what that really means and how to live with it.
ASH: This one caught my eye even before I knew about the Kids on the Slope connection.
SEAN: Also from Seven Seas: Don’t Call it Mystery 13-14, I Got Caught Up In a Hero Summons, but the Other World was at Peace! 9, Imaginary 3, Lazy Dungeon Master 11, Royal Tailor: Clothier to the Crown 4, and There’s No Freaking Way I’ll be Your Lover! Unless… 7.
MICHELLE: Insert continued happiness over Yumi Tamura.
ANNA: Indeed!!!!!
SEAN: One Peace Books gives us Nukozuke! 4.
Kodansha Books has Saving 80,000 Gold in Another World for My Retirement 8.
Kodansha Manga debuts Snegurochka of the Spring Breeze (Harukaze no Snegurochka), a new title from the creator of Blade of the Immortal and Wave, Listen to Me!. It’s complete in one volume, and ran in Manga Erotics f. Two kids try to help someone escape from the secret police in the Soviet Union, but they are captured and tortured. This is an award winner.
MICHELLE: And it has a really gorgeous cover!
ANNA: Cool!
ASH: I’m here for it.
SEAN: Also in print: Bless 5, Blue Lock 19, Grand Blue Dreaming 22, Nina the Starry Bride 10, and Shangri-La Frontier 17.
And digitally we see Am I Actually the Strongest? 14, Drops of God: Mariage 13, Elegant Yokai Apartment Life 30, and Gamaran: Shura 32.
Kaiten Books has a 12th volume of the Loner Life in Another World manga digitally.
J-Novel Club have a print release for My Instant Death Ability Is So Overpowered, No One in This Other World Stands a Chance Against Me! ―AO― 8.
No digital debuts for J-Novel Club. On the light novel side, they have By the Grace of the Gods 16, The Countess Is a Coward No More! 3, Dahlia in Bloom ~Side Stories~, Formerly, the Fallen Daughter of the Duke 5, Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash 20, Infinite Dendrogram 22, Lady Rose Just Wants to Be a Commoner 3 (the final volume), and Nia Liston 7.
And for manga we get Death’s Daughter and the Ebony Blade 5, Demon Lord, Retry! R 7, The Engagement of Marielle Clarac 8, Flung into a New World? Time to Lift the 200-Year Curse! 2, A Late-Start Tamer’s Laid-Back Life 6, Stuck in a Time Loop 4, and Sweet Reincarnation 11.
ASH: That’s a pretty decent J-Novel haul.
SEAN: HarperAlley, a HarperCollins imprint, debuts Plus-Sized Misadventures in Love! (Debu to Love to Ayamachi to!), a shoujo title from Koisuru Soiree. A shy young woman thinks of herself as fat and ugly, but after a car accident affects her memories, suddenly she’s a lot more confident. This is a romcom, with the publisher saying it’s in the vein of A Silent Voice and Perfect World.
ANNA: Hmmm. Maybe.
ASH: Agreed.
SEAN: Ghost Ship has a third and final volume of The Hungry Succubus Wants to Consume Him.
Retailers say Denpa Books have Short Game: Mitsuru Adachi’s Baseball Short Story Collection out next week. This is a collection of short stories by a classic manga artist about the subject he loves best.
MICHELLE: I am so looking forward to this.
ANNA: Me too!!!!!!
SEAN: Also listed as coming out next week is Today’s Menu for the Emiya Family 6.
No print for Airship, but we do see Free Life Fantasy Online: Immortal Princess 9 and Heroine? Saint? No, I’m an All-Works Maid (And Proud of It)! 3 in early digital.
OK, that’s pretty huge! Publishers trying to squeeze titles in before the end of the fiscal year. What are you buying?
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